When Sharon was packing to go on a tour with Bennett, he spotted it and gave it to the singer, thinking the fans in San Francisco might like it. “We thought it was just like singing ‘New York, New York’ in New York,” Sharon told Billboard magazine in 1997. Although San Francisco fans loved the song romanticizing their city, Bennett still thought of it as only of regional interest. Bennett had made his San Francisco debut at the hotel in 1954. “I realized I was throwing it all away, and I became determined to clean up my act.”Besides his active performing and recording career, Bennett also continued his lifelong interest in painting.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 21, 2023 13:23 UTC