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Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto, August 3, 1926) is an American singer who is best known for his song Because of You. He was born in Astoria, Queens, New York City. He was married three times and has two children. He has many awards including a Grammy Award. Bennett is a Democrat and attended the 2012 Democratic National Convention in support of President Obama's re-election. In 2014 an album Bennett made with Lady Gaga will be released.
President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush pose with the Kennedy Center honorees: actress Julie Harris, actor Robert Redford, singer Tina Turner, ballet dancer Suzanne Farrell and Tony Bennett. December 4, 2005, at a reception in the Blue Room at the White House.
Bennett greets Stevie Wonder at the White House on February 25, 2009.
Bennett (right) with Chicago columnist and talk show host Irv Kupcinet, during the 1950s
Bennett (right) with composer Harold Arlen, rehearsing for the television program The Twentieth Century in 1964
Bennett in concert in Santa Ynez, California, 2005
The Tony Bennett concert show as seen by the audience, with no stage set, visual effects or advanced lighting schemes. Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, September 2005.
Bennett's work for the Civil Rights Movement, including his participation in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, later earned him induction into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame in Atlanta.
Bennett and wife Susan Crow at the opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum in Los Angeles in 2008
