Today We Are Twelve

The Year of Tony Bennett is celebrating our 12th birthday.

Twelve years ago, on June 10, 2012, I started this blog. In December 2011, I took my best friend to Seattle to see Tony Bennett at the Paramount Theatre. She became a fan about five minutes into the show, I think. In February, we had the opportunity to see Mr. Bennett again at one of the casinos in the area. That’s when we started thinking about The Year of Tony Bennett. We hit the jackpot in September 2012, though when we got to see him three times in concert: Bumbershoot in Seattle, Monterey Jazz Festival, and San Diego. There was no turning back after that.

And so on June 10, 2012, I created The Year of Tony Bennett, because that period of seeing Tony Bennett live in concert was indeed The Year of Tony Bennett. For the record, every year since then has been The Year of Tony Bennett. For twelve years, I’ve been posting songs of the day and much more content too. Doing this site has been one of the very great things in my life.

Over the years, I’ve gotten to see many more Tony Bennett concerts. I’ve met members of his quartet and was able to meet Tony backstage. Sometimes, it seems like a dream.

I want to thank everyone who’s ever read this site and our sister site, The Interactive Tony Bennett Discography. The sites are literally a labor of love: my love of Tony Bennett’s music and my love of the readers who visit the site.

So let’s blow out some virtual candles on the virtual cake. See you next year when we offically enter our teens.