Tony Bennett

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This fall, Nederlander Concerts proudly presents Tony Bennett, the 18-time Grammy Award-winning singer whose music spans over six decades. Antonia Bennett is also slated to perform.

With millions of records sold worldwide and platinum and gold albums to his credit, Bennett has received seventeen Grammy Awards-- including a 1995 Grammy for Record of the Year for his MTV Unplugged CD, which introduced this American master to a whole new generation—and the Grammy Lifetime Award. His 2007 prime-time special, Tony Bennett: An American Classic, won seven Emmy Awards. His initial successes came via a string of Columbia singles in the early 1950’s, including such chart-toppers as "Because of You," "Rags to Riches," and a remake of Hank Williams "Cold, Cold Heart." He had 24 songs in the Top 40, including "I Wanna Be Around," "The Good Life," "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" and his signature song, "I Left My Heart In San Francisco," which garnered him two Grammy Awards.

Tony Bennett is one of a handful of artists to have new albums charting in the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, and now in the first two decades of the 21st century. He has introduced a multitude of songs into the Great American Songbook that have since become standards for pop music. He has toured the world to sold out audiences with rave reviews whenever he performs. Bennett re-signed with Columbia Records in 1986 and released the critically acclaimed The Art of Excellence. Since his 1991 show-stopping performance at the Grammy Awards of "When Do The Bells Ring For Me," from his Astoria album, he has received a string of Grammy Awards for releases including Stepping Out, Perfectly Frank, and MTV Unplugged.

In the new millennium, Bennett's artistry and popularity was higher than ever. In 2006, the year of his 80th birthday, his Duets: An American Classic was released. The album-- which included performances with Paul McCartney, Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Bono, and others-- won three Grammy Awards and went on to be one of the best selling CDs of the year and Tony's career. Bennett's first Duets album also inspired the Rob Marshall-directed television special Tony Bennett: An American Classic, which won seven Emmys—making it the most honored program at the 2007 Emmy Awards.

Today, Tony Bennett's artistry and accomplishments are applauded here at home and all over the world from people from 12 to 90 years old. Recently former President Bill Clinton observed, "Now in his seventh decade of singing, Tony Bennett has somehow kept his unique voice, with its beauty and range, its strength and style, and still in perfect pitch. But as talented as he is, Tony's most impressive quality is his giving spirit!"

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