Tony Bennett was in 1926, in Queens, New York born Anthony Dominick Benedetto. As he performed at a young age as a singer, and he had to sing ambitions of his profession. School, work and WWII him not cease this opportunity into reality. That chance he got when he was "discovered" by Bob Hope, who advised him to change his name to Tony Bennett. In 1950, Bennett got a record deal and early fifties… were the first great success with several top 5 hits. Despite the popularity of rock and roll, he managed it successfully preserved. He became a crooner in the style of Frank Sinatra and his main competitor began to interest in the expressive possibilities offered by the jazz.
In the late sixties, there was a turnaround in the popularity fell Bennett and record sales, but then late seventies increased appreciation for the traditional 'standards' again, Bennett came back in the spotlight, including younger generations. He proved his successful comeback album MTV Unplugged (1994), for which he received the Grammy for album of the year. Bennett is one of the last survivors of the almost extinct generation of crooners who dressed in tuxedo and with orchestra and piano, the songs from the "Great American Songbook" interpret.more