New York, NY (Top40 Charts) k.d. lang paid tribute to the late Tony Bennett with a performance of one of the songs that made him famous, "Because of You," on CBS Sunday Morning. Bennett died on Friday at his home in Manhattan at the age of 96. He and lang - whom he called "the best singer of her generation" - had sung together on his 1994 MTV Unplugged album, released a duets album together, A Wonderful World, in 2002, and toured together. You can watch lang's CBS Sunday Morning performance, filmed at NightBird Recording Studios in West Hollywood, below.
"The indelible imprint of this man," lang wrote on her Instagram. "How can we possibly express our gratitude? Only perhaps by understanding the power of a good song, and the generosity of a great singer. I cherish you as my friend. And as my teacher. Swift rebirth Tony."