Rest in Peace Tony Bennett...

Mad Dog_2

Astoria Queens Boy. .Class Act  total Gentleman.  Mad Dog 🐕 

Sal Santamaura

Anyone who'd like to own the definitive Tony recording, one made in conjunction with another musical legend, ought get a copy of this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UE27X8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I picked one up two years ago and have enjoyed it regularly since.

DanHolohan

That album is on Pandora. It’s remarkable. 

pecmsg

Rip Tony and ThankYou for your contribution!

SlamDunk

Listening now,drink in hand.

Mad Dog_2

1986...6am...going to work at the Plaza Hotel..turn the corner at Bergdorf Goodman and go face to face with Tony...just me and him.  We both laughed, side stepped and kept going. He was dressed to kill..probably headed to The Rainbow 🌈 Room for a Breakfast gig...There's No place like NYC... Mad Dog 🐕 

Sal Santamaura

DanHolohan said:

That album is on Pandora. It’s remarkable. 

As something of a Luddite, I stick with CDs, but am glad to know that 50 million people have ready access to it that way. One thing they miss out on, though, is a liner notes booklet in the two-CD set's jewel case. It has 18-1/2 pages of wonderful, Dan Holohan-like writing from Will Friedwald, who was co-author of Tony's autobiography.

Mad Dog_2

It's funny because I was 18 and Knew the Name Tony Bennett well, but that really wasn't my Genre or Generation.  When we ran face to face, I instantly recognized him as "A Famous Crooner."  I knew he wasn't Sinatra, Dean Martin, Mario Lanza, et cetera, but when I went home and Told Mom, she pulled out a Book off the shelf and I said..."Thats Him!"  I still remember he was a smaller guy, but super fit, great tan, big smile and he had a snazzy white folded Hankerchief Thingee in his jacket pocket.  Mad Dog 🐕