Book description
The first complete biography of singing legend Tony Bennett
Among America's greatest entertainers such as Frank Sinatra, Judy
Garland, Ray Charles, and Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett alone is still
here and at the top of his game. For the first time, All the Things
You Are tells the incredible story of Bennett's life and sixty-year
career, from his impoverished New York City childhood through his
first chart-topping hits, from liberating a concentration camp to his
civil rights struggles, from his devastating personal and career
battles and addiction in the 1970's to his stunning comeback and
emergence as a musical statesman, America's troubadour, role model and
mentor, and unmatched interpreter of the American songbook.
- Takes a candid, unvarnished look at the amazing life of one of
America's most enduring musical icons
- Based on dozens of author interviews with Bennett's family
members,?agents, musicians, composers and managers, and experts on
the last fifty years of popular music
- Filled with stories involving leading figures and entertainers
of the twentieth-century, including Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra,
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fiorello LaGuardia, Martin Luther
King, Jr., Ray Charles, Dean Martin, Billie Holliday, and more
Whether you've been a Tony Bennett fan for decades or are just
discovering him, this book will deepen your understanding of this
hugely gifted entertainer and his music.
David Evanier is a critically acclaimed and
award-winning author of both nonfiction and fiction. He was formerly
senior editor of the Paris Review, and his work has appeared in
Best American Short Stories. He is a recipient of the Aga
Khan Prize for Fiction and the McGinnis-Ritchie Short Fiction Award.
Evanier has written for the New York Times (including
"Paper Cuts," its music blog), the New York Times
Magazine, the Village Voice, the New Republic, the
Nation, and many other publications. He has received residence
fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Wurlitzer
Foundation, is a full-time member of the Writers Room where he wrote
this book, and has taught at UCLA. His other books include Making
the Wiseguys Weep: The Jimmy Roselli Story, which was a New
York Times Notable Book of the Year, and Roman Candle: The
Life of Bobby Darin.
