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The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

June 14, 2022 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Taking a Break

Hello everyone. I just want to let you know that I’ll be taking some time off — about six weeks — for hand surgery and recovery. I promise I’ll be back and look forward to feeling well enough to blog every day.

As Duke Ellington would say

Love You Madly!!

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June 9, 2022 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Happy Birthday to Us!

The Year of Tony Bennett is ten years old today. That’s right: our first post was written on June 10, 2002. A lot has happened in those ten years. I’ve had to take some breaks now and then (with another break coming soon — more on that later), but I’ve always come back because I don’t quite feel like myself if I have written a song of the day.

So, a few blog facts:

  • The first post was a discussion of The Good Life, Bennett’s autobiography, written with Jazz journalist Will Friedwald.
  • The first song I wrote about was “The Best Is Yet To Come.”
  • The first official song of the day was “Love Is Here To Stay” which was posted on August 23, 2012.
  • The most search-for song on the blog is “The Right To Love.”
  • The most-searched-for information is a topic I wrote about Duke Ellington and the Harlem Renaissance. As most of the searches for that topic come from school system computer networks, I’m guessing it’s a popular term paper topic.
  • The most often-featured song of the day is “The Rules of the Road.”
  • My favorite feature is The 12 Days of a Tony Bennett Christmas.

A few blog statistics:

  • I have written 3,606 posts for this blog.
  • We have visitors from over the world. Except for Antartica. If you know someone living on the South Pole, please ask them to visit the site, just once.
  • It took me 4 years to create The Interactive Tony Bennett Discography. I did it after work and on weekends; it defines the term ‘a labor of love.’
  • The two sites average around 6000 visits a month. It’s not a lot, but it’s substantial to me, as we do no advertising at all.
  • The discography especially gets what I call ‘bingers.’ When I view my usage stats, I will see visits to the discography over a one or two-day period by an individual viewing hundreds of posts. The last binger was from Belgium and viewed 882 posts. I am humbled and grateful that someone would spend so much time on the site and I only hope that they found what they were looking for.

I am very grateful for the friends and acquaintances I’ve met because of this blog. I especially want to thank Sylvia in Mr. Bennett’s office for providing me with backstage passes and complimentary seats at concerts.

I also want to thank my good friend Lesley, who has been the closest friend this blog could have. She’s been a huge inspiration and a wonderful listener. Thank you, Lesley.

So, I’m going to have a little cocktail to celebrate the last ten years as I look forward to the next ten.

Thank you all,

Suzanne

 

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November 12, 2019 By Suzanne 4 Comments

Hello

Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you know that I haven’t disappeared, but am going through what I shall call an “interesting” time.

I wound up being hospitalized last month with an infection. After that, I went to a rehab facility for physical therapy to regain my strength. The night before I was released, my apartment complex called to tell me that the ice maker in my refrigerator had sprung a leak and flooded my apartment! Luckily, I had good renter’s insurance and have been put up in a nice hotel. I also started a new job this week.

With all that’s going on, I’m just not quite up to blogging every day. I hope you understand. The apartment should be ready to move back into in about 2 or 3 weeks. I hope to back online in December, in time for our annual The Twelve Days of a Tony Bennett Christmas.

And to quote the great Duke Ellington: I love you all madly.

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October 26, 2019 By Suzanne 2 Comments

Taking a few days away

Dear readers,

I’m having some bad arthritis in my right shoulder, which makes it difficult to move my arm at all, which I kind of need in order to type. I’m going to take a few days off–send healing thoughts, please.

See you soon!
Suzanne

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February 15, 2018 By Suzanne 2 Comments

On The Move

Hello to everyone!

Your author is in the process of moving and will be going offline for about a week to pack, move and unpack. I’ll be back in about a week after I’ve had a chance to unpack the necessities.

See you soon! In the meantime, here’s an album to keep you in Tony Bennett songs until my return.

One of Tony’s best albums, released in 1986.

The Art Of Excellence

Listen to The Art Of Excellence on Spotify. Tony Bennett · Album · 1986 · 12 songs.

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