

Gaga spoke how music can sometimes help people with Alzheimer’s or dementia. “I’ve sung with Tony for almost 10 years, and it’s heartbreaking to watch what he’s going through having Alzheimer’s.” I can’t tell you how much I learned from him and what it’s like to sing with a legend for so many years,” Gaga said. I love his family with all my heart, I love his wife, Susan, with all my heart. “Tony is one of my most favorite people on the whole planet and I love him with all my heart. Recording for Love for Sale then began right away.Following the nominations, Gaga went on BBC Radio 2’s “The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show” and talked about Bennett, 95, and his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, which Bennett first disclosed in February.


Soon after, she said, he began to show symptoms of Alzheimer’s. After the pair’s first collection of jazz standards, 2014’s Cheek to Cheek, blew up, she promised the legend she’d record a Cole Porter tribute album with him next. As a preview, last night’s Colbert aired a full performance of “Anything Goes.”īefore the performance, Lady Gaga sat down with Colbert to discuss her unlikely friendship with the 95-year-old Bennett. Soon after the nominations were revealed, Gaga appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbertto offer a preview of the duo’s upcoming television special, One Last Time.Īiring this Sunday on CBS and Paramount+, One Last Time captures performances from Gaga and Bennett’s recent sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall, which were billed as Bennett’s final public performances in light of his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. It’s been a big couple of months for Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett: the duo released Love for Sale, their second collaborative album (and Bennett’s last) back in October, and just yesterday, it was nominated for Album of the Year by the Grammys.
