The great Tony BennettAnthony Dominick Benedetto Changed His Name
"I've been singing for 60 years and Bob Hope gave me my new (stage) name of Tony Bennett," the great 81-year-old singer told the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts crowd of 8,000 on Saturday night August 19.
And when he sang one of my favorite songs, "Because Of You" one could just feel that although he will be 82 on August 3 that his voice is as strong and vibrant as ever.
The one and only Tony Bennett made his return to the Catskills something that all his fans will remember and the reason the great Sinatra called him "the best singer in the business."
The Singer's Singer was introduced to the Bethel Woods crowd as "Mr. Tony Bennett" and this classy entertainer made his on stage appearance dressed is a white jacket, dark pants and white shoes with his opening statement, "Thank you very much for coming by tonight."
And lets not forget his great 4-piece band consisting of a piano, guitar, bass and drums with very accomplished musicians displaying their talents throughout the evenings performance.
While singing the lyrics "Nobody Loves Me," a lady in the crowd shouted out "I love you Tony" and the crowd got a big laugh out of this.
Tony remarked that he got a call from country singer Hank Williams after Bennett sang Williams country hit "Cold Cold Heart" and with this being Bennett's first attempt at a country song Williams joked to Tony saying, "what's the idea of ruining my song."
The 15-time Grammy Awards winner easily moved the hearts and souls of the Bethel Woods audience this night. His popularity has resulted in the sale of over 50 million records worldwide and it was easy to see why Tony was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
One cannot forget that Tony Bennett has also devoted a lot of time and energies to a variety of worthwhile humanitarian and charitable causes and that he is also a very accomplished painter.
In his singing of the song "Just The Good Life" he jokingly said, "I'm dedicating this song to Governor Spitzer."
His accomplished style, great voice and a beautiful variety of his top hits gave everyone attending a great sense of being part of musical history.
Bethel Woods plays host to the Original New York Doo Wopp show Saturday, August 2 at 8 p.m.
"I've been singing for 60 years and Bob Hope gave me my new (stage) name of Tony Bennett," the great 81-year-old singer told the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts crowd of 8,000 on Saturday night August 19.
And when he sang one of my favorite songs, "Because Of You" one could just feel that although he will be 82 on August 3 that his voice is as strong and vibrant as ever.
The one and only Tony Bennett made his return to the Catskills something that all his fans will remember and the reason the great Sinatra called him "the best singer in the business."
The Singer's Singer was introduced to the Bethel Woods crowd as "Mr. Tony Bennett" and this classy entertainer made his on stage appearance dressed is a white jacket, dark pants and white shoes with his opening statement, "Thank you very much for coming by tonight."
And lets not forget his great 4-piece band consisting of a piano, guitar, bass and drums with very accomplished musicians displaying their talents throughout the evenings performance.
While singing the lyrics "Nobody Loves Me," a lady in the crowd shouted out "I love you Tony" and the crowd got a big laugh out of this.
Tony remarked that he got a call from country singer Hank Williams after Bennett sang Williams country hit "Cold Cold Heart" and with this being Bennett's first attempt at a country song Williams joked to Tony saying, "what's the idea of ruining my song."
The 15-time Grammy Awards winner easily moved the hearts and souls of the Bethel Woods audience this night. His popularity has resulted in the sale of over 50 million records worldwide and it was easy to see why Tony was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
One cannot forget that Tony Bennett has also devoted a lot of time and energies to a variety of worthwhile humanitarian and charitable causes and that he is also a very accomplished painter.
In his singing of the song "Just The Good Life" he jokingly said, "I'm dedicating this song to Governor Spitzer."
His accomplished style, great voice and a beautiful variety of his top hits gave everyone attending a great sense of being part of musical history.
Bethel Woods plays host to the Original New York Doo Wopp show Saturday, August 2 at 8 p.m.
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