Okay, it hasn’t been that long since Susan Boyle. But the lone copy of a new CD by a former world leader has fetched $165,000 for a charity named after the singer’s spouse. Who might the singer be? Tony Blair? Margaret Thatcher? Bill Clinton? Boris Yeltsin? Alberto Fujimori?
Well, no.
You may have to look closely to identify said crooner. I wouldn’t have recognized him without the birthmark on his forehead. Yes, it’s that Mikhail Gorbachev. Who knew he was a singer?
To hear one of Gorby’s efforts for yourself, click on the link in Al Kamen’s piece in today’s Washington Post .