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Dominick Reuters/AFP via GettyEveryone loved Tony Bennett for the same reason he loved Louis Armstrong: “The minute you heard him, just the first two bars, everyone started smiling. He made everybody smile."There was a contagious joy in his voice, and a kind of enviable contentment, things they don’t teach in music school. He had all the things they do teach too, the phrasing and pitch and timing, but he never flaunted those skills. Listening to him sing, you might not think, what a great artist ....
After Tony Bennett died at age 96 on July 21, several stars—including Nile Rodgers, Josh Gad and Yvette Nicole Brown—paid tribute to the Grammy-winning singer. ....