I was 8 when I first asked my parents for tickets to see Tony Bennett live ... a photo on a Polaroid. Bennett took out a Sharpie and signed it. “To Emily, Happy Birthday,” he wrote.

“Happy Birthday Tony. August 3rd is Tony Bennett Day,” she wrote. “A day for smiling. But I’ll be celebrating you a lot more than once a year. I’ll celebrate you every time I’m on ...

Friends like John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Katie Couric, Steve Buscemi, Gayle King and Regis Philbin sang Bennett’s praises on the red carpet. “Happy birthday, Tony,” Travolta said on the carpet.

“Happy Birthday Tony. August 3rd is Tony Bennett Day,” she wrote, referring to a resolution the U.S. Senate passed on July 27 officially designating Bennett’s birthday a holiday. “A day ...

‘Happy birthday, Tony – Lady Gaga.’ She flew it around San Francisco for about two hours.” Bennett, Lady Gaga said, felt like a lifelong friend almost from the moment they met. “I feel ...

Lady Gaga is remembering Tony Bennett on what would have been his 97th birthday! On Thursday, Gaga took to her Instagram to remember her friend and collaborator with a special post, filled with ...

"August 3rd is Tony Bennett Day," the pop singer wrote on Instagram Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in The New ...

Lady Gaga is honoring her late friend and musical collaborator Tony Bennett on what would have been the legendary jazz singer's 97th birthday. The "Born this Way" singer, 37, posted three photos ...