Welcome to Pure America's Got Talent

Each year I’ve been doing my best to list all the various America’s Got Talent music. I’m actually trying to get the people from America’s Got Talent to send me the music from the shows, but that is still in the works.

It’s really hard to figure out the various music from the America’s Got Talent auditions, because it’s not very standard. However, with the help of all of you out there, I think we can create a pretty good list of music that’s used on the America’s Got Talent premiere. If you know a song, then leave a comment and I’ll update the post with the songs as people share them or as I find them.

America’s Got Talent Season 4 Premiere Music
David Johnson – wrote a song about David Hasselhoff (I must find this song somewhere and I’ll link it when I do Check out the AGT video tribute to David Hasselhoff)
Voices of Glory (the trio of siblings that closed the show) sang “God Bless America”
Christy Marie (crappy singer) sang “It’s in his Kiss” by Cher
Ray Schwarz (crappy singer and dancer) – sang “A Little Less Conversation” by Elvis
The Eriam Sisters trio sang “I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5
Washington DC’s Urban Nation Hip Hop Choir sang Celebration by Kool & the Gang

Good News! I got the full list of music that was used on Tonight’s show. Now we’ll just have to figure out which person did what.

Performance Singers
God Bless America
A Little Less Conversation sung by Elvis Presley
Walking On Sunshine sung by Katrina and the Waves
It’s In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) sung by Martha and the Vandrelles
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag sung by James Brown
I Want You Back sung by Jackson Five
Stamp Your Feet sung by Donna Summer
Single Ladies sung by Beyonce

Performance Dancers / Variety Acts
Play That Funky Music sung by Wild Cherry
Crazy Train sung by Ozzy Osbourne
Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe sung by Barry White
Walkin On the Sun sung by Smash Mouth
Pump It sung by Black Eyes Peas
There Was A Time sung by James Brown
No Air sung by Jordan Sparks

Background Music
Circus sung by Britney Spears
Shut Up and Let Me Go sung by Ting Tings
Boom Boom Pow sung by Black Eyed Peas
Walkin On The Sun sung by Smash Mouth
I Believe I Can Fly sung by R Kelly
Just Dance sung by Lady Gaga
Come On Get Happy sung by The Partridge Family
Get Happy sung by Ella Fitzgerald
I Feel Good sung by James Brown
Stuck With You sung by Huey Lewis and the News
Hot N Cold sung by Katy Perry
No Business Like Show Business sung by Ethel Merman
“The Munster’s” Theme Song sung by Various
Super Freak sung by Rick James
Unwritten sung by Natasha Bedingfield
Celebration sung by Kool & the Gang
Hungry Eyes sung by Eric Carmen
Endless Love sung by Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
Get Up off That Thing sung by James Brown
Close To You sung by Carpenters
Glasgow Love Theme sung by Craig Armstrong
Run sung by Leona Lewis

Here’s a quick little video that gives you an idea of what Nick Cannon does backstage on America’s Got Talent:

Seems like it would be a pretty fun job. Although, it’s probably under appreciated how difficult it is to be funny and interesting in only a few seconds. That’s kind of what he’s required to do on America’s Got Talent.

I’ve been able to follow a lot of the past talent of America’s Got Talent. Neal E. Boyd is releasing a single and touring with Paul Potts (Britain’s Got Talent). Queen Emily is in Las Vegas doing Menopause the musical. Donald Braswell has been doing shows, releasing records and even did an appearance on PBS. A little bit surprising to me is that I haven’t heard anything about what’s happened to Eli Mattson. His performance of Walking in Memphis is one of my favorites ever on America’s Got Talent. I found this video from November 25, 2008 of him performing “Walking in Memphis” at the Meyer Theatre:

Does anyone else know what’s going on with Eli Mattson? I’d love to know if he’s releasing an album, if he has any concerts. What he’s doing with his talent.

Also, I think fans of Eli Mattson and Neal E. Boyd will also really enjoy this video of Eli and Neal performing “Candle in the Wind” on July 4, 2008. I have to admit, I think that Eli Mattson actually outperforms Neal on this one. Maybe it was just the song choice. However, I loved the whole thing and it was nice to see them together.

Only 2 more days until the premiere of America’s Got Talent 2009. I really can’t wait. I love that show. I’m a little upset that they put part of it at the same time as So You Think You Can Dance, but we’ll figure it all out.

Since the TV shows on tonight weren’t worth much, I was looking back at some old videos from previous seasons of America’s Got Talent. I of course had to look up the first person I ever loved on America’s Got Talent, Julienne Irwin (ok, I did really love this Harmonica Boy -The Millers in season 1). I’ve written quite a few times about Julienne Irwin if you want to see what she’s done sense the show.

Well, in my search of past Julienne Irwin videos, I remembered that Julienne was lucky enough to be able to perform with Taylor Swift on America’s Got Talent. This was well before we started seeing Taylor Swift everywhere. What an experience this must have been for Julienne. The crazy thing is that I like Julienne’s voice as much or more than Taylor Swift’s. Of course, Taylor does probably write better songs. Anyway, all of this said, I really enjoyed this look back at Julienne Irwin and Taylor Swift on America’s Got Talent singing “Teardrops on My Guitar”

I’ll be the first to tell you that I’m not a real big fan of the Hoff. As long as he chooses not to sing, I’ll deal with his comments. He does have an incredible fan base. That aside here’s some interviews of the Hoff talking about America’s Got Talent.

Hoff Talks about some lame glasses and more importantly says he doesn’t know about their back story. I think that might be true for the Hoff. I don’t think it was true for Simon on Britain’s Got Talent (see Susan Boyle)


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Maybe I’m a little be off because I follow America’s Got Talent so closely, but I think that this family of singers is going to be the most overhyped act of America’s Got Talent season 4. I just don’t see any way they can live up to the storyline that’s been shown in the commercials. It’s unfortunate for them, because it is a great story, but it’s like someone hyping a movie. Once you watch that movie that’s been totally hyped up it can rarely live up to the hype.

Check out the video to see who I’m talking about:

I love checking out the previews for America’s Got Talent. The only issue I have with it sometimes is that it then ruins the show a little bit. I think it’s kind of good when I don’t know the background story of everyone. Plus, they sometimes show too much of a preview of that person that you already know what to expect. America’s Got Talent isn’t as bad as The Bachelor with this, but sometimes it’s close.

Now, check out these three videos showing what we have to look forward to on the premiere of America’s Got Talent 2009 this Tuesday!!

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Getting ready for the premiere of America’s Got Talent 2009, I can’t help but hope that the Russian Bar Trio will return for America’s Got Talent 2009. For those that have been living in cave, here’s the video of Russian Bar Trio’s audition on America’s Got Talent 2008:

In case you don’t know the back story, the Russian Bar Trio made it to the top 20 (or maybe it was 40), but unfortunately had to drop out due to injury. Turns out that Donald Braswell got voted back on to the show (much to the Donald Braswell fans delight) in order to replace the Russian Bar Trio.

Now to the point of this post. Russian Bar Trio has to be the most shocking and impressive and talented act I’ve seen on America’s Got Talent. I really hope they come back for season 4 of America’s Got Talent.

I also think it’s interesting that the Russian Bar Trio has at least reached some amount of star status. I previously posted the video of the Russian Bar Trio’s performance for a Michigan basketball game. Now, check out this video of the Russian Bar Trio’s performance on Ellen:

I’ve been meaning to post this for a long time. I’ve seen a billboard saying that Menopause the Musical in Las Vegas is starring Queen Emily from America’s Got Talent. It’s really nice to see her doing what she loves, sing!

My wife has wanted to go to Menopause the Musical for a while. So, I might just have to go and check her out. I’ll report back here if we do. If someone from the show wants to offer us some free tickets to see Queen Emily, that would be cool too.

In case you don’t know who Queen Emily is or don’t remember her, here’s a video of Queen Emily from last year’s AGT:

I’m starting to get really excited to see America’s Got Talent. 2009 seems like the year for America’s Got Talent to be taken to a new level as a show. Thanks to the fame of Susan Boyle among other things I think we’re in for an amazing season full of great talent and killer stories.

That aside, this is such a good idea. Check out what seems to be the America’s Got Talent 2009 contestants performing in the middle of Mall of America.

Talk about some really interesting people. The person that stands out to me the most was the little blonde girl near the beginning that sings a little solo number. Talk about a great voice. Anyone stand out for you?