Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto; August 3; 1926) 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.