Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall is a 1962 live album by Tony Bennett. After the success of his single "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", he was invited to appear at Carnegie Hall. The June concert was directed by Arthur Penn and Gene Saks. Carnegie Hall had not featured a pop performer until April 23, 1961 when Judy Garland recorded her legendary concert.
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“I want to hear the chanting
Around a heathen fire
Of a strange black race.”
—Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981)
“I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.”
—Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919)
“Sweet death, small son, our instrument
Of immortality,
Your cries and hungers document
Our bodily decay.”
—Donald Hall (b. 1928)