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　先日元アメリカ元大統領はビル・クリントン氏は大型ハリケーン”カトリーナ”の被害に遭った音楽家たちの支援のため、eBayで11曲のプレイリスト入りでサインをつけてオークションしておりました。

　今度は現アメリカ大統領のバラク・オバマ氏もiPodを使った話題を提供してくれました。

　ちょうどロンドンで開催されている第２回首脳会合（金融サミット）の関係でロンドンに訪問しているオバマ氏はエリザベス女王を訪ね「iPod」をプレゼントしたそうです。

　”asahi.com”によると名曲40曲入りとの事。

米紙などによると、ｉＰｏｄには「ウエストサイド・ストーリー」「マイフェアレディー」などブロードウェーミュージカルの名曲４０曲や、０７年に女王が訪米した際の写真が収録されていた。「王様と私」などで知られる作曲家リチャード・ロジャース氏の本も添えて贈ったという。

　ちなみにこの40曲は判明しており、”MSNBC”によると以下の40曲との事です。

* "Oklahoma!"
* "If I Loved You," Jan Clayton, "Carousel"
* "You'll Never Walk Alone," Jan Clayton, "Carousel"
* "There's No Business Like Show Business," Ethel Merman, "Annie Get Your Gun"
* "Once in Love with Amy (Where's Charley?)," Ray Bolger
* "Some Enchanted Evening," "South Pacific"
* "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," Carol Channing, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
* "Getting to Know You," Gertrude Lawrence, "The King and I"
* "Shall We Dance?" Gertrude Lawrence, "The King and I"
* "I Could Have Danced All Night," Julie Andrews, "My Fair Lady"
* "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," Rex Harrison, "My Fair Lady"
* "The Party's Over (Bells Are Ringing)," Judy Holliday
* "Maria," "West Side Story"
* "Tonight," "West Side Story"
* "Seventy Six Trombones," "The Music Man"
* "Everything's Coming up Roses," Ethel Merman, "Gypsy"
* "The Sound of Music"
* "Try to Remember," Jerry Orbach, "The Fantasticks"
* "Camelot," Richard Burton
* "If Ever I Would Leave You," Robert Goulet, "Camelot"
* "Hello, Dolly!" Carol Channing
* "If I Were a Rich Man," Zero Mostel, "Fiddler on the Roof"
* "People," Barbra Streisand, "Funny Girl"
* "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)," John Cullum
* "The Impossible Dream," Richard Kiley, "Man of La Mancha"
* "Mame," Charles Braswell
* "Cabaret," Liza Minnelli
* "Aquarius, Ronald Dyson, "Hair'
* "Send in the Clowns," Judy Collins, "A Little Night Music"
* "All That Jazz," Chita Rivera, "Chicago"
* "One," "A Chorus Line"
* "Tomorrow," Andrea McArdle, "Annie"
* "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," Patti LuPone, "Evita"
* "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," Jennifer Holliday, "Dreamgirls"
* "Memory," Elaine Paige, "Cats"
* "The Best of Times," George Hearn, "La Cage Aux Folles"
* "I Dreamed a Dream," Aretha Franklin, "Les MisDerables"
* "The Music of the Night," Michael Crawford, "The Phantom of the Opera"
* "As If We Never Said Goodbye," Elaine Paige, "Sunset Blvd."
* "Seasons of Love," "Rent"

　すべてiTunesで購入可能なのかな？

　でもこのリストを見て久しぶりに聞いてみたくなった曲が何曲かあった。今度探してみようっと。