Presenting five decades of Tony Bennett (with others) performing the song that put him on the map.
Eighty-five year-old Tony Bennett has aged every bit as gracefully as the song that put him on the map. Presenting, in more or less chronological order, five decades of Tony Bennett (and others) performing “I Left My Heart in San Francisco:”
Watch Tony grope a playfully receptive Judy Garland during their duet.
Includes the feisty, broken-hearted bridge Bennett performed in the song’s earlier years.
Tony plays the piano, and sings the “classic” version of the 1954 lyrics. Doris “Martin” chips in for a few lines, but hardly a full duet.
Bennett appeared on Johnny Carson’s very first Tonight show in 1962. He would be a frequent guest on anniversary shows, including this one.
“San Francisco” begins at 2:30 after a nice rendition of “The Best Is Yet to Come.”
84 years old and singing acapella to 41,000 crazed fans!
Jesse Garnier is the editor and founder of SFBay. A Mission District native, he also teaches journalism as associate professor at San Francisco State University.
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