Daegal Benedetto

Daegal "Dae" Bennett was born in 1955 to Tony Bennett and first wife Patricia Beech. The younger Bennett son was born in the Bronx, New York, and later lived with the couple and his brother Danny in Englewood, New Jersey. Dae learned to play the drums at age 9. His parents split during his formative years and finalized their divorce in 1971, but Dae stayed his musical course: As a teenager, he joined the band Quacky Duck and His Barnyard Friends with his brother Danny. Dae built his first music studio, Hillside Sound, in his late 20s. For the next 20 years, he worked there alongside plenty of industry greats, including Naughty by Nature and Salt-N-Pepa. He began working on his father's music in the late '90s. In 2001, Dae expanded his small studio into the state-of-the-art Bennett Studios, which he helmed for 10 years; amid the economic downturn, he closed Bennett Studios in 2011 and began working as a freelance producer, engineer and mixer. He has 10 Grammys to his name, including best traditional pop vocal album and best engineered recording for Tony and Lady Gaga's album Love for Sale, which Dae produced, engineered and mixed. In 2018, Tony congratulated his son on his win for producing Tony Bennett Celebrates 90. In 2000, the New York Times reported that Dae was married to a woman named Anita, with whom he had two children: sons Austin and Jared.