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 Tony Bennett at the Chumash Casino Resort, Santa Ynez, California, 2005 | |
| Background information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Anthony Dominick Benedetto |
| Born | August 3, 1926 Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Traditional pop Jazz |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Years active | 1949–present |
| Labels | Columbia MGM Improv Legacy Recordings |
| Website | Official website |
Awards and
recognition
Bennett has won fifteen Grammy Awards,[65][66] as follows (years shown are the year in which the ceremony was held and
the
award was given, not the year in which the recording was released):
- Best
Solo Vocal
Performance, Male, 1963, "I
Left My Heart in San
Francisco" - Record
of the Year, 1963,
"I
Left My Heart in San
Francisco" - Best
Traditional
Pop Vocal Performance, 1993, Perfectly Frank - Best
Traditional
Pop Vocal Performance, 1994, Steppin'
Out - Best
Traditional
Pop Vocal Performance, 1995, MTV
Unplugged: Tony
Bennett - Album
of the Year, 1995,
MTV
Unplugged: Tony
Bennett - Best
Traditional
Pop Vocal Performance, 1997, Here's to the
Ladies - Best
Traditional
Pop Vocal Performance, 1998, Tony Bennett
on Holiday - Best
Traditional
Pop Vocal Performance, 2000, Bennett
Sings Ellington: Hot
& Cool - Lifetime
Achievement Award,
2001 - Best
Traditional
Pop Vocal Album, 2003, Playing
with My
Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues - Best
Traditional
Pop Vocal Album, 2004, A Wonderful World (with k.d. lang) - Best
Traditional
Pop Vocal Album, 2006, The Art of
Romance - Best
Traditional
Pop Vocal Album, 2007, Duets: An
American Classic - Best
Pop
Collaboration with Vocals, 2007, "For Once in My
Life" (with Stevie Wonder)
Bennett has won two Emmy
Awards,[67] as follows (years
shown are the year in which the ceremony was held and the award was
given, not
the year in which the program aired):
- Primetime
Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program,
1996,
Live by
Request - Primetime
Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program,
2007,
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Bennett has gained other notable recognition:
- New
York City's Bronze
Medallion, 1969 - Star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame[52] - Inducted
into the Big
Band and Jazz Hall of Fame, 1997 - Lifetime achievement award
from the American
Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, 2002[53] - Kennedy
Center Honoree, 2005[47] - Inducted
into the Long
Island Music Hall of
Fame[56] - United
Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees Humanitarian Award, 2006 - National Endowment
for the Arts Jazz Masters Award, 2006[47]