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Tony Bennett Set A New Guinness World Record

Tony Bennett Set A New Guinness World Record

Grammy Award-winning singer; Tony Bennett has set a Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to release an album of new material.

“Love for Sale”, a collaboration with Lady Gaga, was released on October 1, and at the time, Bennett was 95 years old and 60 days old, according to Guinness.

Gaga, 35, said that despite the 60-year age gap, she continues to be inspired to perform alongside the senior crooner.

“I see a young boy every time I sing along to him, and it just makes the experience of singing so liberating. It’s almost two souls singing together… and then at the same time, I also take all his wisdom.. all his years of wisdom,” Gaga said in a video that was released by Interscope Records.

The new album, which celebrates Cole Porter’s music, is not their first record together. In 2011, Bennett and Gaga recorded the song “The Lady Is a Tramp” and three years later they released a collaborative album called “Cheeks to Cheek”.

Of course, this is not the first record in his 70-year career. In fact, Guinness says he has four others:

Oldest person to reach No.1 on the US album chart with a newly recorded album for “Cheek to Cheek.”
Longest time between UK top 20 albums: 39 years.
Oldest person to enter the UK top 20 album chart with “Duets: An American Classic” when he was 80.
Longest time between the release of an original recording and a re-recording of the same single by the same artist.

In fact, to quote another tune recorded by Bennett, the singer is living “The Good Life”.

One thing is for sure: Tony Bennett knows how to keep the music playing.

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