bennett song and why? wow. well, san francisco obviously was you know, they thought it was a domestic hit. his piano player had it in his pocket for a while. one day he played it for tony and they thought it would just be indigenous to san francisco. that s one of them. the good life i think is a great representation by him. you know, i tried for years to get him to do my way because i loved him as an artist. and he kept saying, can t do it, that s frank s song, that s frank s song. he never wanted to do my way. you know, it s like so many people have done it. that s the one i wanted tony bennett to do, but he said that s frank s song. but those other two i think are very much what bennett was about. he just sings the hell out of those two songs. amazing. what an honor to talk to you about your friend and the icon tony bennett. paul anka, thank you so much. really appreciate it.
knew him that he had to deal with a lot of challenges. he came out of all of those, and then he continued on with the style and what he believed he was and what he was about. he was very unique that way. what was it like when you performed with him? well, it was many years ago. you knew you were with somebody that was a champion. same when i stood next to sinatra. you knew you were with a champ. you were with one of those dudes that could do what they do like nobody else. you know, everybody s tried to be sinatra. everybody s tried to be tony. but they ruined it for everybody standing in front of a band. when you sing with those guys, you realize you re with real pros. and that s lacking today. you don t find that today. he really did have an ability, one that you and sinatra also have, to appeal to generation after generation. how do you think he was able to do it? well, he stayed true to his style. so he uniquely didn t have any
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