Kanye West, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer Contribute to Obama Comp

Kanye West, Maroon 5's Adam Levine, Jackson Browne and John Mayer will all be on the upcoming Barack Obama benefit album Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement. The album will be available through Obama's official website starting this Friday. "Heard 'Em Say" collaborators West and Levine will reunite to join Chicago spoken word poet Malik Yusef on the new song "Promised Land," while John Legend will contribute his cover of U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love.)" The 18-track limited edition album is rounded out by songs from some of Obama's favorite artists, including Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Lionel Richie and Sheryl Crow. The full track list and preorder information is here.

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“Is It True”

Brenda Lee | 1964

As the British Invasion reached its peak in 1964, Brenda Lee went from Nashville to London to record one of her hardest-rocking hits, her perky vocal backed by a stuttering, squalling guitar. That guitar was played by session musician Jimmy Page, yet to skyrocket to fame with first the Yardbirds and then Led Zeppelin. "She said to me, 'I've come here to make a record with the British sound,'" remembered producer Mickie Most. "She felt she wouldn't get the same sound in Nashville because they're only just catching up on the British beat group sound of about six months ago."

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