Tony Bennett’s career spanned over six decades. The singer was He was the recipient of 20 Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards. It is estimated that he has sold over 50 million albums worldwide, and despite being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2016, he performed until 2021. “I haven’t worked a single day in my life because I love it, I do it,” Bennet said in an interview with USA T in 2011. To this day, he is considered one of the most influential American jazz singers, inspired by generations of artists.
Tony Bennett is dead. He died two weeks before his 97th birthday
Tony Bennett was born Anthony Dominick Benedetto on August 3, 1926. He sang from a very young age, and developed his specific singing technique soon after he returned from the front of the Second World War. He signed his first contract with Columbia Records, with whom he released his big hit “Because of You” in 1951. To this day, he is considered one of the most influential American jazz singers, who inspired generations of subsequent artists.
Frank Sinatra called Bennet the greatest popular singer in the world. Listeners loved him for his characteristic, clear, extremely warm and emotionally charged vocal – he sang in tenor. No one has contributed to popularize the repertoire of the Great American Songbook like him. His early hits were the songs “Rags to Riches”, a cover of “Stranger In Paradise” and the iconic “I Left My Heart In San Francisco”.
The vocalist was fantastic both in spectacular interpretations played together with a large orchestra, and in intimate duets that almost reminded listeners of conversations. His renditions of the classics “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Put On a Happy Face” also showed how witty and witty he can be on stage.
In the 1990s, Bennet’s manager was his son Danny. It was thanks to him that Tony convinced a new generation of listeners – thanks to his son’s persuasion, Tony recorded the Unplugged concert with MTV, he also appeared in the series “The Simpsons”. Tony Bennet was also extremely open to collaborating with other performers. His album “Duets” went multi-platinum and included songs sung together with such personalities as Barbra Streisand, Paul McCartney, John Legend and Carrie Undwerwood. Collaboration with Lady Gaga, with whom he recorded the album “Cheek to Cheek” in 2012 and “Love For Sale” in 2021, also echoed loudly.
In 2016, the artist was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The disease forced him to withdraw from professional life in 2021. Lady Gaga already said at that time that the time spent working with the legendary singer was a real gift for her. “It’s a gift that I will always hold in my heart until my last breath. My time with Tony changed me forever. Frank Sinatra said he was the greatest singer in the world and I don’t think Frank was lying.”
A month before the premiere of the album “Love For Sale”, Lady Gaga and Tonny Bennet played two sold-out concerts at New York’s Radio City Music Hall – at the same time they also celebrated the artist’s 95th birthday. The performances were organized under the name “One Last Time” and in fact were the last moments that the musician spent on stage in front of the audience. “It was pure magic. I was so moved that I had to work very hard on my breath because I wanted to cry all the time,” Lady Gaga explained in an interview with
Tony Bennet has been married three times. He had two sons, Danny and Dae, with his first wife, Patricia Beech, and then two daughters, Joanne and Antonia, with his second wife, Sandra Grant. In 2007, he married Susan Crow. In addition to music, he also painted – he painted under the name Anthony Benedetto. Three of his paintings are part of the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent exhibition, and his portrait of Duke Ellington is particularly famous.
Source: Gazeta
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