Book Read Free

The Good Life: The Autobiography Of Tony Bennett

Page 27

by Tony Bennett


  Bal Masque (Miami), 201

  Bal Tabarin (New York City), 81

  Balliet, Whitney, 208

  Band of Renown, 98

  Bari, Joe, 48, 74, 93, 95 Barnes, George, 216

  Barnicort, John, 213, 243

  Barrymore, Lionel, 176

  Basie, Count, 48, 73, 82, 86–87, 88, 94, 101, 104, 115, 127, 147, 151–55, 168, 170, 178, 180, 181, 191, 201, 202, 217, 220, 224, 233, 238, 246, 250

  Basie Swings Bennett Sings (album), 154

  Basil, Louis, 175

  Basin Street East (New York), 253

  Batista, Fulgencio, 143, 144

  Battery Park, 10

  Battle of the Bulge, 56, 63

  Baylin, Basil, 243

  BBC, 148, 192, 208

  BBC Radio and Television Orchestra, 77

  Beech, Patricia

  see Bennett, Patricia Beech

  Beat of My Heart (album), 150, 151, 152, 155

  “Beat of My Heart, The” (song), 150

  “Beatlemania,” 179

  Beatles, 37, 179, 199

  “Because of You,” 109, 113, 114, 116, 117, 134, 195

  Belafonte, Harry, 181–82

  Bellini, Vincenzo, 25

  Bells Are Ringing, 125

  Bellson, Louis, 43, 93, 94, 189, 203, 215, 216

  Benedetto, Anna Suraci, 10, 12

  Benedetto, Antoinette, 11–12

  Benedetto, Dominica, 30

  Benedetto, Dominick, 10, 12, 30–31

  Benedetto, Frances, 8, 10

  Benedetto, Giovanni, 7

  Benedetto, Giovanni (John), 8, 12

  Benedetto, John, Jr., 12, 20, 24, 25–26, 32, 51, 62, 256

  Benedetto, Maria, 7, 10, 11, 16, 21–22

  Benedetto, Mary, 12, 20, 27, 32, 116–17, 137, 169, 190, 236, 255, 256

  Benedetto family, 7, 8, 10, 11–12, 217

  Bennett, Antonia, 217, 220, 223, 233, 257

  Bennett, Austin, 256

  Bennett, Daegal, 140, 151, 222, 233, 253, 256

  Bennett, D’Andrea (Danny), 131–32, 140, 151, 199, 222, 235–54, 236, 237, 238–40, 242, 244–45, 246, 247, 248, 250, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256

  Bennett, Jared, 256

  Bennett, Joanna, 203–02, 205, 212, 213, 220, 223, 233, 257

  Bennett, Kelsey, 256

  Bennett, Patricia Beech, 119–22, 129, 130, 131–32, 140, 141, 142–43, 144–45, 151, 154–55, 158–59, 166, 170, 185, 189, 200, 203, 205

  Bennett, Rémy, 256–59

  Bennett, Sandra Grant, 185–86, 190, 203, 209, 212, 213, 217, 231, 232, 234

  Bennett and Baste Together! (TV special), 238

  Bennett/Berlin (album), 242

  Bennett on Holiday (album), 252, 253

  “Bennett Tones, The” (fan club), 116

  Berger’s disease, 197

  Bergman, Alan, 200, 209, 240

  Bergman, Marilyn, 200, 209, 240

  Berkeley, Busby, 175

  Berklee School of” Music, 257

  Berle, Milton, 87, 175, 185

  Berlin, Germany, 61

  Berlin, Irving, 242

  Bernstein, Leonard, 104, 182

  Berry, Chuck, 161

  Bertocini, Gene, 195

  “Best Is Yet to Come, The,” 172–73, 246

  Beverly Hills, 217, 234

  Bible Belt, 111

  Billboard magazine, 109, 110, 177, 253

  Birdland, 86, 219

  Bishop, Joey, 140, 158

  Black, Herbert, 59

  Black Orchid (club, Chicago), 155–56

  Black Orpheus, 187

  “Black Rock,” 12, 234

  Blackpool, England, 51

  Blakey, Art, 151

  Bloom, Rube, 87–88

  “Blue Moon,” 87–88

  “Blue Velvet,” 110, 112, 219

  “Blues in the Night,” 67

  “Body and Soul,” 76

  Bogart, Humphrey, 23

  Bolger, Ray, 164

  Bonfa, Luiz, 187

  Bonnie and Clyde (film), 68

  Bono, 246

  Borgnine, Ernest, 185

  Boston, 202

  Bottom Line (club, New York), 238

  “Boulevard of Broken Dreams, The,” 95, 99, 102, 104, 108, 109

  Boulton, Derek, 205, 208, 211, 212, 215, 220

  Bouvier, Jacqueline, 117

  Boyd, Stephen, 185

  Bracken, Eddie, 40

  Braff, Ruby, 145, 216, 222

  Brando, Marlon, 53, 83, 85

  Briar Oaks apartment complex, 131

  Brice, Fanny, 46

  Bricusse, Leslie, 179, 200, 212

  Brigham Young University, 77

  Brill Building, 96–97

  Brines, Judy, 74

  “British invasion, the,” 179

  Broadway, 45, 46, 83, 126, 157

  Broadway shows, 102, 124, 125

  Broadway Theatre, 35, 84

  Bronx, 27, 47

  Brooklyn, 47, 90, 114, 115–16, 152, 194

  Brown, Georgie, 106

  Brown, James, 239

  Brown, Les, 59–60, 76, 98–99

  Browning automatic rifles (BARs), 53, 58

  Brubeck, Dave, 104, 224

  Bruce, Lenny, 146, 156, 221, 232

  Buffalo, N.Y., 117, 221, 222

  Bullet Records, 108

  Bunch, John, 196, 197, 212, 213, 214, 215, 224

  Burns, George, 40

  Burns, Ralph, 157–58, 161, 175, 183, 195

  Burr, John, 235

  Burrell, Kenny, 169

  Butler Institute of American Art, 243

  Buzz Bin, 248

  Byrd, Charlie, 222

  Byrds (band), 179

  C rations, 65, 69

  “Ça, C’est L‘Amour,” 142

  Caesars Palace (Las Vegas), 126–27

  Cahn, Sammy, 200, 220, 233

  Calabria, Italy, 7, 8, 10, 11, 48

  Calandrelli, Jorge, 240, 252

  Calloway, Cab, 81

  Cameron, Clayton, 197, 203, 214, 247

  Camp Van Dorn, Centreville, Mississippi, 63

  Campbell, Alan, 67

  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 225

  “Canasta Song, The,” 123

  Candido, 152, 169, 195

  “Candy,” 75

  Candy, John, 238

  Cantor, Eddie, 18

  Capital Lounge, 216

  Capitol (label), 133

  “Capitol City,” 239

  Capitol Records, 192–93

  Capitol Theater (New York), 90

  Capitol Theater (Washington), 117

  Carmen Jones, 39

  Carnegie Hall, 156–57, 167–68, 169–70, 206–07, 225, 237, 238

  Carney, Harry, 201

  Carroll, Barbara, 87

  Carson, Johnny, 218, 227, 238, 243, 253

  Carter, Benny, 81, 174

  Carter, Jack, 122, 158

  Casino (Toronto), 197

  Castro, Fidel, 143

  Catch 22, 55

  CBS, 107, 175

  CBS radio, 101, 105

  CBS Records, 243

  CBS/Sony 240

  CBS-TV, 105

  CDs, 240

  Centreville, Mississippi, 63

  Chaplin, Charlie, 95–96, 206

  Charles, Hughie, 41

  Charles, Ray, 241

  Charles, Teddy, 148

  Charlie’s Tavern, 112

  Cherico, Gene, 235

  Chevalier, Maurice, 36

  Chez Paree (club, Chicago), 118, 152, 156, 206

  Chiappa, Tom, 116, 169, 256

  Chicago, 115, 117, 118–19, 151, 152, 155–56, 168, 179, 206, 216, 228

  Children’s Plea for Peace, The, 207–08

  Chips (girlfriend of John Bunch), 213

  Cholakis, John, 83–84, 95

  Chorus Line, A, 227

  “Chow Willy,” 123

  “Christmasland,” 198

  Christy, June, 89

  Churchill, Winston, 213

  Cimabue, Giovanni, 39

/>   “Cinnamon Sinner,” 133

  City Lights (film), 206

  Civic Auditorium (Santa Monica), 186

  Clapton, Eric, 249

  Clare, Kenny, 208, 212

  Clark, Buddy, 101

  Clark, Dick, 138

  Clarke, Kenny, 148

  Cleveland, Ohio, 117, 119–20, 122

  “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” 152

  Clinton, Hillary, 244

  Clinton, William J., 164, 254

  Clive: Inside the Music Industry (Davis), 200

  Clooney, Rosemary, 81, 92, 105, 106, 107, 117, 123, 255

  Cloud 9 (album), 134–35, 142, 150

  Cocuzzo, Joe, 197, 215

  Cohn, Al, 82, 134, 151, 157, 169, 187, 196

  “Cold, Cold Heart,” 110, 111, 113, 116, 117

  Cold War, 178

  Cole, Maria, 180

  Cole, Nat “King,” 75–76, 85, 117–18, 127, 133, 179–81

  Cole, Natalie, 239, 245

  “Cole Porter Medley, The,” 223

  Coleman, Cy, 172–73, 176, 200

  Coleman, Ornette, 193

  Collins, Judy, 199

  Collins, Phil, 253

  Colonna, Jerry, 59

  Columbia Records, 12, 82, 99, 101–02, 103–04, 108–09, 112, 116, 123, 124–26, 128, 133–34, 141–42, 149–50, 152, 153, 157, 164, 165, 166, 170, 174–75, 179, 184, 190–91, 192, 194, 199, 304, 200, 201, 207–08, 209, 211–12, 215, 222, 234, 237, 239–40, 241, 243, 244–45, 247, 248, 250, 254–55

  Columbia University, 241

  Comden, Betty, 182

  “Come On-A-My House,” 123

  Como, Perry, 85, 138, 146

  Concert by the Sea (album), 157

  Condos, Steve, 98

  Conners, Chris, 147

  Connick, Harry, jr., 244

  Conniff, Ray, 142

  Cooley, Charlie, 97

  Copa City (Miami), 122

  Copacabana (New York), 45, 127–28, 130, 141–42, 152, 158, 170, 206

  Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro), 171

  Cory, George, 163–65

  Costa, Don, 141, 198

  Costa, Eddie, 148, 169

  Costello, Elvis, 250

  Cotten, Joseph, 185

  Cotton Club, 159

  Count Basie/Tony Bennett Strike Up the Band (album), 154

  “Country Girl,” 197

  Coward, Noel, 127

  Cowboy Junkies, 249

  Craig, Francis, 108

  “Crazy Rhythm,” 95, 99

  “Crazy She Calls Me,” 252

  Crosby, Bing, 37, 45, 94, 98, 99, 128, 155

  Crosby, Bob, 106

  Cross, Douglass, 163–65

  Crow, Susan, 241, 258

  Cuba, 142–45

  Cuban missile crisis, 178

  Curb, Mike, 211

  Dachau, 60

  Daily News, 45, 238

  Daisy (club, Hollywood), 177

  Dallas, Texas, 104, 128

  Damone, Vic, 90

  D’Andrea, Pietro, 86, 131

  “Danny Boy,” 131

  Danube River, 60

  Dave Brubeck Quartet, 170

  Davis, Clive, 190–91, 200, 204, 208, 215

  Davis, Miles, 134, 193, 225

  Davis, Sammy, Jr., 127, 177, 182

  Day, Doris, 123

  Dead End (film), 23

  Dead End Kids, 23

  Debin, Nat, 91

  Debussy, Claude, 134

  Decca (label), 108, 133, 183

  Decca studios, 94

  Dedicated to You, 134

  DeFeo, Fran, 250

  DeForrest, Charles, 242

  DeHarak, Rudy, 41–42, 88, 208, 223

  Desert Inn (Las Vegas), 126

  Detective, The (film), 178

  DeVol, Frank, 152, 159

  Dietrich, Marlene, 127

  di Scipio, Al, 195

  Distel, Sacha, 174

  Dixieland, 83

  Do I Hear a Waltz? (musical), 194

  “Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief” 74

  Donaldson, Walter, 254

  “Don’t Cry Baby,” 67

  “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” 203

  “Don’t Wait Too Long,” 246

  “Don’t Worry “Bout Me,” 87

  Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles), 180–81, 250–51

  Dorsey, Jimmy, 77

  Dorsey, Tommy, 44, 45, 88

  Dorsey, Tommy, orchestra, 139

  Dorsheck, Dick, 76

  Dorsheck, George, 76

  Douglas, Mike, 186

  Down Beat, 148

  Downtown Club (Buffalo), 222

  Duley, George, 64, 65–66, 76

  Dunes (Las Vegas), 126

  Durante, Jimmy, 45–46, 127, 175

  Dylan, Bob, 191

  Earl Carrol’s Vanities, 46

  East River Tennis Club, 214

  Eckstine, Billy, 182–83, 213

  Ed Sullivan Show, 146, 200

  El Morocco (Montreal), 152

  El Rancho (Las Vegas), 126

  Eischner, Mickey, 239

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 67, 85

  Ellington, Duke, 81, 92, 104, 113, 115, 127, 141, 152–53, 181, 184, 189, 199, 200, 201–03, 233, 236, 244, 253

  Elliott, Jack, 66, 73–74, 75, 77

  Ellis Island, 9

  Elman, Ziggy, 44

  “Embraceable You,” 118

  “Emily,” 187

  Emmy Award, 252

  Empire (club, Glasgow), 138

  Empire (club, Liverpool), 138

  Empry, Gino, 232

  England, 125, 212–13, 214

  Englewood, New Jersey, 140–41, 171, 172, 189, 190, 205, 253

  Enola Gay, 68

  Entertainment Tonight, 248

  Entratter, Jack, 180

  Europe, 49, 52, 54, 62, 68, 137

  Evans, Bill, 104, 186, 222, 223–26, 235, 237

  Evans, Gil, 141

  Evans, Marion, 141, 198

  “Everybody Has the Blues,” 241

  Exiner, Billy, 112, 150, 152, 169, 171, 174, 196–97

  Fain, Sammy, 141

  Fairmont Hotel (San Francisco), 163, 164, 231

  Faith, Percy, 107, 108, 109, 112, 122, 124, 142, 186

  Fame (film), 41

  Fantasy (label), 224

  Far Rockaway, 95

  Far Rockaway Beach, 83

  Farnon, Brian, 198

  Farnon, Robert, 197–98, 205, 208, 212, 213, 215

  “Fascinating Rhythm,” 94, 95, 99, 102, 168, 195

  Ferguson, Maynard, 196

  Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 189

  Finnell, Maurice, 256

  “Firefly,” 172, 176

  Fischer, Andre, 245

  Fitzgerald, Ella, 127, 180, 194, 218, 219–20

  Flanagan, Tommy, 187, 194, 196

  Flea, 247

  Flower Drum Song, 159

  “Fly Me to the Moon,” 246

  Flying Leathernecks, The (film), 113

  Fogarty, Alex, 106

  Foley, Red, 108

  Fontainebleau (hotel), 178

  For Once in My Life (album), 200

  “For Once in My Life” (song), 199

  Ford and Hines, 118

  Ford Motor plant (Mannheim), 69

  Fort Dix, New Jersey, 52

  Fort Robinson (Arkansas), 52

  Forty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett (album), 244

  Fox (TV), 238–39

  Frank Sinatra Duets (album), 246

  “Frankie and Johnnie,” 90

  Frasier, Betty, 84

  Frasier, Brenda, 176

  Freed, Alan, 161

  Freedman, Robert, 214

  Frost, David, 199

  “Funny Thing,” 133

  Futia, Mary Lou, 31

  Futia family, 31

  Gaiety Record Shop, 45

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 18

  Garland, Judy, 69, 95, 157, 175–78

  Garner, Erroll, 86, 156

  Garner, James, 187

  Gar
roway, Dave, 107

  Gaylord, Hal, 174

  General Artists Corporation (GAC), 118

  “Gentle Rain, The,” 187

  Gentle Rain, The, 187

  “Georgia Rose,” 183–84, 192

  German Army, 58–59

  Germans, 56, 57–59, 60–61, 64, 70, 74

  Germany, 49, 54, 55–56, 58–59, 61, 62, 63, 67, 72, 73, 76, 80, 151, 182

  Gershwin, 94

  Gershwin, George, 46, 206

  Gershwin, Ira, 46

  Getz, Stan, 82, 86

  Gl Bill, 85

  Gielgud, John, 149

  Gilberto, Astrud, 171

  Gilberto, Joao, 145, 172

  Gillespie, Dizzy, 74, 113

  Giotto, 39

  Girl in Pink Tights, The, 197

  “Girl Talk,” 187

  GIs, 66, 72, 73, 76

  Giuffrida, John, 215, 227, 232

  Glasgow, 138

  Gleason, Jackie, 192

  Glenn, Tyree, 81, 91

  “Glory Road,” 168, 169

  “God Is Love” (painting), 202

  Goddard, Paulette, 73, 206

  Godfrey Arthur, 92, 146

  Going My Way, 254

  Gold, Wally, 204

  Golden Boy, 68

  “Golden Earrings,” 92

  “Good Life, The,” 174, 246

  “Good Morning Heartache,” 252

  Good Things in Life, The (album), 212

  Goodfellas (film), 124

  Goodman, Benny, 73, 101, 113, 196

  Gordan, Ken, 207

  Gordan, Renee, 207

  Gordon, Dick

  see Suraci, Dick Gotham Hotel, 189

  Governors Island, 29

  Grade, Lord Lew, 214

  Grammy, 165, 244, 246, 253

  Grammy Awards, 92, 244, 250–51

  Grand Ol’ Opry, 111

  Grand Ol’ Opry, The, 111

  Grant, Cary, 217, 218, 227

  Grant, Sandra

  see Bennett, Sandra Grant Grapelli, Stephane, 147

  Graves Registration, 70–71

  Great American Songbook, 237

  Great Depression, 5, 21, 24, 26, 27, 31, 49

  Great Dictator, The, 95

  Great White Way, 46

  Green, Adolph, 182

  Green, Larry, 108

  Green, Urbie, 157, 195

  Greene, Clarence, 185

  Greenwich Village, 82–83, 92–93

  Guarnieri, Johnny, 107

  Gubin, Sol, 197

  Guccione, Bob, Jr., 239

  Guys and Dolls, 151

  Hackett, Bobby, 179, 187, 192–93, 195, 202

  Half Note (club, New York City), 196

  “Hambone,” 123

  Hamilton, Chico, 150

  Hamilton, Manning, 65

  Hamm, Al, 154

  Hanson’s Drug Store (New York City), 83, 181–82

  Harlem, 88

  Harlow, 187

  Harris, Ace, 155

  Harris, Frank, 75

  Harrison, George, 205

  Harrison, Rex, 125

  Harrogate, England, 212

  Hartman, Johnny, 147

  Hassett, Bill, 221–22, 231

  Havana, Cuba, 144

  Hayes, Richard, 108

  Hayton, Lennie, 214

  Heath, Ted, 148

  Hector’s and Charlie’s Tavern (New York City), 83

 

‹ Prev