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VLADIMIR PUTIN is known as being a man of many talents. Aside from twice being elected President of Russia – and being set for a third term in 2012 – he is also a martial arts expert, an adventurer, a sometime scientist, an airborne firefighter…
Well, to that list we can now add ‘jazz singer’. Because – although the performance was more wooden than an orchard – last night Putin took to the stage at a charity fundraising gig, bashed out a few notes on a piano, and then launched into a rendition of ‘Blueberry Hill’ – a tune more usually known as being crooned by likes of Fats Domino or Elvis Presley.
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We’re not sure if Vlad has a future in jazz, but at least we now have some indication of how well he might have performed when he infamously sang Soviet-era songs with the ten spies involved in the ‘Spy Swap’ earlier this year.
Here’s the more famous Fats Domino version for your comparative pleasure.
Thursday 14 November, 2024
Thursday 14 November, 2024
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Vladimir Putin: Action Man, fighter pilot... jazz singer
VLADIMIR PUTIN is known as being a man of many talents. Aside from twice being elected President of Russia – and being set for a third term in 2012 – he is also a martial arts expert, an adventurer, a sometime scientist, an airborne firefighter…
Well, to that list we can now add ‘jazz singer’. Because – although the performance was more wooden than an orchard – last night Putin took to the stage at a charity fundraising gig, bashed out a few notes on a piano, and then launched into a rendition of ‘Blueberry Hill’ – a tune more usually known as being crooned by likes of Fats Domino or Elvis Presley.
We’re not sure if Vlad has a future in jazz, but at least we now have some indication of how well he might have performed when he infamously sang Soviet-era songs with the ten spies involved in the ‘Spy Swap’ earlier this year.
Here’s the more famous Fats Domino version for your comparative pleasure.
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