NEW YORK (Reuters) ? President Barack Obama stole the online show on Friday after singing a tune during a campaign fundraiser at New York City’s famed Apollo Theater.
After Rev. Al Green warmed up the audience for Obama on Thursday night, the president surprised the audience — and his staff — by crooning the opening bars of Green’s soul classic “Let’s stay together.”
“I’m – so in love with you,” he sang, earning rapturous applause from the 1,400 people who each had paid between $100 and $200 to attend the Democratic fundraiser ahead of the presidential election in November.
“Don’t worry Rev., I cannot sing like you. I just wanted to show my appreciation,” Obama added, as he stood on a stage at the theater that helped launch the careers of Michael Jackson, James Brown and Ella Fitzgerald.
The video of Obama singing was a hit online on Friday and Al Green was one of the top ten topics trending on Twitter.
“I have worked for President Obama for 5 years and until last night, I had no idea that he could sing,” said White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer in a tweet.
(Reporting by Alister Bull, editing by Michelle Nichols)
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