[Dixielandjazz] Who say old folks don't rock?

[Stephen G Barbone]

May all of us, at his age, figure out how to please young audiences.


Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband


Tony Bennett Sells Great for a Man His – or Any – Age

NY Times - By BEN SISARIO - Sep 28 2011
Billboard’s headline says it all: “Tony Bennett Becomes Oldest Living  
Artist to Top Billboard 200.”
Last week Mr. Bennett, 85, released “Duets II” (Columbia), which  
features his collaborations with Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Carrie  
Underwood and others many decades his junior, and sang a belated  
birthday concert at the Metropolitan Opera that was attended by Bill  
and Hillary Clinton.
Now the sales tallies are in, and “Duets II” sold 179,000 copies,  
according to the tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan, easily beating  
titles by Lady Antebellum, Adele and Lil Wayne to top Billboard’s  
standard album chart. (Before Mr. Bennett’s achievement with “Duets  
II,” the oldest living artist to reach the top of the chart was Bob  
Dylan with “Together Through Life” in 2009, when Mr. Dylan was 67.)
Last week’s top album, Lady Antebellum’s “Own the Night” (Capitol  
Nashville), fell to No. 2 with 125,000 units sold, a 64 percent  
decline. Adele’s “21” (XL/Columbia), by far the biggest hit of the  
year, also fell one spot, to No. 3, but its 117,000 albums sold  
represented only a 2 percent drop from the previous week.
The teen pop singer Demi Lovato opened at No. 4 with her third album,  
“Unbroken” (Hollywood), with 96,000 units, and Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter  
IV” (Cash Money/Universal Republic) was in fifth place this week with  
84,000.