In June, just days before he turned 80, he appeared before tens of thousands at Glastonbury, where Patti Smith led a rendition of Happy Birthday to You.
At another gathering, in Beacon, N.Y., the folk singer Pete Seeger, who founded Hudson River Sloop Clearwater in 1966, led a rendition of "This Little Light of Mine".
Building on Quaker precedent, black abolitionists like David Ruggles and William Still gave organizational form to the abolitionist rebellion against the fugitive slave laws that led to rendition of runaways and wholesale kidnapping of free blacks into slavery.
One of the leaders of the "Tony" chants later led a rendition of "the Red Flag" – a socialist anthem which Tony Blair briefly banned from conference.
When the pilgrims reached the cathedral after about a 90-minute procession, they gathered near the altar where Mr. Rosenbaum led final renditions of the medieval melodies, which, after all the practice, sounded quite good.
The news that, after a 13-year absence, the Trio is to return to supermarket shelves on 1 March not only created a buzz in The Independent's offices, it also led to renditions of the song from the snack's advert ("Trio! Triiiiiio! I want a Trio and I want one now!").
8.30am GMT Preamble Hello and welcome to coverage of Jim White Day which, with any luck, will see him suffer the same fate as Frasier Crane on Frasier Crane Day, stuck in a tube overlooking Sky Towers while someone else leads the rendition of Auld Lang Syne or whatever else it is we're supposed to be doing at 11pm tonight.
Rumours that a TechCrunch European editor led a few late party-goers in a 4am guitar-led rendition of Wonderwall in the lobby of the hotel have never been confirmed.
He led a nuanced rendition, with the orchestra a thoughtful partner for Ms. Avdeeva.
Then the rangers led a wobbly rendition of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land".
An attempt in the House to outlaw extraordinary rendition, led by Representative Markey, also failed.
