The Voice of a Century: The Tony Bennett Story

This biography follows Tony Bennett from his birth in Queens to Italian immigrant parents during the Great Depression, his father's early death and his mother's strength, and his discovery of jazz as a teenager, through service in World War II. It covers his crooner years of the 1950s and 1960s, his fall and artistic reinvention, his honors and advocacy, and his lasting legacy. A heartfelt read for fans of jazz and the Great American Songbook. 166 pages.