A new book features rare photos of the singer, his family and his famous musical peers — with many of the pictures culled from the vast Sony Music archives
Tony Bennett in 1950
Few figures in the annals of popular culture have enjoyed as long and as celebrated a career as the man born Anthony Dominick Benedetto in Long Island City, N.Y., in 1926. Known throughout the world by his working name, Tony Bennett, the Queens native has been singing professionally for seven-plus decades, from the 1940s onward, winning 17 Grammys and two Emmys. He’s received honorary doctorates at a half-dozen schools. He’s earned induction into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame.
Covering every aspect of Bennett’s life, from his boyhood in Queens to his experience as a G.I. in France during World War II to his lifelong advocacy for progressive causes, right down to his latest triumphs
Tony Bennett “is not only a remarkable singer but a remarkable man with a life story that can now be fairly called a saga.”
Long may the saga run.
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