| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/capitol | | UPC: 00724382810322 | | Release Date: 11/15/1994 | | Buy.com Sku: 60135965 | | Item#: MH5RC9 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24281 | Format: CD |
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(P) 1994 Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 1994 Capitol Records, Inc.
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| | Album Notes and Credits | Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Frank Sinatra (vocals); Stevie Wonder (vocals, harmonica, piano); Antonio Carlos Jobim (vocals, piano); Gladys Knight, Jon Secada, Linda Ronstadt, Crissie Hynde, Willie Nelson, Luis Miguel, Patti LaBelle, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Lena Horne, Jimmy Buffett, Lorrie Morgan, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Neil Diamond (vocals); Ron Anthony (guitar); Arturo Sandoval (trumpet); Bill Miller, Terry Trotter (piano); Clay Ostwald (keyboards); Chuck Berghofer (bass); Gregg Field (drums); Rita Quintero, Jorge Noriega (background vocals); Charlie Pollard, Paolo Jobim, Juanito Marquez, Edwin Bonilla, Jorge Casas, Ed Calle. |  | Includes liner notes by Bill Zehme. |  | DUETS II won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance. |  | Even as Tony Bennett soars atop the charts, riding the crest of a phenomenal youth revival, The Chairman Of The Board, The Sultan Of Saloon Singers himself, swaggers back to the microphone for a series of cross-generational duets. DUETS II honors his timeless stylings, while celebrating the greatness of the American song itself. |  | With a hip, ad-libbed intro from composer Stevie Wonder (on piano and chromatic harmonica) setting the stage, "For Once In My Life" juxtaposes the swing and gospel stylings of Sinatra and a Pip-less Gladys Knight. Likewise, R&B diva Patti LaBelle provides a near-operatic counterpoint on Rodgers & Hart's "Bewitched." On a more tender note, Sinatra and Lena Horne turn Gershwin's "Embraceable You" into an autumnal paean to true love, while Linda Rondstadt brings a frosty, delicate sense of sentimentality to her harmonies on "Moonlight In Vermont." |  | Among the more curious pairings are a laid-back "A Foggy Day" with Willie Nelson, a sassy exchange with Chrissie Hynde on the GUYS AND DOLLS showstopper "Luck Be A Lady," and a flagwaving "The House That I Live In" with Neil Diamond. But a pairing of Sinatra, Sr. with Frank Sinatra, Jr. provides the real fireworks on DUETS II: a hard-swinging rendition of Van Heusen & Cahn's "My Kind Of Town," with brassy charts by Sinatra's favorite arranger, Nelson Riddle. Riddle tosses in a tasty figure from Basie's famous "April In Paris" chart as a closing tidbit. |
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| | Associated Artists and Works |  | Artists, Various |  | Artists, Various |  | Artists, Various |  | Bennett, Tony |  | Bennett, Tony |  | Bennett, Tony (Vocals) |  | Blue Dahlia (The) |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Crosby, Bing |  | Dahlia, Blue (The) |  | Dahlia, The Blue |  | Dido |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | The Legendary Sides (Collectables) ~ Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Swing High ~ Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Dorsey, Tommy |  | Durante, Jimmy |  | Fitzgerald |  | Fitzgerald, Ella |  | Goldschmidt, Per |  | James, Harry |  | James, Harry |  | James, Harry |  | James, Harry |  | James, Harry (Big Band) |  | James, Harry (Big Band) |  | Karaoke |  | Karaoke |  | Karaoke |  | Lawrence, Steve |  | Lovano, Joe |  | Martin, Dean |  | Martin, Dean |  | Martin, Dean |  | Martin, Dean |  | Martin, Dean |  | Moody, James |  | Twelfth Of The Twelfth ~ Newton, David |  | Original Soundtrack |  | Original Soundtrack |  | Original Soundtrack |  | Original Soundtrack |  | Original Soundtrack |  | Original Soundtrack |  | U2 |  | Various Artists |  | Various Artists |  | Various Artists |  | Various Artists |  | Various Artists |  | Christmas With Sinatra and Friends ~ Various Artists |  | Williams, Roger |  | Williams, Roger (Easy Listening |  | Zentner, Si |
| | Technical Info |  | Release Date : 11/15/1994 |  | Original Release Date : 1994 |  | Catalog ID : 28103 |  | Label : Capitol/EMI Records |  | Number of Discs : 1 |  | Studio/Live : Studio |  | Mono/Stereo : Stereo |  | SPAR Code : n/a |  | UPC : 00724382810322 |
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