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Apr 24 2009

Photo of the Day: A Karaoke Icon Bangs

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The last week in April in is National Karaoke Week in the United States

Source: MSNBC.com

In 2003, amiable amateur William Hung entered the American Idol spotlight with his spirited and equally awful rendition of Ricky Martin’s hit “She Bangs.” He politeness and positivity somehow won over America and in 2004 he scored a recording contract with Koch Records and a Billboard Top 40 album cheekily titled Inspiration. All this came from a UC Berkley Civil Engineering student who just wanted to have fun like most every karaoke patron.

(Read Hung’s ARTISTdirect bio).

Wax and bang! :D

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