Tony Bennett, Smile Session, New York City, 1959
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About this photograph
By June 1959, when Don Hunstein snapped this informal portrait of Tony Bennett in the studio, the young crooner was riding the crest of an extended string of hits going back to 1951's Because of You, Tony's first #1 single and first million seller. Here, Hunstein finds Tony beaming alongside the chart for his recording of Charlie Chaplin's Smile, which would also hit the Billboard Pop Singles chart later that year.
Print sizes and editions
11" x 14" - Limited Edition
16" x 20" - Limited Edition
20" x 24" - Limited Edition
30" x 40" - Limited Edition
Print type
Archival pigment print
Paper type
Archival paper
Signature
Estate stamped
About the photographer
Don Hunstein worked as chief staff photographer for Columbia Records for over thirty years. During his time there Hunstein had access to a broad range of musicians from a wide variety of genres. At the time Columbia Records felt it was important to document the cultural history of the music of their time, giving him the opportunity to do more than album covers and publicity shots. Hunstein photographed hundreds of album covers and documented the recording of many of the great albums in music history.
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