With a father who was ailing and unable to work, the children grew up in poverty. Tony grew up with an older sister, Mary, and an older brother, John Jr. Other relatives came over as well as part of the mass migration of Italians to America. shortly after her parents also emigrated from the Calabria region in 1899. In 1906, John had emigrated from Podargoni, a rural eastern district of the southern Italian city of Reggio Calabria. He is a son of grocer John Benedetto and seamstress Anna (Suraci), and was the first member of his family to be born in a hospital. John's Hospital in Long Island City, Queens. Life and career 1926–1943: Early life Īnthony Dominick Benedetto was born on August 3, 1926, at St. 1.10 2021–present: Final album and retirement.
Afterward, he developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records and had his first number-one popular song with " Because of You" in 1951. Army infantryman in the European Theater. He fought in the final stages of World War II as a U.S. He is the founder of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, New York. He is also a painter, having created works under his birth name that are on permanent public display in several institutions. Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is a retired American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz.