The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

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Song of the Day: All For You

The song of the day for Saturday, September 9, 2023, is “All For You.”

About Today

The Year of Tony Bennett wants to wish Susan Benedetto a happy birthday.

About This Song

“All For You” was composed in 1940 by Django Reinhardt as “Nuages,” with lyrics by Tony Bennett in 2004. Tony Bennett’s son, Danny, had long encouraged his father to write a song. While performing in Hawaii, he dropped into a small jazz club and heard the Django Reinhardt song “Nuages” and felt he had found the right melody for the song he had in mind. The resulting song is really beautiful.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “All For You” in 2004 for the album The Art of Romance. Johnny Mandel wrote the arrangement and conducted the orchestra.

The Art of Romance won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

“All For You,” as well as The Art of Romance, is available on Apple Music.

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Song of the Day: All For You

The song of the day for Tuesday, February 14, 2023, is “All For You.”

About This Song

“All For You” was written by Django Reinhardt (1940) and Tony Bennett (2004).

Tony Bennett’s son, Danny, had long encouraged his father to write a song. While performing in Hawaii, he dropped into a small jazz club and heard the Django Reinhardt song “Nuages” and felt he had found the right melody for the music he had in mind. The resulting song is lovely.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “All For You” in 2004 for The Art of Romance. It was arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel.

“All For You,” as well as The Art of Romance is available on ” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Apple Music.

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Song of the Day: All For You

The song of the day for Friday, September 9, 2022, is “All For You.”

About Today

The Year of Tony Bennett wishes Susan Benedetto, Tony Bennett’s wife, a very happy birthday.

About This Song

“All For You” was written in 2004 by Tony Bennett, for a tune written in 1940 by Django Reinhardt.

Tony Bennett’s son, Danny, had long encouraged his father to write a song. While performing in Hawaii, he dropped into a small jazz club and heard the Django Reinhardt song “Nuages” and felt that he had found the right melody for the song he had in mind. He talks about the song in his book Life is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett:

I asked Danny to get hold of the family that owned the song, and they gave us an okay for me to write the lyrics, inspired by and dedicated to my wife, Susan Benedetto, which became “All for You.” And oddly enough, I wrote the lyrics in only an hour. I guess from interpreting songs for so many years, I know to stay away from trite material, and I thought it came out pretty well. Then when we were in Fresno, California, I performed it in front of an audience for the first time, and I was bowled over by their reaction; they went crazy for it. So at eighty-six, I now have my first songwriting credit.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “All For You” in 2004 for his album The Art of Romance. Johnny Mandel wrote the arrangement.

“All For You,” as well as The Art of Romance is available on Apple Music.

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Song of the Day: All For You

The song of the day for Thursday, September 9, 2021, is “All For You.”

About Today

The Year of Tony Bennett would like to wish Susan Benedetto a very happy birthday!

About This Song

Today’s song, “All For You,” is based on a song composed in 1940 by Belgian jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, “Nuages.” The song became quite popular and Reinhardt played it often with his group, Quintette du Hot Club de France, which he founded with Violinist Stephan Grappelli.

Danny Bennett, Tony’s son and manager, had suggested that Tony write a song. Tony relates:

At first I felt skeptical about it, but then I received my inspiration. After I played a concert in Hawaii, I went to hear a wonderful jazz group perform. One of their songs in particular spoke to me. When I asked the piano player for its name, he told me it was called “Nuages,” and was written by Django Reinhardt.

I asked Danny to get hold of the family that owned the song, and they gave us an okay for me to write the lyrics, inspired by and dedicated to my wife, Susan Benedetto, which became “All for You.” And oddly enough, I wrote the lyrics in only an hour. I guess from interpreting songs for so many years, I know to stay away from trite material, and I thought it came out pretty well. Then when we were in Fresno, California, I performed it in front of an audience for the first time, and I was bowled over by their reaction; they went crazy for it. So at eighty-six, I now have my first songwriting credit.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “All For You” in 2004 for his album The Art of Romance, featuring an arrangment by Johnny Mandel.

“All For You,” as well as The Art of Romance is available on Apple Music.

Et voici Django Reinhardt avec le Quintette Hot Club de France (I knew high school French would come in handy some day).

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Song of the Day: All For You

The song of the day for Sunday, February 14, 2021, is “All For You.”

About This Song

Django Reinhardt wrote the song “Nuages” in 1940; Tony Bennett wrote these lyrics to the song in 2004. Bennett’s son, Danny, had long encouraged his father to write a song. While performing in Hawaii, he dropped in to a small jazz club and heard the Django Reinhardt song “Nuages” and felt that he had found the right melody for the song he had in mind. The resulting song is a really beautiful love song for his Susan, now his wife.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “All For You” in 2004 for The Art of Romance. Johnny Mandel arranged the song and conducted the orchestra.

“All For You,” as well as The Art of Romance, is available from Apple Music.

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