1 hit “Because of You” in 1951, Bennett crooned through a decade of chart-topping singles, which led to the international best seller “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” in 1962. With his wife Susan Benedetto, he established Exploring the Arts to support arts education in public high schools, which was initiated by the creation of Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens.This fall, Bennett and Lady Gaga (aka Stefani Germanotta) will release a new album, “ Love for Sale,” a follow-up to their 2014 duet, “Cheek to Cheek.”Ī new album and video should be cause for celebration, but the latest addition to Bennett’s catalog is bittersweet since it became public earlier this year that time had finally caught up with him in the form of Alzheimer’s disease.īeginning with the No.
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He is a Grammy and Emmy Award winner, a Gershwin Award and Kennedy Center honoree and an accomplished visual artist with three of his original paintings in the Smithsonian Institute's permanent collection. Tony Bennett was born in Astoria, Queens in 1926. The shows sold out shortly after they went on sale to the public last week. The two-night engagement, tonight and August 5 th, will mark Tony's last live concert appearance in New York City.
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Tony will be preforming at the opening night of ONE MORE TIME: AN EVENING WITH TONY BENNETT AND LADY GAGA at Radio City Music Hall. The bench endowed in Tony's honor is located at the east side of Center Drive when entering the Park at Central Park South and 6 th Avenue and displays a plaque.Ĭelebrated friends including Alec Baldwin, Robert DeNiro and Keith Richards sent birthday wishes that are up on Bennett's socials now and more will be posting birthday wishes to the 19-time Grammy winner throughout the day. It is an honor to dedicate this bench to Tony in his beloved Central Park, where he has experienced so much joy and inspiration across the years." The Adopt-A-Bench program supports the Central Park Conservancy, the nonprofit that manages and cares for Central Park.īennett continues to visit the park regularly and has sketched and painted the landmark's surroundings in over 70 pieces of original artwork. "Tony is an American treasure who became an international phenomenon and has chronicled his lifelong love affair with New York City in his music and his paintings. "Sony Music wishes Tony Bennett the happiest of birthdays as he turns 95," said Richard Story, President of Sony Music Entertainment's Commercial Music Group. Sony Music Entertainment, the parent company for Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings divisions, have endowed a bench in Tony's name in Central Park, his most cherished spot in his hometown of NYC.
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From growing up as a child of immigrants, to all the contributions he has made to our community, Tony Bennett is a New Yorker in the truest sense of the word and I am honored to proclaim Augas 'Tony Bennett Day' in New York."
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"Music and the arts have long been an essential piece of the fabric of New York, and you would be hard-pressed to find someone who has made more of a contribution in this space than Tony Bennett," Governor Cuomo said. "Not only is Tony a born and bred New Yorker who has been dazzling audiences with beautiful music for more than six decades, but he has always stayed true to his humble New York roots and can always be spotted throughout the City whether he is working on his next painting in Central Park, or just chatting with fans on the street. New York State has proclaimed today TONY BENNETT DAY. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Singer Tony Bennett who got his start with Columbia Records in 1950 celebrates his 95 th birthday today with a host of accolades and tributes.