American Idol season 10 alums and frequent musical collaborators, Haley Reinhart and Casey Abrams just dropped a new cover duet!
To celebrate fourth of July, Casey and Haley released a rendition of The Beatles’ “Free as a Bird.” “I hope you guy an girls BLAST it and feel at peace while doing it,” wrote Haley on Twitter.
Casey tweeted, “Happy 4th of July! We all will be “Free As A Bird” someday…Pleasure making music with @HaleyRainhart with one of our fave @TheBeatles tunes.”
The song has an interesting history. “Free as a Bird” was originally written and recorded in 1977 as a home demo by John Lennon. In 1995, 25 years after the Beatles break-up and 15 years after Lennon was murdered, the band released a studio version incorporating contributions from his surviving bandmates Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
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The single was released as part of the promotion for The Beatles Anthology video documentary and the Anthology 1 compilation album. For the Anthology project, McCartney asked Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono for unreleased material by Lennon to which the three remaining ex-Beatles could contribute.
“Free as a Bird” Beatles cover from Haley Reinhart and Casey Abrams is available to stream and download. Check out the music video below.
