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Singers Melissa Etheridge (from
left) Janelle Monae and Patti
LaBelle in the State Dining Boom
of the White House during a work
shop for students prior to a Thurs
day evening concert honoring
“women of so u r and Women’s
History Month.
(AP photo)
White
House
Saluteto
‘Women
of Soul’
Obamas host concert
with musical legends
(AP)— He bobbled the spelling, but Presi
dent Barack Obama had nothing but R-E-S-
P-E-C-T for the “women of soul” who shook
and rattled the rafters of the White House on
Thursday night.
“What a lineup!” Obama declared at the
outset of a concert that featured a genera-
tions-spanning array of soul singers that
stretched from musical legends Aretha
Franklin and Patti LaBelle to 20-year-old
Ariana Grande.
Obama paid tribute to Franklin for turning
her signature song “Respect” into “a rallying
cry for African-Americans, women and then
everyone who felt marginalized.”
The pumped-up audience gave a hearty
laugh but was more than willing to forgive
the president for spelling it “R-S-P-E-C-T.”
First up in the East Room lineup was
LaBelle, with a thundering delivery of “Over
the Rainbow” that had the audience on its
feet.
It was a mutual admiration society of sorts
as LaBelle thanked the Obamas for their
tenure in the White House, declaring, “Baby,
you got swag!”
Grande, the youngster in the group, seemed
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