Who didn’t Tony Bennett duet with?
The legendary singer was famously recognized for his Grammy-winning, platinum-selling Duet albums that featured everybody from Girl Gaga and Amy Winehouse to Aretha Franklin and Barbra Streisand.
Right here, we rejoice the collaborative efforts of Bennett, who died Friday at age 96.
Girl Gaga
Girl Gaga ditched the upbeat, digital dance sound that made her in style to work with Bennett on jazz music, a style she had been singing since she was a young person. The New Yorkers first collaborated on “The Girl Is a Tramp” from Bennett’s 2011 launch Duets II. The pairing was so excellent they went on to document 2014’s Cheek to Cheek, with Bennett and Gaga hoping to show extra children to jazz music. “[Gaga] has an enormous group of younger individuals who love her, and so they’ve by no means heard in style jazz music, classical American music … and my ambition was to do that album so they might get acquainted with that music,” Bennett instructed The Related Press.
Gaga mentioned jazz was more true to her nature than pop music. “A lot of what I’ve performed has been closely Auto-Tuned or made very digital to suit on the radio, however that is a lot simpler as a result of I’m a insurgent and that is actually rebellious for me to say goodbye to pop for a second and simply sing some pure jazz.” Gaga and Bennett recorded a second album, 2021’s Love for Sale, which turned Bennett’s remaining album. The undertaking was a whooping success, incomes 5 Grammy nominations together with bids for album and document of the 12 months.
Amy Winehouse
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Months earlier than she died, Winehouse recorded her remaining track: the 1930 jazz normal “Physique & Soul” with Bennett. They filmed the recording; an intimate, stunning clip of the gifted performers singing tightly with ardour. The track appeared on Duets II and Winehouse’s posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures, and the collaboration received greatest pop duo/group efficiency on the 2012 Grammys, the place Winehouse’s mother and father accepted the honour onstage alongside Bennett through the present’s pre-telecast. “We shouldn’t be right here. Our darling daughter needs to be right here,” Winehouse’s father, Mitch, mentioned after he and the singer’s mom, Janis, embraced Bennett.
The A-Checklist: Half 1
To rejoice his eightieth birthday, Bennett invited A-list performers to the studio to document with him. Backed by a dwell band, Bennett traded vocals with Barbra Streisand, Paul McCartney, Stevie Marvel, Elton John, Bono, Celine Dion, George Michael, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Sting, Elvis Costello and Diana Krall for 2006’s Duets: An American Basic.
The album was an instantaneous success, debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard charts and reaching gold standing in a month. It received the most effective conventional pop vocal album Grammy whereas Bennett’s recording with Marvel, “For As soon as In My Life,” received greatest pop collaboration with vocals. However the album didn’t solely embody basic singers, Bennett additionally sang with John Legend, Michael Bublé, The Chicks, Tim McGraw, Juanes and okay.d. Lang.
The A-Checklist: Half 2
When you thought Bennett introduced collectively the most effective musicians within the phrase for his eightieth birthday — simply have a look at how he celebrated his eighty fifth. The icon launched Duets II in 2011 and he adopted up his starry 2006 effort with songs that includes Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Natalie Cole, Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli, Queen Latifah, Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow, Religion Hill, John Mayer, Josh Groban, Alejandro Sanz, Winehouse and Gaga. Duets II received Bennett two Grammys.
Love for Latin
Singing in English, Spanish and Portuguese, Bennett’s Viva Duets featured collaborations with Latin artists together with Gloria Estefan, Juan Luis Guerra, Marc Anthony, Christina Aguilera and Romeo Santos. Bennett even traveled to Vicente Fernández’s ranch in Mexico to document “Return to Me (Regresa a Mí)” with the enduring singer. Viva Duets, launched in 2012, additionally included songs with Thalía, Chayanne, Dani Martín, Franco De Vita, Vicentico and Ricardo Arjona. Bennett mentioned he wished to document with Latin artists as a result of they sing from the guts. “That doesn’t go away. That makes the document by no means sound old school. There’s some gimmick that’s in style for 10 weeks after which forgotten. … [but here] there was a lot feeling of their performances that it’ll all the time sound good,” he instructed The Related Press. “Twenty years from now the identical document will sound good as a result of it has the sensation. All of them sing with a lot feeling and the general public responds with a lot feeling.”
New York, New York
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To commemorate the closing of Shea Stadium in New York in 2008, Bennett joined Billy Joel to sing “New York State of Thoughts,” which additionally they recorded for Bennett’s 2001 album Playin’ with My Buddies: Bennett Sings the Blues. The New Yorkers additionally carried out the basic monitor on the 2002 Grammys, the place the duet was nominated for greatest pop collaboration with vocals (they misplaced to Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya and Pink’s “Girl Marmalade”).
Playin’ with My Buddies: Bennett Sings the Blues additionally included duets with Ray Charles, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Marvel, Natalie Cole, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, okay.d. lang and Kay Starr.
Extra Collabs
Bennett’s profession collaborative efforts additionally embody 1961’s Tony Sings for Two with pianist Ralph Sharon; two albums with pianist Invoice Evans — 1975’s The Tony Bennett Invoice Evans Album and 1977’s Collectively Once more; 2002’s A Great World with okay.d. lang; and 2015’s The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern with pianist Invoice Charlap.
