Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto; Agosto 3, 1926) is an American singer of popular music, estándares, show tunes and jazz. Criado en Nueva York, Bennett comenzó singing at an early age. He fought in the final stages of World War II as en infantryman with the U. S. Army in the European Theatre. Posteriormente, he developed his canto technique, signed with Columbia Records, and had his first number one popular canción with "Because of You", en 1951. Several top hits, such as "Rags to Riches" followed in the early 1950s. Bennett then further refined his approach to encompass jazz de canto. He llegado a artistic pico en the late 1950s with álbum such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie Swings, Bennett Canta. En 1962, Bennett grabado his signature canción, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". His career and his vida personal then suffered extendida downturn during the height of the rock music era. Bennett staged a remarkable regreso en the late 1980s and 1990s, putting out gold record álbum again and expanding his to the audience MTV Generación while mantener his estilo musical intacto. He restos a popular and critically praised recording artist and concierto de la artista en the 2000s. Bennett has won fifteen Premios Grammy, dos Premios Emmy, been named en el NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Doctorando. He has vendió más de 50 millones de records en el mundo. Bennett is a serious and cumplida painter, creating works under the name Benedetto that are on permanente exhibición pública en varias instituciones. He is also the founder of Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, en Astoria, Queens.