Duets II (Tony Bennett album)

Duets II is an album by Tony Bennett, released on September 20, 2011.[16] It was released in conjunction with Bennett's 85th birthday and is a sequel to his previous duet album, Duets: An American Classic. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" was released on iTunes as a free download on August 2, 2011.[3]

Duets II
Studio album by Tony Bennett
Released	September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20)[1]
Recorded	Spring 2011
Studio	London, Los Angeles, Tuscany, New York, Nashville
Genre	Jazz[2]
Length	63:15
Label	Columbia
Producer	Phil Ramone Dae Bennett
Tony Bennett chronology
A Swingin' Christmas (2008) Duets II (2011) Viva Duets (2012)
Singles from Duets II
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" Released: August 2, 2011 [3] "Body and Soul" Released: September 14, 2011 "The Lady Is a Tramp[4]" Released: October 3, 2011

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.9/10[5]
Metacritic	72/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
American Songwriter	[8]
Contactmusic.com	[9]
Daily Express	5/5[10]
The Guardian	[11]
entertainment.ie	[12]
Los Angeles Times	[13]
Rolling Stone	[14]
The Telegraph	[15]

Awards and honors

Duets II debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 179,000 copies sold, making it his first No. 1 album and making Bennett the oldest living musician to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.[17] Duets II achieved Platinum sales status in Canada as certified by Music Canada.[18]

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2012, while Bennett and Amy Winehouse won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo or Group Performance for "Body and Soul".

"Body and Soul" was one of Winehouse's favorite songs, and the track, recorded in March 2011, would become Winehouse's final recording before her death a few months later.[19] "Body and Soul" was Bennett's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in nearly 45 years.[20]

Duets II earned arranger Jorge Calandrelli the Grammy for the Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for Bennett's duet with Queen Latifah on the track "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" The Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse standard was featured in the 1964 London West End and Broadway musical The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd. Bennett recorded the song late that year and hit the Billboard Top 40 [21] with the single.

Tony Bennett: Portrait of an Artist, the photography of Kelsey Bennett and Josh Cheuse, was on display at The Morrison Hotel Gallery SoHo.[22] The photo exhibit captured the creative essence during the recording process of the legendary artist's new album.

Track listing

The track listing for Duets II was released through the iTunes Store on August 2, 2011.[23]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Duet partner	Length
1.	"The Lady Is a Tramp"	Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart	Lady Gaga	3:18
2.	"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)"	Harold Arlen Johnny Mercer	John Mayer	2:58
3.	"Body and Soul"	Edward Heyman Robert Sour Frank Eyton Johnny Green	Amy Winehouse	3:23
4.	"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"	Duke Ellington Bob Russell	Michael Bublé	2:42
5.	"Blue Velvet"	Bernie Wayne Lee Morris	k.d. lang	4:35
6.	"How Do You Keep the Music Playing"	Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman Michel Legrand	Aretha Franklin	5:29
7.	"The Girl I Love"	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin	Sheryl Crow	3:53
8.	"On the Sunny Side of the Street"	Jimmy McHugh Dorothy Fields	Willie Nelson	2:57
9.	"Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)"	Anthony Newley Leslie Bricusse	Queen Latifah	3:53
10.	"Speak Low"	Kurt Weill Ogden Nash	Norah Jones	3:56
11.	"This Is All I Ask"	Gordon Jenkins	Josh Groban	4:36
12.	"Watch What Happens"	Norman Gimbel Michel Legrand	Natalie Cole	2:10
13.	"Stranger in Paradise"	Robert Wright George Forrest Alexander Borodin	Andrea Bocelli	5:03
14.	"The Way You Look Tonight"	Jerome Kern Dorothy Fields	Faith Hill	3:55
15.	"Yesterday I Heard the Rain"	Canache Armando Manzanero Gene Lees	Alejandro Sanz	3:44
16.	"It Had to Be You"	Isham Jones Gus Kahn	Carrie Underwood	3:51
17.	"When Do the Bells Ring for Me"	Charles DeForest	Mariah Carey	2:52
Total length:				63:15

Target bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Duet partner	Length
18.	"When You Wish Upon a Star"	Leigh Harline Ned Washington	Jackie Evancho	3:44
19.	"They Can't Take That Away from Me"	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin	Brad Paisley	2:59
Total length:				69:58

UK deluxe edition (Tesco exclusive)[24]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Duet partner	Length
18.	"When You Wish Upon a Star"	Leigh Harline Ned Washington	Jackie Evancho	3:44
19.	"I've Got the World on a String"	Harold Arlen Ted Koehler	Diana Krall	3:07
20.	"Steppin' Out with My Baby"	Irving Berlin	Michael Bublé	2:02
21.	"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"	George Cory Douglass Cross	Judy Garland	2:01
Total length:				74:03

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[25] 2 Austrian Albums Chart 7 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) 13 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) 13 Canadian Albums Chart[26] 2 Croatian International Albums Chart[27] 7 Danish Albums Chart 15 Dutch Albums Chart 6 French Albums Chart 21 German Albums Chart 19 Greek Albums Chart[28] 13 Hungarian Albums Chart[29] 36 Irish Albums Chart 13 Italian Albums Chart 25 Mexican Albums Chart[30] 12 New Zealand Albums Chart 2 Norwegian Albums Chart 11 Polish Albums Chart[31] 6 Portuguese Albums Chart 5 Spanish Albums Chart[32] 7 Swiss Albums Chart 14 UK Albums Chart[33] 5 US Billboard 200[34] 1 US Jazz Albums (Billboard)[34] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2011) Position Australian Albums Chart[35] 9 Canadian Albums Chart[36] 27 French Albums Chart[37] 92 Mexican Albums Chart[38] 73 Polish Albums Chart[39] 88 Swedish Albums Chart[40] 62 Decade-end charts Chart (2010-2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[41] 90

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[42]	2× Platinum	140,000^^
Canada (Music Canada)[43]	Platinum	80,000^^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[44]	Gold	30,000^^
Poland (ZPAV)[45]	Gold	10,000^*
United States (RIAA)[46]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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