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Singer Tony Bennett on His Life and Career

Bennett won two Grammy awards at Wednesday night's Grammy ceremony -- making a total of six during his four-decade career. He has been called "the best singer in the business" by Frank Sinatra, and "the best singer I've ever heard" by Bing Crosby. Bennett's recent award-winning album is "Tony Bennett - Unplugged," recorded for "MTV Unplugged" in 1994. (Rebroadcast)

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 3, 1995: Interview with Jeff Moss; Interview with Tony Bennett; Review of James Spaulding's album "Blues Nexus."
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Jeff Moss Remembers His Sesame Street Songs

Jeff Moss was one of the original creators and writers of "Sesame Street." He created Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch, and wrote such songs as "Rubber Ducky" and "People in Your Neighborhood." He has won 13 Emmy's, four Grammy's, and an Oscar nomination for his work on "Sesame Street" and with the Muppets. Moss is also the author of four books for children, the newest of which is "Hieronymus White: A Bird Who Believed That He Always Was Right." (Rebroadcast)

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Singers Tony Bennett and K.D. Lang

They've collaborated on the new album A Wonderful World. It is a collection of Louis Armstrong songs and was produced by T-Bone Burnett. Last year the two completed a concert tour.

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Singer Tony Bennett: "The Best in the Business"

The once post-war heartthrob won new fans with his MTV Unplugged concert. His new CD is "The Playground." He has a new autobiography called The Good Life. A grocer's son, Anthony Dominick Benedetto was born in Astoria Queens in 1926. After working as a singing waiter in his teens and then following service in the U.S. Army, he auditioned for Columbia Records and launched a career that started off with his first big hit "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."

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