It was the 1950s. The age of the baby boomers; the world was looking to a future of prosperity. Music was defining the shift. The rock and roll and the rebels without causes were just a few years away and a sweet tenor was filling the air. Know more:
IT was the 1950s. The age of the baby boomers; the world was looking to a future of prosperity. Music was defining the shift. The rock and roll and the rebels without causes were just a few years away and a sweet tenor was filling the air. It was the voice of Tony Bennett, singing “Because of You,” his first:The optimism was there—brilliant, rosy, unbridled. Like the 4 million babies being born each year.
It should interest the Tony Bennett aficionados to know that the 1957 recording was not the first for that song. He sang “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” way back in 1951 in a voice that was tender and scaling the notes in such a bravura fashion, one would think he was a classical tenor making his incursion into the world of popular music.
The gestures and mannerisms were awkward, if we did it, but in Tony Bennett, a wondrous theatricality to behold. Piaf’s extended arms and Judy Garland’s tremulous fingers found a masculine home in our singer’s performance.
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