It became the hit song of the Broadway revue Blackbirds of 1928. Like “I Won’t Dance,” this song is a collaborative effort by Jimmy McHugh (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics), written in 1928. Originally composed for the musical Three Sisters (1934) - which flopped - the song got new lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh in 1935 for the film Roberta, starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott. Tony Bennett first recorded it in 1958 and has kept it on his roster for many recordings, including on Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall (1962), and as a duet with Kermit the Frog on Tony Bennett’s album of duets, The Playground (1998).Ĭomposed by Jerome Kern lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach The song was written in 1958 as an audition piece for the musical Gypsy.
The version Nancy Sinatra released the same year received more recent exposure on the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino’s film, Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003).Ĭomposed by Cy Coleman lyrics by Carolyn Leigh The song, written by Cher’s then-husband, is from the album The Sonny Side of Chér (1966). Tony Bennett has included this favorite song on four of his albums, including Cheek To Cheek. Patti Austin and James Ingram were the first to record “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?” for the film Best Friends, and the song was nominated for an Academy Award. The lyrics advise, “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”Ĭomposed by Michael Legrand lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
Top Hat starred the dream dancing couple Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.įirst released by Nat King Cole in 1948, the song is like a fable and lacks the witticisms of many other works in the Great American Songbook. Written by Irving Berlin for Top Hat (1935) The song is the first single from Bennett and Lady Gaga’s Cheek To Cheek album and kicks off their concert broadcast on Great Performances. Tony Bennett first recorded the song in 1959 with Count Basie and his Orchestra for the album Basie Swings, Bennett Sings (also sold as Strike Up the Band). Written by Cole Porter Anything Goes (1934) Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga bring new life to jazz classics in Cheek to Cheek LIVE! – but do you know the stories behind the songs? Learn more about what made them icons. We couldn’t think of a more fitting gift.Behind the Songs: Tony Bennett and Lady Gagaīy CHRISTINA KNIGHT, Senior Web Producer, Great Performances “For someone like Tony Bennett, the big high he gets from performing was very important,” his neurologist previously told AARP. Along with the announcement of Love for Sale, Bennett is scheduled to perform two final shows with Gaga at Radio City Music Hall, today, August 3, as well as on August 5. Despite his diagnosis, Bennett has been able to continue singing, per the magazine’s feature, and spent the COVID-19 pandemic practicing music multiple times per week. Following their standards collection Cheek to Cheek, Love for Sale dives into the Cole Porter songbook, featuring duet and solo performances alike of classics including the title track, “Night and Day,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” and today’s lively first single, “I Get a Kick Out of You.” Plans for a Bennett–Gaga reunion were first reported in February, when a profile in AARP the Magazine revealed that Bennett had been living with Alzheimer’s and readying the collaboration as one of his final projects. Ninety-five! And fitting for a major birthday like that, Bennett is celebrating in a major way: the announcement of his second collaborative album with Lady Gaga, Love for Sale, out October 1. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Park MGM Las VegasĪny birthday is worth a celebration, but especially Tony Bennett’s today, as the jazz and pop singer turns 95 years old.
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