[2011-09-20] Tony Bennett "Duets II" with Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, others (Columbia)

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:01 pm

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DUETS II is the follow-up to Tony Bennett's multi-platinum CD, DUETS, which was released in conjunction with Tony's 80th birthday in 2006. DUETS won three Grammy Awards and was the singer's best selling album to date.

Now the legendary performer celebrates a milestone 85th birthday with the release of DUETS II. The singer has completed recording with Lady Gaga and Aretha Franklin, adding to a celebrated list of artists previously announced including Amy Winehouse, Michael Buble, Norah Jones, John Mayer, Queen Latifah, Carrie Underwood and many others. Lady Gaga joined Tony for a rendition of the Richard Rodgers song, "The Lady Is A Tramp" and Bennett and Franklin collaborated on the Alan and Marilyn Bergman classic, "How Do You Keep The Music Playing."

Phil Ramone produced the original DUETS as well as DUETS II.

1. The Lady Is A Tramp - With Lady Gaga
2. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) - With John Mayer
3. Body And Soul - With Amy Winehouse
4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - With Michael Buble
5. Blue Velvet - With k.d. lang
6. How Do You Keep The Music Playing - With Aretha Franklin
7. The Girl I Love - With Sheryl Crow
8. On The Sunny Side of the Street - Willie Nelson
9. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) - With Queen Latifah
10. Speak Low - With Norah Jones
11. This Is All I Ask - With Josh Groban
12. Watch What Happens - With Natalie Cole
13. Stranger In Paradise - With Andrea Bocelli
14. The Way You Look Tonight - With Faith Hill
15. Yesterday I Heard The Rain - With Alejandro Sanz
16. It Had To Be You - With Carrie Underwood
17. When Do The Bells Ring For Me - With Mariah Carey

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Linda · **Posted:** Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:24 pm

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Amy Winehouse's Tony Bennett duet to help raise funds for her family's drug treatment foundation

Amy Winehouse's duet with Tony Bennett is set to raise funds for the late singer's self-titled drug treatment foundation proposed by her family.

The track 'Body And Soul' which is set to feature on Bennett's 'Duets II' album, out on September 19, was recorded with Winehouse at EMI's London Abbey Road studios.

Speaking about the recording sessions he told Billboard:

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She was a little apprehensive about how to go about it, and I said to her, 'I may be wrong, but it sounds like you're influenced by Dinah Washington' and that just blew her mind. She just said, 'Oh my God, you mean you can actually hear that? She's my idol' And that relaxed her, and that's the record we ended up making.

He also said he tried to help her during her troubles leading up to her death. Bennett added:

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I was convinced I would be able to help her and talk her out of... taking drugs. The foundation is a great way to turn something positive out of this.

The song will be the first recorded output to feature Winehouse's voice since she provided vocals for Mark Ronson's cover of The Zutons' 'Valerie' in 2007.

Other artists on the album include Lady Gaga, Sheryl Crow and Mariah Carey.

http://www.nme.com/news/amy-winehouse/58701

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:34 am

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

his THIRD duets album!

hope rod stewart doesn't get any ideas.

Kid Bailey · 16 Jul 2006

I like Tony a lot, but beyond the Winehouse and Gaga numbers I don't have much interest in this.
For my money, the Gaga track is better. She demonstrates that she really can sing, and I know at least a few people who are suprised at that. Certainly not everyone's cup of tea, but I like it.
I don't at all like what Winehouse did with her voice on her track.It sounds like she was forced to sing lyrics at gunpoint. Tony compared her to Dinah Washington, but I'm not a big fan of hers either.Bennett sounds great, as usual.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:39 pm

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Tony Bennett becomes the oldest living person to top US album chart

Tony Bennett's 'Duets II' album has shot straight to the top of the US album chart.

The success of the record, which features collaborations with Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga, means that Bennett has become the oldest living performer to top the Billboard 200. The record is also his first US Number One in his 60-year career.

The album sold 179,000 copies in its first week, taking it to the top spot, reports Billboard.com.

The 14-time Grammy Award winner's previous highest position on the chart came in 2006, when his first 'Duets' album debuted and peaked at Number Three with sales of 202,000. The previous oldest performer to top the chart was Bob Dylan in 2009 with 'Together Through Life'. At the time he was 67 years old.

You can watch 'The Lady Is A Tramp', Bennett's duet with Lady Gaga, by scrolling down and clicking below. The song, originally featured in the Rodgers and Hart musical Babes In Arms and was penned in 1937.

It has previously been recorded by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr and Shirley Bassey.

http://www.nme.com/news/tony-bennett/59501

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:29 pm

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Tony Bennett: ‘Amy Winehouse knew that she wasn’t going to live’

Tony Bennett revealed that Amy Winehouse knew that she was in trouble and was not going to live.

Bennett stopped by The Daily Show on Thursday to discuss his new record ’Duets II’, where he also shared stories about recording the duet ’Body And Soul’ with Winehouse. The song was released on September 14, which would have been her 28th birthday.

Just as the late singer’s father has attributed her death to alcohol, Bennett claimed that she knew she could not overcome her addiction.

Speaking to The Daily Show, Bennett said that she “knew that she was in a lot of trouble, that she wasn't gonna live. It wasn't drugs, it was alcohol till the end.

He continued:

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She was in trouble at that time. What people didn't realize at that time, she really knew, and in fact I didn't really know it when we were making the record. She knew she was in a lot of trouble, that she wasn't gonna' live. And it wasn't drugs. It was alcohol.

Proceeds from the duet have gone to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, but many of the donations made to the foundation had to be returned, due to a third party had registered the same name.

http://www.nme.com/news/amy-winehouse/59545

[2011-09-20] Tony Bennett "Duets II" with Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, others (Columbia)

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