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Thinking about, I was thinking about how you point.

I was thinking about how much I've learned from you.

I was your opening act.

I know where I belong.

Legendary singer Tony Bennett is performing his final live concerts in

City tonight.

Tony is battling Alzheimer's, but when the music comes on, he knows every word.

And with his family's help, the legendary crooner began rehearsing for

City Music Hall with his friend Lady Gaga.

Once upon a time...

Tony's my musical companion.

Even in moments where he's looking at me and I'm not sure if he has forgotten me

and our friendship saved my life.

Here from the Clown Off Theater, Tony Bennett, the new singing sensation.

Thank you very much. When I first met Tony, I was singing at a charity event.

And somebody came to me after the show, and they said, Tony Bennett would like

to meet you. And I said, excuse me?

Mr. Tony Bennett. Tony Bennett's come out now, and he's going to turn the

out of the place for you. I'm going to say it again. He's the greatest singer

the world today.

Mr. Tony Bennett, thank you very much.

That's the first time I ever saw her perform. The most profound entertainer

ever witnessed.

She herself, she's not like anybody else.

I was real nervous to meet Tony Bennett. Plus, I looked crazy.

I had blonde in my hair and black in my hair, red lipstick, four big velvet

moles on my face. I was doing my thing.

So I went into my trailer. I said, take it all off and make me look like a lady.

And I went to meet Mr. Bennett.

And he said, would you make a record with me?

And I said, Tony, thank you so much. You only heard me sing two songs.

I realized what an artist she really is.

And then he said, lady, you are a jazz singer.

The minute we're together, something very good happens. It works.

You want to come see the set they've put together?

Yeah, I'd love to.

Hey, Dad. Hi. How you doing?

Good. Good. I'm going to look at the set. Yeah, it's great.

Good morning.

Oh, this is beautiful.

Good morning. Yeah, doesn't that look great?

Fabulous. I'd like to sit over here.

On this side?

Yeah. Good.

Yeah, this would be good.

I've warned and dined on Mulligan's stew.

Too low.

I want to just hear the embellishment a little from the microphone.

Here I am at 85.

There's still so much to learn.

You never stop learning.

And I'd like to prove that I can get better as I get older.

I've wined and dined on mulligan stew and never wished for turkey.

And as far as I'm concerned, I never work a day in my life because I love it.

If you don't apply love to what you're doing, there's something missing.

Now Lady Gaga is the one for me.

No, don't play that last chord there. Lady Gaga is the one for me.

And I'm into it, right.

All right.

I have my whole family on this album, you know.

They're all participating.

I'm surrounded by a group of very, very thoughtful, beautiful people.

I have a wonderful wife who's very, very intelligent.

So I count my blessings.

Gaga's about five minutes away.

Oh, good.

What's her real name?

Stephanie or something. Do we call her Gaga?

Kathleen?

No, I think Stephanie. Stephanie?

I think they call her Gaga. I'll find out.

You've met Lady Gaga before.

Yeah. Just once with her family, with her mother and father. Are they coming

today? I don't know.

Hi, everyone.

I'm going to go say hi to Tony. I'll see you later.

Hi. How are you?

Oh, great.

So nice to see you. Good to see you. You look so handsome.

Oh, great.

How are you? Fine. I'm so excited to be here. Oh, God, I love it. Hi, everyone.

I've been so excited. My dad has not stopped calling me for hours. Oh, good.

He's so happy. I love the way you look. That's great.

Well, thank you. Your hair is fabulous. Thank you. I thought I'd give it a

little twist for you.

That's great. The whole thing was for you.

Head to toe.

Oh, boy. That's so great.

I said, what would Tony want?

How's everyone doing today?

You having fun?

Everybody's doing great. Absolutely.

Tony, is your wife here?

Yes, she's right here. She's right there. Yes, she is.

You're so lucky. I am, yes. She's a great... Good woman.

Thank you.

Look what we found.

Oh.

Girls Gaga as Toni Kroon.

Toni Bennett, latest singing sensation, made a personal appearance at the

Enchanted Room.

That's a long time ago.

Because it's not like this anymore, is it?

Oh, Toni, I would have been chasing you around in this dress.

There's no men left that are as gentlemanly as Toni.

What do you think?

God, that's so cute. And it's a dog.

Now, did you choose that yellow for your glasses?

Excuse me? Did you choose that yellow for your glasses?

Yeah. You wanted them to be yellow?

Yeah.

I figured you did.

I chose my hair to be blue.

loves the theater.

Never comes late.

I never bother with people I hate.

That's why this dick is a tramp.

I'm so nervous.

If I passed out, you can just tell them it was all planned.

It sounds great.

You sing beautiful.

Oh, thank you.

Is Don out there?

My voice teacher is here.

I like to meet him. Yeah, I met Don when I was 13 years old and he was teaching

all these amazing people.

He was the first person to believe in me.

That's great. And we're still friends. That's important.

That's important.

It means everything.

Yeah, it does.

Just one person is all you need.

This is so much fun.

Are we to do this? Are we to do this?

Marge, we did Amy.

Gosh, we did Amy?

Yeah. It was her last recording.

Wow. Is she okay?

She's really sad.

Oh. What don't you do with Amy?

Body and soul. Oh, wow.

That's so true.

27 years old, she died.

27.

Just tragic.

I've just become more and more committed to treat young people coming up with

love.

It's the only thing that works.

Hi. Good to see you. This is so much fun to do. Yeah, just love it.

I'm just really happy to be here. Really happy. You have no idea. I like the

fact that you studied music, you know how to play the piano, you sing

Thank you.

You know, you got the whole thing.

Thanks. Well, thanks. You know how to perform like crazy.

You're really just a natural. My gosh.

Really? I've got to send you some tapes of me when I had dark hair when I was 16

in jazz band.

That would make you chuckle.

I've been studying music my whole life to do this. I used to do all kinds of

things. I mean, Lost Life was like my big number.

That's great. People don't really know that about me.

They think I'm just, you know, I just sort of stand as a pop singer, but

everything was jazz before then. That's great. You know what you're doing.

Thanks, Tony.

Yeah, I'm just putting out my first ballad now.

Great. My very first one.

It's called You and I.

I would love to hear it. I'm trying to just push the boundaries a little bit

now, you know, now that I've got my high heel through the door.

Maybe I can shake things up a little bit.

I'm

done

to hear you play the piano.

Huh? I'm dying to hear you play the piano. You've never heard me play piano?

Yeah. Really?

Yeah, I'd like to hear it. What do you want to hear?

I started writing a new song, actually.

That sounds good. Yeah.

That's a good thing.

All right.

is a champ i love the wind in

my life without care it's oak

i hate california it's crowded and damn that's why

There's a lot of giggling going on in here.

Everybody's happy?

We're very happy. Okay.

We just need to do some inserts on the end, and we would have everything.

Okay, great.

But I think we should do it a couple more times.

You're having too much fun. Okay.

I like that idea, too.

I'm always good for more takes. We're having a good time.

We're just making it work extra so that we can hang out.

I could do this all day. Me too. I want to know the truth.

Hey, how are you? I'm Kelsey Bennett. I'm a photographer.

That was incredible.

My granddaughter.

Oh, my gosh.

I love it.

Gorgeous.

Nice.

Yeah, perfect.

You're great together.

I wish my grandpa was still alive.

My grandpa would be so happy right now.

Growing up, listening to Tony, loving his interpretation of decades of music.

What I love about the way he sings so much is he means it every time.

Oh, wow.

You're a beautiful photographer. Thank you. It's just like you have another

member of your family here. I know. Isn't it something? Like some imported

niece. It's true. It's so sweet to me. She's so comfortable with you.

Hey, Dad. You said you wanted a jar or something? Oh, yeah.

I didn't know that you sketched. Yeah, I went to art schools for it. You did?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm in three museums.

It's coming along.

Three museums?

Yeah.

You better get him a teal crayon.

I'm trying to do this fast, you know. You don't have to.

If they told little lady Gaga in her apartment on Stanton that Tony Bennett

wanted to sketch her years ago, she wouldn't have said, do it quick.

Oh my gosh, Tony.

Tony, it's beautiful.

Good.

Who are you?

Thank you. I knew you were a musical and a visual legend.

Will you take just one of me and Tony?

One, two.

Very good.

Yeah.

Oh.

adorable looks. Oh, good.

Oh, I can't take it. That's so beautiful.

I had a wonderful time.

Good, good, good. I'm happy you did. I did. It was wonderful.

You don't know what you've done, and I'll tell you about it someday.

Okay, someday.

Hopefully I'll see you again sometime.

Oh, yes, too.

And then I had one more question. Why Lady of the Tramp lent itself so well

a duet?

Well, because I'm a tramp, and he knows it.

No, no, no.

I know that you're a lady.

Playing a trick.

That's right. Oh, he's really got me.

Look at that. He called me out.

We just hit it off right from that moment on.

It was just really natural because he understands me.

You know, Tony can really see me.

The whole premise of art is truth and beauty, and that's Lady Gaga.

There's an honesty about her.

Anytime somebody wants to talk about anything provocative that I've done,

understands that it's my art form.

Lady Gaga!

She's crazy!

Tony and I have a lot more in common than people think.

We just kind of understood one another.

And I'm very happy that I met Tony at this moment in my life because, you

as soon as you write a song that becomes a hit, everything becomes a blur.

It's a very fast train and it's go, go, go, go, go.

I was not in a good place.

I was very jaded by the music industry.

I was sad.

Everything that she's going through is what happened to me in my life.

It takes years to learn how to live.

It took a long time for me to learn how to put my life together.

I knew about what she's going through with the audience falling in love with

her.

And then the next question is, how do you sustain that?

Everybody loves that story.

the icon that falls.

And it's like you're falling, and you see that you're falling, and you know

you just have to hit the floor.

I was just praying that I wasn't going to die.

I was a shell of my former self.

I wasn't sure where to go next.

And this is where Tony came in.

He said, come be with me.

Come be with my family. Let's make a jazz record.

Yeah. Yes. Maybe tomorrow I could come later. Well, no, she'll come earlier.

She's coming from Pennsylvania today.

Hey.

How are you?

Hi. I brought you coffee.

Nice to meet you.

I missed you. I have to really apologize for being late today.

Should I go meet the van inside?

Yeah, we can.

How are you doing? I'm good. How are you? Hey, guys.

I'm here. I'm here.

Thank you, Tony.

Are you going to stay seated?

Yes, I'm going to stay seated.

This is a sad song. For a woman, if she's singing this song, she's just

miserable.

I think I'm sadder than you are. This song is what I mean.

Okay. Say when.

When.

One, two.

Love is fearful or it's

game.

It's a problem.

But beautiful

And

I'm thinking If you

were mine I'd never

let you go And

that would be

Yeah, I just, I have a natural inclination to stray.

I understand.

I'm sorry.

No, don't.

I'm sorry, you know, 100%. I want it to be perfect.

Let's just do it again.

Okay.

Another one, please.

Want to go in again?

Yes.

You like that?

That's beautiful, darling.

You're doing it beautiful.

I could hear what you're singing and it sounds beautiful.

I wanted the album to come out so that everybody's going to say, my God, I

didn't know she sang that well.

When you accept, it makes me cry.

Well, that's it. You know, no problem.

When you're accepting of me in that way and you see that I can be a great jazz

musician and singer, it really means something to me because to many, I was

a piece of trash from New York.

I understand.

And even with... You know, producers now, they still see me that way.

Because I know how wonderful you sing.

And I want it to come out so that everybody's going to say, my God, I

know she sang that well. So I want it to sound like that and be that way so that

there's longevity with it.

That is what you represent for me. You represent to me someone that knows how

last forever.

Right. I don't.

yet really have a really good concept of my artistic mortality at all. You know,

I don't know.

I don't know if it will last. I don't know.

But I know. But I know that yours will.

And what you have done is what I want.

We're going to do it with this album.

It is all resting on this album, isn't it?

It is.

That's why I keep freaking out because I want to do a good job.

We're going to take all the time that we need to do it just right.

Okay, great.

I love what you're saying about the cheat.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

I want to prove that cheat could think to everybody, you know, and it's always

good to keep up. Right?

Thank you.

There's food out there. Just like this cupcake It

don't

mean a thing all you gotta do

All you gotta do is swing.

Do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, Tony Gaga.

Are we rolling?

Here we go.

Hey, Tom.

Yeah, I'm going to just extend the ending a little.

You got it, Tom.

Lady, is that all right?

Yes. That way? You can call me Gaga, Tony.

No, I'll call you Lady.

So sweet.

I wish my boyfriend would call me lady.

Are you ready, Mr. Tony Bennett?

I'm ready.

One, two. One, two, three.

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.

Do -wa, do -wa, do -wa, do -wa, do -wa, do -wa, do -wa, do -wa.

Makes no difference if it's sweetheart.

Give it all the rhythm that you got.

Mr. Tony Bennett.

You sound awesome.

Thank you. You are like a freak of nature how awesome you are.

You all are.

To me, this song is that feeling when you just remember none of the stuff

in your head matters at all because when that music comes on, it's like

everything changes. It's a game changer, right?

Very good. That's what this song is for me.

That's jazz.

I haven't stood and sang in a long time.

I bet you my hip's worse than yours.

Definitely.

I think that was a take myself.

It felt very good.

Did you ever feel really lost?

Did you ever feel lost when you were working?

Oh, yeah.

I mean, I actually made a lot of mistakes when I was young.

And later on, I learned what to do.

And so I'm in a stage of contention now.

That's good.

I'm happy to know that that exists in my future.

We only live a short time in our life, and if you're not careful, you're

You ever hear of Lenny Bruce?

Yes. You know about him? No.

Yes. Yeah? Yes. I knew his manager.

He said, great lines and it changed my life because i was high in those

days he said he sinned against his talents yeah

and that changed me yeah i know it's like finding that ability

to survive with the fame yeah i'm really sensitive and i i self

-medicate sometimes you know the only thing I regret in my entire career. I

have one regret. I truly do. Only one. And I do regret it, but I know that it

only happened because I needed to get through the tour.

I didn't allow myself to feel any emotional pain for like the past two

all. You know, I just numbed myself.

Because that was going so fast, Tony, that I couldn't control myself anymore

because everybody just wants something from me. And I'm so giving because I

to entertain. I live for the applause.

But I have to be mindful of pacing it because if I don't, I broke myself.

You have a tremendous talent and accept it.

Just go straight ahead.

Why?

That's how I feel when I'm with you.

Captivated.

Beautiful.

You're singing great.

Thank you. It's been a good day today.

Good, yeah.

Well, I just need to warm up, you know? Yeah, right.

I don't know, I get rattled by everything.

Music really rattles me.

I'm still a little girl.

I know.

But I'll be a friend.

Thank you.

Hey there, sweetheart.

Oh, hi, Dad.

Oh, my dad's here.

Hi.

Is it all right if my dad walks?

Absolutely.

It'll be online.

My dad.

You want a sneaker?

It's 90 degrees outside.

You couldn't wear a dress?

All right,

let's run it.

Okay, here it comes.

Dance with me. I want my arm

about you.

That charm about you will carry

me through.

I just can't wait till we perform.

has got to be like fucking Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire and like Angels from

Heaven singing with tap dancing.

It needs to be the return of elegance.

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga have announced their new jazz collaboration,

Cheek. The album's first single, Anything Goes, just hit iTunes.

Tony, there's cameras everywhere here for us. This is craziness. What's

happening?

Everybody's really going to be surprised at how she sings the great American

standards.

She's a wonderful jazz singer.

Well, you're not so bad either, Tony. Thank you.

Let me welcome your school's founder, Tony Bennett, and his friend, our

guest, Lady Gaga.

Question is for Tony Bennett.

What do you think of the way Lady Gaga dresses?

Anything she wears is beautiful.

She knows how to do it.

What a guy.

We made an album together. It's coming out in September.

Tell your parents that they should buy the record because she needs the money.

I'm very excited today. This is the first day that they're releasing the

internationally.

Professor, look!

I love you so much!

There's nobody like them, you know?

I'm so excited.

Hold the mic down. I want to tell you something.

See the reds and blues?

Judy Garland told me.

Anytime you're on stage and you see the reds and blues, she said, smile.

Okay, well.

That's a good lesson, isn't it? Yeah.

She was better than anybody.

Judy.

Yes, I'm doing Lush Life. We could put San Francisco right before it. Don't

a thing.

No, this is better.

Wait. You have to bewitch.

Anything but love? I can't give you anything but love. That's nice. Okay.

Bobby, let me give you the new set list Mr. Bennett is putting together.

The only trouble is that there's two ballads in a row, and I don't want to do

that. Okay.

I can't give anything but love. Yeah. How do you keep the music playing?

Yeah. Lush Life? Yeah.

You don't mean a thing. Perfect.

Okay? I love that.

Well done. Yeah. It's better pacing.

These songs count that way.

Okay. See you later.

Hold up. Hold up.

Jorgen!

Did you hear?

Amazing. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

I'm sober.

I'm pretty sober.

Cheek -to -cheek is number one in Belgium right now. Right!

He's such a lucky man.

Yes.

Lady Gaga thing, Jeff.

The Daily Beast.

As a nitpicking jazz critic, I view Gaga as more a performance artist than a

musician. She is certainly a risk -taker and attention -getter, but often for

matters of costume props and behavior.

Is Gaga up to this challenge?

Can she interpret the works of George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and Cole

with plausibility?

Above all, can she trade phrases with Tony Bennett and not get left in the

The answer is, somewhat to my surprise, yes, she can.

Number one in Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Greece,

Paraguay, Peru, Taiwan, Turkey, Vietnam, Argentina, Belgium, Pennsylvania,

Malaysia.

Moldova, Singapore, Thailand.

And this is before it's even in stores.

This is like pre -order.

Hi, Gaga.

Hi, Ryan. Lady Gaga is with us, and she's done this album with Tony Bennett,

which is such a cool juxtaposition.

He's not only a legend, but what a gentleman.

I mean, this is the old school of the music industry.

I feel so humbled to be doing this project with him. This is the most

album I've ever made. It is beautiful, and when I listen to the different

tracks, it makes me want to tuck in my shirt and dress better.

I know. You know, me too.

was looked on as something shocking. Now heaven knows anything goes.

Good office too. Once knew better words. Now only useful letter words.

Writing goes.

Anything goes.

you're a dynamic duo and you're selling out everywhere radio city las vegas yeah

we just sold out throughout the world of europe pinched me but i don't want to

wake up this is a musical collaboration as

bizarre as it is perfect you're the ultimate odd couple That's what makes it

good. Not a term I often use here, but they're adorable.

I've just never been so happy singing with somebody. And I laugh with him like

laugh with my buddies in their late 20s. Hi, this is Tommy Bennett and Lady Gaga

in her pajamas.

What was it like performing with him? It must have been a little bit

intimidating. Oh, yeah. Oh, wow.

He asked me the question.

Okay.

I was excited to be rebellious against my pop career.

It can be a little wild.

A little?

Yeah.

I could have retired 17 years ago, but I want the young people to pick up on

jazz. Thank God you didn't retire, because what the hell would I be doing?

He taught me that legacy is about enduring, being fearless, and pushing

I feel like a bird let out of my cage, and it's all because of him.

I'm singing the trumpet. Tony drew it. I have a tattoo for every album I put

out. I wanted this one to be the biggest one because this is the biggest moment

in my life.

Please go absolutely nuts for Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga.

And oh, we're not just great romances. We know that we're bound to answer when

we perform.

You must show me true happiness, Tony. Anything goes.

Anything goes.

To jazz. And to swinging forever.

It's so big on Broadway.

I can't believe it. That was always my biggest dream, was to have field boards

in Times Square.

Yeah, well, this is a big one.

It's really big?

Yeah, it's big.

You know, I've been thinking about everything, and no matter what happens,

have to be in charge of the whole scene.

Yep. Every single idea, creative idea, has to come from you.

This would be all your decisions.

Holy mackerel, look at that.

That's huge.

Do you see that? It's you and me.

Gosh, it's the size of the whole building.

Oh, Tony, look at our commercial.

Hey.

Still beautiful.

And that's going all around the world. Everywhere.

Oh my God, it's Newman.

Putting jazz on the front page of that big commercial building.

It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot.

Just give that rhythm everything you got.

Oh, it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.

Do I, do I, do I, do I, do I?

You know, whenever I'm with you,

Tony, everything that happens is right, always.

Nothing ever goes wrong.

I just know my life's on the right path because each day is better than the day

before since I met you.

And the Grammy goes to, cheek to cheek, Tony Bennett and Lady

Gaga.

Did I?

Out together dancing.

Out together dancing.

This is my dad's place. When I'm home, I'm here all the time.

You look at these pictures of my ancestors dating back all the way to

place. My grandfather made shoes.

My grandmother made dresses.

Tony's mother was making and penning a dress.

And when we hang out, our families, it's just like glue. You know, how far he's

come and how humble he has stayed over all the years.

It's nice that people love you.

You want them to love you for who you really are.

Him helping me rediscover that confidence in myself as a musician,

helped save my life.

I just wanted to say a few things about Tony.

Some people in the world have seen us sing together, but what they may not

about is what he's taught me.

You know, when I'm having a bad day and I'm really, really sad and I just feel

like I don't even know who to call, because sometimes you don't want to call

your mom and air out everything because then she's, you know, nervous.

I call Tony.

I really do.

I really do. I call Tony.

And he says to me, straight ahead, lady.

Just go straight ahead.

Thank you, Tony.

Thank you so much for reviving my ability to have drive again.

To want to keep going.

Straight ahead.

Happy birthday, Mr. Tony Bennett.

Hey, everyone. How amazing is this tonight? Nineties.

This is Tony Betts.

And fighting me with his heart, not just giving to the arts, but giving to

humanity.

Fighting for equal and civil rights for all people.

I love you.

Tony. At 90, you stand alone as an artist and as a human being. Without

music, I don't think my life and my films, the films I've tried to make,

be the same.

Your music runs through my life like a river that just doesn't stop flowing.

Kentani Plus.

I wanted to do something special for Tony.

So we called everybody at the Empire State Building, and they said they'd

it up special just for you, Tom.

It's going to be lit up just like the Italian flag to commemorate your success

and legacy as an Italian -American in this country. We love you, Tony. We're

proud.

do you remember when you told me i should sing this song you said lady this

good song for you to sing

I'm trying to stay on it.

I'm who I am.

I'm still not retiring. I'm still performing.

I love entertaining people, and I'm going to continue to do that as long as

live.

We came home one night, and he said, Susan, I'm having a hard time

the names of the musicians who he worked with all the time.

So it was unusual, and I said, well, do you want to go see a doctor about it?

And he said, I do.

He would say, hey, lady, we should make a record together of all Cole

Porter songs, all love songs.

His Alzheimer's started to set on, and I said, let's go into the studio now, and

we did.

You know, I can promise you that every note that I sang,

I was thinking about how this was Tony's last album.

I knew I loved Tony before we made Love for Sale.

But then we made love for sale and I really knew how much

How much time do we have?

It's a quarter to 12 right now.

Yeah, hurry up, Picasso.

Oh, no.

Okay, let me check it out.

Bar 48, B to E to A.

Okay, and then on B3 and 4 should be C sharp, F sharp, getting into B minor,

right? I came early so I could be ready. Beautiful.

Would I be able to...

Sure, yeah. Let's run it.

Why don't you sing this low part and let Tony sing, don't you know, little fool?

You know what I'm saying? Like if this is too low for him and that's too high

for you.

We'll see how he feels about it. Okay. When Tony gets here, I think we should

just try both.

Okay. And see what he likes. All right.

I'll be in the back doing my homework.

Yeah, you look great. Thank you.

How's it going?

Fine. Good. Very good. How are you doing?

Good. I'm excited.

Good. Yeah.

We were just playing around with a couple different keys, so you can choose

which one makes you happy. Okay. Okay.

Thank you. I'm so happy to be here with you. Good.

Same here.

I've got you under my skin.

I've got you deep in the heart of me.

You're so deep in my heart, you're really a part of me.

Because I've got you under my skin.

Anything you want to change?

No. No?

Everything's good. Okay.

How's the key feel?

Fine. Don't want it any higher. No. Okay.

Because we can do it higher if you want. We can do it higher and it will take

the bottom out.

Okay.

How's the tempo feel?

Fine. Okay.

Well, the boss is happy.

So we'll need to get the seat music for Tony.

I'll get it out for you.

Would you like water, Tony?

Thank you.

Perfect.

Thank you. You're very welcome.

So how was your night?

Okay. How are you doing? Good. Good.

Yeah. There's some things going on that are a little crazy, you know. But I went

to go see Newman, the quintet that came out on the road with us. Oh. They were

playing at the Gramercy last night. Oh, how nice. It was really special. Good.

I don't remember what I did.

That's all right.

Did you have spaghetti?

I don't remember.

Well, it was a long day.

Yeah. I forget things all the time. Yeah.

Should we try one? Why not? I'm ready.

Tony's always ready.

It sounds so good.

It's so much fun.

I miss this. I think all the time about how we toured.

Wasn't that fun every night? Yeah.

Every night was so fun.

I'd love to watch you sing, Tony, for your solo. No problem.

So, guys, let's put a solo in. Four bars before the end.

You know what I mean?

Should we run it? Yeah.

Yeah.

1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4.

Strange dear, but true dear.

When I'm close to you, dear,

the stars...

Deceive me.

Desert me.

I'm yours.

beautiful.

You're so beautiful.

That was so beautiful.

You really, you really have got a way, I'll tell you. Thank you.

Yeah,

you

do know.

You gotta know.

You gotta know.

I'm sorry, Marshall. What did you say? I found it. Thanks.

I need you to go back to the... I want you to be happy.

I want you to be happy.

I want to be happy, too.

I look sad.

I know.

But I'm happy when I'm with you. Couldn't we say that?

It's so magnificent.

Yeah, but don't stop.

Don't stop. You know what? I'm looking at this again and I'm thinking.

It's actually right. The only thing I'd like you to do on the DS, Marshall, is

when you go to the G, after this thing, B flat minor 7, 2B, on the DS,

that's going to be a solo in there. That's going to work out with it.

You got to be playing for me, not for you.

Okay.

I mean, I don't feel like I'm being accompanied.

It feels like you're playing the solo and I'm kind of singing behind it.

I got to feel like where I'm at, that's how you guys are playing.

Do you understand?

Okay.

Okay.

It just feels like...

The group is louder than I'm singing.

I'm happy to not play what's here.

No, I'm not saying that.

I'm just saying you have to hear where I'm at and play for that.

Right now, I have to go with what you're doing.

It should be the other way around.

You should be playing where I'm at.

I agree, and I'm happy to do that. I know you agree, but...

You're not agreeing when we're doing it.

All right, I'll do it differently this time. I'll do it that way.

Let's do it again.

Okay.

Are we rolling?

I think you should play softer.

Okay, let's all play softer.

One, two, one, two, three, four.

No, no.

You sound very voluminous and I sound very quiet.

You should be playing softer.

Okay, I'll play softer. Okay.

One, two.

One, two, three.

But true, dear, when I'm close

to you, dear.

I don't know where I'm at.

Okay. I don't think it's marked really clearly on your literacy when you come

back. I don't feel like I'm being accompanied. I feel like...

You guys are playing solo, and I'm underneath that.

I think it also might have something to do with the arrangement.

I think that if there was more space, you know, just throughout the...

Oh, boy.

Yeah. Just more space. Okay. Well, let's try it one more time, all right? And if

it's not happening, we'll work on it. We'll work on it. There's so many

here. Yeah.

We just won't play it.

Okay, let's try it.

Should I try it? Yeah, let's do it. And you're rolling.

One, two.

One, two, three.

I'm yours.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning. How are you today? Okay, how you doing? Terrific.

It's going smooth.

Yeah, it is. We both sound so good together. It's really nice.

I wake up every morning counting my blessings.

I mean, I'm surrounded by all real pro guys and it all works.

Absolutely.

Hi, Tony.

Hi.

You know, I'd like to apologize for yesterday

because I didn't know what was going on.

Oh, no problem. I appreciate it. No problem.

No problem. I appreciate it. Thank you. Okay.

Guys, let's do that beginning again.

Guys, let's do that beginning again.

Tony, are you there?

What time are you coming in today?

Oh, shit, I'm late.

Hi. You

have a mustache

on this cover. It's going to be different.

Did I notice about the song you were singing yesterday, Gaga?

That intro. I'd never heard that intro. Can we hear it a little?

When the little blue bird who has never said a word starts to sing

spring, spring.

It is nature that's all simply telling us to fall

in love.

Perfect.

That's why birds do it.

Beards do it.

Even educated, please do it.

Let's do it.

Let's fall in love.

Grandpa, look this way.

Can I have your hand, Tony?

Can I have your hand? Oh, yeah.

I love that.

Yeah. You guys are ready for a night on the town.

It's on to the opera.

Going to the opera. We're going to see jazz, baby.

You know what I was thinking of doing?

Pass the clothes to the cover, maybe.

Really? I mean, I think... I would love that.

I'm so sad.

I'm so sad we're not singing together tomorrow.

How's it going?

Should we pick a new spot to take a picture? Yeah, I think you can sit here

the piano.

Can you play a little bit?

Perfect.

Just another way to prove I love you when it's hard today. I'll lay back

in my chair and find a way.

And when you say the thing that you say that makes me mad, I'll turn away,

I'll turn away, I'll turn away.

And think of different ways to keep my spirits up.

And choreograph flowers with playful, joyous thoughts. We both know

I could learn a thing or two about relaxing. But hey, I love you. And after

it's just another day.

I could use some two or three or other kind of ways to be. But

today I won't be so hard on me.

Pick up unique style. Kick around with Tony today.

I'll create simple thoughts. I'll laugh in humble ways. We both

know I could learn a thing or two about behaving.

But I love you and after all, it's just enough.

But just another day.

You remember Lady Gaga, right?

Do you remember you sang Lady is a Tramp with her?

Yeah. Okay, she's coming up here to sing with you right now.

You're rehearsing all week.

Great.

She is so excited to see you.

This is going to be good.

I know.

I'm here because I love you.

I get no kick from champagne.

Mere, mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So tell me

why should it? Thank you. I'm practicing.

You know, the best thing, though, is just act like you haven't done it five

times already. Say, let's do, I get a kick out of you.

He'd be like, okay. Okay. If you say, take it from the bridge, he's like, huh?

Okay. Do it again, I get it wrong, he doesn't want it. That's so interesting.

Let's do it. We'll see what happens. Okay.

Come on, cutie pie.

Okay. Tony!

Hi!

Ladies here!

I'm here!

How are you, Tony?

Hi, sweetie.

Oh, so nice to see you.

Wow.

How you feeling?

Couldn't be better. Couldn't be better?

You want to sing?

Let's sing together.

Okay. Yeah?

Yeah, man. Hi. Hey.

Me and Lee were just catching up.

Let's do I've Got You Under My Skin.

Okay. Yeah? You want to start with that? That sounds good. Yeah, I'd love to.

All right, tone.

Yeah.

Wow.

Looking good, tone.

I've got you under my skin.

I've got you deep in the heart of me.

You're so deep in my heart. You're really a part of me.

I've got you under my skin.

And I love you like a tattoo under my skin.

Yes, I've got you under my skin.

Under, under, under, under my skin.

Oh, Tony.

Oh, my God.

I'm so happy singing with you.

Good. Am I keeping up okay? Jeez.

It's been a while.

It's been three years since we made this record.

Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Am I starting to swing, Tony?

Oh, yeah. I'm starting to swing with you. Yeah? Oh, you're doing very well.

been singing jazz by myself in Las Vegas, and I've got to tell you, if I

sang jazz with you first, I'd be lost out there looking for a swing.

Looking for a swing? I'd be looking for a swing, trying to figure out where to

go, because nobody knows how to swing like you. You taught me how to swing.

You want to sing a little more?

Yeah.

Last night, when we were young, love was a star,

song unsung.

Life was so new, so real, so right, ages

ago, last night.

So now, let's reminisce.

And recollect the sighs, the kisses,

the arms that clung

when we were young

last night.

Thank you.

You make me cry.

You sound so great, and I'm going to keep doing my homework so I can make

swing up there with you. Because if I'm not swinging, you've got to kick me off.

Thank you for a wonderful rehearsal, Tony.

I had so much fun rehearsing.

I can't wait to rehearse again tomorrow.

You know, with Alzheimer's, a lot of times, like you're me, and you'll say

hello, and I'm going to say hello.

And he doesn't understand anymore to make that.

And so you have to get right in front of him and say, hey. I think I was nervous

to do that.

With the Alzheimer's, he doesn't always understand. You know, it used to drive

me nuts. He'd sit on the couch and he wouldn't look at me, but he'd talk to me

like this.

So if you make the emotional connection by just getting into his safe zone,

because he might just be down here.

Okay. So, and then he'll connect.

So I'm going to look at you more.

All the guys are looking

forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Good. Yeah.

Very good. Everybody misses you.

Wow. Couldn't be better.

Couldn't be better.

You showing up makes everything work.

You're the one that makes it work.

I'm just your backup, you know?

I got your back.

Is this your favorite part of the day when you're singing?

Yeah, I love working.

I love performing.

It makes people feel good.

It's true.

When you sing, there's nothing like it.

I haven't seen my parents since COVID, so I'm going to see them later.

Yeah. Yeah.

Whenever the time is right. Yeah.

How you doing, cutie?

Hi.

You're not sleepy, are you? You want to keep singing?

What?

You getting sleepy?

Hmm?

Cutie pie?

I don't think I've ever seen anything more sweet.

We're going to sing at Radio City.

Wow. How about that? Packed houses.

For your birthday.

Beautiful. You know how old you're going to be?

How old? 95.

Oh, my God.

I'm getting young.

You're getting young.

Well, I'm so happy to have sang with you, Tony. I'm going to get out of here

I'll see you tomorrow.

Okay.

Take it easy.

I love you very much. Thank you.

We need to... Hey, guys.

This is the swan song, guys. I mean, seriously.

I don't see that we're going to be doing this again.

So, play out.

And let's be sensitive to Gaga because he needs her now.

And she's willing to take that on.

The band's here waiting for you, Tony.

Okay. You haven't seen them for a year.

Wow.

I look forward to it.

And here he is.

Okay. Hey, hey.

Hello, Mr. Bennett. Hey! How you doing?

It's great to see you. How are you? Hi, Danny.

All right.

Swingin' room.

Should we sing?

Would you like to sing Love for Sale?

Okay.

When the only sound in the empty street... Good, and I'll give you an

He's a heavy shed of the heavy feet. A lonesome cop.

Good.

She opens shop.

I think it could be nice to just follow him.

So if he starts singing, let's just follow him. I might not be in that key.

You know what I mean? I might not be in the key. That's okay.

Can you find him?

Okay, find him.

Thank you.

Tony, do you mind if I just use the ladies' room real fast?

No problem. I'll come right back.

Would you like a chair along the way? Yeah, thank you very much. Oh, you're

welcome. Oh, hi, Ben.

You're doing great. It's okay. I just don't want to cry.

Use your instincts. You know him as a performer better than anybody

else. I'm saying all of us.

He's in your hands right now. Yeah.

Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just going to wipe my face and I'll be right back.

How you doing?

Okay. Are you having fun?

Yeah. Yeah?

I like that I'm working again.

That's right. You're going to work all week.

He loves the film much. When do you pull it back?

You know, it's a tough decision, but...

We just want to make it meaningful for him.

Don't be afraid to sight transpose.

You got it. This is the time.

Listen, I'm going to try.

What would make you feel happy right now?

You. Me?

Oh, Tony.

You make me feel happy right now.

All right. Here we go.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Tony Bennett tonight.

Night and day.

Day and night.

Night and day.

Day and night.

So no matter what happens, no matter what we do together, I'm going to make

that the band is always following you. Wow.

You know what you're doing.

Yeah.

You know what you're doing.

I learned from you.

So if I know what I'm doing, it's because you know what you're doing.

Because I learned it all from you.

Thank you.

I'm glad you're doing this for me.

I was like, I don't know if I can do this because I was so worried about him.

And then I realized that he deserves a show like that.

I've decided that if I could go back and talk to my friend, I know he would tell

me to be confident and proud and be myself.

And what that means to me is that I should not show up.

Like, drunk, with my head hanging over a trash bin. You know what I mean? Like,

he's saying, I can feel him saying to me, do what we did. And also, I want to

make it really clear that there's something that's going to be gone when

not doing this anymore.

We want to honor that he's the last of the greats.

And I want Tony in the museum.

You guys know how you're entering.

Thursday boy is here.

Welcome back, Mr. Banks.

All right.

Rehearsal today.

No audience right now.

Just to be clear, as a lighting note, watch what happens. We'll be in blue for

Mr. Bennett.

This will be great. He has a blue pocket square.

Just trying to get the bed of roses ready for Tony.

I'm nervous about it not being done in a way where Tony understands, like, this

happens and this happens. Like, I'm trying to, like, do for Tony what he

do if he could.

I just want to make sure that this is just as pristine as when we were on

Right, right. And because we're doing this in less of a time frame, that we go

from top to bottom, we're clear on what does the announcement sound like, where

do I start when I come out. I just don't want to wing it. The whole world's

going to see it.

Hi.

Thanks, Mommy.

Oh, you're doing all right.

Um,

it's just difficult, Dad. I feel like I have no time.

There's so much of me that wants to fly home and hide.

Can you turn me into the film, please?

I'm trying to get some soul into my voice right now, and it's because

everything's not sitting in the right spot.

Okay.

Maybe I'm just nervous. I haven't been on stage in so long. Shit.

We got this.

We're doing it, though.

Okay. We honor in him. We're here.

Okay. You got this. Be strong. Okay.

There's no crying in jazz.

Good to

see you. How are you?

It's going to be packed, sold out all the way to the top.

Would you like to sing Anything Goes?

Why?

Because Cole Porter said so.

I thought I was getting paid for it.

You are getting paid for it. Oh, good.

Well, let's do it then. All right, let's do it.

The wild card is when Tony gets in front of an audience, it's a whole other

thing for him. How he's going to react.

He hasn't experienced that yet.

All right.

I'm going to go get some more work. Got to make this feel perfect for you.

You take care of the personal stuff. I'll take care of the stage.

You got it. Okay.

Thank you, Tony.

Thank you.

It's okay.

Thank you.

You realize how great that was? Did you have fun?

We'll go back and do it all over again.

Very good.

With an audience.

With an audience, yes.

I don't know.

It is Tony Bennett Day in New York in honor of the New York City treasure and

the icon's 95th birthday. And to mark the occasion, he will perform alongside

Lady Gaga at Radio City Music Hall tonight as his final concert of his

Happy birthday, Tony Bennett.

It's your birthday.

It is? Yeah.

That's amazing.

That's why we're here.

How long are we going to be in this room?

In this room?

About another 10 minutes.

And then we're going to watch Lady Gaga.

And then you go on.

Okay. Okay?

Thank you, ma 'am. All right.

Let's pray.

I feel like I prepared my whole life for this moment.

I'd like to dedicate every note on this stage, every... swing, every rhythm

to Tony Bennett.

He reminds me that we're enough just the way we are.

But it's a choice to go deeper.

And it's also a choice to know that you are excellent and be endlessly in

pursuit of excellence that never stops.

Danny, is there anything you want to say about your dad?

No, because I'll start bawling.

No, thank you, everybody. I mean, this is the chapter, you know. And Tony,

as you said, never looks back, always looks forward. So I look at this as just

another beginning.

And have fun.

Swing it on three.

Right in the middle.

One, two, three.

Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to one last time an evening with

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga This is going to be an extraordinary night

What do I

do when I go out there you think

Enjoy your in for an historic night.

Sold out?

Yep. A sold out Radio City Music Hall waiting for you to sing.

Wow. Quite spectacular.

Is there a balcony in this theater?

There's three balconies.

Couldn't be nicer.

So is this theater in New York? Yes, babe. You've performed here 25 times.

Wow.

You're going to go on next, okay?

Yeah.

Bradley, watch what happens.

Let someone not believe in you.

Like I believe in you.

He's my friend.

He's my musical companion.

And he's the greatest singer in the whole world.

I'll never forget this moment for the rest of my life.

Please, cheer for him and make him smile.

You better yell.

You better laugh.

You better cry.

You better give your soul, because it's up to...

I don't know what you're doing.

Where

do

I go? Right where you come.

Let someone start believing in you.

Let him hold out his hand.

Let him find you and watch what happens.

Oh, let someone with a deep love to give,

give his deep love to you.

What magic you see.

Let someone give his heart.

Someone who cares like me.

Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen.

In San Francisco.

Your golden son.

She gets too hungry for dinner at 8.

I never bother with people that I hate.

That's why this lady...

Tony, we're all so grateful to have witnessed your talent, your

generosity, your creativity, and your

kindness. Thank you. Your service through all the years.

Wow, thank you.

And Mr. Bennett, it would be my honor to escort you off the stage.

Tony you were magnificent You really you

always are You always are magic

You realize you're using all his lines on stage.

I do. I say beautiful.

Wow.

I do this.

Tony, on stage tonight, I did this.

They like that. The audience loves that.

You taught me everything.

I'm going to give you a big hug, okay?

He'll take it.

I'm going to give you a big hug.

Thank you.

You're a good man.

Through and through.

A magnificent singer.

And a perfect human.

Wonderful.

I'll never forget tonight.

In my heart forever.

I'll be authentic.

I'll be true.

I'll be myself.

Because you taught me that.

Even with my makeup and my lipstick and my wig and all that, I'll be the real

me, okay?

Wonderful.

Sleep well tonight.

Thank you. Thank you.

Night, night. Have fun.

See you later.

Thank you so much. I just want to tell you something.

Even though we always sing music together, most importantly, you'll

friend. That's right.

That's the main thing.

You'll always be my friend.

Good.

That's the most important.

Thank you very much.

I know I like you.

Do what?