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Obamapollooza At The Lincoln Memorial

12 Jan 2009 02:03 pm

The presidential inaugural committee released a line-up of singers today

Here are the songs they aren't singing -- but might as well, given their relationship to Obama.

Beyonce -- "Yes" (2003)

Usher -- "Yeah" (2004)

Sheryl Crow -- "A Change Would Do You Good" (1997)

Josh Groban -- "You Raise Me Up" --( 2003)

Ecumenically, also: Bono, Stevie Wonder, will.i.am, Shakira, Herbie Hancock, Shakira, Mary J. Blige, Garth Brooks and John Mellencamp.  Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington will read historical passages.

HBO will televise the event in high definition and will put its signal on a satellite to so that any cable entity can downlink it.

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