Breaking news: Tony Bennett is dead at 96. The singer made hits over 60 years, enjoying one of the most remarkable second acts in show business. His albums were on the charts in every decade from the 1950s to the 2020s.
,” by the little-known songwriting team of Douglass Cross and George Cory, in a single take in 1962, and it was released as the B side of the single “Once Upon a Time.” Even though it did not reach No. 1, “San Francisco” became one of the best-selling records of 1962 and stayed on the charts for almost three years. It earned Mr. Bennett his first Grammy Awards, for record of the year and best male solo vocal performance.
“For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business,” Sinatra told Life magazine in 1965, at the height of Mr. Bennett’s initial fame. “He excites me when I watch him. He moves me. He’s the singer who gets across what the composer has in mind, and probably a little more.” At the same time, Mr. Bennett’s turbulent second marriage was falling apart, he was deeply in debt and, he later admitted, had developed a dependency on drugs. The older of his two sons, Danny, a onetime rock guitarist, examined Mr. Bennett’s shaky finances, which included unpaid taxes and failed business ventures, and asked his father what he wanted to accomplish with his career.
He rejoined Columbia Records in 1986 and continued performing his standard repertoire of music by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington and the Gershwin brothers. Instead of singing to the same aging corps of fans, Mr. Bennett appeared on late-night talk shows, MTV and at alternative-rock festivals and other venues where younger audiences could hear him.
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