One thing that I've learned over the last few years is that you never truly know when someone's Top 40 career is over. Many chart acts reach a point where they continue to make music for many years after they were last in the Top 40, but the occasional one finds themselves back in the Top 40 for some reason or another.
Tony Bennett was releasing music before the UK singles chart started in 1952. He made his chart debut in 1955 with the chart topping "Stranger in Paradise". His music would have been considered old hat by the time rock n roll came about in the late 50s and even more so when the Beatles broke through, but he still managed have a few hits in the lower reaches of the Top 40 up until 1965. By the end of the 60s one would have thought we'd never see Tony Bennett in the Top 40 again.
However in 2011 he was back in the Top 40 for the first time in 46 years. He had continued to release numerous albums in in the 21st century he started making collaborative albums. The one he released in 2011 was "Duets II" which contained this track with Amy Winehouse. It was the last recording Amy Winehouse made prior to her death in the summer of 2011 and was released as a single on what would have been her 28th birthday.
Amy Winehouse had a surprisingly brief Top 40 career in her lifetime. None of the singles from her debut album in 2003 made the Top 40 and she didn't make her Top 40 debut until 2006 with "Rehab". A year later she had her final Top 40 hit in her lifetime with "Valerie". These were the only 2 Top 10 singles she had.
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