Singing PM: 'Fats' Putin over the top of 'Blueberry Hill' with piano solo

Full video of Vladimir Putin playing the piano and singing "Blueberry Hill". The Russian prime minister is used to taking to the stage, but this time it was not for one of his speeches. Vladimir Putin made his audience sit up and take note, as he sang at a charity fundraiser. The reception at an ice stadium in St. Petersburg was dedicated to fighting children's cancer. International celebrities including Kevin Costner, Gerard Depardieu, Mickey Rourke, Sharon Stone, Kurt Russell, Vincent Cassel, Monica Belucci, Ornella Muti, Goldie Hawn and many others attended the benefit concert. Many of the stars are actively involved in charity work which draws needed attention to children's oncological and ophthalmological diseases. When the hostess approached Putin's table and asked him to sing for the audience, his immediate reaction was "are you kidding me?" But the hostess was determined to get the prime minister on the mic and reminded him about the songs he sang with the Russian sleeper agents extradited from the US last summer. Putin attempted to evade the proposal by saying that the singing she was referring to had come from the heart. However, after seeing the pictures of ill children shown to the audience on the big screen, he took to the stage. "Like the majority of people I cannot -- but do like to sing and to play -- so you'll have to rough it," he warned as he sat at the piano and played the beginning of Blueberry Hill. The tune was immediately caught by Maceo Parker's jazz band. The prime minister then took the mic and sang it in English himself. Putin returned to the piano to sing in Russian "From What the Homeland Starts" -- the song he sang with the exposed Russian agents. The audience loved his performance and showed their appreciation with a standing ovation and applause. Many recorded the one man show on their mobile phones. On December 1, Putin confessed to US chat show host Larry King that he does study some songs in English with his language tutor. When the concert was over Putin took Sharon Stone by the arm and together with other guests they went on stage to sing a Russian song about cosmonauts, "Grass Near Home".
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[machicniii]

@babblebox100 it is better for a leader to integrate into the society instead of vice versa. think about it

[tntalus]

I want to see Putin and Obama sing "Fly me to the moon" together! :D

[QCBEC]

@Reviewcam1961 My comment need to be thumbed up to make all these american calling propaganda to shut the fuck up.

I'd punch them.

[Reviewcam1961]

@QCBEC Obama has, and so has virtually all of the Republican candidates. There's no real respect for the office of the president anymore.

It looks like Putin is singing for charity--a terrific thing. Our US politicians are performing for votes

[gato123452]

@Willindor Instead of the Romanov Dynasty it should be the Putin Dynasty.

[LibertatemPopuli]

@babblebox100

KILL YOURSELF.

[babblebox100]

He should stick to his friggin politics.He sounds as bad as out Prime minister Harper.

[mirnko]

Путин наш ПРЕЗИДЕНТ!!! Путин для России- это гарант стабильности процветания, залог успеха и благополучия ее граждан.