Tony Bennett

Acting

Born 1926-08-03 Died 2023-07-21 Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA 170 credits Primetime Emmy Awards 3 Grammy Awards 19 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 Bronze Star Medal 1 Long Island Music Hall of Fame 1 Library of Congress Living Legend 1

Awards

Won 3 Primetime Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards 3 won

2007 Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Won Tony Bennett: An American Classic
2007 Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special Won Tony Bennett: An American Classic
1996 Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Won Live by Request

Grammy Awards 19 won

2022 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won Love for Sale
2016 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
2015 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won Cheek to Cheek
2012 Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Won Body and Soul
2012 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won Duets II
2007 Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Won For Once in My Life
2007 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won Duets: An American Classic
2006 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won The Art of Romance
2004 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won A Wonderful World
2003 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues
2000 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool
1998 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won Tony Bennett on Holiday
1997 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won Here's to the Ladies
1995 Album of the Year Won MTV Unplugged (Tony Bennett album)
1995 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won MTV Unplugged (Tony Bennett album)
1994 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won Steppin' Out
1993 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won Perfectly Frank
1963 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Won I Left My Heart in San Francisco
1963 Record of the Year Won I Left My Heart in San Francisco

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

Bronze Star Medal 1 won

— Bronze Star Medal Won

Long Island Music Hall of Fame 1 won

— Long Island Music Hall of Fame Won

Library of Congress Living Legend 1 won

— Library of Congress Living Legend Won

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Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 - July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was 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 an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie Swings, Bennett Sings. In 1962, Bennett recorded his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". His career and his personal life then suffered an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era. Bennett staged a remarkable comeback in the late 1980s and 1990s, putting out gold record albums again and expanding his audience to the MTV Generation while keeping his musical style intact. He remains a popular and critically praised recording artist and concert performer in the 2000s. Bennett has won fifteen Grammy Awards, two Emmy Awards, been named an NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honoree. He has sold over 50 million records worldwide. Bennett is also a serious and accomplished painter, creating works under the name Benedetto that are on permanent public display in several institutions. He is also the founder of Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens.