Tony Bennett Receives Birthday Wishes From Lady Gaga for His 85th Birthday

NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2011 -- Lady Gaga marked the occasion of Tony Bennett's 85th birthday with a personal serenade and very special birthday wishes. Gaga recorded the greeting while she was in the studio with Bennett in New York this past weekend recording a duet of the classic Rogers & Hart tune 'The Lady Is A Tramp'.  The recording will be part of Bennett's highly anticipated 'Duets II' CD which will be in stores September 20th.

Several other artists on Bennett's upcoming CD including Michael Buble, John Mayer, Aretha Franklin, Sheryl Crow and Faith Hill amongst others who also added their wishes to Bennett, who will be celebrating his big day with appearances on The Today Show and Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, August 3rd. (A complete track listing of songs on 'Duets II' follows this release.)

Bennett fans can pre-order 'Duets II' on iTunes and get a free instant download of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," Tony's duet with Michael Buble.

The official celebration for Bennett's 85th will take place September 18th at the Metropolitan Opera followed by benefit gala for his non-profit Exploring the Arts taking place directly after the concert.

For more information on Tony's Exploring the Arts Gala, which has already raised over $1.5M for arts education in New York Citypublic high schools please visit TonyBennett85@eventassociates.com. Bid on the "Breakfast at Tiffany" auction item at www.charitybuzz.com/tonybennett starting today.  Tony's top ten list of his favorite love songs can be viewed now at www.whatmakeslovetrue.com.

DUETS II:  ARTIST & TRACK LISTING

ANDREA BOCELLI - STRANGER IN PARADISE
MICHAEL BUBLE - DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
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 - IT HAD TO BE YOU
AMY WINEHOUSE - BODY AND SOUL

For more information on Tony Bennett: 

www.tonybennett.com
www.exploringthearts.org
www.benedettoarts.com

SOURCE RPM/Columbia Records

 

August 3, 2011 3:45am ET by Newsdesk   Comments (0)

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