Anthony Dominick Benedetto, born on August 3rd, 1926, Astoria, Queens, New York City, U.S, known professionally as Tony Bennett, is a singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. Tony is also a painter, under his birth name Anthony Benedetto, his works being on permanent public display in several institutions, and founded the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, in Astoria, Queens, New York.