Danny grew as much as grow to be his father’s supervisor, taking up the position in 1979 and serving till Tony’s retirement two years in the past. For his half, the “New York State of Thoughts” singer was thrilled to maintain the enterprise within the household.
“I understand how lucky I’m to have somebody, in Danny, that’s really searching for my finest pursuits,” he advised The New York Times in 1999, “and never simply in it for the cash.”
Tony met his spouse Susan—who served because the chief of a Tony Bennett fan membership—at one in every of his live shows when she was 19. They dated for 20 years before tying the knot in 2007.
“It tickled me that somebody of her age was so dedicated to my music,” Tony wrote in his autobiography. “I not solely agreed to say hi there to her backstage however requested her to be my date for the night, and that is the way it all actually started.”