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An Evening with
Tony Bennett |
Thursday, February 2, 2012
at 8 PM
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Tony Bennett
Sponsored by:
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The incomparable Tony Bennett returns to the Mayo Center to perform classics from the Great American Songbook.
Background:
Tony Bennett is an artist who moves the hearts and touches the souls of audiences. He's not just the singer's singer but also an international treasure honored by the United Nations with its Citizen of the World award, which aptly describes the scope of his accomplishments.
With worldwide record sales in the millions, and dozens of platinum and gold albums to his credit, Tony has received fifteen Grammy Awards including the prestigious Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The MTV generation first took Tony Bennett to heart during his appearance with the Red Hot Chili Peppers on the 1993 MTV Video Awards. He appeared on MTV Unplugged and the resulting recording of the same name garnered him the top Grammy Award for Album of the Year. "Tony Bennett has not just bridged the generation gap," observed The New York Times, "he has demolished it. He has solidly connected with a younger crowd weaned on rock. And there have been no compromises." Bennett credits his eldest son and manager, Danny, for his success in capturing a whole new generation of listeners. His most recent CD release, was the holiday recording,
Tony Bennett: A Swingin' Christmas Featuring the Count Basie Orchestra, that is destined to become a seasonal favorite year after year. In 2009 he re-signed to Columbia Records, continuing his status as the artist signed for the greatest period of time in the label's history.
His initial fame came via a string of Columbia singles in the early 1950s, including such chart-toppers as "Because of You," "Rags To Riches" and a cover of Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart." He has placed two-dozen 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 hit, "I Left My Heart In San Francisco," which earned him two Grammy Awards. Tony Bennett is one of a handful of artists to have new albums chart in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, and into the new millennium. He introduced a multitude of songs into the Great American Songbook that have since become pop music standards. He has toured the world to sold out audiences, winning rave reviews whenever he performs. Tony re-signed with Columbia Records in 1986 and released the critically acclaimed The Art Of Excellence. Since his show-stopping performance of "When Do the Bells Ring for Me," from his Astoria album, at the 1991 Grammy Awards, he has been awarded Grammys for Steppin' Out, Perfectly Frank, MTV Unplugged, Playin' with My Friends, The Art of Romance and Duets: An American Classic. In celebration of his unparalleled contributions to popular music, Columbia/Legacy assembled Forty Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett. The four-CD boxed set, released in 1991, chronicled the singer's stellar recording career and documents his growth as an artist inspiring Time magazine to call the collection "… the essence of why CD boxed sets are a blessing." Recently, thanks to Tony's remarkable career longevity, the set has been updated and expanded, with the title changed from Forty Years to Fifty Years.
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