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Heather Headley - He is
Heather Headley - He is
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  • Duration: 6:46
  • Published: 24 Jun 2007
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: Qtasos
Heather Headley - He is
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Aaron Jeoffrey--
Aaron Jeoffrey--"He Is"
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  • Duration: 6:59
  • Published: 21 Jan 2008
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: fourpointer
Christ is all through the Bible. From Genesis to Revelation. This is a 7-minute trip through the Bible to learn who Jesus is.
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He Is - Mark Schultz
He Is - Mark Schultz
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  • Duration: 3:54
  • Published: 04 Oct 2009
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: SKILASTIES
He Is by Mark Schultz with Lyrics and some photos to go along. Enjoy Subscribe if you would like, it really motivates us to make more videos. -Lyrics- Father, let the world just fade away Let me feel your presence in this place Lord, Ive never been so weary How I need to know youre near me Father, let the world just fade away Till Im on my knees Till my heart can sing He is He was He always will be Even when it feels like there is no one holding me Be still, my soul He is Father, let your Holy Spirit sing Let it calm the storm inside of me As I stand amazed Lift my hands and say He is He was He always will be He lives He loves Hes always with me Even when it feels like there is no one holding me Be still, my soul Through every fear And every doubt And every tear I shed Down every road Im not alone No matter where I am He is He was And He always will be He lives He loves Hes always with me Even when it feels like there is no one holding me Be still, my soul Be still, and know Be still, my soul He is Also go to my page and check out the song It'll Be Alright - Andrew Witt, It is a blessing, and reminds us that we will never be alone.
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He-Man: Opening Theme
He-Man: Opening Theme
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  • Duration: 1:13
  • Published: 07 Oct 2008
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: RetroHeroes
I have the Power!!
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He's Barack Obama
He's Barack Obama
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  • Duration: 3:12
  • Published: 20 Jun 2009
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: JibJab
Its a bird! Its a plane! No, he's Barack Obama and hes come to save the day! JibJab puts the rock in Barack with a new, over-the-top satire that debuted in front of the President himself this Friday at the Radio & Television Correspondents Dinner! Want more JibJab? Visit our site at sendables.jibjab.com?cmpid=1033 Read our blog blog.jibjab.com Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com Become a fan on Facebook: facebook.jibjab.com Visit our YouTube Channel www.youtube.com
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He By Al Hibbler
He By Al Hibbler
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  • Duration: 3:17
  • Published: 18 Nov 2008
  • Uploaded: 22 Nov 2011
  • Author: texpaco
Part of my "Reflections" series. This recording reached #4 on the Billboard chart in 1954.
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Burhan G: Who Is he
Burhan G: Who Is he
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  • Duration: 4:24
  • Published: 15 Jun 2007
  • Uploaded: 26 Nov 2011
  • Author: torbenravn
First single from the forthcoming album, "Breakout" by Burhan G. More info at www.myspace.com/burhan4u
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Bill Withers
Bill Withers "Who Is He And What Is He To You" (1973)
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  • Published: 19 Sep 2008
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: rovingeye2
(1973) Bill Withers "Who Is He And What Is He To You"
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Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
Music video by Carrie Underwood performing Before He Cheats. (C) 2006 19 Recordings Limited
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Trip Lee ft Lecrae - Who He Is
Trip Lee ft Lecrae - Who He Is
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  • Duration: 4:10
  • Published: 01 Jun 2008
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: pantaziu
trip lee lecrae
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Pirates of the Caribbean- He's a Pirate
Pirates of the Caribbean- He's a Pirate
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  • Duration: 1:30
  • Published: 25 Jul 2007
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: Likethelegos
Pirates of the Caribbean Main Theme Soundtrack - Pirates of the Caribbean- Curse of the Black Pearl
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David Crowder*Band - How He Loves
David Crowder*Band - How He Loves
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  • Duration: 4:08
  • Published: 14 Oct 2009
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: emimusic
Pre-VEVO play count: 702013 Music video by David Crowder*Band performing How He Loves (Official Music Video).
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Michael Marshall -
Michael Marshall - "WHO IS HE" - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
FROM MICHAEL MARSHALL'S "SOUL OF THE BAY" PRODUCED BY: TD CAMP WWW.MICHAELMARSHALLUSA.COM Directed By: TY THA ARTIST & The Brain for 3rdPerspective Films
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THE HOLLIES - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
THE HOLLIES - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
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  • Duration: 4:13
  • Published: 28 Jul 2007
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: lmj22
The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
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Adele - He Won't Go + Lyrics
Adele - He Won't Go + Lyrics
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  • Duration: 4:32
  • Published: 22 Feb 2011
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: BbiaAabreu
Don't forget to like the video and subscribe to my channel for more upcoming videos :) Sorry its a little bit out of sync... But anyways.. this is one of my favorite songs from Adele's new album "21".
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How He Loves Us - Kim Walker / Jesus Culture
How He Loves Us - Kim Walker / Jesus Culture
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  • Published: 05 Apr 2008
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: jesusculture
Check out the latest album from Jesus Culture, Come Away. JCw.bz Kim Walker and the Jesus Culture Band singing How He Loves Us from the We Cry Out CD/DVD, available on jesusculture.com. This DVD was recorded live at a Jesus Culture Conference in Redding, CA. The mp3 is available at iTunes by searching for "We Cry Out". W/M ©John Mark McMillan (thejohnmark.com) Jesus Culture is ministry of Bethel Church in Redding Ca. jesusculture.com ibethel.org
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Mandisa - He Is With You
Mandisa - He Is With You
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  • Published: 02 Jun 2009
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: emimusic
Music video by Mandisa performing He Is With You.
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I Wouldn't Mind - He Is We Lyrics
I Wouldn't Mind - He Is We Lyrics
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  • Published: 03 Aug 2009
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: Karaluvsyew
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He Is We - All About Us ft. Owl City
He Is We - All About Us ft. Owl City
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  • Published: 25 Aug 2011
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: HeIsWeVEVO
Music video by He Is We performing All About Us. (C) 2011 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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He Said She Said - un romantic comedy
He Said She Said - un romantic comedy
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  • Published: 15 Sep 2011
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: galgatv
FACEBOOK:on.fb.me TWEET:clicktotweet.com A girl's dream date may be a guy's nightmare. In the classic he said, she said comedy form, two women and their men recount the unexpected pleasures and pain of the night before. Original title of this film was "Dinner Date" Exclusive "Dinner Date - Short Film School DVD" with over 2 hours of filmmaking tutorials is here: www.tlapro.com Check out my other videos here: www.youtube.com Writtern & Directed by: Tom Antos www.youtube.com Starring: Jeff Sinasac: www.jeffsinasac.com Tonya Dodds: www.tonyadodds.com Keith Cooper: www.youtube.com April Morgan: www.youtube.com Music By: Christopher Charles: www.youtube.com ______ Follow me on Twitter twitter.com Facebook www.facebook.com Google+ t.co My Facebook App: apps.facebook.com ______ fun dating funny dating dating videos date comedy relationship comedy relationships comedy short funny short sex comedy Mars vs Venus Mars and Venus romance how to romance what is romance bad romance romance videos romance films love and romance romantic ideas romantic date romantic ideas for date romance couple date romance how to be romantic romantic evening
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Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra - Where He At (Apparat Remix)
Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra - Where He At (Apparat Remix)
official video for Raz Ohara - Where He At (Apparat Remix). for more information check www.physical-music.com
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The Lion King 'He Lives in You' Music Video
The Lion King 'He Lives in You' Music Video
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  • Published: 21 Feb 2006
  • Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
  • Author: TigerXtrm
This music video was made using footage from The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride. The music is an extended version of Lebo M's "He Lives in You". I want to thank everyone who has replied and rated this video. At the time of writing this video has gotten over 4 million views and thousands of comments and ratings. Given that this is the very first video I ever edited, it means a lot to me that it is liked this much. Thanks everyone! The Lion King and all of its characters are property of Walt Disney. This video is merely a fan made tribute to a truly great movie with equally great music.
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Tech N9ne
Tech N9ne "He's a Mental Giant" Official Music Video
Official music video for Tech N9ne's "He's a Mental Giant" from his album "All 6's and 7's." Album In Stores 6/7/2011. Pre-order now at strangemusicinc.net. Executive Producer: Travis O'Guin. Director: Dan Gedman/ Liquid 9.
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Heather Headley - He is...
Heather Headley - He is
6:46
Aaron Je­of­frey--"He Is"
6:59
He Is - Mark Schultz
3:54
He-Man: Open­ing Theme
1:13
He's Barack Obama
3:12
He By Al Hi­b­bler
3:17
Burhan G: Who Is he
4:24
Bill With­ers "Who Is He And What Is He To You" (1973)
3:14
Car­rie Un­der­wood - Be­fore He Cheats
3:19
Trip Lee ft Lecrae - Who He Is
4:10
Pi­rates of the Caribbean- He's a Pi­rate
1:30
David Crow­der*Band - How He Loves
4:08
Michael Mar­shall - "WHO IS HE" - OF­FI­CIAL MUSIC VIDEO
4:04
THE HOL­LIES - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Broth­er
4:13
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Adele - He Won't Go + Lyrics
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How He Loves Us - Kim Walk­er / Jesus Cul­ture
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Man­disa - He Is With You
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I Wouldn't Mind - He Is We Lyrics
3:18
He Is We - All About Us ft. Owl City
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He Said She Said - un ro­man­tic com­e­dy
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Raz Ohara & The Odd Or­ches­tra - Where He At (Ap­pa­rat Remix)
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Thierry Henry avec Barcelone
London Evening Standard
13 Jan 2012
Arsene Wenger today revealed Thierry Henry is undergoing extra training sessions in a bid to improve his fitness and play a more involved part in Arsenal's season. The 34-year-old scored the winner...
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Stephen Colbert and sons at the premiere of Speed Racer at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.
Huffington Post
13 Jan 2012
Stephen Colbert announced on Thursday that he's going to attempt to run for president by appearing on the South Carolina Republican primary ballot, but it's hardly the first time that Colbert's...
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Liverpool's new manager Kenny Dalglish
The Daily Mail
13 Jan 2012
manager Kenny Dalglish believes captain Steven Gerrard could continue playing well into his late 30s if his fitness holds out. The England midfielder, who will be 32 in May, signed an extension to his...
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    The hertz (symbol Hz) is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon. One of its most common uses is the description of the sine wave, particularly those used in radio and audio applications.

    Definition

    The hertz is equivalent to cycles per second. In defining the second the CIPM declared that "the standard to be employed is the transition between the hyperfine levels F = 4, M =  0 and F = 3, M = 0 of the ground state 2S1/2 of the caesium 133 atom, unperturbed by external fields, and that the frequency of this transition is assigned the value 9 192 631 770 hertz" thereby effectively defining the hertz and the second simultaneously.

    In English, hertz is used as a plural. As an SI unit, Hz can be prefixed; commonly used multiples are kHz (kilohertz, 103 Hz), MHz (megahertz, 106 Hz), GHz (gigahertz, 109 Hz) and THz (terahertz, 1012 Hz). One hertz simply means "one cycle per second" (typically that which is being counted is a complete cycle); 100 Hz means "one hundred cycles per second", and so on. The unit may be applied to any periodic event—for example, a clock might be said to tick at 1 Hz, or a human heart might be said to beat at 1.2 Hz. The "frequency" (activity) of aperiodic or stochastic events, such as radioactive decay, is expressed in becquerels.

    nameHertz
    standardSI derived unit
    quantityFrequency
    symbolHz
    namedafterHeinrich Hertz
    extralabelIn SI base units:
    extradata1 Hz 1/s }}
    Even though angular velocity, angular frequency and hertz all have the dimensions of 1/s, angular velocity and angular frequency are not expressed in hertz, but rather in an appropriate angular unit such as radians per second. Thus a disc rotating at 60 revolutions per minute (rpm) is said to be rotating at either 2π rad/s or 1 Hz, where the former measures the angular velocity and latter reflects the number of complete revolutions per second. The conversion between a frequency f measured in hertz and an angular velocity ω measured in radians per second are: : \omega = 2\pi f \, and f = \omega/(2\pi) \, .

    History

    The hertz is named after the German physicist Heinrich Hertz, who made important scientific contributions to the study of electromagnetism. The name was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 1930. It was adopted by the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) (Conférence générale des poids et mesures) in 1960, replacing the previous name for the unit, cycles per second (cps), along with its related multiples, primarily kilocycles per second (kc/s) and megacycles per second (Mc/s), and occasionally kilomegacycles per second (kMc/s). The term cycles per second was largely replaced by hertz by the 1970s.

    The term "gigahertz", most commonly used in computer processor clock rates and radio frequency (RF) applications, can be pronounced either , with a hard sound, or , with a soft (see giga-#Pronunciation). The prefix "giga-" is derived directly from the Greek "."

    Applications

    Vibration

    Sound is a traveling wave which is an oscillation of pressure. Humans perceive frequency of sound waves as pitch. Each musical note corresponds to a particular frequency which can be measured in hertz. An infant's ear is able to perceive frequencies ranging from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz; the average adult human can hear sounds between 20 Hz and 16,000 Hz. The range of ultrasound, high-intensity infrasound and other physical vibrations such as molecular vibrations extends into the megahertz range and well beyond.

    Electromagnetic radiation

    Electromagnetic radiation is often described by its frequency—the number of oscillations of the perpendicular electric and magnetic fields per second—expressed in hertz.

    Radio frequency radiation is usually measured in kilohertz, megahertz, or gigahertz; this is why radio dials are commonly labeled with kHz, MHz, and GHz. Light is electromagnetic radiation that is even higher in frequency, and has frequencies in the range of tens (infrared) to thousands (ultraviolet) of terahertz. Electromagnetic radiation with frequencies in the low terahertz range, (intermediate between those of the highest normally usable radio frequencies and long-wave infrared light), is often called terahertz radiation. Even higher frequencies exist, such as that of gamma rays, which can be measured in exahertz. (For historical reasons, the frequencies of light and higher frequency electromagnetic radiation are more commonly specified in terms of their wavelengths or photon energies: for a more detailed treatment of this and the above frequency ranges, see electromagnetic spectrum.)

    Computing

    In computing, most central processing units (CPU) are labeled in terms of their clock rate expressed in megahertz or gigahertz (109 hertz). This number refers to the frequency of the CPU's master clock signal ("Clock rate"). This signal is simply an electrical voltage which changes from low to high and back again at regular intervals. This signal is also referred to as a square wave. Hertz has become the primary unit of measurement accepted by the general populace to determine the performance of a CPU, but many experts have criticized this approach, which they claim is an easily manipulable benchmark. For home-based personal computers, the CPU has ranged from approximately 1 megahertz in the late 1970s (Atari, Commodore, Apple computers) to up to 6 GHz in the present (IBM POWER processors).

    Various computer buses, such as the front-side bus connecting the CPU and northbridge, also operate at different frequencies in the megahertz range (for modern products).

    CRT television and monitor refresh rates are measured in hertz.

    SI multiples

    Frequencies not expressed in hertz

    Even higher frequencies are believed to occur naturally, in the frequencies of the quantum-mechanical wave functions of high-energy (or, equivalently, massive) particles, although these are not directly observable, and must be inferred from their interactions with other phenomena. For practical reasons, these are typically not expressed in hertz, but in terms of the equivalent quantum energy, which is proportional to the frequency by the factor of Planck's constant.

    See also

  • Alternating current
  • Electronic tuner
  • Frequency changer
  • Normalized frequency
  • Orders of magnitude (frequency)
  • Radian per second
  • Signal bandwidth
  • References

    External links

  • BIPM Cesium ion fCs definition
  • National Research Council of Canada: Generation of the Hz
  • National Research Council of Canada: Cesium fountain clock
  • National Physical Laboratory: Trapped ion optical frequency standards
  • National Research Council of Canada: Optical frequency standard based on a single trapped ion
  • National Research Council of Canada: Optical frequency comb
  • One Hertz in Radians per Second (Google). Note, as of 06 May 2009 there is an error of 2\pi.
  • Category:SI derived units Category:Units of frequency

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    nameHeather Headley
    backgroundsolo_singer
    bornOctober 05, 1974Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago
    genreR&B;, soul, inspirational, gospel
    occupationSinger, songwriter, record producer, actress
    years active1997–present
    labelRCA, EMI Gospel
    websitewww.heatherheadley.com }}

    Heather Headley (born October 5, 1974) is a Trinidadian-American R&B; and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She has won one Tony Award and one Grammy Award.

    Personal life

    Headley was born in Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago, the daughter of Hannah and Eric Headley. At age four, Headley began playing the music of her native Trinidad, including calypso, reggae, and soca. In 1989 she moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana in the United States at the age of fifteen with her mother and brother Junior, when her father was offered a job as pastor of McKee Street Church of God(Anderson,IN).

    Headley attended Northrop High School, and was a member of their resident show choir, Charisma, and starred as Fanny Brice in the school's production of Funny Girl. After graduating from Northrop High School, Headley attended Northwestern University to study communications and musical theatre until the last day of her junior year, when she made the difficult decision to become a part of the musical Ragtime and drop out of school.

    In 2003 Headley married Brian Musso, formerly of the New York Jets. Both attended Northwestern University. On December 1, 2009, they welcomed their first child John David.

    Career

    In 1997, she originated the role of Nala in The Lion King, the Broadway musical. Headley's performance was well-received and she then originated the title role in the Broadway adaptation of Aida, earning the Tony Award for Best Actress in 2000. In 1999, she appeared in the Encores! production of Do Re Mi, with Nathan Lane, Randy Graff, and Brian Stokes Mitchell. She also starred in a concert version of the musical Dreamgirls alongside Audra McDonald and Lillias White.

    In the autumn of 2006, Heather performed Hal David and Burt Bacharach's song "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", from the 1968 musical Promises, Promises for "The Kennedy Center Presents: The 2006 Mark Twain Prize," honoring playwright Neil Simon. The ceremony was later broadcast on PBS.

    On 5 July 2007 Headley made a guest appearance for Andrea Bocelli's Vivere Live in Tuscany concert in Lajatico, Italy. They performed Vivo Per Lei and The Prayer. Headley sang "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" (also known as "America") with Josh Groban on January 18, 2009 during the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. On March 12, 2009, Headley sang, "I Wish" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

    Music

    Headley released her debut album, This Is Who I Am, in October 2002 on RCA Records. Although its first single, "He Is", was not very successful, the second single, "I Wish I Wasn't", achieved moderate success. The work on this album earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B; Vocal Performance and for Best New Artist.

    Her second album, In My Mind, was delayed due to the various executive shake-ups associated with RCA parent BMG's merger with Sony.

    Under BMG North America chairman/CEO Clive Davis for the first time, Headley released her second album In My Mind in January 2006. The title track "In My Mind" ( produced by India.Arie collaborator Shannon Sanders ) was released as the first single; and its music video was directed by Diane Martel. The song reached number-one on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The second single "Me Time" was released to Urban AC outlets only. An album track, "Am I Worth It", served to promote Headley's New March of Dimes Educational Campaign "I Want My 9 Months".

    In 2009, Headley, along with Al Green, released a version of the song People Get Ready on the compilation album Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration.

    On the January 31, 2010, Heather won her first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B; Gospel Album for Audience of One on the EMI Gospel label.

    In December 2010, Headley performed a duet version of "Blue Christmas" and "My Prayer" with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli on Bocelli's "My Christmas" tour in six cities. Of special note: at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on December 4, 2010, the audience insisted on a rare second encore with Bocelli, as they were captivated with her as much as Bocelli. Bocelli had to summon the detail to go back and get her to come back on stage. This is noted because Bocelli has other performers with whom he travels, but rarely do they get the ovation on the level of Bocelli, but this crowd clearly and loudly ovated their praise of Headley's stunning performance.

    Discography

    Albums

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    Can You Feel the Love Tonight 1997 The Lion King on Broadway Cast Recording
    Shadowland 1997 The Lion King on Broadway Cast Recording
    The Madness of King Scar 1997 The Lion King on Broadway Cast Recording
    Love Will Find a Way 1998 Return to Pride Rock
    Just One Dream 2001 Golden Dreams (film at Disney's California Adventure park)
    2009

    Awards

    Acting

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    2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Won
    2000 Sarah Siddons Award Work in Chicago theatre Won

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    2004 "I Wish I Wasn't" Nominated
    2004 "I Wish I Wasn't" Nominated
    2010 "Jesus Is Love" Nominated
    2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B; Gospel Album "Audience Of One" Won
    2003 Billboard Music Award for R&B;/Hip-Hop New Artist of the Year N/A Nominated
    2003 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist N/A Nominated
    2003 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist N/A Nominated
    2002 Soul Train Award for Best R&B;/Soul or Rap New Artist "He Is" Nominated
    2003 "This Is Who I Am" Won
    2003 "He Is" Won
    2003 "He Is" Nominated
    2006 N/A Nominated

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    NameBarack Obama
    AltA portrait shot of Barack Obama, looking straight ahead. He has short black hair, and is wearing a dark navy blazer with a blue striped tie over a light blue collared shirt. In the background are two flags hanging from separate flagpoles: the American flag, and the flag of the Executive Office of the President.
    Office44th President of the United States
    VicepresidentJoe Biden
    Term startJanuary 20, 2009
    PredecessorGeorge W. Bush
    Jr/sr2United States Senate
    State2Illinois
    Term start2January 3, 2005
    Term end2November 16, 2008
    Predecessor2Peter Fitzgerald
    Successor2Roland Burris
    Office3Member of the Illinois Senate from the 13th District
    Term start3January 8, 1997
    Term end3November 4, 2004
    Predecessor3Alice Palmer
    Successor3Kwame Raoul
    Birth nameBarack Hussein Obama II
    Birth dateAugust 04, 1961
    Birth placeHonolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
    PartyDemocratic
    SpouseMichelle Robinson (1992–present)
    ChildrenMalia (b.1998) Sasha (b.2001)
    ResidenceWhite House (Official)Chicago, Illinois (Private)
    Alma materOccidental CollegeColumbia University (B.A.)Harvard Law School (J.D.)
    ProfessionCommunity organizerLawyerConstitutional law professorAuthor
    ReligionChristianity
    SignatureBarack Obama signature.svg
    Signature altBarack Obama
    WebsiteThe White HouseBarack Obama@BarackObama - TwitterBarack Obama - FacebookBarack Obama - Google+
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    Barack Hussein Obama II (; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.

    Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004.

    Following an unsuccessful bid against the Democratic incumbent for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 2000, Obama ran for the United States Senate in 2004. Several events brought him to national attention during the campaign, including his victory in the March 2004 Illinois Democratic primary for the Senate election and his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in Illinois in November 2004. His presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 presidential election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. In October 2009, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

    President Obama signed economic stimulus legislation in the form of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. Other domestic policy initiatives include the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 and the Budget Control Act of 2011. In foreign policy, he ended the war in Iraq, increased troop levels in Afghanistan, signed the New START arms control treaty with Russia, ordered enforcement of the UN-sanctioned no-fly zone over Libya, and ordered the military operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. In April 2011, Obama declared his intention to seek re-election in the 2012 presidential election.

    Early life and career

    Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital (now called Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children) in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is the first President to have been born in Hawaii. His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was born in Wichita, Kansas and was of English and Irish descent. His father, Barack Obama, Sr., was a Luo from Nyang’oma Kogelo, Nyanza Province, Kenya. Obama's parents met in 1960 in a Russian language class at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where his father was a foreign student on scholarship. The couple married on February 2, 1961, separated when Obama Sr. went to Harvard University on scholarship, and divorced in 1964. Obama Sr. remarried and returned to Kenya, visiting Barack in Hawaii only once, in 1971. He died in an automobile accident in 1982.

    After her divorce, Dunham married Indonesian student Lolo Soetoro, who was attending college in Hawaii. When Suharto, a military leader in Soetoro's home country, came to power in 1967, all Indonesian students studying abroad were recalled, and the family moved to the Menteng neighborhood of Jakarta. From ages six to ten, Obama attended local schools in Jakarta, including Besuki Public School and St. Francis of Assisi School. Because of his childhood background, today Obama is quite popular in Indonesia.

    In 1971, Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Armour Dunham, and with the aid of a scholarship he attended Punahou School, a private college preparatory school, from the fifth grade until his graduation from high school in 1979. Obama's mother returned to Hawaii in 1972, remaining there until 1977 when she went back to Indonesia to work as an anthropological field worker. She finally returned to Hawaii in 1994 and lived there for one year, before dying of ovarian cancer.

    Of his early childhood, Obama recalled, "That my father looked nothing like the people around me—that he was black as pitch, my mother white as milk—barely registered in my mind." He described his struggles as a young adult to reconcile social perceptions of his multiracial heritage. Reflecting later on his formative years in Honolulu, Obama wrote: "The opportunity that Hawaii offered—to experience a variety of cultures in a climate of mutual respect—became an integral part of my world view, and a basis for the values that I hold most dear." Obama has also written and talked about using alcohol, marijuana and cocaine during his teenage years to "push questions of who I was out of my mind." At the 2008 Civil Forum on the Presidency, Obama identified his high-school drug use as a great moral failure.

    Following high school, Obama moved to Los Angeles in 1979 to attend Occidental College. In February 1981, he made his first public speech, calling for Occidental's disinvestment from South Africa due to its policy of apartheid. In mid-1981, Obama traveled to Indonesia to visit his mother and sister Maya, and visited the families of college friends in Pakistan and India for three weeks.

    Later in 1981, he transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in political science with a specialty in international relations and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1983. He worked for a year at the Business International Corporation, then at the New York Public Interest Research Group.

    Chicago community organizer and Harvard Law School

    Two years after graduating, Obama was hired in Chicago as director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a church-based community organization originally comprising eight Catholic parishes in Greater Roseland (Roseland, West Pullman and Riverdale) on Chicago's far South Side. He worked there as a community organizer from June 1985 to May 1988. During his three years as the DCP's director, its staff grew from one to thirteen. He helped set up a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants' rights organization in Altgeld Gardens. Obama also worked as a consultant and instructor for the Gamaliel Foundation, a community organizing institute. In mid-1988, he traveled for the first time in Europe for three weeks and then for five weeks in Kenya, where he met many of his paternal relatives for the first time. He returned in August 2006 for a visit to his father's birthplace, a village near Kisumu in rural western Kenya.

    In late 1988, Obama entered Harvard Law School. He was selected as an editor of the Harvard Law Review at the end of his first year, and president of the journal in his second year. During his summers, he returned to Chicago, where he worked as an associate at the law firms of Sidley Austin in 1989 and Hopkins & Sutter in 1990. After graduating with a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard in 1991, he returned to Chicago. Obama's election as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review gained national media attention and led to a publishing contract and advance for a book about race relations, which evolved into a personal memoir. The manuscript was published in mid-1995 as Dreams from My Father.

    University of Chicago Law School and civil rights attorney

    In 1991, Obama accepted a two-year position as Visiting Law and Government Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School to work on his first book. He then served as a professor at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years—as a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996, and as a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004—teaching constitutional law.

    From April to October 1992, Obama directed Illinois's Project Vote, a voter registration drive with ten staffers and seven hundred volunteer registrars; it achieved its goal of registering 150,000 of 400,000 unregistered African Americans in the state, and led to Crain's Chicago Business naming Obama to its 1993 list of "40 under Forty" powers to be. In 1993 he joined Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a 13-attorney law firm specializing in civil rights litigation and neighborhood economic development, where he was an associate for three years from 1993 to 1996, then of counsel from 1996 to 2004, with his law license becoming inactive in 2002.

    From 1994 to 2002, Obama served on the boards of directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago, which in 1985 had been the first foundation to fund the Developing Communities Project; and of the Joyce Foundation. Once elected, Obama gained bipartisan support for legislation reforming ethics and health care laws. He sponsored a law increasing tax credits for low-income workers, negotiated welfare reform, and promoted increased subsidies for childcare. In 2001, as co-chairman of the bipartisan Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, Obama supported Republican Governor Ryan's payday loan regulations and predatory mortgage lending regulations aimed at averting home foreclosures.

    Obama was reelected to the Illinois Senate in 1998, defeating Republican Yesse Yehudah in the general election, and was reelected again in 2002. In 2000, he lost a Democratic primary run for the U.S. House of Representatives to four-term incumbent Bobby Rush by a margin of two to one.

    In January 2003, Obama became chairman of the Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services Committee when Democrats, after a decade in the minority, regained a majority. He sponsored and led unanimous, bipartisan passage of legislation to monitor racial profiling by requiring police to record the race of drivers they detained, and legislation making Illinois the first state to mandate videotaping of homicide interrogations. During his 2004 general election campaign for U.S. Senate, police representatives credited Obama for his active engagement with police organizations in enacting death penalty reforms. Obama resigned from the Illinois Senate in November 2004 following his election to the U.S. Senate.

    U.S. Senate campaign

    In May 2002, Obama commissioned a poll to assess his prospects in a 2004 U.S. Senate race; he created a campaign committee, began raising funds and lined up political media consultant David Axelrod by August 2002, and formally announced his candidacy in January 2003.

    Obama was an early opponent of the George W. Bush administration's 2003 invasion of Iraq. On October 2, 2002, the day President Bush and Congress agreed on the joint resolution authorizing the Iraq War, Obama addressed the first high-profile Chicago anti-Iraq War rally, and spoke out against the war. He addressed another anti-war rally in March 2003 and told the crowd that "it's not too late" to stop the war. Decisions by Republican incumbent Peter Fitzgerald and his Democratic predecessor Carol Moseley Braun to not participate in the election resulted in wide-open Democratic and Republican primary contests involving fifteen candidates. In the March 2004 primary election, Obama won in an unexpected landslide—which overnight made him a rising star within the national Democratic Party, started speculation about a presidential future, and led to the reissue of his memoir, Dreams from My Father.

    In July 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, and it was seen by 9.1 million viewers. His speech was well received and elevated his status within the Democratic Party.

    Obama's expected opponent in the general election, Republican primary winner Jack Ryan, withdrew from the race in June 2004. Six weeks later, Alan Keyes accepted the Illinois Republican Party's nomination to replace Ryan. In the November 2004 general election, Obama won with 70% of the vote.

    U.S. Senator: 2005–2008

    Obama was sworn in as a senator on January 3, 2005, becoming the only Senate member of the Congressional Black Caucus. CQ Weekly characterized him as a "loyal Democrat" based on analysis of all Senate votes in 2005–2007. Obama announced on November 13, 2008, that he would resign his Senate seat on November 16, 2008, before the start of the lame-duck session, to focus on his transition period for the presidency.

    Legislation

    Obama cosponsored the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act. He introduced two initiatives bearing his name: Lugar–Obama, which expanded the Nunn–Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons; and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, which authorized the establishment of USAspending.gov, a web search engine on federal spending. On June 3, 2008, Senator Obama—along with Senators Tom Carper, Tom Coburn, and John McCain—introduced follow-up legislation: Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008.

    Obama sponsored legislation that would have required nuclear plant owners to notify state and local authorities of radioactive leaks, but the bill failed to pass in the full Senate after being heavily modified in committee. Regarding tort reform, Obama voted for the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which grants immunity from civil liability to telecommunications companies complicit with NSA warrantless wiretapping operations.

    In December 2006, President Bush signed into law the Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act, marking the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor. In January 2007, Obama and Senator Feingold introduced a corporate jet provision to the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, which was signed into law in September 2007. Obama also introduced Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections, and the Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007, neither of which has been signed into law.

    Later in 2007, Obama sponsored an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act adding safeguards for personality-disorder military discharges. This amendment passed the full Senate in the spring of 2008. He sponsored the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act supporting divestment of state pension funds from Iran's oil and gas industry, which has not passed committee; and co-sponsored legislation to reduce risks of nuclear terrorism. Obama also sponsored a Senate amendment to the State Children's Health Insurance Program, providing one year of job protection for family members caring for soldiers with combat-related injuries.

    Committees

    Obama held assignments on the Senate Committees for Foreign Relations, Environment and Public Works and Veterans' Affairs through December 2006. In January 2007, he left the Environment and Public Works committee and took additional assignments with Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. He also became Chairman of the Senate's subcommittee on European Affairs. As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Obama made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. He met with Mahmoud Abbas before Abbas became President of the Palestinian Authority, and gave a speech at the University of Nairobi condemning corruption within the Kenyan government.

    Presidential campaigns

    2008 presidential campaign

    On February 10, 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States in front of the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois. The choice of the announcement site was viewed as symbolic because it was also where Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic "House Divided" speech in 1858. Obama emphasized the issues of rapidly ending the Iraq War, increasing energy independence, and providing universal health care, in a campaign that projected themes of "hope" and "change".

    A large number of candidates entered the Democratic Party presidential primaries. The field narrowed to a duel between Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton after early contests, with the race remaining close throughout the primary process but with Obama gaining a steady lead in pledged delegates due to better long-range planning, superior fundraising, dominant organizing in caucus states, and better exploitation of delegate allocation rules. On June 7, 2008, Clinton ended her campaign and endorsed Obama.

    On August 23, Obama announced his selection of Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his vice presidential running mate. Biden was selected from a field speculated to include former Indiana Governor and Senator Evan Bayh and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. At the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, Hillary Clinton called for her delegates and supporters to endorse Obama, and she and Bill Clinton gave convention speeches in support of Obama. Obama delivered his acceptance speech, not at the convention center where the Democratic National Convention was held, but at Invesco Field at Mile High to a crowd of over 75,000 and presented his policy goals; the speech was viewed by over 38 million people worldwide.

    During both the primary process and the general election, Obama's campaign set numerous fundraising records, particularly in the quantity of small donations. On June 19, 2008, Obama became the first major-party presidential candidate to turn down public financing in the general election since the system was created in 1976.

    McCain was nominated as the Republican candidate and the two engaged in three presidential debates in September and October 2008. On November 4, Obama won the presidency with 365 electoral votes to 173 received by McCain. Obama won 52.9% of the popular vote to McCain's 45.7%. He became the first African American to be elected president. Obama delivered his victory speech before hundreds of thousands of supporters in Chicago's Grant Park.

    2012 presidential campaign

    On April 4, 2011, Obama announced his re-election campaign for 2012 in a video titled "It Begins with Us" that he posted on his website and filed election papers with the Federal Election Commission.

    Presidency

    First days

    The inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President, and Joe Biden as Vice President, took place on January 20, 2009. In his first few days in office Obama issued executive orders and presidential memoranda directing the U.S. military to develop plans to withdraw troops from Iraq. He ordered the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp "as soon as practicable and no later than" January 2010, but during his first two years in office he has been unable to persuade Congress to appropriate funds required to accomplish the shutdown. Obama reduced the secrecy given to presidential records and changed procedures to promote disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. He also reversed George W. Bush's ban on federal funding to foreign establishments that allow abortions.

    Domestic policy

    The first bill signed into law by Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, relaxing the statute of limitations for equal-pay lawsuits. Five days later, he signed the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to cover an additional 4 million children currently uninsured.

    In March 2009, Obama reversed a Bush-era policy which had limited funding of embryonic stem cell research. Obama stated that he believed "sound science and moral values ... are not inconsistent" and pledged to develop "strict guidelines" on the research.

    Obama appointed two women to serve on the Supreme Court in the first two years of his Presidency. Sonia Sotomayor, nominated by Obama on May 26, 2009, to replace retiring Associate Justice David Souter, was confirmed on August 6, 2009, becoming the first Hispanic to be a Supreme Court Justice. Elena Kagan, nominated by Obama on May 10, 2010, to replace retiring Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, was confirmed on August 5, 2010, bringing the number of women sitting simultaneously on the Court to three, for the first time in American history.

    On September 30, 2009, the Obama administration proposed new regulations on power plants, factories and oil refineries in an attempt to limit greenhouse gas emissions and to curb global warming.

    On October 8, 2009, Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a measure that expands the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.

    On March 30, 2010, Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, a reconciliation bill which ends the process of the federal government giving subsidies to private banks to give out federally insured loans, increases the Pell Grant scholarship award, and makes changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

    In a major space policy speech in April 2010, Obama announced a planned change in direction at NASA, the U.S. space agency. He ended plans for a return of human spaceflight to the moon and ended development of the Ares I rocket, Ares V rocket and Constellation program. He is focusing funding (which is expected to rise modestly) on Earth science projects and a new rocket type, as well as research and development for an eventual manned mission to Mars. Missions to the International Space Station are expected to continue until 2020.

    On December 22, 2010, Obama signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, a bill that provides for repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy of 1993 that has prevented gay and lesbian people from serving openly in the United States Armed Forces. Repealing "Don't ask, don't tell" had been a key campaign promise that Obama had made during the 2008 presidential campaign.

    On January 25, 2011, in his 2011 State of the Union Address, President Obama focused strongly on the themes of education and innovation, stressing the importance of innovation economics in working to make the United States more competitive globally. Among other plans and goals, Obama spoke of enacting a five-year freeze in domestic spending, eliminating tax breaks for oil companies and tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans, banning congressional earmarks, and reducing healthcare costs. Looking to the future, Obama promised that by 2015, the United States would have 1 million electric vehicles on the road and by 2035, clean-energy sources would be providing 80 percent of U.S. electricity.

    Economic policy

    On February 17, 2009, Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, a $787 billion economic stimulus package aimed at helping the economy recover from the deepening worldwide recession. The act includes increased federal spending for health care, infrastructure, education, various tax breaks and incentives, and direct assistance to individuals, which is being distributed over the course of several years.

    thumb|President Barack Obama signs the ARRA into law on February 17, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President Joe Biden stands behind him.]] In March, Obama's Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, took further steps to manage the financial crisis, including introducing the Public-Private Investment Program for Legacy Assets, which contains provisions for buying up to $2 trillion in depreciated real estate assets. Obama intervened in the troubled automotive industry in March 2009, renewing loans for General Motors and Chrysler to continue operations while reorganizing. Over the following months the White House set terms for both firms' bankruptcies, including the sale of Chrysler to Italian automaker Fiat and a reorganization of GM giving the U.S. government a temporary 60% equity stake in the company, with the Canadian government shouldering a 12% stake. In June 2009, dissatisfied with the pace of economic stimulus, Obama called on his cabinet to accelerate the investment. He signed into law the Car Allowance Rebate System, known colloquially as "Cash for Clunkers", that temporarily boosted the economy.

    Although spending and loan guarantees from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department authorized by the Bush and Obama administrations totaled about $11.5 trillion, only $3 trillion had actually been spent by the end of November 2009. However, Obama and the Congressional Budget Office predict that the 2010 budget deficit will be $1.5 trillion or 10.6% of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) compared to the 2009 deficit of $1.4 trillion or 9.9% of GDP. For 2011, the administration predicted the deficit will slightly shrink to $1.34 trillion, while the 10-year deficit will increase to $8.53 trillion or 80% of GDP. The most recent increase in the U.S. debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion was signed into law on February 12, 2010. On August 2, 2011, after a lengthy congressional debate over whether to raise the nation's debt limit, Obama signed the bipartisan Budget Control Act of 2011. The legislation enforces limits on discretionary spending until 2021, establishes a procedure to increase the debt limit, creates a Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to propose further deficit reduction with a stated goal of achieving at least $1.5 trillion in budgetary savings over 10 years, and establishes automatic procedures for reducing spending by as much as $1.2 trillion if legislation originating with the new joint select committee does not achieve such savings. By passing the legislation, Congress was able to prevent an unprecedented U.S. government default on its obligations. The unemployment rate rose in 2009, reaching a peak in October at 10.1% and averaging 10.0% in the fourth quarter. Following a decrease to 9.7% in the first quarter of 2010, the unemployment rate fell to 9.6% in the second quarter, where it remained for the rest of the year. Between February and December 2010, employment rose by 0.8%, which was less than the average of 1.9% experienced during comparable periods in the past four employment recoveries. GDP growth returned in the third quarter of 2009, expanding at a 1.6% pace, followed by a 5.0% increase in the fourth quarter. Growth continued in 2010, posting an increase of 3.7% in the first quarter, with lesser gains throughout the rest of the year. In July 2010, the Federal Reserve expressed that although economic activity continued to increase, its pace had slowed and its Chairman, Ben Bernanke, stated that the economic outlook was "unusually uncertain." Overall, the economy expanded at a rate of 2.9% in 2010.

    The Congressional Budget Office and a broad range of economists credit Obama's stimulus plan for economic growth. The CBO released a report stating that the stimulus bill increased employment by 1–2.1 million, while conceding that "It is impossible to determine how many of the reported jobs would have existed in the absence of the stimulus package." Although an April 2010 survey of members of the National Association for Business Economics showed an increase in job creation (over a similar January survey) for the first time in two years, 73% of the 68 respondents believed that the stimulus bill has had no impact on employment.

    Within a month of the 2010 midterm elections, Obama announced a compromise deal with the Congressional Republican leadership that included a temporary, two-year extension of the 2001 and 2003 income tax rates, a one-year payroll tax reduction, continuation of unemployment benefits, and a new rate and exemption amount for estate taxes. The compromise overcame opposition from some in both parties, and the resulting $858 billion Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 passed with bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress before Obama signed it on December 17, 2010.

    Health care reform

    Obama called for Congress to pass legislation reforming health care in the United States, a key campaign promise and a top legislative goal. He proposed an expansion of health insurance coverage to cover the uninsured, to cap premium increases, and to allow people to retain their coverage when they leave or change jobs. His proposal was to spend $900 billion over 10 years and include a government insurance plan, also known as the public option, to compete with the corporate insurance sector as a main component to lowering costs and improving quality of health care. It would also make it illegal for insurers to drop sick people or deny them coverage for pre-existing conditions, and require every American carry health coverage. The plan also includes medical spending cuts and taxes on insurance companies that offer expensive plans.

    On July 14, 2009, House Democratic leaders introduced a 1,017-page plan for overhauling the U.S. health care system, which Obama wanted Congress to approve by the end of 2009. After much public debate during the Congressional summer recess of 2009, Obama delivered a speech to a joint session of Congress on September 9 where he addressed concerns over his administration's proposals. In March 2009, Obama lifted a ban on stem cell research.

    On November 7, 2009, a health care bill featuring the public option was passed in the House. On December 24, 2009, the Senate passed its own bill—without a public option—on a party-line vote of 60–39. On March 21, 2010, the health care bill passed by the Senate in December was passed in the House by a vote of 219 to 212. Obama signed the bill into law on March 23, 2010.

    Gulf of Mexico oil spill

    On April 20, 2010, an explosion destroyed an offshore drilling rig at the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, causing a major sustained oil leak. The well's operator, BP, initiated a containment and cleanup plan, and began drilling two relief wells intended to stop the flow. Obama visited the Gulf on May 2 among visits by members of his cabinet, and again on May 28 and June 4. On May 22 he announced a federal investigation and formed a bipartisan commission to recommend new safety standards, after a review by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and concurrent Congressional hearings. On May 27, he announced a 6-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling permits and leases, pending regulatory review. As multiple efforts by BP failed, some in the media and public expressed confusion and criticism over various aspects of the incident, and stated a desire for more involvement by Obama and the federal government.

    Foreign policy

    In February and March, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made separate overseas trips to announce a "new era" in U.S. foreign relations with Russia and Europe, using the terms "break" and "reset" to signal major changes from the policies of the preceding administration. Obama attempted to reach out to Arab leaders by granting his first interview to an Arab cable TV network, Al Arabiya.

    On March 19, Obama continued his outreach to the Muslim world, releasing a New Year's video message to the people and government of Iran. This attempt at outreach was rebuffed by the Iranian leadership. In April, Obama gave a speech in Ankara, Turkey, which was well received by many Arab governments. On June 4, 2009, Obama delivered a speech at Cairo University in Egypt calling for "a new beginning" in relations between the Islamic world and the United States and promoting Middle East peace.

    On June 26, 2009, in response to the Iranian government's actions towards protesters following Iran's 2009 presidential election, Obama said: "The violence perpetrated against them is outrageous. We see it and we condemn it." On July 7, while in Moscow, he responded to a Vice President Biden comment on a possible Israeli military strike on Iran by saying: "We have said directly to the Israelis that it is important to try and resolve this in an international setting in a way that does not create major conflict in the Middle East."

    On September 24, 2009, Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to preside over a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

    In March 2010, Obama took a public stance against plans by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to continue building Jewish housing projects in predominantly Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem. During the same month, an agreement was reached with the administration of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to replace the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with a new pact reducing the number of long-range nuclear weapons in the arsenals of both countries by about one-third. The New START treaty was signed by Obama and Medvedev in April 2010, and was ratified by the U.S. Senate in December 2010.

    Iraq War

    During his presidential transition, President-elect Obama announced that he would retain the incumbent Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, in his Cabinet.

    On February 27, 2009, Obama declared that combat operations would end in Iraq within 18 months. His remarks were made to a group of Marines preparing for deployment to Afghanistan. Obama said, "Let me say this as plainly as I can: By August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end." The Obama administration scheduled the withdrawal of combat troops to be completed by August 2010, decreasing troops levels from 142,000 while leaving a transitional force of 35,000 to 50,000 in Iraq until the end of 2011. On August 19, 2010, the last United States combat brigade exited Iraq. The plan is to transition the mission of the remaining troops from combat operations to counter-terrorism and the training, equipping, and advising of Iraqi security forces. On August 31, 2010, Obama announced that the United States combat mission in Iraq was over. On October 21, 2011 President Obama announced that all U.S. troops would leave Iraq in time to be, "home for the holidays."

    War in Afghanistan

    Early in his presidency, Obama moved to bolster U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan. He announced an increase to U.S. troop levels of 17,000 in February 2009 to "stabilize a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan", an area he said had not received the "strategic attention, direction and resources it urgently requires". He replaced the military commander in Afghanistan, General David D. McKiernan, with former Special Forces commander Lt. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal in May 2009, indicating that McChrystal's Special Forces experience would facilitate the use of counterinsurgency tactics in the war. On December 1, 2009, Obama announced the deployment of an additional 30,000 military personnel to Afghanistan. He also proposed to begin troop withdrawals 18 months from that date. McChrystal was replaced by David Petraeus in June 2010 after McChrystal's staff criticized White House personnel in a magazine article.

    Israel

    During the initial years of the Obama administration, the U.S. increased military cooperation with Israel, including a record number of U.S. troops participating in military exercises in the country, increased military aid, and the re-establishment of the U.S.-Israeli Joint Political Military Group and the Defense Policy Advisory Group. It was reported high-ranking defense officials from both countries had been making an unusual number of trips between the two countries, including Ehud Barak. Part of the military aid increase in 2010 was to fund Israel's missile defense shield. Before his retirement in September 2011, Adm. Mike Mullen, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made four trips to Israel during his four-year tenure, two of them in 2010. Prior to 2007 no Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had done so for over ten years.

    In 2011, Obama's Ambassador to the United Nations vetoed a resolution condemning Israeli settlements, with the U.S. the only nation on the Security Council doing so. Like previous American presidential administrations, Obama supports the two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict based on the 1967 borders with land swaps.

    Libya

    In March 2011, as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi advanced on rebels across Libya, formal calls for a no-fly zone came in from around the world, including Europe, the Arab League, and a resolution passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate. In response to the unanimous passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 on March 17, Gaddafi who had previously vowed to "show no mercy" to the citizens of Benghazi—announced an immediate cessation of military activities, yet reports came in that his forces continued shelling Misrata. The next day, on Obama's orders, the U.S. military took a lead role in air strikes to destroy the Libyan government's air defense capabilities in order to protect civilians and enforce a no-fly-zone, including the use of Tomahawk missiles, B-2 Spirits, and fighter jets. Six days later, on March 25, by unanimous vote of all of its 28 members, NATO took over leadership of the effort, dubbed Operation Unified Protector. Some Representatives questioned whether Obama had the constitutional authority to order military action in addition to questioning its cost, structure and aftermath.

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    Osama bin Laden

    Starting with information received in July 2010, intelligence developed by the CIA over the next several months determined what they believed to be the location of Osama bin Laden in a large compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a suburban area 35 miles from Islamabad. CIA head Leon Panetta reported this intelligence to President Obama in March 2011. Meeting with his national security advisers over the course of the next six weeks, Obama rejected a plan to bomb the compound, and authorized a "surgical raid" to be conducted by United States Navy SEALs. The operation took place on May 1, 2011, resulting in the death of bin Laden and the seizure of papers and computer drives and disks from the compound. Bin Laden's body was identified through DNA testing, and buried at sea several hours later. Within minutes of the President's announcement from Washington, DC, late in the evening on May 1, there were spontaneous celebrations around the country as crowds gathered outside the White House, and at New York City's Ground Zero and Times Square. Reaction to the announcement was positive across party lines, including from former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and from many countries around the world.

    2010 midterm election

    Obama called the November 2, 2010 election, where the Democratic Party lost 63 seats in, and control of, the House of Representatives, "humbling" and a "shellacking". He said that the results came because not enough Americans had felt the effects of the economic recovery.

    Cultural and political image

    Obama's family history, early life and upbringing, and Ivy League education differ markedly from those of African-American politicians who launched their careers in the 1960s through participation in the civil rights movement. Obama is also not a descendant of American slaves. Expressing puzzlement over questions about whether he is "black enough", Obama told an August 2007 meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists that "we're still locked in this notion that if you appeal to white folks then there must be something wrong." Obama acknowledged his youthful image in an October 2007 campaign speech, saying: "I wouldn't be here if, time and again, the torch had not been passed to a new generation."

    Obama is frequently referred to as an exceptional orator. During his pre-inauguration transition period and continuing into his presidency, Obama has delivered a series of weekly Internet video addresses.

    According to the Gallup Organization, Obama began his presidency with a 68% approval rating before gradually declining for the rest of the year, and eventually bottoming out at 41% in August 2010, a trend similar to Ronald Reagan's and Bill Clinton's first years in office. He experienced a small poll bounce shortly after the death of Osama bin Laden, which lasted until around June 2011, when his approval numbers dropped back to where they were prior to the operation. Polls show strong support for Obama in other countries, and before being elected President he has met with prominent foreign figures including then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Italy's Democratic Party leader and then Mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

    According to a May 2009 poll conducted by Harris Interactive for France 24 and the International Herald Tribune, Obama was rated as the most popular world leader, as well as the one figure most people would pin their hopes on for pulling the world out of the economic downturn.

    Obama won Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards for abridged audiobook versions of Dreams from My Father in February 2006 and for The Audacity of Hope in February 2008. His concession speech after the New Hampshire primary was set to music by independent artists as the music video "Yes We Can", which was viewed 10 million times on YouTube in its first month and received a Daytime Emmy Award. In December 2008, Time magazine named Obama as its Person of the Year for his historic candidacy and election, which it described as "the steady march of seemingly impossible accomplishments".

    On October 9, 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples". Obama accepted this award in Oslo, Norway on December 10, 2009, with "deep gratitude and great humility." The award drew a mixture of praise and criticism from world leaders and media figures. Obama is the fourth U.S. president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the third to become a Nobel laureate while in office.

    In a 2010 Siena College poll of 238 presidential scholars, Obama was ranked 15th out of 43, with high ratings for imagination, communication ability and intelligence and a low rating for background (family, education and experience).

    Family and personal life

    In a 2006 interview, Obama highlighted the diversity of his extended family: "It's like a little mini-United Nations", he said. "I've got relatives who look like Bernie Mac, and I've got relatives who look like Margaret Thatcher." Obama has a half-sister with whom he was raised, Maya Soetoro-Ng, the daughter of his mother and her Indonesian second husband and seven half-siblings from his Kenyan father's family – six of them living. Obama's mother was survived by her Kansas-born mother, Madelyn Dunham, until her death on November 2, 2008, two days before his election to the Presidency. Obama also has roots in Ireland; he met with his Irish cousins in Moneygall in May 2011. In Dreams from My Father, Obama ties his mother's family history to possible Native American ancestors and distant relatives of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Obama's great-uncle served in the 89th Division that overran Ohrdruf, the first of the Nazi concentration camps to be liberated by U.S. troops during World War II.

    Obama was known as "Barry" in his youth, but asked to be addressed with his given name during his college years. Besides his native English, Obama speaks Indonesian at the conversational level, which he learned during his four childhood years in Jakarta. He plays basketball, a sport he participated in as a member of his high school's varsity team.

    Obama is a well known supporter of the Chicago White Sox, and threw out the first pitch at the 2005 ALCS when he was still a senator. In 2009, he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the all star game while wearing a White Sox jacket. He is also primarily a Chicago Bears fan in the NFL, but in his childhood and adolesence was a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and recently rooted for them ahead of their victory in Super Bowl XLIII 12 days after Obama took office as President.

    In June 1989, Obama met Michelle Robinson when he was employed as a summer associate at the Chicago law firm of Sidley Austin. Assigned for three months as Obama's adviser at the firm, Robinson joined him at group social functions, but declined his initial requests to date. They began dating later that summer, became engaged in 1991, and were married on October 3, 1992. The couple's first daughter, Malia Ann, was born on July 4, 1998, followed by a second daughter, Natasha ("Sasha"), on June 10, 2001. The Obama daughters attended the private University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. When they moved to Washington, D.C., in January 2009, the girls started at the private Sidwell Friends School. The Obamas have a Portuguese Water Dog named Bo, a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy.

    Applying the proceeds of a book deal, the family moved in 2005 from a Hyde Park, Chicago condominium to a $1.6 million house in neighboring Kenwood, Chicago. The purchase of an adjacent lot and sale of part of it to Obama by the wife of developer, campaign donor and friend Tony Rezko attracted media attention because of Rezko's subsequent indictment and conviction on political corruption charges that were unrelated to Obama.

    In December 2007, Money magazine estimated the Obama family's net worth at $1.3 million. Their 2009 tax return showed a household income of $5.5 million—up from about $4.2 million in 2007 and $1.6 million in 2005—mostly from sales of his books.

    Obama tried to quit smoking several times, sometimes using nicotine replacement therapy, and, in early 2010, Michelle Obama said that he had successfully quit smoking.

    Religious views

    Obama is a Christian whose religious views developed in his adult life. He wrote in The Audacity of Hope that he "was not raised in a religious household". He described his mother, raised by non-religious parents (whom Obama has specified elsewhere as "non-practicing Methodists and Baptists"), to be detached from religion, yet "in many ways the most spiritually awakened person that I have ever known". He described his father as "raised a Muslim", but a "confirmed atheist" by the time his parents met, and his stepfather as "a man who saw religion as not particularly useful". Obama explained how, through working with black churches as a community organizer while in his twenties, he came to understand "the power of the African-American religious tradition to spur social change".

    In an interview with the evangelical periodical Christianity Today, Obama stated: "I am a Christian, and I am a devout Christian. I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I believe that that faith gives me a path to be cleansed of sin and have eternal life."

    On September 27, 2010, Obama released a statement commenting on his religious views saying "I'm a Christian by choice. My family didn't—frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. And my mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew, but she didn't raise me in the church. So I came to my Christian faith later in life, and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead—being my brothers' and sisters' keeper, treating others as they would treat me."

    Obama was baptized at the Trinity United Church of Christ, a black liberation church, in 1988, and was an active member there for two decades. Obama resigned from Trinity during the Presidential campaign after controversial statements made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright became public. After a prolonged effort to find a church to attend regularly in Washington, Obama announced in June 2009 that his primary place of worship would be the Evergreen Chapel at Camp David.

    Notes

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    References

    Further reading

  • Curry, Jessica. "Barack Obama: Under the Lights", Chicago Life, Fall 2004. Retrieved on January 14, 2008.
  • Graff, Garrett. "The Legend of Barack Obama", Washingtonian, November 1, 2006. Retrieved on January 14, 2008.
  • Koltun, Dave (2005) "The 2004 Illinois Senate Race: Obama Wins Open Seat and Becomes National Political "Star"" in "The Road to Congress 2004" Editors: Sunil Ahuja (Youngstown State University) and Robert Dewhirst (Truman State University), Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York, Binding: Hardcover Pub. Date: 2005, ISBN 1-59454-360-7
  • Lizza, Ryan. "Above the Fray", GQ, September 2007. Retrieved on October 27, 2010.
  • MacFarquhar, Larissa. "The Conciliator: Where is Barack Obama Coming From?", New Yorker, May 7, 2007. Retrieved on January 14, 2008.
  • McClelland, Edward, Young Mr. Obama: Chicago and the Making of a Black President, Bloomsbury Press, 2010.
  • Zutter, Hank De. "What Makes Obama Run?", Chicago Reader, December 8, 1995. Retrieved on January 14, 2008.
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    NameAl Hibbler
    Backgroundsolo_singer
    Birth nameAlbert George Hibbler
    BornAugust 16, 1915Tyro, Mississippi, United States
    DiedApril 24, 2001Chicago, Illinois
    InstrumentVocals
    GenreEasy listeningTraditional popular musicJazz
    OccupationSinger
    Years active1935–2001
    LabelNorgran
    Decca
    Reprise
    others
    Associated actsDuke Ellington
    Website}}
    Albert George "Al" Hibbler (August 16, 1915 – April 24, 2001) was an American baritone vocalist who sang with Duke Ellington's orchestra before having several pop hits as a solo artist. Some of his singing is classified as rhythm and blues, but he is best classified as a bridge between R&B; and traditional pop music. According to one authority, "Hibbler cannot be regarded as a jazz singer but as an exceptionally good interpreter of twentieth-century popular songs who happened to work with some of the best jazz musicians of the time."

    Early life

    Hibbler was born in Tyro, Mississippi, and was blind from birth. At the age of 12 he moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where he attended Arkansas School for the Blind, joining the school choir. Later he began working as a blues singer in local bands, failing his first audition for Duke Ellington in 1935. However, after winning an amateur talent contest in Memphis, Tennessee, he joined a band led by Jay McShann in 1942, and the following year joined Ellington's orchestra, replacing Herb Jeffries.

    Career

    He stayed with Ellington for almost eight years, and featured on a range of Ellington standards including "Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me", the words for which were written specifically for him and which reached # 6 on the Billboard pop chart (and # 1 for eight weeks on the "Harlem Hit Parade") in 1944, "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues," and "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So." Although Hibbler's style was described as "mannered", "over-stated", and "full of idiosyncrasies" and "bizarre vocal pyrotechnics", he was also considered "undoubtedly the best" of Ellington's male vocalists. Whilst with Ellington, Hibbler won the Esquire New Star Award in 1947 and the Down Beat award for Best Band Vocalist in 1949.

    Hibbler left Ellington's band in 1951 after a dispute over his wages. He then recorded with various bands including those of Johnny Hodges and Count Basie, and for various labels including Chess, Mercury, and Norgran, a subsidiary of Verve Records, for whom he released an LP, Al Hibbler Favorites, in 1953. In 1954 he released a more successful album, Al Hibbler Sings Duke Ellington, and in 1955, he started recording with Decca Records, with immediate success. His biggest hit was "Unchained Melody", which reached # 3 on the US pop chart, and its success led to network appearances, including a live jazz club remote on NBC's Monitor. Other hits were "He," "11th Hour Melody" and "Never Turn Back" (all in 1956). "After the Lights Go Down Low" (also in 1956) was his last top ten hit.

    Activism

    In the late 1950s and 1960s, Hibbler became a civil rights activist, marching with protestors and getting arrested in 1959 in New Jersey and in 1963 in Alabama. The notoriety of this activism discouraged major record labels from carrying his work, but Frank Sinatra supported him and signed him to a contract with his label, Reprise Records. However, Hibbler made very few recordings after that, occasionally doing live appearances through the 1990s. In 1971, Hibbler sang two songs at Louis Armstrong's funeral. In 1972 he made an album, A Meeting of the Times, with another fiercely independent blind musician, the multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

    Death

    He died at Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago in 2001, at the age of 85.

    Discography

    Solo singles (chart hits only)

    {|class=wikitable |- ! Year ! Title ! Label & Cat. No. ! U.S. Pop ! U.S. R&B; ! UK |- | 1948 | "Trees" / "Lover, Come Back To Me" | Miracle 501 |
    - |
    2 / 9 |
    - |- | 1950 | "Danny Boy" | Atlantic 911 |
    - |
    9 |
    - |- | 1951 | "What Will I Tell My Heart" | Chess 1455 |
    - |
    9 |
    - |- | 1955 | "Unchained Melody" | Decca 29441 (US)Brunswick 05420 (UK) |
    3 |
    1 |
    2 |- | 1955 | "He" | Decca 29660 |
    4 |
    13 |
    - |- | 1956 | "11th Hour Melody" | Decca 29789 |
    21 |
    - |
    - |- | 1956 | "Never Turn Back" / "Away All Boats" | Decca 29950 |
    22 / 77 |
    - |
    - |- | 1956 | "After The Lights Go Down Low" | Decca 29982 |
    10 |
    - |
    - |- | 1957 | "Trees" (re-recording) | Decca 30176 |
    92 |
    - |
    - |- |}

    Albums

  • The Ellingtonians With Al Hibbler, Mercer 1004, 1951
  • Al Hibbler Favorites, Norgran MGN-4, 1953
  • Al Hibbler Sings Duke Ellington, Norgran MGN-15, 1954
  • Al Hibbler Sings With The Duke, Columbia CL2593, 1954
  • Starring Al Hibbler, Decca DL8328, 1956
  • After The Lights Go Down Low, Atlantic 1251, 1956
  • Melodies By Al Hibbler, Argo 601, 1956
  • Here's Hibbler!, Decca DL8420, 1957
  • I Surrender Dear, Score SLP4013, 1957 (one side only)
  • Torchy and Blue, Decca DL8697, 1958
  • Hits By Hibbler, Decca DL8757, 1958
  • Al Hibbler Remembers The Big Songs of the Big Bands, Decca DL 78862, 1959
  • Al Hibbler Sings Love Songs, Verve MGV-4000, 1959
  • Al Hibbler Sings The Blues: Monday Every Day, Reprise R9-2005, 1961
  • Shades of Blue, Imperial 9185, 1961 (one side only)
  • Early One Morning, LMI, 1964
  • A Meeting Of The Times (with Rahsaan Roland Kirk), Atlantic 1630, 1972
  • Christmas With Al Hibbler, Holiday HDY1926, 1981
  • For Sentimental Reasons (with Hank Jones), Open Sky, 1982
  • Listen to

  • Al Hibbler: "After the Lights Go Down Low" (excerpt)
  • See also

  • List of artists under the Decca Records label
  • List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B; chart
  • List of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chart
  • List of people from Little Rock, Arkansas
  • References

    External links

  • Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame
  • Discography
  • Category:1915 births Category:2001 deaths Category:American male singers Category:American rhythm and blues musicians Category:Atlantic Records artists Category:Big band singers Category:Blind musicians Category:Chess Records artists Category:Decca Records artists Category:Duke Ellington Orchestra members Category:Musicians from Arkansas Category:Top Rank Records artists Category:Traditional pop music singers

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    NameBurhan G
    Backgroundsolo_singer
    Birth nameBurhan Genç
    Birth dateJune 20, 1983
    OriginKurdish
    InstrumentVocals
    GenrePop
    OccupationSinger, Songwriter, Record Producer, Musician
    Years active2003–present
    LabelBMG (2003-2007) Copenhagen Records (2007-present)
    Associated actsOutlandish, Majid
    WebsiteOfficial Site
    Past members}}
    Burhan Genç known as Burhan G (born 20 June 1983) is a Danish R&B; and pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish origin from Turkey. He has three albums including Burhan G in 2010 that was certified platinum in Denmark. He has had many singles including two #1 hits, "Mest ondt" featuring Medina and "Tættere på himlen" featuring Nik & Jay.

    Beginnings

    Burhan Genç (pronounced as Buurhaan Gendj) lived in Brøndby Strand (Copenhagen County) 13 kilometers south-west of central Copenhagen and sang in the "Københavns Drengekor" (Copenhagen Boys Choir) as a solo soprano. He was also a backing singer for the popular Danish hip hop group Outlandish. The group originated from Brøndby Strand projects and Burhan G toured with the group as backing vocals and also delivered the chorus in the Outlandish hit "Walou" from their debut album Outland's Official. Collaborations followed with various other acts including Funk Flush, Cas and U$O.

    Career

    Burhan G's solo debut was with the signature track "Burhan G", which was on P3 Radio's Uundgåelige in September 2003. On 24 May 2004, Burhan G released his debut album Playground on BMG, with a further track featured on Danish Radio P3's Uundgåelige with single "Take U Home". The album Playground got Burhan G nominated in 2005 to 3 categories in the Danish Music Awards. He won the award for Best Danish Newcomer. He was nominated for Danish P3 Radio's "P3 Prisen" and "P3 Gennembrudet" at P3 Guld ceremonies. Same year he won award for "Best Danish Album" at the Danish DeeJay Awards.

    In March 2007, Burhan G signed with record label Copenhagen Records instead of BMG and on 10 September 2007 released with them his second album Breakout and a single from the album cowritten by Burhan G and Frederik Tao from Maximum Risk and entitled "Who Is He" became a hit.

    In the summer of 2008, Burhan G released his new single "Kun dig" (translated as Only you). It was written in collaboration with Claus Seest and produced by Majid and Saqib. The song was Burhan G's first hit in Danish followed by a Danish-language album, the self-titled Burhan G. This was followed by another successful single written in collaboration with Rasmus Seebach in Danish entitled "Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" (translated as I want you for myself) that heavily sampled on Milli Vanilli's 1988 hit "Girl You Know It's True". Parts of the lyrics came from Nik & Jay's song "I Love Ya" and in November 2009, that version was released by Nik & Jay providing vocals.

    In April 2010, Burhan G collaborated with Rasmus Seebach again alongside Sarah West and Nik & Jay. He explained in a press release that he chose to express himself in Danish, "because I love music and because I love all the different ways one can express oneself" claiming he was inspired by artists Kim Carnes and Sanne Salomonsen. This Danish venture proved quite well as it gave Burhan G his first ever Danish #1 in "Mest ondt" (translated as What hurts the most) released on 8 March 2010 and reaching the Tracklisten (Danish Singles Chart) top spot for 1 week. The single features the Danish singer Medina. The follow-up single "Tættere på himlen" featuring Nik & Jay also topped the charts for three weeks in October 2010. Both were certified platinum in addition to a preceding single "Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" also certified platinum. "Who Is He" and "Kun dig" singles have been certified gold in Denmark.

    Collaborations

    Burhan G has collaborated with a great number of artists:
  • He collaborated early on with various other acts including Funk Flush and A-Double-B
  • He appeared in U$O song "I går var det en vild nat" (translated as Yesterday was a wild night)
  • He also sang in the soundtrack song entitled "Live Ur Life" on director Hella Joof's film Fidibus.
  • He had guest appearances with many artists including Majid, Kisa and Karina Kappel.
  • Burhan co-wrote and contributed in the vocals of "Let Me Think About It" in Ida Corr's album Robosoul in 2006.
  • In September 2007 he appeared in Dutch House DJ Fedde le Grand remixed album that was a huge international hit for Fedde le Grand, including Europe and the United States.
  • In June 2009, Burhan also appeared in an international hit by House DJ Dominik de Leon entitled "Everything Changes" and credits Dominik de Leon vs. Burhan G.
  • Burhan G has written "Tag med mig" (translated Take me) for Basim, in the latter's album Alt det jeg ville have sagt (translated Everything I would have said).
  • He also worked with American DJ Roger Sanchez in "Bang That Box".
  • He co-wrote and produced the song "Domino Effect" to the English dancepop duo Addictive released in October 2009.
  • His hit "Mest ondt" features the Danish singer Medina.
  • The follow-up single "Tættere på himlen" features Nik & Jay.
  • Awards

  • In 2005, nominated for 3 categories in the Danish Music Awards and won the award for "Best Danish Newcomer".
  • Nominated for Danish P3 Radio's "P3 Prisen" and "P3 Gennembrudet" at P3 Guld ceremonies.
  • He won award for "Best Danish Album" at the Danish DeeJay Awards in 2005
  • Discography

    Albums

    {|class="wikitable" !width="33" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Year !rowspan="2"| Title !colspan="1"| Highest position !rowspan="2"| Certification |- !align="center"| DK |- |align="center"| 2004 | Playground |align="center"| 29 | |- |align="center"| 2007 | Breakout |align="center"| 15 | |- |align="center"| 2010 | Burhan G |align="center"| 4 |align="center"|Platinum |- |}

    Singles

    Year Song Album Peak Certification
    !align="center"
    "Burhan G"
    "Playground"
    "Take U Home"
    "Who Is He"
    "Can't Let U Go"
    "Sacrifice"
    "Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv"
    "Tættere på himlen" (feat. Nik & Jay)
    "Søvnløs"
    "Tag hvad du vil" (Ankerstjerne and Burhan G)

    ;featured in:

  • 2007: "Lean on Me" (Majid featuring Burhan G)
  • 2011: "Bølgerne ved vesterhavetnik" (Nik & Jay featuring Eivor and Burhan G)
  • Videography

  • "Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv"
  • "Mest Ondt" feat. Medina
  • "Tættere på himlen" feat. Nik & Jay
  • "Søvnløs"
  • References

    External links

  • Burhan G Official website
  • Burhan G MySpace site
  • Burhan G page on Discog
  • Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Danish male singers Category:Danish pop singers Category:Danish singer-songwriters Category:Danish record producers Category:Danish people of Turkish descent

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