Biography:
Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. He is also a painter, having created works under the name Anthony Benedetto that are on permanent public display in several institutions. He is the founder of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, New York.
Born and raised in Astoria to an Italian-American family, Bennett began singing at an early age.
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Other songs:
- I Left My Heart In San Francisco
- Put On A Happy Face
- Rags To Richies
- A Child Is Born
- A Foggy Day
- A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
- Because Of You
- Blue Velvet
- Days Of Wine And Roses
- Give Me The Simple Life
- I Wanna Be Around
- If I Ruled The World
- Its A Sin To Tell A Lie
- Once Upon A Time
- Rags To Riches
- Tender Is The Night
- Tenderly
- The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
- The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
- The Good Life
- The Shadow Of Your Smile
- The Way You Look Tonight
- Till
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[Verse]
Eb9 D9 Ab Cm7 Cm7 Bm7 Bbm7
She wore blue velvet,
Eb9 D9 Ab Fm7
Bluer than velvet was the night,
Bbm7 Dbm Eb9 D9 Ab Fm Bbm7
Softer than satin was the light from the stars.
Eb9 D9 Ab Bm Cm7 Bm7 Bbm7
She wore blue velvet
Eb9 D9 Ab Fm7
Bluer than velvet were her eyes,
Bbm7 Dbm Eb9 D9 Dm7 Ab7
Warmer than May her tender sighs..... love was ours.
[Refrain]
Dbmaj7 Dbm7
Ours a love I held tightly,
Cm Bbm7 Ab7
Feeling the rapture grow,
Dbmaj7 Dbm7
Like a flame burning brightly,
Cm7 Abdim Bbm7 Eb9
But when she left, gone was the glow...
[Verse]
D9 Ab Cm Cm7 Bm7 Bbm7
...Of blue velvet,
Eb9 D9 Ab Fm
But in my heart there'll always be,
Bbm7 Dbm Eb9 Bbm7 Ebm7 Ab7
Precious and warm, a memory, through the years,
Ab Ab7 Dbmaj7 Dbm Dbdim Ab E9
...And I still can see blue velvet...through my tears.
[Verse]
Eb9 A Dbm Dbm7 Cm7 Bm7
She wore blue velvet,
E9 Eb9 A Dbm7 Cm7 Bm7
But in my heart there'll always be,
Dm E9 Eb9 Em7 A7
Precious and warm, a memory, through the years,
Dmaj7 Dm7 Ddim A
...And I still can see blue velvet...through my tears.
[Outro]
D Dm7 Dm6 A6
Eb9 D9 Ab Cm7 Cm7 Bm7 Bbm7
She wore blue velvet,
Eb9 D9 Ab Fm7
Bluer than velvet was the night,
Bbm7 Dbm Eb9 D9 Ab Fm Bbm7
Softer than satin was the light from the stars.
Eb9 D9 Ab Bm Cm7 Bm7 Bbm7
She wore blue velvet
Eb9 D9 Ab Fm7
Bluer than velvet were her eyes,
Bbm7 Dbm Eb9 D9 Dm7 Ab7
Warmer than May her tender sighs..... love was ours.
[Refrain]
Dbmaj7 Dbm7
Ours a love I held tightly,
Cm Bbm7 Ab7
Feeling the rapture grow,
Dbmaj7 Dbm7
Like a flame burning brightly,
Cm7 Abdim Bbm7 Eb9
But when she left, gone was the glow...
[Verse]
D9 Ab Cm Cm7 Bm7 Bbm7
...Of blue velvet,
Eb9 D9 Ab Fm
But in my heart there'll always be,
Bbm7 Dbm Eb9 Bbm7 Ebm7 Ab7
Precious and warm, a memory, through the years,
Ab Ab7 Dbmaj7 Dbm Dbdim Ab E9
...And I still can see blue velvet...through my tears.
[Verse]
Eb9 A Dbm Dbm7 Cm7 Bm7
She wore blue velvet,
E9 Eb9 A Dbm7 Cm7 Bm7
But in my heart there'll always be,
Dm E9 Eb9 Em7 A7
Precious and warm, a memory, through the years,
Dmaj7 Dm7 Ddim A
...And I still can see blue velvet...through my tears.
[Outro]
D Dm7 Dm6 A6
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Tony Sauceda
Tony Sly
Tony Tammaro
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