Tony Bennett
Singer
Singer

While in Europe, Bennett encountered an old friend, and invited him to eat with him. The Friend was black, and an officer from the south suggested that the friend should take his meal in the kitchen. This suggestions was met with language that resulted in Bennett’s demotion from corporal to private, and assignment to a unit desinterring mass graves and preparing the bodies for shipment home.It was while he was in the army that Bennett got his first opportunity to sing — with a military band. Transferred to special services, he finished the war touring Europe and studied music at Heidelburg University before returning to the U.S. He studied voice under the GI Bill while supporting himself as an elevator operator. His signature song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” was recorded in 1963.
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