Tony Bennett: I Left My Heart...

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The year 2026 marks the anniversary of Tony Bennett, one of the greatest undisputed singers of all time (his close friend Sinatra called him "the best singer in the business"). His extraordinary career spanned 70 years, from 1950 to his remarkable comeback in the 1990s, until shortly before his passing in 2023 at the age of 96. This tribute presents 57 of his most beautiful songs from his golden age, in the 1950s and early 1960s (before his popularity began to decline in the 1960s)....From his first hit, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," and the biggest hits of the early 1950s, such as the million-selling successes "Because of You," "Cold," "Cold Heart," "Rags to Riches," and "Stranger in Paradise," this selection (24 tracks) highlights his rise to become one of the greatest jazz singers of his era, alongside Ralph Burns, Ralph Sharon, and especially the Count Basie Orchestra ("Jeepers, Creepers," "Strike Up the Band!"). He also became an undisputed master of the Great American Songbook (with songs like "Speak Low," "Tenderly," and "April in Paris"). And of course, there is his triple triumph of 1962 with "I Wanna Be Around," "The Good Life," and the essential "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," an iconic Tony Bennett track.