Byline: GREG HAYMES Staff writer
Tony Bennett has been singing the Great American Songbook for more than a half-century.
That's right: Bennett scored two back-to-back No. 1 records -- ``Because of You'' and Hank Williams' ``Cold Cold Heart'' -- back in 1951, and he shows no signs of slowing down at the age of 76.
Bennett -- who plays the Palace Theatre tonight for the recently refurbished theater's spring gala event -- has devoted himself in recent years to paying tribute to many of his own musical influences.
There was 1992's ``Perfectly Frank,'' dedicated to Frank Sinatra; 1993's ``Steppin' Out,'' an homage to Fred Astaire; 1997's ``On …
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