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The Good Life: The Autobiography Of Tony Bennett

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by Tony Bennett


  Hefner, Hugh, 152, 156, 172, 194

  Hefti, Neal, 141, 142, 186–87

  Heidelberg, Germany, 66

  Hell Gate Bridge, 81, 88–89

  Heller, Rob, 242

  Hemion, Dwight, 194, 203–02

  Henderson, Skitch, 89–90

  Hendricks, John, 168

  Henry, Sweet Henry (musical), 131

  Henry Hudson Hotel (New York), 121

  Here’s to the Ladies (album), 251

  Herman, Woody, 82, 94, 157, 196

  Herzoz Hotel (Bad Schwalbach), 72, 74–75

  High School for the Performing Arts, 41, 42, 43

  High School of Industrial Arts (now Art and Design), 41, 42, 43–44, 45, 46, 69

  Hillside Sound Studio (Englewood, N.J.), 256

  Hilton Hotel (Las Vegas), 185, 215

  Hines, Earl, “Fatha,” 222

  Hinton, Milt, 148

  Hiroshima, 68

  Hitler, Adolf, 49, 51, 56, 61

  Hockney David, 243

  Hoffman, Dustin, 85

  Holiday, Billie, 86, 88, 250, 252–53

  Holland, 225

  Hollywood, 35, 177, 217, 232, 235

  Homer, Mae, 40–41

  Hometown, My Town (album), 157–58, 161

  Hope, Bob, 59–60, 73, 88, 97–99, 106, 202

  Horn, Paul, 195

  Horn, Shirley, 145

  Home, Lena, 90, 115, 127, 214–15

  Horrible Records (label), 96

  Hot Springs, Arkansas, 163

  Houston, Texas, 128

  “How Do You Keep the Music Playing,” 240

  “How Long Blues,” 67

  Howe, Buddy, 118

  Hughes, Chuck, 215

  Hurnperdinck, Engelbert, 98

  Hutton, Betty, 74

  Hyde Park (London), 138

  I Gotta Be Me (album), 215

  I Left My Heart in San Francisco (album), 167

  “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” (song), 104, 163–66, 169, 172, 195, 246

  “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart,” 203

  “I Realize Now,” 85, 118

  I Sustain the Wings, 73

  I Wanna Be Around (album), 174 “1

  Wanna Be Around” (song), 173–74, 246

  “I Want My MTV” campaign, 247

  “I Won’t Cry Anymore,” 110

  “Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider),” 26

  lenner, Don, 243–45, 246

  “If I Ruled the World,” 187

  If I Ruled the World (Songs for the Jet Set) (album), 179

  Iglesias, Julio, 246

  “I’ll Be Seeing You,” 141

  “I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town,” 67

  “I’m Just a Lucky So and So,” 141, 203

  Improv (label), 221–22, 223, 224, 233

  In Person! (album), 154

  “In the Middle of an Island,” 148–49, 150

  Innovations Orchestra, 76

  IRS, 232, 234

  “It Amazes Me,” 172

  “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” 203

  It Might As Well Be Swing (album), 246

  It’s a Funny Old World (musical), 212

  It’s All Yours (radio show), 72–73

  “I’ve Come Home Again,” 242

  Jackson, Janet, 247

  Jackson, Michael, 247

  Jackson, Milt, 145, 195

  Jackson, Quentin, 195

  Jacobs, Bob, 73

  “Jamboree Jones,” 94–95

  James, Harry, 44, 101, 104

  Japan, 49, 62, 67

  Jews, 52

  Jobim, Antonio Carlos, 171

  Johnny Concho (film), 139

  Johnson, Nora, 130

  Joker Is Wild, The (film), 127

  Jolson, Al, 18, 26, 46

  Jones, Jo, 148, 151

  Jones, Philly Joe, 225

  Jones, Quincy, 186–87, 198, 246

  Joplin, Janis, 190–91

  Jordan, Helen Hobbs, 86

  Jordan, Louis, 67

  Judgment at Nuremberg, 89

  “Just Because We’re Kids,” 254

  “Just In Time,” 125, 168, 195, 246

  Kallen, Kitty, 108

  Kamuca, Richie, 195

  Kansas City, 151

  Katz, Abe, 79, 80

  Katz, Freddy, 66, 74, 79–80, 89–90, 92, 254

  Katz, Mr., 79–80

  Katz, Stan, 79

  Katz family, 79

  Keane, Helen, 224

  Keating, Johnny, 192

  Keaton, Buster, 96, 146

  Kelly Hymie, 185

  Kelly, Nancy, 40

  Kennedy, John F., 170, 178

  Kennedy, Mrs. John F., 117

  Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), 170

  Kenton, Stan, 76, 89

  Key Club (Chicago), 156

  Kilgallen, Dorothy, 130

  King, Martin Luther, 178, 181, 182, 183

  Kinstler, Everett Raymond, 42–43, 243

  Kismet, 124–25

  Kiss Me, Kate, 124

  “Kiss You,” 106

  Kitchings, Irene, 253

  Kocher River, 60

  Kostelanetz, Andre, 73

  Krugman, Jay 246

  Krupa, Gene, 101

  Kunzelsau, 65

  Kyser, Kay, 101

  La Cava (New York City), 87

  La Guardia, Fiorello, 26, 27–28

  La Guardia School of Music and the Performing Arts, 241

  LaBarbera, Joe, 197, 235, 246–47

  Laico, Frank, 103–04, 142, 154, 167, 170, 175, 216, 223, 245

  Laine, Frankie, 89, 123

  Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross (singing group), 168, 223

  Landsberg, 60–61

  Lane, Burton, 189

  Lang, Eddie, 128 lang, k.d., 250

  Langdon, Dory, 160

  Langosch, Paul, 235, 247, 253

  Las Vegas, 90, 114, 126–27, 158, 175, 180, 186, 201, 206, 215, 219, 227, 236–37, 254

  Latin Casino (Philadelphia), 153–54

  “Laughing at Life,” 252

  Lawford, Peter, 177

  Lawrence, Bob, 74

  Lawrence, Elliot, 82 Lech River, 60

  Legrand, Michel, 200, 209

  Lehavre, France, 54

  Leibovitz, Annie, 240 Leigh, Carolyn, 172

  Leighton, Bernie, 215

  Leon and Eddie’s (New York City), 87

  Leonard, Eddie, 26

  Leonard, Jack E., 155

  Lerner, Alan Jay, 125, 189

  Leslie, Sy, 94

  Leslie Records, 94, 95, 220

  Letkoff, Major, 71

  Letterman, David, 238

  Levy, Lou, 187

  Levy, Morris, 153, 154

  Lewis, Joe E., 127–28, 184

  Lewis, Ted, 212

  Lieberson, Goddard, 102, 107, 125–26, 142, 149, 165, 167, 174

  Life Is Beautiful (album), 222–23

  Life magazine, 184, 185, 187

  Limelight, 96

  Lindbergh, Charles, 140

  Listen Easy (album), 215

  Little Big Man (film), 68

  Little Italy, 10, 11, 90, 114

  Little Rock, Arkansas, 52

  Littlewood, Yvonne, 208, 235

  Live at the Sahara (TV special), 236

  “Live by Request,” (TV show), 252

  Live in Buffalo (album), 222

  Liverpool, England, 138, 212

  Living Room, The (bistro, Chicago), 168

  Loew’s State Theater (Cleveland), 122

  Logan, Joshua, 67

  London, 138, 147, 178, 192, 193, 198–99, 212, 223, 243

  London Philharmonic Orchestra, 208

  “Lonely Place, A,” 192

  Long Ago and Far Away (album), 152

  Long Island City, 15

  Long Island Railroad, 95

  “Look of Love, The.” 214

  Loprete, Chachi, 241

  Los Angeles, 175, 194, 217, 218

  “Lost in the Stars,” 195<
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  Louis Armstrong and His Friends (album), 193

  Lourdes (daughter of Madonna), 254

  “Love Look Away,” 159

  “Love Scene,” 202, 203

  LP (long-playing record), 102, 133, 134

  Luden, Irv, 75

  “Lullaby of Broadway,” 168

  Lundvall, Bruce, 239

  Mack, Ted, 92

  MacWhinney, James, 38–39

  MacWhinney Julie, 38–39

  Madonna, 247, 253–54

  Main Event (TV special), 227

  Major Bowes Amateur Hour, 91

  Maksik, Ben, 117

  “Mammy,” 176

  Manchester, England, 212

  Mandel, Johnny, 187, 192

  Manhattan, 17, 27, 39, 44, 81, 88, 114, 120, 140, 234

  Mann, Abby, 89, 178, 183

  Mann, Herbie, 152

  Mannheim, Germany, 66, 69, 77

  Manning, Marty, 104, 160, 164, 173

  Mansfield, Irving, 104–05

  Mansfield, Ohio, 119, 122

  Many Moods of Tony, The (album), 160, 179

  Mar-A-Lago (mansion), 254

  “Marching Along Together,” 28

  Marsala, Joe, 179

  Martin, Dean, 127, 177, 180, 233, 246

  Martin, Hugh, 95

  Martin, Jane, 220

  Martin & Lewis, 145

  Marty’s (club, New York), 238

  Marx, Harpo, 127

  Marx, Karl, 80

  M*A*S*H, 55

  Masso, George, 72, 76–77

  Mathis, Johnny, 179

  Matz, Peter, 204, 205

  Maugham, Somerset, 18

  May, Elaine, 221

  “Maybe September,” 186

  MCA, 106

  McCartney Paul, 198–99, 249

  McGhee, Howard, 148

  McGrath, Judy, 250

  McKenna, Dave, 238

  McPartland, Jimmy, 222

  McPartland, Marian, 208, 222

  McQuade, Mrs., 27, 28

  McRae, Carmen, 147, 183

  Medoff, Jack, 112, 121

  Meet Me In St. Louis, 95

  Melody Maker, The (magazine), 148

  Mercer, Johnny, 75, 94, 173, 200, 254

  Mercury Records, 102, 108

  Merrill, Marlin, 63–64, 65

  Merv Griffin Show, 107

  Method acting, 85

  Metronome (magazine), 94

  Metropolitan Apartments, 41, 88

  Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 41

  Metropolitan Opera, 26

  Metropolitan Opera

  Orchestra, 80

  MGM, 175, 176

  MGM Grand (Las Vegas), 219

  MGM/Verve, 211–12, 215

  Miami, 104, 110, 117, 122, 145–46, 181, 201

  Miami Beach, 145

  Miami Copa, 145

  Midwest, 111

  Miles, Butch, 235

  Miles Davis Sextet, 224

  Military, Frank, 245

  Miller, Bill, 245

  Miller, Glenn, 71–72, 73, 74, 88

  Miller, Mitch, 99, 102–03, 104, 106–07, 108, 110, 112, 117, 122–24, 133, 134–35, 148–49, 150, 153, 159, 160–61

  Mills Brothers, 23

  Mingus, Charles, 148

  Miracle Worker, The (film), 68, 167

  Mr. Broadway (album), 125, 167

  Mitchell, Guy, 123

  Mitchell, Red, 66, 77

  MOB Records, 96

  Modern Times (film), 206

  Moe’s Main Street (Cleveland, Ohio), 119

  “Moment of Truth, The,” 195

  Monro, Matt, 213

  Monsieur Verdoux, 96

  Monterey Pop Music Festival, 190

  Monterose, J. R., 148

  Montreal, 152

  Mooney, Joe, 145

  “Moonglow,” 250

  Moore, Phil, 90

  Moranis, Rick, 238

  Morrow, Anne, 140

  Mosbach, 63, 64

  Moscow Art Theater, 85

  Mother Cabrini Old Age Home, 228

  Motley Crue, 244

  Mottola, Tommy, 243

  Mount Vesuvius, 1–4

  Movie Song Album, The, 186, 187

  MTV, 247–48, 249–50, 253

  MTV Unplugged, 249–50

  MTV Video Music Awards, 248

  Murray, Jan, 87, 105, 106, 117

  Murrow, Edward R., 107

  Muscarella, Ray, 90–91, 94, 95–96, 97, 99, 113–14, 121–22, 137

  Museum of Modern Art, 42

  My Fair Lady, 125–26, 174

  My Heart Sings (album), 161, 167

  “My Kind of Town,” 227

  “My Mom,” 18, 254

  “My Mother’s Eyes,” 47–48

  “My Reverie,” 134

  “My Way,” 228

  NAACP, 184

  Naples Italy, 1, 9

  Naples Bay, 9

  Naples Emigrant Aid Society, 9

  Nassau, 122

  NBC, 138, 208

  NBC TV, 97

  “Near You,” 108

  Nelson, Willie, 246

  Neophonic Orchestra, 76

  Nestle Inn (Astoria), 81–82

  “New Deal, The,” 49

  New Musical Express, 199

  New Orleans, 114

  “New York, New York.” 246

  New York City 9–10, 27–28, 41, 77, 79, 80, 104, 112, 115, 118, 120–21, 122, 129, 148, 157, 170, 193, 196, 235, 237–38, 241, 257

  New York Philharmonic, 201

  New York City Police Department, 178

  New York magazine, 238

  New York Palace, 35

  New York Post, 238

  New York Times, The, 106, 166, 238

  Newley, Anthony, 179, 200, 212

  Newport Jazz Festival, 225

  Newsday, 238

  Nicholas Brothers, 115

  Nichols, Mike, 221

  “Night of One Hundred Stars, The” (show), 228

  Niles, Duke, 174

  Nispel, Marcus, 247

  Nola Studios (New York City), 147

  “Non-Fraternization Blues, The,” 67

  Normandy, 56

  Novi, Gene di, 112–13, 128, 134

  Oakie, Jack, 95

  Odets, Clifford, 68

  Of Human Bondage (Maugham), 18

  O’Hara, Catherine, 238

  “Old Devil Moon,” 248

  “On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever),” 189

  On the Glory Road (album), 167

  “On the Other Side of the Tracks,” 172

  “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” 76

  On the Town, 68–69, 151

  Once in My Life (album), 215

  “Once Upon a Time,” 164–65, 195

  “One,” 227

  O’Neill, Eugene, 46

  Ornadel, Cyril, 179

  Oscar, 89, 185, 187, 192

  Oscar, The (film), 185–86, 194

  Osser, Glenn, 159

  “Our Lady of Fatima,” 108

  “Over the Rainbow,” 175

  Paar, Jack, 92, 107

  Paley, William S., 101–02, 107, 126

  Palladium, 206, 214

  Palmer House (Chicago), 179, 185

  Pan, Hermes, 218–19

  “Paper Doll,” 23

  “Paper Moon,” 118

  Paramount Pictures, 185, 186

  Paramount Theater, 44, 89, 97, 98, 113, 114, 117, 120, 121, 139, 142

  Paramus, New Jersey, 48

  Parker, Charlie, 86, 113, 134

  Parker, Dorothy, 67

  Parker, Eleanor, 185

  Parker, Ross, 41

  Parnell, Jack, 214

  “Party’s Over, The,” 158

  Pastor, Tony 92, 123

  Patton, Gen George, 57

  Paul Revere (band), 179

  “Pawnbroker, The,” 187

  Pawnbroker, The, 187

  Payne, Don, 150, 171, 174

  Payne, Sonny, 233

  PBS, 93, 238

  Peak, Bob, 17
4, 199

  Pearl Harbor, 49, 51

  Penn, Arthur, 68–69, 74, 167–68

  “Pennies from Heaven,” 31

  “Penthouse Serenade,” 73

  Perfectly Frank (album), 245–46

  Perry Como Presents, 139

  Pettiford, Oscar, 148

  Pheasant Tavern (Astoria), 81

  Philadelphia, 154

  Philips label, 211

  Piaf, Edith, 250

  Piccadilly (club, Paramus, N.J.).48

  Pied Pipers, 44

  Pigalle (nightclub, London), 212

  “Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,” 123

  Pizzarelli, Bucky, 216

  Plato, 80

  Playboy, 156

  Playboy After Hours (TV show), 156

  Playboy Club (Los Angeles), 194

  Playboy’s Penthouse (TV show), 152, 156, 172

  “Playboy’s Theme,” 172

  Playground, The (album), 254

  Podargoni, Italy 7

  Poland, 49

  Police Athletic League, 238

  Polygram Records, 211

  Porgy and Bess, 206

  Porter, Cote, 46, 95, 124, 142, 151, 236

  Pratt, Bobby, 82

  Presley, Elvis, 37, 161, 179

  Previn, Andre, 160

  Prima, Louis, 113, 114, 115, 127, 201

  PS, 143, 38, 42

  Pyrites, N.Y., 12, 30–31, 32

  Queen Mother of England, 187, 192

  Queens, 27, 47, 81, 83

  Queensboro Bridge, 88

  “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars,” 195

  Radio City Music Hall, 228, 241

  Raffles, Paul, 155–56

  “Rags to Riches,” 124, 150

  Raiders (band), 179

  Rainbow and Stars (New York), 255

  Rainbow Bar and Grill (Far Rockaway), 95

  “Rambling Rose,” 180

  Ramone, Phil, 246

  Rappaport, Paul, 252

  Rat Pack, 177

  Raye, Martha, 95–96

  RCA Records, 101, 108

  Red Door (Astoria), 81

  Red Hot Chili Peppers, 247–48

  “Reflections,” 203

  Rehak, Frank, 169

  Reinhardt, Django, 147

  Republican party, 26, 27

  Reverie, 134

  Rhine River, 56, 58

  Ricardo’s Restaurant (Astoria), 48

  Rich, Buddy, 44, 115, 195, 196

  Richeson, Doug, 247, 253

  Rickles, Don, 129

  Rio de Janeiro, 171

  River Edge, New Jersey, 116, 198

  Riverdale, New York, 131

  Riviera (Las Vegas), 126, 186

  Rizzoli, 256

  Robeson, Paul, 18

  Robinson, Hubbell, 106, 107

  Rockefeller Center, 255

  Rodgers, Richard, 159, 194, 200

  Rodgers and Hart, 46, 216

  Rogers, Will, 46

  Rolling Stone, 240

  Rollins, Jack, 220–21, 222, 232

  Ronnie Scott’s (London), 224

  Ronstadt, Linda, 239

  Rooney, Mickey, 67, 69, 175, 176

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 49

  Rose, David, 73

  Rosengarden, Bobby, 169

  Ross, Annie, 213, 223

  Roulette Records, 153, 154

  Rouse, Russell, 185

  Rowles, Jimmy, 187

  Roxy, 129

  Royal Albert Hall, 206, 208

 

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