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Duets: An American Classic 
Studio album by Tony Bennett Released September 26, 2006 Recorded 2006 Genre Jazz Length 65:56 Label Columbia Producer Phil Ramone Tony Bennett chronology The Art of Romance
(2004)Duets: An American Classic
(2006)A Swingin' Christmas
(2008)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Rolling Stone 
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This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information.Duets: An American Classic is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 2006.
The album was released in conjunction with Bennett's 80th birthday the previous month. The songs selected were mostly ones that Bennett had played a major role in introducing into the Great American Songbook.
Unlike some other celebrity duets efforts where performances were recorded separately and then combined by producers, such as Frank Sinatra's 1993 Duets, Bennett was physically present with each of his partners during recording. The vocals were performed live as the band was playing.
It debuted at #3 on The Billboard 200 selling around 202,000 copies in its first week. The album spent five consecutive weeks in the Top 10 – a great achievement considering that was released during the competitive Christmas season – and was certified Gold in less than four weeks of release. It also reached #1 in Canada.
Contents
Track listing
Target bonus tracks No. Title Writer(s) Duet partner Length 20. "I've Got the World on a String" Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Diana Krall 21. "Steppin' Out With My Baby" Irving Berlin Michael Bublé 22. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" Georgy Cory, Douglass Cross Judy Garland 23. "The Lady Is a Tramp" Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers Frank Sinatra Australian bonus track No. Title Writer(s) Duet partner Length 20. "Steppin' Out With My Baby" Irving Berlin Delta Goodrem Singapore bonus track No. Title Writer(s) Duet partner Length 20. "If I Ruled The World" Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel Leehom Wang Personnel
- Tony Bennett, guest artists - vocals
- Bill Charlap - piano
- Pinchas Zukerman - violin
- Lawrence Feldman - flute
- Chris Botti - trumpet
- Paul Langosch - double bass
- Gray Sargent - guitar
- Harold Jones - drums
- Johnny Mandel - arranger, conductor
- Lee Musiker - piano, arranger, musical direction
- Torre Zito - arranger
- Phil Ramone - producer
- Torrie Zito - conductor, brass arrangement
Chart performance and certifications
Billboard 200 Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 39 Position 3 4 5 9 8 16 25 32 16 15 18 12 22 190 Cumulative total sales 202,406 330,634 435,634 502,813 556,137 607,957 647,402 685,288 796,618 872,819 966,191 1,120,536 1,277,244 1,538,179 UK Albums Chart Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Position 15 21 35 48 60 58 Country Certification Sales/shipments AUS Gold[3] 35,000 Canada 2x Platinum[4] 200,000 USA Platinum[5] 1,000,000 References
- ^ Duets: An American Classic at Allmusic
- ^ Rolling Stone
- ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_catalogue_album.asp?chart=1X50
- ^ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for January 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
- ^ http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database
Categories:- 2006 albums
- Tony Bennett albums
- Columbia Records albums
- Vocal duet albums
- Albums arranged by Johnny Mandel
- Albums produced by Phil Ramone
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