Lady Gaga gave the world - and me - a powerful giftĪfter the successful Radio City Music Hall shows, Bennett canceled future tour appearances. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Park MGM Las Vegas “I had to keep it together, because we had a sold-out show and I had a job to do,” Lady Gaga told “60 Minutes.” “But I’ll tell you, when I walked out on that stage, and he said, ‘Lady Gaga,’ my friend saw me, and it was very special.” She bent over, her head in her hands, before doing another twirl. “Lady Gaga!”Ī look of joy flashed across Lady Gaga’s face. “Wow,” he said as she twirled around in a shimmering gold gown. She told “60 Minutes” that Bennett had been calling her “Sweetheart” every time she’d seen him since the pandemic began, and she wasn’t sure he knew who she was.īut when she came onstage to join him during the Radio City Music Hall concert, Bennett appeared to have no doubt. Last week it garnered six Grammy nominations.Īfter the nominations, Lady Gaga told BBC Radio 2’s “The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show” that it’s been heartbreaking to watch what Bennett is going through. Their latest collaboration, a Cole Porter tribute album titled “Love For Sale,” was released in October. Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARASīennett released his first album with Lady Gaga in 2014. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga perform together at The Grammys in 2015. Those are an innate and hardwired part of his brain,” Devi said on “60 Minutes.” “So even though he doesn’t know what the day might be, or where his apartment is, he still can sing the whole repertoire of the American Songbook and move people.” In Tony’s case, it’s his musical memory his ability to be a performer. “People respond differently based on their strengths. That’s because music and performing are so ingrained in the singer, according to Bennett’s neurologist, Dr. It was like a light switch,” she told “60 Minutes” in a segment that aired last month. Still, before the concert, family members told “60 Minutes” they weren’t sure what would happen during the show.īut wife Susan Benedetto said that once she saw him onstage that night, his eyes twinkling and arms outstretched toward the crowd, she knew everything would be alright. At one point the camera panned to an audience member shouting, “We love you!”īennett, whose singing career spans eight decades, is no stranger to performing for throngs of adoring fans. In “Fly Me to the Moon,” when he crooned the line, “Let me sing forever more,” the audience erupted in cheers.
Bennett got his first standing ovation before even singing a note – and racked up at least a dozen more throughout the night. The Radio City Music Hall audience held up its end of the bargain. And I’m counting on you, New York, to make him smile.
And he’s the greatest singer in the whole world. Tony Bennett reveals he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer'sīelting out “New York, New York” before Bennett took the stage, Lady Gaga teared up when she paused to talk about him. The magazine says he endures "increasingly rarer moments of clarity and awareness."(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
The singer's wife and son reveal in the latest edition of AARP The Magazine that Bennett was first diagnosed in 2016. Bennett has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease but the diagnosis hasn't quieted his legendary voice. FILE - Tony Bennett arrives at the 60th annual Grammy Awards in New York on Jan.
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