In Celebration Of Tony Bennett's 85th Birthday

In Celebration Of Tony Bennett's 85th Birthday

Tony Bennett: Duets II CD To Be Released On September 20th

On Rpm/Columbia Records

Tony Records His Classic Hits with Today's Biggest Stars

To view the Social Media Release, click here:
http://smr.newswire.ca/en/sony-music-entertainment-canada-inc/tony-bennett-duetsii-cd

TORONTO, Aug. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - American icon Tony Bennett celebrates his
85th birthday this year with a new CD, Tony Bennett: DUETS II, which
will be released on September 20th. The recordings were completed over
the last 4 months and feature a celebrated list of artists, including
the last ever studio recording with Amy Winehouse and recordings with,
amongst others: Michael Bublé ; Lady Gaga; k.d. Lang; Sheryl Crow;
Mariah Carey; Andrea Bocelli; Queen Latifah and Willie Nelson.

DUETS II is currently available for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon.
iTunes, in an exclusive offering, will allow fans to receive Tony's
duet with Michael Bublé, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," instantly
upon placing a pre-order for the album.

To view the video for "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," click here.

For media assets, embed codes, broadcast quality video click here.

Speaking of recording with Tony, Michael Bublé commented:  "One of the
most important things about being a great singer is that your voice is
unmistakable when someone hears it. Tony Bennett's voice.. no-one, even
sounds close."

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. 

DUETS II: ARTIST AND SONG ROSTER

ANDREA BOCELLI STRANGER IN PARADISE

MICHAEL BUBLÉ 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. BLUE VELVET
lang

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

www.tonybennett.net

SOURCE Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.

Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.

CONTACT: Erica Silver
Director,
National Media Relations and Corporate Communications
Sony Music Entertainment Canada
erica.silver@sonymusic.com
416.589.3050

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