Category Archives: facial expression

Sinead O’Connor performing Bob Marley’s “War” live on SNL, October 3, 1992

September 16, 2007 – 1:00 pm
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Paul Potts performing “Nessun Dorma” on UK television show “Britain’s Got Talent,” 2007

September 15, 2007 – 3:30 pm
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My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden’s karaoke performance of “I Will Always Love You” with friends, Brazil (?), 2007

September 15, 2007 – 3:25 pm
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Elliot Smith performing at the 70th Academy Awards, March, 1998

September 15, 2007 – 12:25 pm
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John Lennon performing “Mother” at Madison Square Garden, NY, August 30, 1972

September 15, 2007 – 11:59 am
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Elvis Presley performing “In The Ghetto,” Las Vegas, NV, February 1970 (?)

September 15, 2007 – 11:58 am
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Wing performing “In The Ghetto,” Wellington, NZ, March, 2007

September 15, 2007 – 11:30 am
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A karaoke performance of “Emotion” by Yu/Yoo Chae Young (?) on a Korean television show, 200?

September 14, 2007 – 11:07 pm
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