Music: The Industry Standards

Covering the old songs is a surefire way for performers to buff up their image. Or is it?

Blame Tony Bennett. Blame his son, actually. It was Danny Bennett who resuscitated his father's career by parading old Tone down the red carpet at every mid-'90s hipster event that attracted a camera. The incongruity of Tony Bennett next to K.D. Lang and the Red Hot Chili Peppers made for great gossip-page photographs and generated enough heat to get Dad his own MTV Unplugged, and that's where Tony really shook things up. He stood by the piano in his shiny suit and sang the exact same standards he has been singing since Larry King was a boy. People marveled--What a voice!...

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