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Tony Bennett Says Lady Gaga Has Something Other Singers Don’t

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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.

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