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Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends

Tony Bennett Biographical Timeline

Tony Bennett was trained from the start in the bel canto style of singing. It served him well. Bennett has gone on to earn 15 Grammys and to sell more than 50 million records in a career that was celebrated in American Masters – Tony ...

Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends

Paintings by Tony Bennett

An exhibition of paintings by singer Tony Bennett.

Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends

Tony Bennett biography

Tony Bennett is an artist who moves the hearts and touches the souls of audiences. He's the singer's singer and has received high praise from his colleagues through the years, including Frank Sinatra, who stated unequivocally, "Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business." ...

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Music & Film Credits

Below are the full music credits for NO DIRECTION HOME, as well a list of uncredited appearances. Music (in order of appearance) Like a Rolling Stone Written and Performed By Bob Dylan Drifting Too Far From The Shore Written by Chas Moody BMG Film and ...

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Read an excerpt from Bob Dylan’s autobiography

An excerpt from Bob Dylan's autobiography: On the corner I put the dime in the slot and dialed the operator for long distance, called collect and the call went right through. I wanted everyone to know I was all right. My mother would usually give ...

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Biographical Essay from the Kennedy Center Honors

In 1997, Bob Dylan was a Kennedy Center Honoree. Below is the text of a speech given by writer and music critic Tom Piazza for that occasion. The central question for an American artist - both as an American and as an artist - is ...

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

About No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, directed by Martin Scorsese

Explore musician Bob Dylan's evolution from folk troubadour to iconic rock star. Live concert footage and press conferences from the 1960s and a new interview with Dylan are used to draw a portrait of the legendary singer-songwriter. Directed by Martin Scorsese, this documentary features interviews ...

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Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day

About Billie Holiday’s life and career

Considered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday lived a tempestuous and difficult life. Her singing expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke of hard times and injustice as well as triumph. Though her career was relatively short ...

Muddy Waters: Can't be Satisfied

Can’t Be Satisfied

Muddy Waters is, in many ways, the archetypal bluesman. He was raised as a sharecropper in the Mississippi Delta, where he learned to play an acoustic guitar. He went to Chicago in 1943, and the band he assembled established the electric blues sound. Over the ...