The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

Quote of the Day

We only live a short time; only a brief ninety or a hundred years at most, and that really goes by quickly. In order to appreciate the gifts we’ve been given, we need to learn the beauty of just being alive, and of being good to one another. That’s a big lesson that many of us haven’t yet embraced. We need to start putting down the greed and the racism.

Tony Bennett

Song of the Day: There’ll Be Some Changes Made

The song of the day for Wednesday, November 3, 2026, is “There’ll Be Some Changes Made.” About This Song “There’ll Be Some Changes Made” was written in William Benton Overstreet and Billy Higgins in 1921. Ethel Waters was the first to record the song. Other recordings include those Fats Waller, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, and […]

Song of the Day: My Old Flame

The song of the day for Tuesday, November 3, 2026, is “My Old Flame.” About This Song “My Old Flame” was written by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow for the 1934 film Belle of the Nineties, starring Mae West, who introduced the song in the film. At her insistence, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra was […]

Song of the Day: Exactly Like You

The song of the day for Monday, November 2, 2026, is “Exactly Like You.” About Today We want to wish our fellow Portlander k.d. lang a very happy birthday. She was born on November 2, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. k.d. lang and Tony Bennett’s album A Wonderful World was released in early November 2002. […]

Song of the Day: I’ve Got Just About Everything

The song of the day for Sunday, November 1, 2026, is “I’ve Got Just About Everything.” About This Song “I’ve Got Just About Everything” was written by Bob Dorough in 1964. The song is a joy to listen to. In his liner notes for Forty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett, Bennet says that “this […]