Englewood Makes History

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  • Anthony Dominick Benedetto, known professionally as Tony Bennett, was one of the most celebrated vocalists in American music. Born in 1926 in Queens, New York, Bennett served in the U.S. Army during World War II before launching a recording career in 1951. Over the next seven…
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  • Dae Bennett is a music producer. He created Hillside Sound Music Studio. Twenty years later he opened Bennett Studios in 2001. Dae is the son of musician Tony Bennett.
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  • Estelle Bennett was a singer and member of the Ronettes with her sister Veronica "Ronnie" Yvette Greenfield and her cousin Nedra Talley-Ross. They began singing at age fourteen. They eventually recorded a No. 1 hit song "Be My Baby" in 1963. The group broke up in 1967 and…
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  • George Washington Benson is a jazz musician. He grew up playing guitar and began recording at a young age. He performed for several years with Jack McDuff. His first album was "The New Boss Guitar." He also worked with McDuff to release“It’s Uptown” and “George Benson Cookbook.”…
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  • Serius Jones born Saleem Bligen is a rapper. He was born in Englewood. He signed a deal with Disturbing tha Peace in 2006 for eighteen months. He is also known for his participation in rap battles. Jones won 12 consecutive rap battles at New York’s Monday Night Fight Klub. In…
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  • Neil Bogart was a music producer and executive. He founded the world-famous Casablanca Records in 1973. Bogart helped fuel the rise of disco in the 1970s when Casablanca signed Donna Summer and the Village People. He was also known for helping the rise of bubblegum pop. Bogart…
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  • The Chansoneers were the Dwight Morrow High School Choral Group, which began in 1940 at Bound Brook High School. It was founded by Thaddeus J. Kropczynski. He began a Chansoneers group when he moved to Englewood in 1946.
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  • Betty Clark of Englewood, New Jersey, became widely known in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a talented young soprano whose determination and musical gifts captured national attention. Despite losing her sight at an early age, she built an impressive career as a radio…

  • Clyde Otis created the Clyde Otis Music Group Records in the 1960s after he left Mercury Records. Under this independent label, he had sessions with artists like Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Johnny Mathis, and Patti Page.
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