--- title: Tony Bennett Says Lady Gaga Has Something Other Singers Don't description: Lady Gaga may be one of the world's most recognizable pop singers, but legendary crooner Tony Bennett says she's the perfect jazz singer. canonical: https://time.com/3602120/tony-bennett-lady-gaga/ author: Salima Koroma article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-24T16:05:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:19:18.302Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Tony Bennett Says Lady Gaga Has Something Other Singers Don't og:description: Lady Gaga may be one of the world's most recognizable pop singers, but legendary crooner Tony Bennett says she's the perfect jazz singer. og:url: https://time.com/3602120/tony-bennett-lady-gaga/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5455c9a8b6a4edd7/69876a7f0b72e3c85c6dc1cc/1280.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett sing "The Lady is a Tramp" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tony Bennett Says Lady Gaga Has Something Other Singers Don't twitter:description: Lady Gaga may be one of the world's most recognizable pop singers, but legendary crooner Tony Bennett says she's the perfect jazz singer. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5455c9a8b6a4edd7/69876a7f0b72e3c85c6dc1cc/1280.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tony Bennett Says Lady Gaga Has Something Other Singers Don't by [Salima Koroma](https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/) ## Salima Koroma Nov 24, 2014 4:05 PM UTC  Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett sing "The Lady is a Tramp" Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett sing "The Lady is a Tramp"Salima Koroma—TIME by [Salima Koroma](https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/) ## Salima Koroma Nov 24, 2014 4:05 PM UTC Tony Bennett will be headlining jazz music festivals all across America next year—and his partner in crime will be Lady Gaga. The duo released an album this past September called _Cheek to Cheek,_ a collection of jazz standards by composers like Gershwin, Porter, and Berlin. Gaga, whose repertoire consists of songs like “Bad Romance” and “Paparazzi,” is the epitome of this generation’s pop sound. But in the video above, legendary crooner Tony Bennett explains why she’s the perfect jazz singer. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3602120/tony-bennett-lady-gaga/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3602120/tony-bennett-lady-gaga/"},"headline":"Tony Bennett Says Lady Gaga Has Something Other Singers Don't","datePublished":"2014-11-24T16:05:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:19:18.302Z","description":"The legendary crooner on why she's the perfect jazz singer","url":"https://time.com/3602120/tony-bennett-lady-gaga/","keywords":["Music","entertainment","Lady Gaga"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5455c9a8b6a4edd7/69876a7f0b72e3c85c6dc1cc/1280.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Salima Koroma","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5455c9a8b6a4edd7/69876a7f0b72e3c85c6dc1cc/1280.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett sing \"The Lady is a Tramp\"","caption":"Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett sing \"The Lady is a Tramp\"","creditText":"Salima Koroma—TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3602120/tony-bennett-lady-gaga/","name":"Tony Bennett Says Lady Gaga Has Something Other Singers Don't"}}]}] ```