Tony Bennett, pseudonym of Anthony Dominick Benedetto (New York, August 3, 1926 - New York, July 21, 2023), was an American singer, considered the last great American crooner after the deaths of Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Perry Como. His father was a shopkeeper who in 1906 emigrated to the United States from Italy Podàrgoni, near (Reggio Calabria) his mother was a seamstress who was born in the United States soon after the emigration of her parents, who were also from Calabria. Bennett boasts a career of over seventy years and is the winner, among others, of 20 Grammy Awards (including one for his career in 2001) and 2 Emmy Awards. With over 100 albums under his belt, he was named NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honors member.
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