Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett’s ‘Love for Sale’ Releases
Artists Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett pay homage to Cole Porter in their latest tribute album called Love for Sale which released on October 1st.
A decade ago, jazz icon Tony Bennett and pop superstar Lady Gaga struck up one of the great Odd Couple partnerships in recent music history. Singing together first on his album Duets II, and then on their co- album, Cheek to Cheek, Bennett and Gaga made history on the charts while proving some things never go out of style.
The pairs second collaborative project was released via Columbia Records/Interscope Records and comes almost seven years to the date after their 2014 album Cheek to Cheek, which went No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Billboard‘s Top Jazz Albums charts and won a Grammy Award for best traditional pop vocal album in 2015.
Talking about their latest album, Bennett told Billboard that they were inspired by Porter’s 1936 musical, Red, Hot and Blue, for a possible sequel to Cheek to Cheek. He also said: “we’re gonna do two albums in a row with her (Gaga). We’ll have to try and do that as soon as possible, just as a follow-up for a second album.” Upon the announcement of Love for Sale, on August 3, 2021, Gaga commented on Twitter, “The day we released Cheek To Cheek in 2014, Tony Bennett called me and asked me if I wanted to record another album with him, this time celebrating the songs of Cole Porter. I’m always honored to sing with my friend Tony, so of course I accepted the invitation.”
Love for Sale was preceded by the singles “I Get a Kick Out of You,” which kicked off the twosome’s pair of “One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga” performances at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall in August, and its titular track. It’s been announced as the legendary 95-year-old singer’s final studio recording, following Bennett’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
Listen to Love For Sale here:
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