WCBS Celebrates 50 With Tony
The evening closed with a special Q&A with the legendary Tony Bennett, moderated by Anthony Mason of CBS News. Bennett recalled how he was asked by Bob Hope to join him on the road; however, Hope told Bennett something needed to be done about his name first. As Bennett recounted, “He asked, ‘What’s your name?’ I said ‘Anthony Dominick Benedetto.’ He said, ‘well that’s a little too long — let’s economize that and call you ‘Tony Bennett.'”