If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set is a 1965 studio album by Tony Bennett, arranged by Don Costa. Bennett dedicated his recording of "Sweet Lorraine" on the album to Nat "King" Cole, who had died a month before the album's release.
Track listing
"Samba do Avião" ("Song of the Jet") (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 3:34
"Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 4:00
"How Insensitive" (Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Jobim) – 4:23
"If I Ruled the World" (Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel) – 3:00
"Love Scene" (Marshall Barer, Duke Ellington) – 2:33
"Take the Moment" (Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:59
"Then Was Then and Now Is Now" (Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee) – 3:05
"Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 3:39
"The Right to Love" (Gene Lees, Lalo Schifrin) – 3:41
"Watch What Happens" (Jacques Demy, Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 2:57
"All My Tomorrows" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:19
"Two by Two" (Rodgers, Sondheim) – 3:25
Personnel
Performance
Tony Bennett – vocals
Al Cohn – tenor sax (#1–3, 9) Joe Marsala – clarinet (#8) Ralph Sharon – piano Carlos Lyra – guitar (#1, 3) Bobby Hackett – ukulele (#8) Hal Gaylor – bass William "Billy" Exiner, Elcio Milito (#1 only) – drums Don Costa – arranger, conductor