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On Wednesday night, after saying explicitly that he would not be singing, President Barack Obama couldn’t hold back from belting out a few notes during a Ray Charles tribute concert at the White House.
At the beginning of the event, Obama said he was not going to sing, before telling the packed crowd that it was a bitter sweet night, as it would be the last PBS In Performance concert of his administration. Then, he added:
It is fitting that we pay tribute one of the most brilliant and influential of our times: the late, great ‘Genius’ himself, Mr. Ray Charles.”
At the end of the evening though, the President was unable to restrain himself from singing any longer. When he got onstage to thank the performers at the close of the show, he was unable to resist the temptation. Caught up in the moment, Obama led the audience, and an assortment of talented musicians, in a rousing rendition of the Ray Charles favorite, What’d I Say.
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