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Lady Gagajust delivered a powerful performance for a good friend.
Gaga took the stage at the64th Grammy Awardson Sunday to deliver a tribute to herLove for SalecollaboratorTony Bennett.
She then transitioned to the pair’s song “Do I Love You,” and as she sang the tune, videos of her friendship with Bennett began to play in the background.
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“I love you Tony, we miss you,” she said after concluding the performance.
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Gaga, 36, wasnominatedfor five awards at this year’s Grammys. She and Bennett won the award for best traditional pop vocal album forLove for Sale, their second collaborative record.
The singers releasedLove on Salein September 2021, just one month after Bennett, 95, announcedhis retirement from performing. The album is a tribute to composer and songwriter Cole Porter.
Gagaopened upabout creating music with Bennett, who she considers a close and lifelong friend, ina trailerfor the album last year.
“I’m having the best time recording the music,” she said in the clip. “It’s a joy. I think it’s a joy that’s missing in a lot of music today, and so it’s extra special for me that I get to come into the studio and sing these songs because I feel like I’m getting the nectar of a happiness that the world doesn’t get to hear or see all the time.”
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Gaga also said she hopesLove on Saleinspires a new generation of jazz fans.
“I really want young kids to listen to jazz music, because it’s important,” she said in the album’s trailer. “It is not something that should be left behind. It is something that should be coveted so sacredly forever.”
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Gaga and Bennettperformed together at the 2015 Grammys, after the release of the first album they worked on together,Cheek to Cheek. That night, they won the award for best traditional pop vocal album.
Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease the following year, and suffers short-term memory loss.
source: people.com
