NASHVILLE, TN  [Tuesday Sep.26.2006]  /WMQT.com/ -- According to Billboard Tim McGraw's duet with Tony Bennett on Bennett's 80th Birthday Celebration project is
among "surprising standouts," on the record.

Billboard: "One of America's great voices surrounds himself with other singing superstars, mostly to good effect, on this 80th birthday celebration. It helps that Bennett recorded these duets in-person, and that he's worked with some of these folks, such as k.d. lang and Elvis Costello, before. A few of Bennett's partners here, notably Celine Dion and Stevie Wonder, get a bit over-emotive (though Wonder's harmonica is a treat on
"For Once in My Life"), but Tim McGraw ("Cold, Cold Heart"), James Taylor ("Put On a Happy Face") and George Michael ("How Do You Keep the Music Playing?") are surprising standouts amidst a heady corps that also includes Paul McCartney, Elton John, Bono, Sting, the Dixie Chicks and Barbra Streisand. Nevertheless, the album's best moment is "I Left My Heart in San Francisco,"
a Bennett solo performance accompanied only by piano."

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