An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett
The song of the day for Sunday, September 20, 2020, is “All Of You.”
“All Of You” was written by Cole Porter for the 1954 Broadway musical Silk Stockings, where it was introduced by Don Ameche. Bill Evans played it at his legendary album Sunday at the Village Vanguard, recorded live.
Tony Bennett performed “All Of You” at his 1994 live performance on MTV Unplugged.
“All Of You,” as well as MTV Unplugged, is available from Apple Music.
The song of the day for Friday, June 3, 2016 is “All Of You.”
“All Of You” was written by Cole Porter for the 1954 musical Silk Stockings, where it was introduced by Don Ameche. Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse starred in the 1957 film version of Silk Stockings. Bill Evans played this song on his legendary 1961 album Sunday at the Village Vanguard.
Tony Bennett recorded “All Of You” several times. Today, we feature the 1993 version from Steppin’ Out, which was arranged by Bennett and Ralph Sharon.
The song of the day for Monday, May 18, 2015 is “All Of You.”
Cole Porter wrote “All Of You” for the 1955 Broadway musical Silk Stockings; it was the musical he wrote. The song “All Of You” was introduced by Don Ameche in the Broadway production. The production was adapted to film in 1957, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.
I really like Tony’s version of this song. He opens singing the verse (!) with a great swing feel and then it goes into a ballad. Very nice!
I found this video featuring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, including the dialogue leading up to his singing today’s song.