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Paul McCartney to sing classic standards tonight on iTunes

Paul McCartney will debut the songs from his new album "Kisses on the Bottom" in a free live streaming performance on iTunes.

The performance takes place tonight at 10 p.m. EST Thursday from Capitol Studios in Los Angeles where much of the new album was recorded.

"Kisses on the Bottom" features McCartney's interpretation of severalĀ  standards like "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive" and "Bye Bye Blackbird," and has two new songs, "My Valentine" with Eric Clapton and "Only Our Hearts" with Stevie Wonder.

The album's title, "Kisses on the Bottom", comes from the album's lead track "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," originally a hit for Fats Waller in 1935. Said McCartney on the album, "I worked with Diana Krall, and great jazz musicians like John Clayton. This is an album very tender, very intimate. This is an album you listen to at home after work, with a glass of wine or a cup of tea."

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Rick Busciglio is a music historian who lectures on the period from 1930 to 1960 when the big bands and crooners made swing the king of popular music He has been a radio dj, PBS TV, & radio host.

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