No 'Devil in a Blue Dress'?
The sax-playing ex-president is getting his own CD compilation.
Organizers say "The Bill Clinton Collection: Selections From the Clinton Music Room" is planned as the first in a series highlighting the former president's favorites.
The disc will include "My One and Only Love" by John Coltrane , "Harlem Nocturne" by David Sanborn , "My Funny Valentine" by Miles Davis , "Summertime" by Zoot Sims , "I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)" by Nina Simone, and "Chelsea Morning" by Judy Collins .
The project is the latest joint venture for the Clinton Library and Clinton Museum Store, and the Clinton Presidential Foundation worked for months to acquire licensing rights to certain titles.
Foundation President Skip Rutherford said the process is complete and production has begun for the 11-track disc; the CD is slated to be released in a month.
End Notes
Members of the Irish rock band U2 received Portugal's Order of Liberty, one of the country's highest honors, at a formal ceremony held before their concert yesterday in Lisbon. President Jorge Sampaio presented the medals to the rockers in recognition of their work for humanitarian causes over the past 25 years, including heightening awareness on debt issues facing developing countries . . .
Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant is donating proceeds from sales of a four-song CD to an Arizona-based charitable organization that aids people in remote regions of Ethiopia, Mali and Niger. "It's all about increasing awareness, breaking away from the usual sort of newsreel approach to human disasters, if you like; illuminating and exposing these conditions from a different angle," Plant said.
-- Compiled by Clint Walker from wire reports The Out & About column will return.
