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Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto on August 3, 1926) is an American singer of popular music, standards and jazz. After having achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1950s and early 1960s, his career suffered an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era. Bennett staged a remarkable comeback, however, in the late 1980s and 1990s, expanding his audience to a younger generation while keeping his musical style intact. He remains a popular and critically praised recording artist and concert performer in the 2000s.
Bennett is also an accomplished painter, creating works under his birth name, Anthony Benedetto.
Early life|Anthony Benedetto was born in Astoria, Queens, New York City, the son of Ann (née Suraci) and John Benedetto.[1] His father was a grocer who had emigrated from Podàrgoni, a rural eastern district of the southern Italian city of Reggio Calabria, and his mother was a seamstress.[2] With two other children and a father who was ailing and unable to work, the family grew up in poverty.[3] John Benedetto died when Anthony was 10 years old.[3]
The young Benedetto grew up listening to Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Judy Garland and Bing Crosby as well as jazz artists such as Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden and Joe Venuti. An uncle was a...
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Top 10 Tony Bennett Songs
The Way You Look Tonight
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
The Good Life
Rags To Riches
I Wanna Be Around
The Best Is Yet To Come
Stranger In Paradise
Fly Me To The Moon
Winter Wonderland
Just In Time
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All the Best
Forty Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
Listener's Choice
As Time Goes By
Perfectly Frank
Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album
The Ultimate Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Steppin' Out
16 Most Requested Songs
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