Saturday, 6 August 2011

Winehouse's final song to be released as charity single

Amy winehouse's final recording, a duet with Tony Bennett, will be released as a charity single for a foundation set up in her name, her family said Thursday. Body and Soul will go on sale in September, with proceeds going to the newly established Amy Winehouse Foundation. The two singers recorded the pop standard in March at London's Abbey Road Studios for Bennett's forthcoming "Duets II" album.
Winehouse, who had struggled for years with drug and alcohol addiction, was found dead at her London home on July23, aged 27.
Her father, Mitch Winehouse, said releasing the song for charity was "the most fitting tribute of all" to his daughter. Her voice sounds "as amazing and beautiful as ever" on the recording, he said.
After Winehouse's death Bennett called her "an artist of immense proportions" and said she "gave a soulful and extraordinary performance" when they worked together.

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