Anthony Dominick Benedetto,known professionally as Tony Bennett,was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades,including 20 Grammy Awards,a Lifetime Achievement Award,and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Bennett was named a National Endowments for the Arts Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honoree. He founded the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria,Queens,New York,along with Exploring the Arts,a non-profit arts education program. He sold more than 50 million records worldwide and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
"I Get a Kick Out of You" is a song by Cole Porter,which was first sung in the 1934 Broadway musical Anything Goes,and then in the 1936 film version. Originally sung by Ethel Merman,it has been covered by dozens of prominent performers,including Frank Sinatra,Dolly Parton,and Ella Fitzgerald. MF DOOM also used this in his song One Beer. A cover by Mel Torméwon the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s) for arranger Rob McConnell,while a duet version by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga was nominated for three awards at the 2022 ceremony,including Record of the Year.
"Night and Day" is a popular song by Cole Porter that was written for the 1932 musical Gay Divorce. It is perhaps Porter's most popular contribution to the Great American Songbook and has been recorded by dozens of musicians. NPR says "within three months of the show's opening,more than 30 artists had recorded the song."
The discography of American traditional pop and jazz singer Tony Bennett consists of 61 studio albums,11 live albums,33 compilation albums,three video albums,one extended play and 83 singles.
"Love for Sale" is a song by Cole Porter introduced by Kathryn Crawford in the musical The New Yorkers, which opened on Broadway on December 8,1930,and closed in May 1931 after 168 performances. The song is written from the viewpoint of a prostitute advertising "love for sale".
"Nature Boy" is a song first recorded by American jazz singer Nat King Cole. It was released on March 29,1948,as a single by Capitol Records,and later appeared on the 1961 album The Nat King Cole Story. It was written by eden ahbez as a tribute to Bill Pester,who practiced the Naturmensch and Lebensreform philosophies adopted by Ahbez. The lyrics of the song relate to a 1940s Los Angeles–based group called "Nature Boys",a subculture of proto-hippies of which Ahbez was a member.
"It's De-Lovely" is one of Cole Porter's hit songs,originally appearing in his 1936 musical,Red Hot and Blue. It was introduced by Ethel Merman and Bob Hope. The song was later used in the musical Anything Goes,first appearing in the 1956 film version;in the 1962 revival where it was sung by Hal Linden and Barbara Lang,and in the 2004 biographical film De-Lovely,where it was performed by Robbie Williams.
"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the second single by American singer-actress Cher from her second album,The Sonny Side of Chér (1966). It was written by her husband Sonny Bono and released in 1966. It reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week (behind "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by The Righteous Brothers),eventually becoming one of Cher's biggest-selling singles of the 1960s.
"The Lady Is a Tramp" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms,in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green. This song is a spoof of New York high society and its strict etiquette and phony social pretensions. It has become a popular music standard.
"Just One of Those Things" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for the 1935 musical Jubilee.
"But Beautiful" is a popular song with music written by Jimmy Van Heusen,the lyrics by Johnny Burke. The song was published in 1947.
"I Can't Give You Anything but Love,Baby" is an American popular song and jazz standard by Jimmy McHugh (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics). The song was introduced by Adelaide Hall at Les Ambassadeurs Club in New York in January 1928 in Lew Leslie's Blackbird Revue,which opened on Broadway later that year as the highly successful Blackbirds of 1928,wherein it was performed by Adelaide Hall,Aida Ward,and Willard McLean.
"Orange Colored Sky" is a popular song written by Milton Delugg and Willie Stein and published in 1950. The first known recording was on July 11,1950,on KING records catalog number 15061,with Janet Brace singing and Milton Delugg conducting the orchestra.
"Dream Dancing" is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1941 film You'll Never Get Rich,where it was introduced as an instrumental. The first recording was made by Fred Astaire with Harry Sosnik and his Orchestra and The Delta Rhythm Boys in 1941 under the Decca label (#18188).
The American singer Lady Gaga has released five solo studio albums,two collaborative studio albums,four film soundtracks,three remix albums,two compilation albums,four EPs,two live albums,40 singles,and 14 promotional singles. Gaga made her debut in August 2008 with the studio album The Fame,which peaked at number two in the United States,where it was subsequently certified triple Platinum,while topping the charts in Austria,Canada,Germany,Switzerland,and the United Kingdom. Its first two singles,"Just Dance" and "Poker Face",reached number one in Australia,Canada,the United Kingdom,and the United States,and for the latter,becoming the world's biggest single of the 2009 calendar year. The album spawned three more singles:"Eh,Eh ","LoveGame" and "Paparazzi". The latter reached the top ten in many countries worldwide,and number one in Germany.
Cheek to Cheek is the first collaborative album by American singers Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga,released on September 19,2014,by Columbia and Interscope Records. It is Bennett's fifty-eighth studio album,and Gaga's fourth. The two first met at the Robin Hood Foundation gala in New York City in 2011,and later recorded a rendition of "The Lady Is a Tramp" together,after which they began discussing plans of working on a jazz project. Cheek to Cheek consists of jazz standards by popular composers such as George Gershwin,Cole Porter,Jerome Kern,and Irving Berlin. It was inspired by Bennett and Gaga's desire to introduce the songs to a younger generation,since they believed these tracks have a universal appeal.
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga:Cheek to Cheek Live! is an American concert television special and live album featuring performances by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga in support of their collaborative studio album,Cheek to Cheek,released in September 2014. It was held at the Rose Theater of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in July following the announcement of the album's release,and was aired on PBS on October 24,2014,as part of the network's Great Performances series. The concert was watched by an audience consisting of invited guests and students from New York schools. Bennett and Gaga were joined on stage by a 39-piece orchestra and jazz musicians associated with both artists. A number of costumes were worn by Gaga,provided by designers including Roberto Cavalli,Michael Costello,Mathieu Mirano,Valentino as well as David Samuel Menkes. The special received one nomination at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Love for Sale is the second and final collaborative album by American singers Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga,released on September 30,2021,by Columbia and Interscope Records. It is the sixty-first and final studio album of Bennett's career,and Gaga's seventh. Following Cheek to Cheek (2014),the duo's first collaborative album,Love for Sale was recorded between 2018 and early 2020,consisting of their renditions of various jazz standards by American composer Cole Porter,to whom the record is a tribute.
One Last Time:An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga is a television special by American singers Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. It originally aired on November 28,2021,on CBS while being simulcast on Paramount+. Consisting of select duets and solo performances,it was part of the promotion of their second collaborative studio album,Love for Sale,released on September 30,2021. A celebration of Bennett's 95th birthday,the special was recorded on August 3 and 5,2021,when Bennett and Gaga presented a pair of shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. They were Bennett's final public performances,as he retired shortly after from performing live due to his health condition.
