A new Americanized name, the start of a wonderful career and a glorious adventure that has continued for fifty years." I told him, 'My name is Anthony Dominick Benedetto,' and he said, 'We'll call you Tony Bennett.' And that's how it happened. He liked my singing so much that after the show he came back to see me in my dressing room and said, 'Come on kid, you're going to come to the Paramount and sing with me.' But first he told me he didn't care for my stage name (Joe Bari) and asked me what my real name was. As Bennett recalls, "Bob Hope came down to check out my act. The first time he sang in a nightclub was 1946 when he sat in with trombonist Tyree Glenn at the Shangri-La in Astoria.īennett's big break came in 1949 when comedian Bob Hope noticed him working with Pearl Bailey in Greenwich Village in New York City. He later had vocal studies at the American Theatre Wing school. Tony Bennett sang while waiting tables as a teenager then performed with military bands during his Army enlistment in World War II. His boyhood idols included Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole, both big influences on his easy, natural singing style. He attended the High School of Industrial Arts in Manhattan, where he continued nurturing his two passions - singing and painting. The son of a grocer and Italian-born immigrant, Anthony Dominick Benedetto was born on August 3, 1926, in the Astoria section of Queens. Tony, who turns 95 on August 3, has spent over 7 decades dedicated to performing the Great American Songbook.Īrrangements by Marion Evans & Jorge Callandrelli This album captures the creative and personal relationship of these two world-famous artists. Following Cheek to Cheek (2014), the duo's first collaborative album, Love for Sale was recorded between 2018 and early 2020, consisting of their cover versions of various jazz standards by American composer Cole Porter, to whom the record is a tribute.Ĭelebrating 10 years since they first recorded together, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga return for another collaboration featuring the best of the Cole Porter Songbook. It is the sixty-first studio album of Bennett's career, and Gaga's seventh.
"Love for Sale" is the second collaborative album by American singers Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, released on September 30, 2021, by Columbia and Interscope Records.
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