British singer Robbie Williams is pleased Michael Buble "wasn't around" when he released his swing album in the early 2000s - because he's convinced the Canadian star now rules the genre.
The 'Angels' hitmaker covered classics including 'Mr Bojangles' and 'Mack the Knife' for 2001's Swing When You're Winning, but he's sure his efforts would have been overlooked by fans if Buble had been present in the charts at the same time.
He tells Britain's Magic 105.4 radio station, "My dad's record collection is full of swing stuff - Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr - so I've been brought up on swing really and Michael Buble wasn't around to ruin it for everybody at the time, because he's the real deal.
"Harry Connick, Jr, Michael Buble - they're kind of the only guys who have been doing it in the last 15 years and doing it very, very well.
"Fortunately Harry Connick, Jr was on a break and Michael Buble wasn't around so there was a void and I filled that before Michael Buble showed how to do it properly."
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