Lesson #597

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Legendary singer Tony Bennett brought early American songs to life

Tony Bennett greets Stevie Wonder at the White House in 2009.

Pete Souza, official White House photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

August 10, 2023:

Antonio Dominick Benedetto--later 'Tony Bennett'--had one of the great American entertainment careers. Born in Queens, New York, he rose to fame by singing early American jazz and musical songs. His most famous song was "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." But the peak of his popularity came just as rock-and-roll music arrived in America. Plus, learn the phrasal verb "give way."

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