Just Getting Started Lib/E

Product Description


In his warm and inviting style, Tony Bennett talks about who and what have enriched his own life, including Charlie Chaplin, Judy Garland, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and more.


Review


[Just Getting Started] is as breezy and meaningful as one of his trademark songs as readers learn about the man by the company he kept and the heroes he worships...[A] simple yet profound and gracious homage.-- "Booklist"


[An] inviting charming book...In these beguiling portraits, Bennett warmly remembers of the deep influences on his life.-- "Publishers Weekly"


Joe Barrett...shares his talent for dialect and accent as listeners hear conversations that Bennett recalls with people who helped guide his long and distinguished career...As for Barrett, he can count his performance of Bennet's recollections as a resounding success in a career par excellence. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.-- "AudioFile"


What comes through in all forty-two chapters is the singer's gratitude...Let's hope this new generation can learn a lesson from Mr. Bennett's unflagging class and graciousness.-- "Wall Street Journal"


About the Author


Tony Bennett, the child of Italian immigrants, grew up in Astoria, Queens, during the Great Depression. After serving as an infantryman in World War II, he studied singing and signed with Columbia Records in 1950, releasing his first hit with the label in 1951. Over the course of his career, which has spanned more than sixty years, he has sold millions of albums that have achieved gold and platinum status both in the United States and worldwide, and has won nineteen Grammy Awards. On August 3, 2016, Tony turned ninety.


Scott Simon is the New York Times bestselling author of Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime. He is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters, having reported from all over the world and from many wars. He is now the award-winning host of Weekend Edition Saturday. With more than four million listeners, it is the most-listened-to news program on National Public Radio. Simon has won Peabody and Emmy Awards for his reporting.


Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award-winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials.