Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Pleasure Granted
Pleasure Granted
MUSIC
Pleasure granted
By NIKI CHEONG
niki@thestar.com.my
E PROBABLY doesnt know it just yet,
but Peter Grant appears to be destined
for greatness. Sure, the 21-year-old
British singer has worked really hard to get to
where he is today, but speaking to him, one
cant help but feel that as far as his career is
concerned, it is all written in the stars.
Grant is a young crooner and at his age,
has already reached critical acclaim. Some
critics have even dared compare him to such
greats as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. Of
course, these references could very much be
due to the fact that Grant sings old
standards, songs
which were hits
decades before the
young lad was born.
I started singing
when I was six-years
old, Grant said in a
phone interview from
his home in London.
My dad was a singer
but he was not into my
style of music.
That did not stop Grant
from going onstage with
his father, although that
would have been quite a
sight considering the fact
that they would perform
wearing the same outfits waistcoats and
bow ties.
Still, that would prove to be a turning point
in his life. It was during these shows that he
would meet other performers, and he would
fall in love with the kinds of songs they were
singing.
They would be singing songs by the Rat
Pack and I was obsessed with it, Grant