Tony Bennett, the child of Italian immigrants, grew up in Astoria, Queens, during the Great Depression. After serving as an infantryman in World War II, he studied singing and signed with Columbia Records in 1950, releasing his first hit with the label in 1951. Over the course of his career, which has spanned more than sixty years, he has sold millions of albums that have achieved gold and platinum status both in the United States and worldwide, and has won nineteen Grammy Awards. On August 3, 2016, Tony turned ninety.
