141 and anticipated a career in commercial art. Drawing was another early passion of his he became known as the class caricaturist at P.S. By age 10 he was already singing, and performed at the opening of the Triborough Bridge, standing next to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia who patted him on the head. His Uncle Dick was a tap dancer in vaudeville, giving him an early window into show business, and his Uncle Frank was the Queens borough library commissioner. Īennett 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. The experience of growing up in the Great Depression and a distaste for the effects of the presidency of Herbert Hoover would make the child a lifelong Democrat. Instilled in his son a love of art and literature, and a compassion for human suffering, but died when Tony was 10 years old. With a father who was ailing and unable to work, the children grew up in poverty. Tony grew up with an older sister, Mary, and an older brother, John Jr. Other relatives came over as well as part of the mass migration of Italians to America. Shortly after her parents also emigrated from the Calabria region in 1899. In 1906, John had emigrated from Podargoni, a rural eastern district of the southern Italian city of Reggio Calabria. He is a son of grocer John Benedetto and seamstress Anna (Suraci), and was the first member of his family to be born in a hospital. John's Hospital in Long Island City, Queens. Life and career 1926–1943: Early life Īnthony Dominick Benedetto was born on August 3, 1926, at St.
Due to the slow progression of his illness, he continued to record, tour, and perform until his retirement from concert performances in August 2021 due to physical challenges. In February 2021, it was revealed that Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016. Bennett has sold over 50 million records worldwide. He was named an NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honoree. Bennett also broke the Guinness World Record for the oldest person to release an album of new material, at the age of 95 years and 60 days.īennett has amassed numerous accolades throughout his career, including 19 Grammy Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award presented in 2001) and two Primetime Emmy Awards. With the release of the duo's second album, Love for Sale (2021), Bennett broke the individual record for the longest span of top-10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart for any living artist his first top-10 record was I Left My Heart in San Francisco in 1962. He attracted acclaim for his collaborations with Lady Gaga, which began with the album Cheek to Cheek (2014) the two performers toured together to promote the album throughout 20. Bennett staged a comeback in the late 1980s and 1990s, putting out gold record albums again and expanding his reach to the MTV generation while keeping his musical style intact.īennett continued to create popular and critically praised work into the 21st century. His career and personal life experienced an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era. In 1962, Bennett recorded his signature song, " I Left My Heart in San Francisco". He reached an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie Swings, Bennett Sings. He then refined his approach to encompass jazz singing.
Several tracks such as " Rags to Riches" followed in early 1953. Afterward, he developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records and had his first number-one popular song with " Because of You" in 1951. Army infantryman in the European Theater. He fought in the final stages of World War II as a U.S. He is the founder of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, New York. He is also a painter, having created works under his birth name that are on permanent public display in several institutions. Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz.
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