All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (895 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470520655 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Agnes Andrea said For my money, I'd still choose Bennett's autobiography "The Good Life" over this one. I've read two books about Tony Bennett: "The Good Life" (his 1998autobiography written with critic/journalist Will Friedwald); and "AllThe Things You Are" (the "For my money, I'd still choose Bennett's autobiography "The Good Life" over this one" according to Agnes Andrea. I've read two books about Tony Bennett: "The Good Life" (his 1998autobiography written with critic/journalist Will Friedwald); and "AllThe Things You Are" (the 2011 biography by author David Evanier)."The Good Life" is a warm, passionate life story brimming withanecdotes only the man himself could tell (about his growing up in anItalian-American neighborhood, his WWII experience, his acquaintanceand friendship with some of the greatest artists in the showbiz forthe last 60 years or so). You can feel in every page Bennett'spositive, enthusia. 011 biography by author David Evanier)."The Good Life" is a warm, passionate life story brimming withanecdotes only the man himself could tell (about his growing up in anItalian-American neighborhood, his WWII experience, his acquaintanceand friendship with some of the greatest artists in the showbiz forthe last 60 years or so). You can feel in every page Bennett'spositive, enthusia. This is a GREAT book about Tony Bennett by David Evanier Nick Riggio Nicholas J. Riggio says:I have been a lifelong Tony Bennett fan and friend since 1950. I have read the book by David Evanier and found it to be fascinating, factual, and well written. I sent David many old newspaper clippings from the 1950's. They were reviews of Tony's nightclub performances. I marveled how David introduced them into the story. I found the descriptions of so many great Bennett albums refreshing and honest! It is true that Tony Bennett has recorded many great songs and albums that received little to no air time by DJs on th. Great Book - One of it's kind All The Things You Are is without a doubt the best book ever written on Tony Bennett. I've waited a long time for a book like this to come into print.There's the book Bennett co-wrote with Will Friedwald. The Good Life: The Autobiography Of Tony Bennett, but it doesn't really say anything - it mainly reminds us that Bennett is a really nice guy. We already knew that.What immediately comes across in Evanier's book is his fascination and affection for Italian-American crooners. You can tell that Evanier not only writes about the subject of cr
He examines Tony's bleakest years, during the 1970s, when the singer struggled with addiction, a difficult second marriage, and evaporating interest in the Great American Songbook he loved to sing. Friends speak affectionately of how Tony would rebuke them when they said that Tony was a better singer than his idol, Frank Sinatra. One friend tells how the singer's brief unannounced appearances at small music clubs lifted the hearts of mourning New Yorkers after 9/11. At age ten, he stood beside Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia at the dedication of New York City's Triboro Bridge and, leading th
The first complete biography of singing legend Tony BennettAmong America's greatest entertainers such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Ray Charles, and Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett alone is still here and at the top of his game. For the first time, All the Things You Are tells the incredible story of Bennett's life and sixty-year career, from his impoverished New York City childhood through his first chart-topping hits, from liberating a concentration camp to his civil rights struggles, from his devastating personal and career battles and addiction in the 1970's to his stunning comeback and emergence as a musical statesman, America's troubadour, role model and mentor, and unmatched interpreter of the American songbook.Takes a candid, unvarnished look at the amazing life of one of America's most enduring musical icons Based on dozens of author interviews with Bennett's family members,?agents, musicians, composers and managers, and experts on the last fifty years of popular musicFilled with stories involving leading figures and entertainers of the twentieth-century, including Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fiorello LaGuardia, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
David Evanier is a critically acclaimed and award-winning author of both nonfiction and fiction. He is a recipient of the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction and the McGinnis-Ritchie Short Fiction Award. . He has received residence fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Wurlitzer Foundation, is a full-time member of the Writers Room where he wrote this book, and has taught at UCLA. He was formerly senior editor of the Paris Review, and his work has appeared in