Tony Bennett performs at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City on Sept. 18, 2011. Jemal Countess/Getty Images hide caption
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Tony Bennett poses while signing an autograph in 1988. Bernt Claesson/Pressens Bild/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tony Bennett, king of the American Songbook, dead at 96
Jazz singer Tony Bennett and pop star Lady Gaga released their second duet album, Love for Sale, on Oct. 1. Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS hide caption
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's latest, and likely last, ring-a-ding
Singer Tony Bennett performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2007. Jo Hale/Getty Images hide caption
Diana Krall and Tony Bennett released the song "Fascinating Rhythm" ahead of their upcoming album. Mark Seliger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Listen to Diana Krall and Tony Bennett's "Fascinating Rhythm"
Tony Bennett On Piano Jazz
Run-D.M.C. backstage at the Grammy Awards in March 1987. The hip-hop group's 1986 album Raising Hell is one of 25 new inductees to the Library of Congress Recording Registry. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Run-DMC, Pauline Oliveros, 'Rumours,' Chic And Beethoven Added To Library Of Congress
Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap's new album, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern, is out now. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'The Songs Never Die': Tony Bennett And Bill Charlap On Staying Power
Marian McPartland. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Remembering Marian McPartland
Frank Sinatra captured by photographer William "PoPsie" Randolph during a 1943 concert. Author Ben Yagoda points to Sinatra as one of the interpreters who helped revive the Great American Songbook. William "PoPsie" Randolph/Courtesy of Riverhead hide caption
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's collaborative album is called Cheek To Cheek. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga Go 'Cheek To Cheek' On New Album
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Tony Bennett On Piano Jazz
Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tony Bennett On World Cafe
Clockwise from upper left: Exitmusic, Milagres, Harold Budd. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga perform "The Lady Is a Tramp" together on Bennett's new album, Duets II, out Sept. 20. Courtesy of the artist. hide caption
At his painting studio in Manhattan, Tony Bennett says his favorite summer song is "It Was Me." Ben Calhoun hide caption
