The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

Quote of the Day

I felt free enough to start work on Beat of My Heart, the most ambitious jazz project of my career. Ralph and I wanted to make a jazz statement in a big way, and I came up with the idea of recording an album of standards that put the spotlight on different kinds of rhythm by using all the great jazz drummers I could find. We talked the concept over during our first few months on the road, and gradually it all came together. The first recording date was in June 1957, with Chico Hamilton.

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Song of the Day: Lazy Afternoon

The song of the day for Saturday, June 27, 2026, is “Lazy Afternoon.” About This Song “Lazy Afternoon” was written by Jerome Moross and John Latouche for the 1954 musical The Golden Apple, which uses mythological Greek characters from Ulysses but is set in the state of Washington (at Mount Olympia, of course) in the […]

Song of the Day: True Blue Lou

The song of the day for Friday, June 26, 2026, is “True Blue Lou.” About This Song “True Blue Lou” was written by Richard Whiting, with lyrics by Sam Coslow and Leo Robin, for the 1929 musical film The Dance of Life, an adaptation of the Broadway play Burlesque. The song was sung in the […]

Song of the Day: They Can’t Take That Away From Me

The song of the day for Thursday, June 25, 2026, is “They Can’t Take That Away From Me.” About This Song “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” was written by George and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 Fred Astaire–Ginger Rodgers movie Shall We Dance. Unlike most songs Astaire introduced in his films, no dance […]

Song of the Day: New York, New York

The song of the day for Wednesday, June 24, 2026, “New York, New York.” About This Song “New York, New York” was written by in 1977 by John Kander and Fred Ebb for the 1977 film New York, New York, directed by Martin Scorsese. Liza Minelli performed the song in the film. Frank Sinatra recorded […]