The Playground (album)

The Playground
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Studio album by Tony Bennett
Released	September 29, 1998
Recorded	February–June 1998
Genre	Jazz, children's music
Label	Sony
Producer	Tony Bennett, Danny Bennett, Phil Ramone
Tony Bennett chronology
Tony Bennett on Holiday (1997) The Playground (1998) Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg
Los Angeles Times	favorable

The Playground is a children's music album by Tony Bennett, released in 1998.

On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection.

Track listing

1. "The Playground" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Bill Evans) – 3:36
2. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:37
3. "Dat Dere" (Oscar Brown Jr., Bobby Timmons) – 3:17
4. "Little Things" - duet with Elmo (Joe Raposo) – 3:09
5. "Put On a Happy Face" - duet with Rosie O'Donnell (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) (from the musical Bye Bye Birdie) – 3:01
6. "Because We're Kids" (Dr. Seuss, Frederick Hollander) – 3:25
7. "My Mom" (Walter Donaldson) – 4:38
8. "Swinging on a Star" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:04
9. "Bein' Green" - duet with Kermit the Frog (Raposo) – 2:41
10. "Firefly" - duet with Kermit the Frog (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 1:32
11. "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 2:58
12. "(It's Only) A Paper Moon" (Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:49
13. "The Inchworm" (Frank Loesser) – 2:41
14. "The Bare Necessities" (Terry Gilkyson) – 2:09
15. "Make the World Your Own" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 3:48
16. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper) – 2:10
17. "It's Christmas in Herald Square" (Tony Tamburello/Joyce Vintaloro) – 3:25

Personnel

• Tony Bennett – vocals
• Ralph Sharon – piano
• Gray Sargent – guitar
• Paul Langosch – double bass
• Clayton Cameron – drums