Blessed with good looks, a powerful voice, and a gift for communicating with an audience, Julio Iglesias is one of the most popular and enduring figures in the history of Latin music, a true international superstar who has sold over 300 million albums worldwide and remains a popular concert draw and chart-topping recording artist in a career that has spanned six decades. "Starry Night is dedicated to my faithful companion HEY! Always with me in the silence and the shadows."
Charles Aznavour's double-disc Duos album boasts a lot of starpower and a bunch of his greatest hits, but there's less than initially meets the eye here. Sure, a quick glance at the track listing shows a long list of international superstars who team up with Aznavour to sing duets on the album, including Céline Dion, Julio Iglesias, Placido Domingo, Laura Pausini, Elton John, Johnny Hallyday, Nana Mouskouri, Sting, Josh Groban, Carole King, Paul Anka, Herbert Gronemeyer, Liza Minnelli, and Bryan Ferry. Even the late Edith Piaf, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin show up for duets. Moreover, the track listing reads like a greatest-hits collection, compiling the classics "Toi et Moi," "Hier Encore," and "La Bohème," among many others.
Le 8 décembre 2008, Charles Aznavour sort un nouvel album intitulé Duos . Cet opus rassemble sur deux CD ses titres les plus célèbres, interprétés avec de grands noms de la chanson, comme Céline Dion, Johnny Hallyday, Edith Piaf, Nana Mouskouri… On y retrouve également des artistes internationaux de premier plan : Elton John, Paul Anka, Sting, Placido Domingo, Dean Martin, ou encore Josh Groban. En début d’année déjà, il avait créé la surprise en apparaissant aux côtés de Kery James sur la chanson-titre du dernier album du rappeur, A l’ombre du Show Business !
A noter également que le chanteur français âgé de 84 ans recevra, le 19 janvier 2009, un Lifetime Achievement Award pour l’ensemble de sa carrière. Un prix remis dans le cadre de la 43e édition du Midem, qui se tiendra à Cannes du 18 au 21 janvier.
Sings Evergreens is a compilation of recordings by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 2005 by Dance Street. Sings Evergreens contains cover versions recorded between the years 1977 and 2005, including the most recent single "Copacabana" and the re-recorded duet version of "I'll Miss You" with German-Spanish singer Manuel Sanchez from his 2005 album Ambitious (ZYX Music). The only non-cover version is "Dreamer (South Pacific)", recorded by Lear for her album Never Trust a Pretty Face in 1978. The track fades out and finishes at 3:04, although liner notes state it is the full 5:13 album version. The Sings Evergreens compilation was issued shortly before the release of With Love, Lear's 2006 studio album consisting exclusively of new recordings of evergreens and jazz standards, originally performed by some of her favourite female vocalists.