TONY BENNETT

Tony Bennett carried the American songbook through swing-era memory, television, jazz collaboration, and late-career revival. The singer from the USA became known for I Left My Heart in San Francisco, standards albums, and a phrasing style built on warmth rather than force. His tag connects popular song, vocal jazz, and the long public life of classic American singing.

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  Ellington's classic song established swing as a jazz form

  It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills,...