Higher Ground

Video footage showing Beyonce Knowles and Mary J. Blige's live appearances during a welcoming party for Barack Obama's presidential ceremony has arrived. Beyonce delivered "America the Beautiful", while Mary sang Bill Withers' 1972 hit single "Lean on Me".
Other stars, whose performances at Lincoln Memorial have been available to watch, include will.i.am, who appeared on-stage with Sheryl Crow and Herbie Hancock singing Bob Marley's "One Love", Usher, who made a duet with Shakira and Stevie Wonder performing "Higher Ground", and John Legend, who teamed up with James Taylor on "Shower the People".
Following "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial" concert, another gig dubbed "Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future" will also be held at Verizon Center on January 19. Broadcast Monday, January 19 at 8 P.M. Et/Pt on Disney Channel, it will feature performances from Corbin Bleu, Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato.
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When President-elect Barack Obama urged Americans to embrace of a new spirit of community service, Usher took that message to heart. The pop star pumped up grade-schoolers and other volunteers with handshakes, jokes and words of praise as they repainted walls and built two libraries at Simon Elementary School in southeast D.C. – an area with a high dropout rate – on the afternoon of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. During a feed to Oprah Winfrey's live show from the Kennedy Center Opera House, the singer talked up the need for volunteerism – even working in a reference to Aristotle – before cuing the kids to yell,
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Stevie Wonder's music helped sign, seal and deliver Barack Obama all the way to the White House, and now the president and first lady are sending him a big shout-out. The 58-year-old Motown legend will receive a Library of Congress award from the commander-in-chief and Michelle Obama on Feb. 25. The concert will air on PBS the following day. President Obama used Wonder's hit songs "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" and "Higher Ground" on the campaign trail. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter also performed at the Democratic National Convention on the night Obama accepted his party's nomination, at a concert during inauguration week and at The Neighborhood Inaugural Ball.

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