An haifi Anthony Dominic Benedetto, wanda aka fi sani da Tony Bennett, a ranar 3 ga Agusta, 1926 a New York. Iyalin ba su zauna a cikin alatu ba - mahaifin ya yi aiki a matsayin mai sayar da kayan abinci, kuma mahaifiyar ta tsunduma cikin renon yara.
Yaran Tony Bennett
Lokacin da Tony yana ɗan shekara 10, mahaifinsa ya rasu. Rashin mai ba da abinci kawai ya girgiza dukiyar dangin Benedetto. Mahaifiyar Anthony ta tafi aiki a matsayin mai dinki.
A cikin wannan mawuyacin lokaci, Anthony ya fara aikinsa na kiɗa. Uncle Tony yayi aiki a matsayin dan wasan famfo a vaudeville. Ya taimaka wa yaron ya “rasa” cikin jerin mawaƙa a mashaya na gida.
Kyakkyawan murya da sha'awa sun ba matasa Tony damar samun riba. Har ma ya yi rawar gani a bikin bude sabuwar gadar. Anthony ya tsaya kusa da magajin garin.
Ƙaunar kiɗa ta kasance tana mulki a cikin gidan. Babban ɗan'uwan Anthony ya rera waƙa a cikin sanannen ƙungiyar mawaƙa, kuma iyayensa sun sanya bayanan yau da kullun na Frank Sinatra, Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Judy Garland da Bing Crosby.
Abubuwan sha'awar saurayi
Baya ga waƙa, Tony Bennett yana sha'awar zane. Wannan nau'in fasaha ne ya zaɓa a matsayin bayanin martaba don horo. Yaron ya shiga Makarantar Sakandare ta Fasaha, inda ya yi karatun shekara biyu kacal. Ya gane cewa sana'ar sa ba ta sauka ba ce, mataki ne kawai.
Bennett ya bar makaranta, amma ba kawai don sha'awar rera waƙa ba, har ma don kare dangi. Ya ɗauki aiki a matsayin ma'aikaci a wani gidan cin abinci na Italiya don tallafa wa mahaifiyarsa. A lokacin da ya keɓe, Tony Bennett ya yi wasan kwaikwayon kiɗan mai son.
Hanyar Mawaƙi zuwa Fam ɗin Kiɗa
Anthony ya girma a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Tony ya bambanta da ra'ayoyin masu son zaman lafiya, zubar da jini ba ya kusa da shi ko kadan. Duk da haka, ya san aikinsa, don haka a shekara ta 1944, lokacin da ya cika shekaru 18, ya sanya kakin soja ya tafi gaba. Tony ya shiga cikin sojojin. Matashin ya yi yaki a Faransa da Jamus. A gaba, Bennett ya sami aiki a ƙungiyar soja, inda ya iya nuna basirarsa.
A cikin 1946, lokacin da Anthony ya dawo gida, ya ƙudura don haɓaka aikin kiɗa. Ya shiga ƙwararrun ƙwararrun vocal school a American Theater Wing.
Wurin farko na aiki a matsayin mawaƙa shine cafe a cikin otal ɗin Astoria. Anan an biya shi kadan, don haka mutumin ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin lif a cibiyar.
Anthony ya fahimci cewa mawaƙin yana buƙatar suna mai ƙarfi da abin tunawa. Ya zaɓi sunan sa Joe Bari. Tare da shi, ya yi wasan kwaikwayo a kan mataki, ya halarci shirye-shiryen talabijin, har ma ya rera waƙa a cikin duet tare da shahararrun masu wasan kwaikwayo. Aikin Anthony ya bunkasa. A ƙarshen 1940s, ya riga ya sami ƙarfin gwiwa a matsayin mawaƙa, har ma ya ɗauki nasa manajan.
Kyautar kaddara shine sanin Anthony tare da ɗan wasan barkwanci Bob Hope. Shahararren dan wasan ya lura da hazakar Tony a daya daga cikin wasannin da ya bude wa Pearl Bailey. Bob ya gayyaci Tony zuwa wasan kwaikwayonsa iri-iri. Tare da shigar da shi a cikin 1950, Anthony ya canza sunan sa zuwa Tony Bennett.
A karkashin wannan sunan, ya yi rikodin sigar demo na Boulevard of Broken Dreams kuma ya ba da shi ga darektan Columbia Records. Ya fara sakin hits. Ballad ɗin sa Saboda ku ya kai saman jadawalin Amurka.
Rage shaharar Tony Bennett
Ƙarshen shekarun 1960 ya kasance da canji a zamanin kiɗa. Mawakan dutse sun fara mamaye manyan matsayi na dukkan jadawalin. A cikin 1968, kundin sa na Snowfall / Kundin Kirsimeti na Tony Bennett ya kai lamba 10 a karo na ƙarshe.
Tony Bennett, tare da izinin gudanarwa na ɗakin rikodin rikodi, ya gwada kansa a cikin sabon nau'i. Ya rubuta pop rock na zamani. Duk da haka, gwajin bai yi nasara ba. Tony Waƙar Babban Hits na Yau! buga wakoki na pop dari na biyu kawai.
A cikin 1972, Tony Bennett ya bar alamar Columbia. Kwarewar da ba ta yi nasara ba ta haɗin gwiwa tare da sauran masu samarwa ya tilasta Tony ya buɗe nasa rikodin kamfanin Improv. Kamfanin ya kasance kasa da shekaru 5, yana rufewa saboda matsalolin kudi.
A wannan lokacin, mai zane mai shekaru 50 ba ya buƙatar gabatarwa. Ya tattara cikakkun zaurukan "masoya" ba tare da buga manyan gidajen rediyo ba. A wannan lokacin, Bennett ya koma ga sha'awar matasa - zanen. A cikin 1977, Bennett ya buɗe baje kolin fasahar solo na farko a Chicago, kuma bayan shekaru biyu a London.
Wani sabon zagaye a cikin aikin Tony Bennett
A cikin 1980s, adadin sabbin abubuwan da aka fitar ya ragu sosai. Masu sauraro sun fara komawa zuwa tsohuwar kiɗan pop tare da abubuwan jazz. A cikin 1986, Bennett ya sabunta haɗin gwiwarsa tare da lakabin Columbia kuma ya samar da kundin ka'idodin pop The Art of Excellence.
Ya sadaukar da wakokinsa ga mawakin jazz Mabel Mercer. A karon farko cikin shekaru 10, Tony Bennett ya sake buga jadawalin. Anthony ya sake fara yin kundi.
A cikin 1994, Bennett ya sami kyaututtuka biyu a Kyautar Grammy don Album na Shekara da Mafi kyawun Mawaƙin Gargajiya. A cikin wannan rukunin a Grammy Awards, Bennett ya sake lashe sau hudu.
Tony Bennett: rayuwar iyali
Anthony Benedetto ya yi aure sau uku. Matarsa ta farko ita ce Patricia Beach a 1952. Masoyan sun hadu a wani shagali a wani kulob. Ma'auratan sun yi bikin auren wata biyu bayan haduwarsu. Ma'auratan sun zauna tare har tsawon shekaru 19, suna kiwon 'ya'ya maza biyu: Dae da Danny.
Auren ya watse saboda sabon soyayyar Tony. Nan da nan bayan saki daga Patricia, Bennett ya auri Sandra Grant. Sun rayu har zuwa 2007. Sandra ta haifi 'ya'yan Tony: Antonia da Joanna. Tony ya shiga wani sabon aure tare da tsohuwar malamar ilimin zamantakewa Susan Crow. Har yanzu suna zaune tare amma ba su da 'ya'ya.
Tony Bennett a cikin wata hira ya ce rayuwa daya ba ta ishe shi ya gane dukkan mafarkinsa ba. Ya rage kawai don jira sababbin abubuwan ƙirƙira na mawaƙa.
