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Viva Duets (2012)

Where the lyrics of Viva Duets take you, and where it was really made.

Viva Duets was recorded in studios across the United States and at a ranch in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Key places

Recorded at Avatar Studios in New York (2012)

Recording site Power Station Studio — The album's recording credits list Avatar Studios in New York as one of the studios where the tracks were recorded. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Ben Folds' Studio in Nashville (2012)

Recording site Nashville — The recording credits list Ben Folds' Studio in Nashville, Tennessee among the places where the album was recorded. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Bennett Studios in Englewood (2012)

Recording site Bubble Hill Studios — Bennett Studios in Englewood, New Jersey is listed as a recording location, and it is also where the album was mixed. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood (2012)

Recording site Capitol Studios — Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California appears in the recording credits as one of the studios used for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Cutting Cane Studios in Davie (2012)

Recording site Cutting Cane Studios — Cutting Cane Studios in Davie, Florida is named in the recording credits as one of the album's studios. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Vicente Fernández's Ranch in Guadalajara (2012)

Recording site Vicente Fernández's Ranch — Vicente Fernández's Ranch in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico is listed as one of the recording places for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at RCA Studio A in Nashville (2012)

Recording site RCA Studio B — RCA Studio A in Nashville is recorded as a recording place for the album in the source's release information. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Viva Duets: studio album by Tony Bennett
• Released October 2012
• Sung in English, Spanish and Portuguese
• Features Latin American singers in duets
• Twelve tracks, each paired with a different guest singer
• Issued in a gatefold case
• Adaptations written by nine people: Andres Castro, Edgar Barrera, Miguel Bosé, Ricardo Arjona, Kany Garcia, Thalía, Franco De Vita, Dani Martin and Mario Molina Montez

Background

• Released after the albums Duets and Duets II
• Both predecessors were praised by critics and both won platinum records
• Bennett has won 17 Grammy Awards
• Opening track Best Is Yet To Come is sung with Chayanne
• Closing track Return To Me (Regresa a Mi) is sung with Vicente Fernández

Recording

• Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, NY
• Also recorded at Ben Folds' Studio, Nashville, TN
• Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ and Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA were used for recording
• Cutting Cane Studios, Davie, Florida and Manhattan Center Studios, New York, NY were used for recording
• Vicente Fernández's Ranch, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico was used for recording
• Mixed at Bennett Studios
• Mastered at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME
• Mastering credit: Bob Ludwig
• Recording and mixing credit: Dae Bennett
• Engineers: Akihiro Nishimura, Charlie Kramsky, Josip Vilicic, Mike Bauer, Tim Marchiafava and Tom Young

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · pt.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born Anthony Dominick Benedetto on August 3, 1926, in Long Island City, Queens, New York City.
• Grew up in poverty after his father, a grocer, became unable to work and died when Tony was ten.
• Sang for money from age 13 as a singing waiter in Italian restaurants in Queens.
• Attended New York's School of Industrial Art but dropped out at 16 to help support his family.

Military service

• Drafted into the U.S. Army in November 1944 and fought as an infantryman in the final stages of World War II.
• Stayed in Germany with the occupying force and sang with an Army Special Services band under the name Joe Bari.

Career

• Studied bel canto at the American Theatre Wing on the GI Bill; Pearl Bailey and Bob Hope helped launch him, and Hope shortened his name to Tony Bennett.
• Signed with Columbia Records in 1950; first number-one hit "Because of You" in 1951.
• Shifted toward jazz singing in the late 1950s; "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (1962) became his signature song.
• Declined commercially during the rock era and struggled with addiction and debt until a comeback in the late 1980s, managed by his son Danny.
• The 1994 MTV Unplugged album won the Grammy for Album of the Year.

Later career

• Collaborated with Lady Gaga from Cheek to Cheek (2014) through Love for Sale (2021).
• Won 20 Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award, and sold more than 50 million records worldwide.
• Received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2005 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• Co-founded the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Queens with Susan Crow.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Previous albums Duets and Duets II were praised by critics
• Both predecessors were certified platinum
• Tony Bennett has won 17 Grammy Awards
• The album is sung in English, Spanish and Portuguese
• It features Latin American singers in duets
• All twelve tracks pair Bennett with a different guest singer
• The adaptations were written by nine people
• Guests include Chayanne, Thalía, Christina Aguilera, Marc Anthony and Gloria Estefan
• Ricardo Arjona, Romeo Santos and Vicente Fernández also appear

Records

• Debuted at number five on the Billboard 200
• Issued in a gatefold case
• Released in October 2012

Sources: it.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Mixing took place at Bennett Studios, which also appears among the recording studios.
• Mastering was done at Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine.
• The adaptations credit nine writers, including Thalía and Ricardo Arjona.
• Recording was spread across New York, Nashville, New Jersey, Hollywood, Florida and Mexico.
• Bennett's 17 Grammy Awards are noted alongside this album's release.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · it.wikipedia.org

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