Here’s George Martin, Giles Martin and Dhani Harrison “discovering” an unused George Harrison guitar solo for Here Comes The Sun.

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Etta James passed away today at age 73. The video above is from 2009 and she still had it.

From her New York Times obituary:

Ms. James was not easy to pigeonhole. She is most often referred to as a rhythm and blues singer, and that is how she made her name in the 1950s with records like “Good Rockin’ Daddy.” She is in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame.

She was also comfortable, and convincing, singing pop standards, as she did in 1961 with “At Last,” which was written in 1941 and originally recorded by Glenn Miller’s orchestra. And among her four Grammy Awards (including a lifetime-achievement honor in 2003) was one for best jazz vocal performance, which she won in 1995 for the album “Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday.”

Regardless of how she was categorized, she was admired.

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No matter what you think of him, can you think of another President who would do this?

Just for fun, here is my other favorite cover of Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together:

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A Very YouTube Christmas

Above is a mix of a few Christmas renditions I came across on YouTube. Hope they help set the mood for the Holidays.

The tracks, in order, are: 1. Jamie Cullum – Let It Snow, 2. John Mayer – I’ll Be Home For Christmas, 3. AJ Rafael, Cathy Nguyen, & Micha Williams – Little Drummer Boy, 4. Darren Criss – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, and 5. Kevin Massey, Jamison Scott & Justin Patterson – I’ll Be Home For Christmas.

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The Maccabees perform a Home Alone medley as their Wild Card track for Zane Lowe on Radio 1, recorded live at the BBC’s legendary Maida Vale studios.

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Impressionist Jim Meskimen gets into the holiday spirit by reading Twas’ The Night Before Christmas and singing The Christmas Song, both in a myriad of different celebrity voices.

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Kelly Rowland, Michae Bublé and Naturally 7 perform “White Christmas” on the ITV show “Michael Bublé: Home For Christmas”.

Bublé performed the track with Shania Twain on the record, Kellie Pickler on the US Christmas Special, and now with Kelly Rowland on the UK Christmas Special. This arrangement is fantastic – a great tribute to the Drifters’ original but revamped just enough – and turning it into a duet was a great move. My favorite is Shania, then Kelly Rowland, then Kellie Pickler last, but they all three bring something wonderful to the song.

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