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Tony Bennett Sings for Madison Ave.

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Like many vocal stars eager to supplement their income and remain visible, Tony Bennett did his fair share of TV and print ads for a wide range of products. Here are a bunch of TV commercials, as well as two rare ones from my archives that were given to me by friends:

Here's Tony for Rheingold Beer, popular in the Northesast in the 1950s and '60s...



Here's Tony for Visa Checkcard in 1998...



Here's one featuring Tony for Japan's Tanaka Eyewear in the early 2000s...



Here's another for Tanaka...



Here's Tony and Lady Gaga for Barnes & Nobel in 2015...



Here's Tony and Lady Gaga for Hungarian TV plugging H&M...



Here's Tony in the 1990s singing the jingle used by New York's WNEW-AM...

Tony Bennett Sings WNEW Jingle

And saving the best for last, here's the rarest of all—Tony singing AT&T's “Reach Out and Touch Someone" in the 1980s...

Tony Bennett Sings for AT&T

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