Lady Gaga was just one of many singers to perform during the pre-recorded Sinatra 100 Grammy Concert that aired Sunday night (Dec. 6), which served to honor the late Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday. During the show, the "Til It Happens to You" singer belted out a stirring rendition of Sinatra's classic "New York, New York" wearing a full suit, giving the legendary song plenty of justice.
The celebration, which took place at the Encore Theatre in Las Vegas, featured performances of Sinatra's classic songs by artists ranging from Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood, and Alicia Keys to John Legend and Harry Connick Jr. It was the weekend for tribute shows it seems, considering John Lennon's tribute concert was held on Saturday night (Dec. 5) at Madison Square Garden featuring another slew of major artists, new and old.
Frank Sinatra's birthday is December 12, 1915, making for one of the best days in music history. Still popular today, Sinatra is best known for his hits including "My Way" and "Fly Me To The Moon." He has influenced many artists over through the years, including Bob Dylan who released a Sinatra cover album Shadows In The Night earlier this year.
If you haven't been following Lady Gaga, her and Tony Bennett had released a chart-topping jazz reinterpretation album dubbed Cheek To Cheek last September, which featured the songs "Anything Goes"and "Let’s Face the Music and Dance."
While the artsy singer has been reportedly prepping her fifth studio album and follow-up to 2013’s Artpop, Bennett recently revealed that himself and Gaga were also in the midst of recording a new album together, consisting entirely of Cole Porter covers.
"Yeah, we're doing an album," he told Vulture. "It's going to be all Cole Porter songs. He was the best writer of all of them in the Great American Songbook. Highly intelligent. We're going to have a lot of fun doing that."
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