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Campaign music: Politicians are playing their song
Pop & HissBarack Obama channel's Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together.' Mitt Romney leans on K'naan's 'Wavin' Flag.' If there's a politician, there's a song ready to blare. Like less charismatic hip-hop artists, politicians routinely repurpose other people's songs.... -
'Million Dollar Quartet' story is fantastic — and true
There's a moment each night in the "Million Dollar Quartet" stage musical when the audience is shown a photo revealing that what they've just witnessed on stage — a rock fan's dream meeting of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl...
Tags: Elton John, Tourism and Leisure, Awards and Prizes, Celebrities, Music
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President Obama grooves with Mick Jagger, B.B. King
That Al Green tune was just the beginning.
Weeks after President Obama sang a snippet of the soul hit “Let’s Stay Together” during a fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, he ventured into the blues Tuesday night.
Maybe he was...Tags: Buddy Guy, PBS (tv network), Al Green, The Washington Post, Concerts
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Musical moments with U.S. presidents
Pop & HissPresident Obama sang the blues on Tuesday with B.B. King, Mick Jagger and Buddy Guy for a White House blues concert. The President is one of many chief executives who have shown their musical talents in office.... -
Obama covers Al Green -- for one line of 'Let's Stay Together'
Pop & HissPresident Obama let loose a line from Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" during a fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in New York City. Obama sang while the legend himself, the Rev. Al Green, was in the crowd.... -
Obama sings for his donors
Opinion L.A.Fundraising on Thursday in New York, President Obama decided his audience of 1,400 at the Apollo Theater in Harlem needed to hear just a little bit more than the usual campaign rhetoric. So he broke into the first line of...... -
Grammy 2012: Bruno Mars lights it up at rehearsals
Pop & HissIt was like the Apollo Theatre of Figueroa Street on Friday when the rehearsal stage for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards was given over to a wall of flickering ligh tbulbs and a giant marquee that read: "Live on Stage Bruno Mars."... -
House Democrats sing to Obama: 'Let's Stay Together'
"Let's Stay Together" is turning into something of a new anthem for the Democratic Party.
Last week, President Obama sang a bit of the Al Green tune during a fundraiser at the landmark Apollo Theater in Harlem, a moment that became an instant sensation....Tags: Politics, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), John Larson, Democratic Party, Barack Obama
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Obama, crooner in chief, sings some Al Green at N.Y. fundraiser
It cost $200 a ticket to hear President Obama speak at a fundraiser Thursday in New York. Obama singing? That was just a bonus.
The president thrilled the crowd of about 1,400 at the landmark Apollo Theater when he briefly launched into song, crooning...Tags: Barack Obama, Al Green
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Filmmakers behind George Plimpton documentary seek final funds in Kickstarter campaign
Jacket CopyA documentary about writer/editor George Plimpton, founder of the Paris Review and first-generation immersive journalist, is raising funds on Kickstarter.... -
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