Happy 95th birthday to the great Tony Bennett 🎂
A great portrait by Herman Leonard, New York, 1950
"The thing about this guy is that he’s so positive — if I were as talented as him, I’d be positive, too."
- Alec Baldwin
A great portrait by Herman Leonard, New York, 1950
"The thing about this guy is that he’s so positive — if I were as talented as him, I’d be positive, too."
- Alec Baldwin
From Tony Bennett's 1992 album Perfectly Frank, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. Tony sings the rarely heard verse!
With Ralph Sharon, piano, Paul Langosch, bass, & Joe LaBarbera, drums
The great portrait on the cover is by E. J. Camp
With Ralph Sharon, piano, Paul Langosch, bass, & Joe LaBarbera, drums
The great portrait on the cover is by E. J. Camp
Listening to The Tony Bennett & Bill Evans Album, 1975
The cover photo is by Bill Bray.
The cover photo is by Bill Bray.
A sketch of Bill Evans by Tony Bennett. Note that it's signed Benedetto; he was born Anthony Dominick Benedetto.
Happy birthday, Anthony! 🎂
Happy birthday, Anthony! 🎂
Tony Bennett's statue outside the Fairmont Hotel, atop Nob Hill in San Francisco. By the Bay Area sculptor Bruce Leslie Wolfe.
Photo: Eric Risberg, August 19, 2016
I Left My Heart In San Francisco. Again, Tony sings the verse! "...my city by the bay..."
Photo: Eric Risberg, August 19, 2016
I Left My Heart In San Francisco. Again, Tony sings the verse! "...my city by the bay..."
My favourite Tony Bennett/Bill Evans song is from their 2nd album, Together Again, 1977
Michel Legrand's lovely tune, with Marilyn & Alan Bergman's amazing English lyrics.
Michel Legrand's lovely tune, with Marilyn & Alan Bergman's amazing English lyrics.
Tony Bennett with Harold Arlen, September 17, 1963
Arlen once said, "Don't waste your energy on the ugly. Save it for the beautiful."
"Right as the Rain", with Yip Harburg's great lyrics
Happy birthday to the beautiful Tony Bennett! 🎂
Arlen once said, "Don't waste your energy on the ugly. Save it for the beautiful."
"Right as the Rain", with Yip Harburg's great lyrics
Happy birthday to the beautiful Tony Bennett! 🎂
Coffee with Tony Bennett and Norah Jones ☕️
Photo: Kelsey Bennett, 2011
Kurt Weill & Ogden Nash's "Speak Low":
Photo: Kelsey Bennett, 2011
Kurt Weill & Ogden Nash's "Speak Low":
Happy birthday to Tony Bennett 🎂
@itstonybennett
A great portrait by Eve Arnold, from 1950
"The more Tony goes on, the more he understands that what you leave out is important.”
- Scott Simon
"The Way You Look Tonight"
@itstonybennett
A great portrait by Eve Arnold, from 1950
"The more Tony goes on, the more he understands that what you leave out is important.”
- Scott Simon
"The Way You Look Tonight"
Tony Bennett has had some glamorous partners over the years: Judy Garland, Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, Norah Jones. But this is the peak: with Miss Piggy at the Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Parade
📷 Eric Liebowitz, 2016
📷 Eric Liebowitz, 2016
Tony Bennett by Josh Cheuse
"A benign, grandfatherly figure, he is revered as the epitome of cool by younger generations of performers."
- Stephen Holden
"A benign, grandfatherly figure, he is revered as the epitome of cool by younger generations of performers."
- Stephen Holden
One more cup of coffee with Tony Bennett ☕️
It's still morning (just)...
📷 Don Hunstein, June 1959
"Smile" - John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons wrote the lyrics to Charlie Chaplin's lovely tune
It's still morning (just)...
📷 Don Hunstein, June 1959
"Smile" - John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons wrote the lyrics to Charlie Chaplin's lovely tune
More Don Hunstein photos of Tony Bennett, from 1957 & 1963. The two would have spent a lot of time together at Columbia recording studios.
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