Tony Bennett

Born: 1926-08-03 Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto; August 3, 1926) is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz. Raised in New York City, Bennett began singing at an early age. He fought in the final stages of World War II as an infantryman with the U.S. Army in the European Theatre. Afterwards, he developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records, and had his first number one popular song with 'Because of You' in 1951. Several top hits such as 'Rags to Riches' followed in the early 1950s. Bennett then further refined his approach to encompass jazz singing. He reached ...