Just Getting Started by Tony Bennett

Author:Tony Bennett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-10-13T16:00:00+00:00

By the time we left, the sun was spreading an orange glow over the ride home, and Ralph and I felt we’d been blessed to have an extraordinary moment.

Frank and I shared a stage just a few times together over the years. It was always a special occasion. One time that means just about the most to me was a night we both performed at Bally’s in Atlantic City in 1988.

I wore a white tux—Frank wore a black one. We went back and forth between our various hits and joined in together on “The Lady Is a Tramp.” Toward the end of the show, Frank said, “Here’s one of the prettiest songs in the American library, and no one sings it prettier than this guy.” It was a generous setup for me to sing “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Then I handed the orchestra off to Frank for him to sing his fabulous John Kander and Fred Ebb anthem “New York, New York,” singing it in a fervent way that makes the song a hymn for everyone, from Ketchikan to Key West, who struggles to do his best and strives to reach the top. Then Frank invited this son of Astoria, Queens, to join him to repeat the last few lines:

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