Tony Bennett: 'Paul McCartney Has a Spirit That Moves Me'
David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 6 April 1968
THOUGH THE MUSICAL approach of Tony Bennett – and the bands he works with, such as Buddy Rich – is not usually treated with adulation by the mass of young pop fans, Tony is "very happy with the things that are happening on the scene today. Sure, there's some bad | music around but at least good talent can get through and become accepted much quicker than in my young days. The Beatles, for instance, made it in not much mere than a year.
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