The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

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20 Years With Tony: Billboard Magazine Tribute 11-30-1968

For years, I have heard about the special issue of Billboard Magazine featuring Tony Bennett’s twentieth year in show business. Today, quite by accident, I located a scanned copy of this November 30, 1968 issue of Billboard (thanks to the Google Books project). The special tribute section starts on page 55.

Included in this section is a wonderful and lengthy essay, 20 Years With Tony, by Willis Conover; an article by Tony, When The Feeling’s Right; a wonderful selection of quotes about Tony Bennett from notable musicians; and many tribute advertisements by fellow performers and composers. Included are many wonderful photographs, including some charming childhood photographs of Tony, his brother John and sister Mary.

This section is a real treasure and I hope you’ll enjoy as much as I did.

I also found that reading this old issue of Billboard Magazine to be a really fascinating excursion; I spent several hours reading this issue. Google Books appears to have decades of Billboards dating back to the 1940s.

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There’s An App For That

Attention iPhone and iPad Users … Get your free Tony Bennett app from iTunes.

Tony Bennett on X (formerly Twitter): "Introducing the brand new Tony Bennett App for iPhone and iPad. Download for free here: http://t.co/OqqiOV7lpP / X"

Introducing the brand new Tony Bennett App for iPhone and iPad. Download for free here: http://t.co/OqqiOV7lpP

I downloaded the app yesterday and recommend to all.  Here’s a screen shot:

The app is a lot of fun and has much great content: tour dates, photographs and news clippings, a gallery of Tony’s paintings, news, and much more.

The Year of Tony Bennett gives it an A+.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

The Year of Tony Bennett would like to wish our readers  and subscribers (as well as Tony Bennett and everyone at RPM Productions) a Happy Valentine’s Day. To help you celebrate, we offer this video of a Tony Bennett singing My Funny Valentine from a 1979 concert at Jubilee Hall in Edmonton, Canada.

My Funny Valentine was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1937 for the musical Babes In Arms.