Tony Bennett's American and Astorian dreams |
You could not live a more full life — or a more Queens life — than that lived by Tony Bennett.Born Anthony Dominick Benedetto on Aug. 3, 1926, young Tony
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Tony Bennett (1926–2023): An artist who combined jazz and the American Songbook to elevate popular culture
Bennett’s vast audience, including new generations who first heard him in the 1990s, demonstrated there was a hunger in the population for music and lyrics of artistry and honesty, in contrast to the “gangster rap,” synthetic show tunes and banal “hits” by celebrity performers pumped out by the entertainment moguls.
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Column: He left his heart with all of us
Unlike one of the songs he made famous, Tony Bennett didn’t leave his heart in San Francisco. He left it in his hometown of New York City, where he died
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TONY BENNETT'S GRACE NOTES | Vanity Fair
For half a century, Tony Bennett has sung from the heart, his artistic morality lifting him above musical trends and into the 80s comeback engineered by his son. As the great American troubadour reaches 75, a popular radio host shares his experience of the simple grace behind Bennett's greatness
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Opinion: Remembering Tony Bennett
NPR's Scott Simon offers a tribute to music legend and friend Tony Bennett, who died Friday at age 96.
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