| Katharine McPhee, Ziggy Marley Perform At Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
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The FINANCIAL -- Katharine McPhee and Ziggy Marley performed at the national holiday tradition 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade officially kicked off the holiday season with excitement, massive floats, and great musical performances, Examiner wrote.
Performing live on the Jimmy Dean float, the 2006 runner up American Idol Katharine McPhee sang her new single "Had It All" from her upcoming album "Unbroken", according to ACESHOWBIZ.com.
McPhee was persuaded by now-husband Nick Cokas and her parents to try out for American Idol. She auditioned in San Francisco, and sang "God Bless the Child", originally performed by Billie Holiday, Wikipedia reports. After the first round of Hollywood week, she sang "I'll Never Love This Way Again" by Dionne Warwick which earned favorable comments from the judges. During the second round, she performed in a group, singing "I Can't Help Myself" by The Four Tops, forgetting the words, but the judges decided to advance the entire group. During the third round, she sang a Capella of "My Funny Valentine" and advanced to the top 40. She was mad when fellow group member Crystal Stark didn't make the top 24. When she was told that she would be advancing, she kissed all three judges on the lips.
McPhee's run on American Idol led to the popular use of the term "McPheever", coined by Ralph Garman of Los Angeles radio station KROQ's morning show Kevin and Bean, according to Wikipedia. The inclusion of producer David Foster and singer Andrea Bocelli as guest mentors for Top 6 Week turned out to be a fortuitous introduction for McPhee, as she has worked on various music projects with both men post-Idol.
Ziggy Marley performed with his daughter Judah Marley for the parade, ACESHOWBIZ.com. wrote. Aside from Katharine, Andrea Bocelli, Boys Like Girls, Alan Cumming, Billy Currington, Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, Gloria Gaynor, Emily Hughes also performed for the parade.
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