The good life keeps getting better for Tony Bennett.
Here are some memorable photos of singer Tony Bennett through the years.
1965: American singer Tony Bennett with a group of chorus girls during a rehearsal for the Royal Variety Show in London on Nov. 7, 1965.
1968: American singer Tony Bennett signs autographs on April 8, 1968.
1969: American singer Tony Bennett in London.
1970: American singer Tony Bennett with some of the dancing girls who appear in his show at the London Palladium.
1971: American singer Tony Bennett painting a city landscape on June 11, 1971.
1972: American singer Tony Bennett feeding the pigeons with his daughter, Joanna, on Jan. 14, 1972.
1973: Singers Diana Ross and Tony Bennett attending the premiere of the film "Lady Sings the Blues" at the ABC 1, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on April 5, 1973.
1977: American singer and painter Tony Bennett holding one of his paintings,
which he creates under the name Anthony Benedetto, on Nov. 7, 1977.
1995: Singer Tony Bennett (center) performs during halftime at Super Bowl XXIX at the Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami. The San Francisco 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers won 49-26.
1999: Elton John and Tony Bennett at the Rainforest Foundation Benefit at Carnegie Hall in New York City on April 17, 1999.
2000: Tony Bennett and Diana Krall launch their "Two for the Road" tour on Friday, Aug. 4, 2000, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
2001: Tony Bennett (center) with daughter Antonia (right) and date Susan Crow (left) arrive at the 43rd annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 21, 2001.
2002: Tony Bennett (left) poses with Billy Joel after presenting him with a lifetime achievement award during the 2002 New York Magazine Awards Luncheon on December 16, 2002, at the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City.
2003: Tony Bennett in the press room at the 45th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden on February 23, 2003, in New York City.
2004: Singer Tony Bennett (left) and Larry King appear onstage at An Evening With Larry King and Friends to benefit the Larry King Cardiac Foundation on April 23, 2004, at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, in Beverly Hills, California.
2005: U.S. President George W. Bush (center) and first lady Laura Bush stand with the Kennedy Center honorees, actress Julie Harris, actor Robert Redford, singer Tina Turner, ballet dancer Suzanne Farrell and singer Tony Bennett, on December 4, 2005, in Washington, D.C. The entertainers were all honored at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony.
2006: Singers Michael Buble and Tony Bennett arrives at the 48th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 8, 2006, in Los Angeles.
2007: Musicians Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder accept the award for "Best Pop Collarboration with Vocals" onstage at the 49th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 11, 2007, in Los Angeles.
2008: Singer Tony Bennett performs on stage at the third annual Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria on April 7, 2008, in New York City.
2009: Singer and co-founder of Exploring the Arts organization, Tony Bennett (left), and former president Bill Clinton attend the Exploring the Arts Gala at Cipriani, Wall Street on September 21, 2009, in New York City.
2010: Singer Tony Bennett, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, playwright Tony Kushner, musicologist Henry-Louis De La Grange, actress Patty Lapone, opera director Frank Corsaro and philanthropist Glorya Kaufman pose as they attend the 2010 commencement ceremony where they received an honorary degree at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, on May 21, 2010, in New York City.
2011: Aretha Franklin and Tony Bennett perform onstage during Tony Bennett’s 85th Birthday Gala Benefit for Exploring the Arts at the Metropolitan Opera House on September 18, 2011, in New York City.
2012: Singer Tony Bennett (left) and Carrie Underwood speak onstage at the 54th annual Grammy Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012, in Los Angeles.
2013: Journalist/TV personality Katie Couric, Tony Bennett and Susan Crow attend the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 40th Chaplin Award Gala supported by Grey Goose vodka at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, on April 22, 2013, in New York City.
2014: Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga pose backstage after her show at Roseland Ballroom on April 6, 2014, in New York City.
2015: Singers Lady Gaga (left) and Tony Bennett, winners of Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "Cheek to Cheek," pose in the press room during the 57th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 8, 2015, in Los Angeles.
2016: Recording artists Tony Bennett (left) and Ariana Grande attend the Republic Records Grammy Celebration presented by Chromecast Audio at Hyde Sunset Kitchen & Cocktail on February 15, 2016, in Los Angeles.
2017: Tony Bennett and Lucy Liu attend the American Theatre Wing Centennial Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on September 18, 2017.
2018: Recording artists Tony Bennett (left) and John Legend speak onstage during the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018, in New York City.
2019: Katie Holmes and Tony Bennett attend the American Ballet Theatre 2019 Fall Gala at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on October 16, 2019, in New York City.
2020: In this screengrab, Tony Bennett appears/performs during the 2020 Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Children’s Diabetes Foundation on October 10, 2020.
The legendary crooner’s latest record put him in the record books. Bennett is now the oldest person to release an album of new material, according to Guinness World Records.
The Grammy Award-winning singer released “Love for Sale,” a collaboration with Lady Gaga, on Oct. 1. He was 95 years, 60 days old at the time of release, according to Guinness.
“Love for Sale” is the last studio album of Bennett’s storied 70-year recording career. It comes a decade after the singer and Lady Gaga recorded the single, “Lady is a Tramp.” In 2014, the duo recorded their first album together, “Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek.”
“I see a young boy every time I sing with him, and it just makes the experience of singing so freeing. To have it be about two souls singing together … and then at the same time, I also take in all his wisdom. The wisdom of all his years,” Lady Gaga said in a video released by Interscope Records announcing the record.
During his career, Bennett was nominated for 36 Grammy Awards and won 18 times. His first victories came in 1962, when he won Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Solo Vocal for the song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1994, and Bennett received a Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy in 2001.
According to Guinness, this is the fifth record the singer holds. His other records include:
- Oldest person to reach No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with a newly recorded album for “Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek.”
- Longest time between UK top 20 albums: 39 years.
- Oldest person to enter the UK top 20 album chart: “Duets: An American Classic,” when he was 80 years old
- Longest time between the release of an original recording and a re-recording of the same single by the same artist
