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President Barack Obama kicked off a celebratory night of Memphis Soul performances in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday night by suggesting a small change in presidential tradition, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Give it up for our musical director, Booker T. and the Memphis Soul All-Stars,” Obama told the audience, as [...]
*By now we’ve all witnessed the president & first lady dancing to Al Green‘s “Let’s Stay Together” being sung by Jennifer Hudson at the inaugural balls. And yes, like you we were wondering why it wasn’t Al Green himself singing the classic, smooth out ditty. Hey nothing against Miss Hudson ’cause she ain’t no joke, [...]
With the presidential race coming down to the wire, supporters from the entertainment industry like singers, rappers and actors have put their creativity within special campaign slogans and events to bring awareness to this year’s 2012 election. International hip-hop rapper, TV host, humanitarian and actor, J Xavier is another supporter of the Barack Obama campaign. [...]
*As expected, Mitt Romney’s campaign has answered the television ad from the Obama campaign that features the former Massachusetts governor singing “America the Beautiful.” [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Two days after Obama’s ad, Romney today released a web video mocking the president’s singing of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.” The video juxtaposes Obama crooning [...]
*Right on cue, Mitt Romney backers have taken President Obama’s appearance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and put together an ad slamming him as the “the biggest celebrity in the world,” asking, “After four years with a celebrity President, is your life any better?” The ad – produced by the GOP Super PAC American [...]
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*Lisa M. Brown is the author of “Strong On The Outside, Dying On The Inside.” She is on a mission to help others by sharing her own story of overcoming depression. Within hours of the news of Whitney Houston’s death, Lisa was sought after by radio hosts and columnists nationwide to finally address the often overlooked [...]
*During her appearance on “The Tonight Show,” Michelle Obama told host Jay Leno that while her husband’s singing performance during a recent fundraiser in Harlem was “completely spontaneous” and unexpected that night, it’s something she hears on a regular basis. Below, Michelle discusses her husband’s singing voice, and what his daughters think about their dad’s [...]
*”American Idol” executive producer Nigel Lythgoe is actually asking President Obama to appear on the show and perform his rendition of “Let’s Stay Together” with the song’s original singer, the legendary Al Green. Lythgoe was apparently blown away by Obama’s short rendition of the song at the Apollo Theater earlier this month. “We loved your [...]
*After video of the president singing the first line of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” went viral last week, the R&B classic posted its best download sales week since 2003. Since President Barack Obama broke out in song at the Jan. 19 fundraising event, the tune enjoyed a 490 percent weekly sales increase, selling 16,000 [...]
*By now, everyone has seen President Obama crooning an amazing cover of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” at the Apollo Theater last week. Even Al Green has chimed in and told CBS that the President “nailed” his song and said he was “thrilled that the president even mentioned my name.” But, I think that Jay [...]
*President Obama swung through New York City Thursday on a fundraising tour and stopped at the legendary Apollo Theater to greet supporters. After announcing that legendary crooner Al Green was in the audience, Obama broke into a few quick bars of Green’s hit, “Let’s Stay Together” to the delight of the audience. “Don’t worry Rev, [...]
*Covers of songs by Earth, Wind & Fire, Maxwell, Al Green, Michael Jackson and Lynyrd Skynyrd will appear on the self-titled debut album from the gospel-rooted a capella group Committed, winner of the second season of NBC’s “The Sing-Off.” “We wanted to be true to who we are,” the group’s Therry Thomas tells Billboard.com. “We’re [...]
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*Al Green’s soul classic “Let’s Stay Together,” a sermon from Aretha Franklin’s father and De La Soul’s 1989 album “3 Feet High and Rising” are among 25 new sound recordings selected for preservation by the Library of Congress, organizers announced today. A recording from blues legend Blind Willie Johnson has also made it into the [...]
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