{"id":7651,"date":"2023-07-22T13:43:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicassent.com\/?p=7651"},"modified":"2023-07-22T21:31:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T02:31:34","slug":"tony-bennett-i-left-my-heart-in-san-francisco-singer-passes-away-at-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicassent.com\/tony-bennett-i-left-my-heart-in-san-francisco-singer-passes-away-at-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Bennett “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” Singer Passes Away at 96."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tony Bennett<\/strong> was an extraordinary singer, with many dedicated fans across the world. During his career, he received 20 Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"Shop<\/a>\n\n\n\n

Bennett<\/strong> grew up in Queens, New York, during the Great Depression. Born Anthony Dominick Benedetto in 1926 to Italian immigrants. Bennett<\/strong>‘s father was a grocer who died when Tony was only 10 years old. It wasn’t long before he started helping out the family by singing while waiting tables in a local restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tony Bennett <\/strong>is shown while serving in the U.S. Army in 1945. (Photo courtesy of TonyBennett.com)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tony Bennett<\/strong>, whose remarkable life included being in the Army division, the 63rd Infantry, that helped liberate part of the Dachau concentration camp and who later marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, AL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n

Tony Bennett<\/strong> went on to release over 70\u00a0albums during his 7-decade career, including his #1 selling albums, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco<\/em>,\u00a0MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett,”<\/em> in 1963, and “Duets: An American Classic”<\/em> in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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