Tony Bennett Presents: The Great American Songbook | Radio review

Tony Bennett defines the particular magic of America's greatest singers, writes Elisabeth MahoneyTony Bennett Presents: The Great American Songbook (Radio 2) is actually presented by Michael Parkinson. It's a curious and somewhat static format, with Parkinson reading his script about Bennett's career rather flatly and sounding as if he's doing so from the bottom of a deep well. But then we switch to Bennett's input, as he discusses his 40 musical choices from this body of music – he came ...

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