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Amy Winehouse, Tony Bennett Grammys 2012: 'Body and Soul' Wins Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- Posted on Feb 12th 2012 6:22PM by Dan Reilly
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During the pre-telecast ceremony, Bennett took the stage alongside Winehouse's parents, Mitch and Janis, to a huge round of applause. "We shouldn't be here. Our darling daughter should be here," Mitch said. "But these are the cards that were dealt."
Closing out the touching speech, Mitch added, "Long live Whitney Houston, long live Etta James, long live Amy Winehouse."
The duet, which was featured on Bennett's 'Duets II' album, premiered in September 2011 on what would have been Winehouse's 28th birthday. All proceeds from the sale of the single went to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which aims to help those struggling with substance issues.
When Winehouse died, Bennett was quick to praise her, saying, "She was an extraordinary musician with a rare intuition as a vocalist and I am truly devastated that her exceptional talent has come to such an early end. She was a lovely and intelligent person and when we recorded together she gave a soulful and extraordinary performance. I was honored to have the opportunity to sing with her."
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Christina Smythe
There will never be anyone else like Amy Winehouse. Someone created a memorial page for Amy on Evertalk within Facebook. You can post in her guestbook and read her biography. Here's the link: https://apps.facebook.com/evertalk/index/memorial/amywinehouse987
July 14 2012 at 4:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
jacklyn johnson
Amy Winehouse was so talented and had so much potential. It's sad we lost her. I miss her. Thanks for the heads up on the Evertalk page Christina.
July 14 2012 at 4:43 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI love to listen to this lady. I discovered only after she died. Tony Bennet she was the greatest singer to appear since...I do not remember the exact quote..he though she
was most talented.
Amy Winehouse was a train wreck from the get go. Why she was a star is beyond me. More of an exhibitionist with outrageous hair and make up. Always looked dirty and stoned. This is talent?
February 13 2012 at 11:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow sad that their is no compassion or mercy even when people die in such sad lonley way,thankfully God has mercy even if people dont.
February 13 2012 at 10:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywho honestly really cares about dead druggies? rip, but stay out of the news, you aren't relevent and weren't when you were alive.
February 13 2012 at 10:25 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply
Joanna
Why the need to be so mean-spirited? If someone's child/sibling/parent/spouse/friend has died and was troubled enough to have been addicted, they may or may not have contributed something to the world, and there are people mourning for them. Ms. Winehouse did not mug or hurt or kill anyone - she hurt herself. But she was extremely talented as well as a tortured soul. It doesn't hurt to have compassion.
February 14 2012 at 12:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyi was never drawn to her because she looked so 'way out there'...but i heard her sing post mortum on an entertainment program...and i was amazed at her billy holliday type singing...the resemblence didn't end there unfortunately they both ended up dying before their time was up...ms holliday had been abused and used drugs...ms winehouse used drugs but i don't know about abuse...tragic anyways...i'm glad her parents recieved her recognition award for her talents
February 13 2012 at 9:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyshe won because she is dead. simple as that. the other songs where much better. shows how messed up award shows are.
February 13 2012 at 7:54 PM Report abuse Permalink -3 rate up rate down Reply Joanna
If she won because she was dead, why didn't Clarence Clemmons win something? Why didn't Ms. Winehouse win more than just one? You may have liked other songs better, but your opinion is not necessarily the majority's opinion. Doesn't mean that other opinions have to be trashed.
February 14 2012 at 12:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGo away Tony to the old folkes homes ,you should be taking
your medicine for your sts's
Hey, no fair! I'm old, and I think she was amazing.
February 13 2012 at 8:04 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Reply Joanna
So it's okay to trash someone because they're old? Is that how you think of your grandparents? Useless because they're old? Tony Bennett has still got it. If you don't like his voice, say so, but no need for the anti-old people bitterness and childishness.
February 14 2012 at 12:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAn Award for Druggies and DRUNKS, WOW. We have stopped so low in this country
February 13 2012 at 6:18 PM Report abuse Permalink -4 rate up rate down Reply Joanna
No, with all due respect, they are awards for very talented people in spite of their troubles.
February 14 2012 at 12:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAs a professional singer, who has not receive my overdue recognition, I am saddened about Whitney, but why do people wait until they die, before they say something nice about the person. Obviously many artists cannot handle all that a career dishes out. There is so much that the public does not see, and the tabloids just print trash. Being an artist is a tough road to begin with and I feel that worthy artists should get some positive recognition before they die. There are too many people getting recognized that have no talent and are overrated. We are not all addicts in the business, and there are some of us that really do WORK at the talent, and put in many hours to perfect our craft.
February 13 2012 at 2:48 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Replyyou're obviously talking about Cyndi Lauper
February 13 2012 at 4:27 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply
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