Rod Stewart and Jools Holland release their version of a swing classic
It comes from their upcoming swing album
Last updated 3rd Jan 2024
Sir Rod Stewart and Jools Holland have released their version of a swing classic, 'Ain't Misbehavin''. The duo, who performed their new song bringing in the New Year, as part of Jools' Annual Hootenanny, are set to release their first collaborative swing album later this year, called 'Swing Fever'.
Speaking about their version of the classic tune, Jools said: "Fats (Waller - co-writer) is another example of somebody who delivers a popular song, and you can't quite work out what he's done. It's treated so lightly, but it's so clever."
This new song from the duo follows their first song from the album 'Almost Like Being In Love' which they released late last year. In December 2023, Rod and Jools surprised fans in St Pancras train station in London by performing some of their songs in front of commuters in the busy train station.
Speaking about their upcoming album, due out on 23rd February, Jools said: "I was just packing up to go away for Christmas, and you rang me. We hadn't really spoken at any length before. I thought 'I love Rod, how exciting,' and you said 'I want to do a record.' I'd been a fan of Rod forever but we realised with the old music that we liked a lot of the same things."
Rod then added: "I'd already started making a swing album, but it didn't turn out how I wanted it. It was more Frank Sinatra than it was Louis Prima, let's say. So I cancelled that, and then I realised the guy I should go to is Jools. Also, our fanatical model railway enthusiasm bonded us together. So we started recording."