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Tony Bennett Completes 'Duets II' Line Up With Lady Gaga
Tuesday, 02 August 2011 Written by Jon Stickler
Tony Bennett Completes 'Duets II' Line Up With Lady Gaga

This week legendary singer Tony Bennett celebrates his milestone 85th birthday having just completed spectacular recording sessions with both Lady Gaga and Aretha Franklin in New York to finalise his highly anticipated 'Duets II' CD. The final 2 sessions completed a celebrated list of artists to record with Bennett over the past 4 months, including  the last ever studio recording with Amy Winehouse and recordings with amongst others: Michael Bublé ; k.d. Lang; Sheryl Crow; Mariah Carey; Andrea Bocelli; Queen Latifah and Willie Nelson.

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.' Both tracks were recorded live in the studio in New York in the past week in keeping with all the tracks, which saw Bennett travel around the world to record in person with each artist.   His travels took him from Italy to the home of Andrea Bocelli, New Orleans and the legendary Abbey Road studios in London to New York and LA. 

'Duets II' is the follow-up to the multi-platinum CD, 'Duets', released in conjunction with Tony’s 80th birthday in 2006, which won him three Grammy Awards and was his best ever selling CD.  Phil Ramone takes the helm once again as producer, following up on his success with the Bennett’s first 'Duets' album.  The album will be released in the UK on October 3rd to coincide with a special one-off performance at The Palladium Theatre in London.

'Duets II' will be available from Tuesday, August 2nd.

'Duets II' Tracklisting:
 
Andrea Bocelli - Stranger In Paradise
Michael Bublé - I Wanna Be Around
Mariah Carey - When Do The Bells Ring For Me?
Natalie Cole - Watch What Happens
Sheryl Crow - The Girl I Love
Aretha Franklin - How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
Josh Groban - This Is All I Ask
Faith Hill - The Way You Look Tonight
Norah Jones - Speak Low
Lady Gaga - The Lady Is Tramp
K.D. Lang - Blue Velvet
John Mayer - One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
Willie Nelson - On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Queen Latifah - Who Can I Turn To?
Alejandro Sanz - Yesterday I Heard The Rain
Carrie Underwood - I Had To Be You
Amy Winehouse - Body And Soul.

Tony Bennett UK Live Dates are as follows:

October 2011

Oct 3rd – Palladium, London

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