Tony Bennett Christmas Songs

Tony Bennett sings tracks off of his new CD, "A Swingin' Christmas featuring the Count Basie Big Band."

This is his first holiday album in 40 years.

You can hear other tracks at this site:

http://www.tonybennett.net/

Bennett has 15 Grammy Awards along with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2001).

'Tony Bennett is among the most recognized human beings on the planet.' ~Vanity Fair.

The New York Times said, "Tony Bennett has not just bridged the generation gap, he has demolished it. He has solidly connected with a younger crowd weaned on rock. And there have been no compromises."

Tony Bennett TRIVIA:

Bennett is also an accomplished painter creating works under his birth name, Anthony Benedetto.

Tony Bennett was born Anthony Dominick Benedetto on August 3, 1926 in Astoria, Queens, New York City.

The young Benedetto grew up listening to Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Judy Garland and Bing Crosby as well as jazz artists such as Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden and Joe Venuti.

By age 10 he was already singing and performed at the opening of the Triborough Bridge (renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge)in NYC.

He attended New York's High School of Industrial Art where he studied painting and music. He dropped out at age 16 to help support his family. He then set his sights on a professional singing career, performing as a singing waiter in several Queens Italian restaurants.

He is an American singer of popular music, standards and jazz. After having achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1950s and early 1960s, his career suffered an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era. Bennett staged a comeback, however, in the late 1980s and 1990s, expanding his audience to a younger generation while keeping his musical style intact. He remains a popular and critically praised recording artist and concert performer in the 2000s.

Bennett was seen at the MTV Video Music Awards shows side by side with the likes of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Flavor Flav, and as his "Steppin' Out With My Baby" video received MTV airplay, it was clear that he had bridged the generation gap.

The new younger audience reached its height with Bennett's appearance in 1994 on MTV Unplugged. Featuring guest appearances by rock and country stars Elvis Costello and k.d. lang (both of whom had a profound respect for the standards genre), the show attracted a considerable audience and much media attention. The resulting MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett album went platinum and besides taking the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance Grammy award for the third straight year, also won the top Grammy prize of Album of the Year.

Tony Bennett, at age 82, has come full circle and is still going strong with this new album!

The album tracks are:

'The Christmas Song',
'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas',
'I'll Be Home for Christmas,
'Winter Wonderland',
'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town',
'Christmas Time is Here',
'My Favorite Things',
'The Christmas Waltz',
'Christmas Auld Lang Syne',
'Silver Bells' and 'Christmas Tree'.

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[TheBaconnater]

Am i the only teenager who thinks this guy is the greatest?

[oldbiff]

Just in case someone says,'hey Granpa, what is a swingin cat?' keep this video handy!

[moviechic07]

His music transcend all generations...because my grandparents, my parents, and myself love Tony Bennett's music...im 21 yrs old and I still have his music on my ipod...(= I think I have this cd...if not im gonna buy it...

[Nerwik]

Tony Bennett + Christmas Songs = my heart feels warm :)

[oohyllab]

His voice is in tact yet as he ages!! Awesome performer. Thx.

[oohyllab]

@ion507

yes!!

[lukasnummer1]

One of the best singer of all times...

[Cheetarah12]

Timeless

[croonlover]

tony bennett rules !!!! the master sing

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[mamboviv]

Tony awesome bennett! Swinging hard xmas!