{"id":5468,"date":"2026-08-03T08:23:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2026-08-03T05:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T01:41:50","slug":"cent-anni-tony-bennett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5468","title":{"rendered":"Cent&#8217; Anni, Tony Bennett!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s gotten his due on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1746819\/episodes\/13269399\"><em>Math and Musings<\/em><\/a>, he&#8217;s gotten his due on this blog something like <a href=\"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=4178\">16 times<\/a>, and his voice was a constant on\u00a0<em>Domestic Melodies<\/em>, long before I knew what a podcast or blog was.<\/p>\n<p>Today we celebrate, yet again, the legendary, incomparable, (insert well-deserved adjective here) Tony Bennett.<\/p>\n<p>Tony would have turned 100 today, and darned if he didn&#8217;t make it nearly that far performing. It was only five years ago that Tony was onstage at Radio City Music Hall, performing with chart-topper Lady Gaga of all people, proof that the man had bridged not only generations but the entire breadth of human civilization.<\/p>\n<p>At this point I&#8217;m not going to add anything about Tony Bennett that I haven&#8217;t noted before, but I am pleased to announce I&#8217;m doing it in a different format this weekend if you&#8217;re in the D.C. area. This Saturday, 2:00 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/loudoun.libnet.info\/event\/16907175\">Cascades Library<\/a> in Sterling, Virginia, I&#8217;m leading a performance showcasing a full century of Tony&#8217;s artistry. There will be music, there will be stories, there will be trivia.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t join us&#8230; you know what to do today: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/6ZtwumEnCOjLwK8cXX4oWo?si=wDVw3lV5Rr-p67xYAmtyLA\">playlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s gotten his due on\u00a0Math and Musings, he&#8217;s gotten his due on this blog something like 16 times, and his voice was a constant on\u00a0Domestic Melodies, long before I knew what a podcast or blog was. Today we celebrate, yet &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5468\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5468"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5470,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions\/5470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}