Bandleader recalls singing Whitney Houston in the rain with thousands of protesters
about leading a musical march through the streets of Manhattan over the weekend as part of the ongoing protests against the police killing of George Floyd.with keytar in tow, joined by a big brass band and hordes of marchers and dancers.
Batiste led the march from Union Square up Sixth Avenue to the Empire State Building, and he recalled a particularly moving moment as they neared their destination and the rain began to fall. “We went into [Whitney Houston’s] ‘I Want to Dance With Somebody,’ that was the song, and everybody was singing along for about three blocks,” Batiste said. “Thousands of people singing together.
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