An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett
On Alec Baldwin’s program on WNYC, Here’s The Thing, Alec interviewed Danny Bennett who says:
I don’t just handle a career, I manage a legacy.
You can access the interview on the WNYC website.
If you have trouble listening to the audio, you can read a transcript; the link is just under the player for the audio.
The interview should be available soon to download from iTunes.
Tony Bennett fans need to mark Valentine’s Day on their Tony Bennett calendar.
Sirius XM is hosting a live town hall question and answer session with Mr. Bennett, moderated by Alec Baldwin. The broadcast will be live on the Siriusly Sinatra station on Valentine’s Day; the broadcast will be available afterwards on Sirius XM On Demand as well.
For those in the New York area, visit the Sirius Town Hall page to enter the sweepstakes to be a member of the live audience. The rest of us can listen to channel 71, Siriusly Sinatra on Valentine’s Day. The Year of Tony Bennett will post the time of the show as soon as possible.
The Siriusly Sinatra page is also running a contest to win the Tony Bennett Complete Collection for subscribers.
Here’s the full skit of Alec Baldwin playing Tony Bennett. Enjoy! Thanks, Hulu! Thanks, Yahoo! Thanks, NBC!
Update: Hulu seems to have pulled this video. We’ll keep looking for it, though.
Good news! The segment is up on Yahoo; just click here.
The clip is up on the NBC site. Click here to view … it starts off with Adam Sandler; Tony’s segment starts about 1:43. This page on the NBC site has all five of the Alec Baldwin impersonations of his good friend Tony Bennett.