Like many vocal stars eager to supplement their income and remain visible, Tony Bennett did his fair share of fun 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, a brew that was popular in the Northeast 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 & Noble in 2015...
Here's Tony and Lady Gaga for Hungarian TV plugging H&M...
Here's a rare one of Tony in the 1990s recording 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" for a radio ad in the 1980s...