Tony Bennett

This is the album-matching folio for Tony Bennett's Duets - An American Classic. This stellar album features Tony Bennett singing classic songs with some of the most famous vocalists in the world including Paul McCartney Bono Barbara Streisand Billy Joel and Stevie Wonder. This book provides all the lyrics along with Piano and Guitar chord box arrangements for all the songs on the album.

Tony Bennett's album, Duets: An American Classic, was released in September 2006 in conjunction with Bennett's 80th birthday the previous month. The songs selected were mostly ones that Bennett had played a major role in introducing into the Great American Songbook. Unlike some other celebrity duets efforts where performances were made separately and then combined by producers, such as Frank Sinatra's 1993 Duets, Bennett was physically present with each of his partners during recording and, in addition, the singing was done live as the band was playing.It debuted at No.3 on The Billboard 200 and was certified Gold in less than four weeks of release. Lullaby of Broadway; Smile; Put On A Happy Face; The Very Thought Of You; The Shadow Of Your Smile; Rags To Riches; The Good Life; Cold, Cold Heart; The Best Is Yet To Come; For Once In My Life; Are You Havin' Any Fun'; Because Of You; Just In Time; The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams; I Wanna Be Around; Sing, You Sinners; I Left My Heart in San Francisco; How Do You Keep the Music Playing'; If I Ruled The World.

A collosal 42-song album featuring some of Tony Bennett's greatest hits arranged for voice and piano with chords.