: Bennett is also an accomplished painter creating works under his birth name, Anthony Benedetto. Tony Bennett was born Anthony Dominick Benedetto on August 3, 1926 in Astoria, Queens, New York City. The young Benedetto grew up listening to Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Judy Garland and Bing Crosby as well as jazz artists such as Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden and Joe Venuti. By age 10 he was already singing and performed at the opening of the Triborough Bridge (renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge ...
