“It makes the experience so freeing to have two souls singing together. Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett’s album Cheek to Cheek was released in 2014. “I know he’s 95 years old, but I see a young boy every time I sing with him,” Gaga dotes. “He reminded me that I am the artist.” But the real magic happens when the two come together. Lady Gaga stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, sharing a performance with Tony Bennett from their two-night run at Radio City Music Hall earlier this year. Gaga takes a solo turn on “Do I Love You,” and as she tells it, Bennett provided her with the confidence to approach the recording booth alone: “Tony gave me the inspiration and permission to hold court in the studio again,” she says. Filmed at two sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall in August 2021 to celebrate Bennetts 95th birthday, the live concert brings together the two incredible entertainers performing duets and solo songs honoring their shared love of the Great American Songbook. “He said, ‘I want to make this record with you, and it will be all Cole Porter songs,’ and I just thought it was a brilliant idea.” Gaga and Bennett breathe new life into some of Porter’s most timeless classics-“You’re the Top,” “Night and Day,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” and of course the heartbreaking title track. A new live concert special honoring the musical legacy and enduring friendship of Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga.
1,” Lady Gaga tells Apple Music, explaining the decision to follow up their successful duet album of Great American Songbook covers with an LP devoted solely to the music of Cole Porter. “Tony called me right after Cheek to Cheek came out and had gone No.