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©2011
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605 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Beginnings -- A young man's initiation -- "I was lost, I was drifting" -- An alarm clock in church -- Rock and roll is here to stay -- Out of the commonplace into the rare -- Good-bye to all that -- A quality that lets you in -- "A pure, simple thing" -- Renaissance -- A partially hidden legacy -- The next century -- The singing waiter
Among America's greatest entertainers - think Sinatra, Judy Garland, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis, Jr. - Tony Bennett alone is still here and at the top of his game. In the first complete biography of the singing legend, award-winning author David Evanier offers an intimate and unvarnished portrait of the incredible life and sixty-year career of one of the most beloved singers of all time, and vividly captures the musical history of an era