Singer Tony Bennett attends the 2013 Amy Winehouse Foundation Inspiration Awards and Gala on Thursday March 21, 2013, at the Waldorf Astoria Starlight Room in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
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Singer Tony Bennett attends the 2013 Amy Winehouse Foundation Inspiration Awards and Gala on Thursday March 21, 2013, at the Waldorf Astoria Starlight Room in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
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FILE - This Dec. 15, 2012 file photo shows singer Lady Gaga performing at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Lady Gaga's manager said in an interview Tuesday, March 19, 2013, that the singer is “doing wonderful, doing great,” after undergoing hip surgery. Gaga canceled her "Born This Way Ball" tour last month after she'd hurt herself while performing some time ago. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)
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FILE - This Dec. 15, 2012 file photo shows singer Lady Gaga performing at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Lady Gaga says she's completed surgery to fix her hip. The singer posted on her blog late Wednesday that she had hip surgery and that it “happened so fast.” She canceled her "Born This Way Ball" tour last week. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)
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FILE - This Dec. 15, 2012 file photo shows singer Lady Gaga performing at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Live Nation Global Touring announced on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 that the singer has canceled the remainder of her tour due to a hip injury that will require surgery. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)
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FILE - This Dec. 15, 2012 file photo shows singer Lady Gaga performing at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Live Nation Global Touring announced on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 that the singer has canceled the remainder of her tour due to a hip injury that will require surgery. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)
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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2012 file photo, Jennifer Lopez arrives for the presentation of Chanel's ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection in Paris. Lopez has launched her “J. Lo's Christmas Gift” drive, asking fans to donate to her three favorite charities (the Boys & Girls Club, the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and the American Red Cross). In exchange, she'll give someone two tickets to the last show of her “Dance Again” world tour in Puerto Rico on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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FILE - This Feb. 11, 2012 file photo shows President of the National Recording Academy of Arts and Sciences Neil Portnow speaking at the Pre-GRAMMY Gala & Salute to Industry Icons with Clive Davis honoring Richard Branson in Beverly Hills, Calif. Portnow said in a statement that music fans are getting less information on songs today because of digital platforms, which tend to only offer a song's title and performer. But the Academy wants be sure fans are getting liner notes for albums, and that songwriters, non-featured performers, producers and engineers are highlighted for their work. (AP Photo/Vince Bucci, file)
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FILE - In a Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, Rihanna arrives at the 55th annual Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles. Rihanna's representative said that the singer's show in Baltimore on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 would be postponed. Rihanna canceled her Sunday show in Boston because she was sick. The concert promoter said fans are instructed to retain their tickets pending rescheduling show date information. The next date on Rihanna's tour is Thursday in Philadelphia. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, Justin Bieber performs at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Bieber is recovering after fainting backstage at a concert in London on Thursday, March 7, 2013. A spokeswoman for Bieber said that the 19-year-old pop star was given oxygen and took a 20-minute reprieve after fainting backstage at his show at London's O2 Arena. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Invision/AP, File)
Tony Bennett excited about making album with Gaga
NEW YORK (
AP) — They haven't hit the studio yet, but
Tony Bennett says he "can't wait" to record his next album with
Lady Gaga.
The 86-year-old said in an interview Thursday that he and the pop star will record "a big swing album." He says "we have it all worked out already on paper."
Bennett and Gaga collaborated on "The Lady Is a Tramp" for his Grammy-winning, platinum-selling 2011 "Duets II" album. He called the 26-year-old a "wonderful person and a great talent."
Bennett released "Viva Duets," a collaborative album with Latin American singers including Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony, in October.
He says he wants to work with Gaga because "she's quite different." He adds that he's also impressed with Gaga as a business woman.
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