BENNETT’S JIBE AT STEWART OVER CLASSIC SONGS
Legendary crooner TONY BENNETT is unimpressed with ROD STEWART’s efforts at covering pop standards - insisting the former FACES frontman sings lik e a girl.
Stewart has released four of his Great American Songbook albums since 2 002, on which he tackles classic show tunes and traditional tracks.
But Bennett has taken a swipe at Stewart’s cover versions, insisting th ey expose weaknesses in his vocals.
Bennett says, "It’s not as good as Nat Cole or Frank Sinatra. He has a kind of a female voice. It’s not definitive performances. The game is rea lly how can you own a performance of a song? And that’s the game of commu nicating as a performer - to own that song that you’re doing." (ZN/WNV/CL
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