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Tony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz. Tony Bennett was born on 3 August 1926 at Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, US. Several top hits of Tony Bennett such as "Rags to Riches" followed in the early 1950s. Tony Bennett then further refined his approach to encompass jazz singing. Tony Bennett staged a remarkable comeback in the late 1980s and 1990s,

On June 21, 2007, married long-time partner Susan Crow in a civil ceremony in New York. 2008 saw Bennett making two appearances with Billy Joel at the final concerts given at Shea Stadium, and in October releasing the album A Swingin' Christmas with The Count Basie Big Band, for which he made a number of promotional appearances at holiday time.

In January 2009, Bennett performed at the conclusion of the final Macworld Conference & Expo for Apple Inc., singing the "The Best Is Yet to Come" and "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" to a standing ovation. On May 1, Bennett made his Jazz Fest debut in New Orlean

Tony Bennett has released over 70 albums during his career and has sold over 50 million records worldwide. Tony Bennett has won fifteen Grammy Awards, two Emmy Awards, been named an NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honoree. Tony Bennett will be performing in UK this year.
He will perform from Wed, Jun 30, 2010 till Thu, Jul 08, 2010at Royal Albert Hall, London,United Kingdom.

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Tony Bennett Coaching career

Bennett began his college coaching career, at the University of Wisconsin as a member of his father's staff. After his father retired, Bo Ryan retained Bennett on his staff. Bennett would remain at Wisconsin until 2003, when his father came out of retirement to coach Washington State. Bennett was designated as his father's successor, and he inherited the position of head coach at Washington State University when his father retired after the 2005–06 NCAA season.

His 26 wins in both the 2006–2007 and 2007–2008 seasons each tied the Washington State school record set by the 1940–41 team that lost in the championship game of that year's NCAA Tournament.

Tony Bennett led the 2006–07 Cougar basketball team to a 26–8 (13–5 Pac-10, second place) record and the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Cougars earned a #3 seed and defeated Oral Roberts in the opening round before falling to Vanderbilt in double overtime in the 2nd round. Bennett tied the WSU school record for wins. The NCAA tournament appearance was the first for the Cougars since 1994.
After the 2006–2007 season, Bennett was named the AP college basketball Coach of the Year and the Naismith College Coach of the Year. He also won the Henry Iba Award by vote of the United States Basketball Writers Association, and was named the Rivals.com Coach of the Year.
During the 2007–2008 basketball season, Tony Bennett finished with a 26–9 record (11–7 in the Pac-10). He also went on to lead the Cougars to the Sweet Sixteen after beating Winthrop in the first round and Notre Dame in the second. After losing to North Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen, Bennett's team had tied the school record for wins, with 26, for the second consecutive season.

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Tony Bennett Career

Tony Bennett, a point guard, played for his father Dick Bennett at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay following his high school career at Preble High School. While there, the Bennetts led the Phoenix to an NCAA Tournament berth and two appearances in the NIT. During his time there, the Phoenix had record of 87–34 (.719) en route to Tony being named conference player of the year twice. Tony won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award given to the nation's most outstanding senior under six feet tall and was named the 1992 GTE Academic All-American of the year. He also started for a bronze-medal winning 1991 Pan-American Games team led by Gene Keady. He finished his collegiate career as the Mid-Continent Conference's all-time leader in points (2,285) and assists (601). He still ranks as the NCAA's all-time leader in 3-point percentage (.497).

Bennett went on to be picked 35th overall in the 1992 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets. He spent three seasons (1992–1995) with the Hornets before a foot injury abruptly ended his NBA career. He briefly attempted a comeback and played 10 games for the Sydney Kings in Australia's National Basketball League season in 1997.

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Tony Bennett - Introduction

Tony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz. Tony Bennett (birth-name: Anthony Dominick Benedetto) was born on 3 August 1926 at Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, US. Tony Bennett is the son of Ann (née Suraci) and John Benedetto. Tony Bennett has sold over 50 million records worldwide.

Raised in New York City, Tony Bennett began singing at an early age. Tony Bennett fought in the final stages of World War II as an infantryman with the U.S. Army in the European Theatre. Afterwards, Tony Bennett developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records. Tony Bennett had his first number one popular song with "Because of You" in 1951. Several top hits by Tony Bennett, such as "Rags to Riches" followed in the early 1950s. Tony Bennett then further refined his approach to encompass jazz singing. Tony Bennett reached an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as 'The Beat of My Heart' and 'Basie Swings, Bennett Sings'. Tony Bennett recorded his signature song, 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco in 1962. Tony Bennett's career and his personal life then suffered an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era.


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