Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) born on August 3, 1926) is an American singer of popular music, standards and jazz who is widely considered to be one of the best interpretative singers in these genres.

Anthony Benedetto was born in Astoria, Queens in New York City. His father was a grocer who had emigrated from Podàrgoni, a rural eastern district of the southern Italian city of Reggio Calabria, and his mother was a seamstress.

After having achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1950s and early 1960s, his career suffered an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era.

Bennett staged a remarkable comeback, however, in the late 1980s and 1990s, expanding his audience to a younger generation while keeping his musical style intact. He remains a popular and critically praised recording artist and concert performer in the 2000s. Tony Bennett is also a serious and accomplished painter.