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i ve found you just in time the great singer of the great american songbook. the way you look tonight his music defining a generation with shiny tuxedos, big bands, and smoky jazz joints. i know i go from rags to riches but before he was tony, he was anthony dominick bededetto, a child of the great depression born and raised by a single mother in queens, new york. when i was 10 years old, they said we love the way you paint and we love the way you sing. i said that s who i am. reporter: he dropped out of high school to support his family at age 16 and was later drafted by the army serving in world war ii. i decided that when i get out of the ar my, i m going to go into show business. reporter: he got his big break in 1949 when entertainer bob hope saw him singing in a new york city club and hired him with one suggestion that he change his name to tony bennett. ....

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