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
