Because of You - Tony Bennett - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Tony Bennett kicked off his illustrious, seven-decade career as one of America's best-loved entertainers with this sentimental pop standard in 1951, scoring his first chart-topping hit that served as the title track of his debut LP. He was just 25 when he recorded "Because of You," which poignantly became the last song he would sing before his death on 21 July 2023, at the age of 96. The romantic classic was written by Arthur Hammerstein and Dudley Wilkinson in 1940 and first recorded by Larry Clinton and His Orchestra in 1940 before Tony Bennett put his stamp on the song and created the definitive version. He shot to the top of the charts with "Because of You"—which included contributions by bandleader Percy Faith—and clung to the summit for 10 weeks. "Because of You" remains one of Tony Bennett's signature songs as well as the track that catapulted him into fame, fortune, and stardom.