• Blues for Tony Bennett

    From Band Beyond Youall@emailTHIS@fractalicious.com to rec.music.gdead on Fri Jul 21 12:45:10 2023
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    https://news.yahoo.com/tony-bennett-masterful-stylist-american-122620131.html

    NEW YORK (AP) rCo Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose
    devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards
    such as "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" graced a decadeslong career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was
    96, just two weeks short of his birthday.


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  • From bmoore@bmoore@nyx.net to rec.music.gdead on Fri Jul 21 07:19:50 2023
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    On Friday, July 21, 2023 at 5:45:14rC>AM UTC-7, Band Beyond Youall wrote:
    https://news.yahoo.com/tony-bennett-masterful-stylist-american-122620131.html

    NEW YORK (AP) rCo Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards
    such as "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" graced a decadeslong career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was 96, just two weeks short of his birthday.
    Grateful Giant Fans Find Baseball IsnrCOt Dead by Bay https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-13-sp-22295-story.html
    SAN FRANCISCO rCo The home opener San Francisco almost never saw became a home opener unlike any baseball has ever seen here Monday.
    Three members of the Grateful Dead, who rehearsed the lyrics to make sure they got it right, sang the national anthem without a hitch. Tony Bennett belted out rCLI Left My Heart in San Francisco,rCY and he got it right, too.
    Then Barry Bonds, in his first home at-bat since getting a $43.75-million contract from the ownership group that kept the Giants in San Francisco, made the whole day right for the crowd of 56,689 by driving a 2-and-1 pitch by Chris Hammond of the Florida Marlins over the newly constructed wall at Candlestick Park for a home run during the second inning.
    The Giants won the game, 4-3, in 11 innings, on a run-scoring single by Darren Lewis.
    [...]
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  • From Yoker56@reisteter.joel@gmail.com to rec.music.gdead on Fri Jul 21 08:41:06 2023
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    I'm only familiar with "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" but he had a beautiful voice.
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  • From Band Beyond Youall@emailTHIS@fractalicious.com to rec.music.gdead on Sat Jul 22 10:36:22 2023
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    bmoore <bmoore@nyx.net> wrote:
    On Friday, July 21, 2023 at 5:45:14rC>AM UTC-7, Band Beyond Youall wrote:
    https://news.yahoo.com/tony-bennett-masterful-stylist-american-122620131.html

    NEW YORK (AP) rCo Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose
    devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards
    such as "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" graced a decadeslong career that >> brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was >> 96, just two weeks short of his birthday.

    Grateful Giant Fans Find Baseball IsnrCOt Dead by Bay

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-13-sp-22295-story.html

    SAN FRANCISCO rCo The home opener San Francisco almost never saw became a home opener unlike any baseball has ever seen here Monday.
    Three members of the Grateful Dead, who rehearsed the lyrics to make sure they got it right, sang the national anthem without a hitch. Tony Bennett belted out rCLI Left My Heart in San Francisco,rCY and he got it right, too.

    Then Barry Bonds, in his first home at-bat since getting a $43.75-million contract from the ownership group that kept the Giants in San Francisco,
    made the whole day right for the crowd of 56,689 by driving a 2-and-1
    pitch by Chris Hammond of the Florida Marlins over the newly constructed
    wall at Candlestick Park for a home run during the second inning.

    The Giants won the game, 4-3, in 11 innings, on a run-scoring single by Darren Lewis.

    [...]



    Jerry and Tony photo:
    https://we.tl/b-0HCVutjP9I

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  • From frndthdevl@frndthdevl@aol.com to rec.music.gdead on Tue Jul 25 16:30:58 2023
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    On Friday, July 21, 2023 at 5:45:14rC>AM UTC-7, Band Beyond Youall wrote:
    https://news.yahoo.com/tony-bennett-masterful-stylist-american-122620131.html

    NEW YORK (AP) rCo Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards
    such as "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" graced a decadeslong career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was 96, just two weeks short of his birthday.
    : (
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok
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  • From bmoore@bmoore@nyx.net to rec.music.gdead on Wed Jul 26 10:57:33 2023
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.gdead

    On Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 4:31:01rC>PM UTC-7, frndthdevl wrote:
    On Friday, July 21, 2023 at 5:45:14rC>AM UTC-7, Band Beyond Youall wrote:
    https://news.yahoo.com/tony-bennett-masterful-stylist-american-122620131.html

    NEW YORK (AP) rCo Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" graced a decadeslong career that
    brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was 96, just two weeks short of his birthday.
    : (

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok
    Good blind link.
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