Tony Bennett Lyrics

Tony Bennett Info:

Birth Name:
Anthony Dominick Benedetto

Born:
August 3, 1926

Died:
July 21, 2023 (at the age of 96)

Born In:
Astoria, Queens, New York, U.S.


Height:
5' 7" (1.69 m)

Education:
School of Industrial Art

Occupation:
singer, painter

Spouses:
Susan Crow (June 21st, 2007 - present) 

Sandra Grant (December 29 1971 - 1984) (divorced) 2 children 

Patricia Beech (February 11 1952 - December 1971) (divorced) 2 children 

Children:
D'Andrea Benedetto
Daegal Benedetto
Joanna Benedetto
Antonia Benedetto

Parents:
John Benedetto
Anna Suraci

Genres:
Traditional pop standards, show tunes, jazz

Years active:
1949-present

Associated acts:
Count Basie
K.D. lang
Lady Gaga

Did You Know:
• He was drafted into the US Army in 1944 during WWII

• He was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997

• He is an accomplished painter, having created works - under the name Anthony Benedetto - that are on permanent public display in several institutions

• He is the founder of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, New York.


Tony Bennett Awards
2015
Grammy award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - Cheek To Cheek

2007 
Emmy for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006) (TV)
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for "For Once in My Life"
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "Duets: An American Classic"

2006 
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "The Art of Romance"
Billboard Century Award

2004 
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "A Wonderful World"

2003 
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Album for "A Wonderful World"
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues"

2002 
ASCAP Pied Piper Award for (for His Unparalleled Contributions to Popular Music) 

2001 
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards

2000 
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance for "Bennett Sings Ellington - Hot & Cool"

1998 
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "On Holiday"

1997 
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "Here's to the Ladies"

1996 
CableACE for Performance in a Music Special or Series for Tony Bennett Live by Request: A Valentine's Special (1996) (TV)
Emmy for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for Tony Bennett Live by Request: A Valentine's Special (1996) (TV)


1995 
Grammy Award for Album of the Year for "MTV Unplugged"
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance for "MTV Unplugged"

1994 
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance for "Steppin' Out"

1993 
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance for "Perfectly Frank"

1963 
Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male for "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"

Tony Bennett Quotes:
I have a simple life. I mean, you just give me a drum roll, they announce my name, and I come out and sing. In my job I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing. 

I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today. 

I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world. 

I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different. 

I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I've been sold out all over the world. 

More than anybody else I'd like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform. 

The young people look great on television. They're youthful and have a lot of zip and energy, but when you see them live, they can only do about 20 minutes because they haven't got the training to hold an audience for an hour and a half or so.