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Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert is the fifth live album as well as a CD and DVD music compilation of songs performed by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel during two concerts at Shea Stadium in New York City on July 16 and 18, 2008.
The Good Life" became one of Bennett's staple songs, and was featured on four of his top-selling albums, including 1994's MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett and 2006's Duets: An American Classic, the latter featuring Billy Joel. Bennett also named his 1998 autobiography after the song.
Since Joel first recorded and released the song in 1976, it has become a pop standard that has been covered by numerous artists, including Tony Bennett and Barbra Streisand. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Joel named Streisand's version as a personal favorite, and said that he had wanted Ray Charles to record the song. [6]
Tributes for Tony Bennett poured in Friday morning after it was announced the singer died. Among those honoring the legend were Elton John and Billy Joel.
Joel last performed at the Grammys in February 2002 when he joined the late Tony Bennett for a duet on “New York State on Mind,” which originally appeared on Joel’s 1976 album, Turnstiles.
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 is an album by Tony Bennett, released by Columbia Records on December 16, 2016. Guest artists include Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Billy Joel, Elton John, Diana Krall, Lady Gaga, k.d. lang, Leslie Odom Jr., Kevin Spacey, Rufus Wainwright, and Stevie Wonder. [1]
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In 2008, Bennett made two appearances with Billy Joel singing "New York State of Mind" at the final concerts given at Shea Stadium, and in October released the album A Swingin' Christmas with The Count Basie Big Band, for which he made a number of promotional appearances at holiday time.
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