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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Richie Sambora and Stevie Wonder Duet on Stunning Rendition of “Silent Night” During Last Night’s 82<sup>nd</sup> Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Rock icon</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Richie Sambora</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
and </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">music legend
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Stevie Wonder</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> performed a
<b>surprise duet of “Silent Night”</b> </span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">during last night’s
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">82<sup>nd</sup> Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">.</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
<b>Richie</b> also performed a soulful rendition of <b>“Lean on Me” </b>and his hit song
<b>“Livin’ on a Prayer,”</b> lending his powerful vocals to the evening’s festivities which benefitted the<b> Marine</b>
<b>Toys for Tots</b> and saluted <b>Disabled American Veterans</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">To download photos from the evening:
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">One of Los Angeles’
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">biggest and longest-running Christmas
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">traditions,
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Hollywood Christmas Parade</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> took over Tinsel Town on December 1<sup>st</sup>
as the stars came out to celebrate the holiday season. </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Richie</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> was joined by an incredible line-up of performers,
including <b>the Goo Goo Dolls, Daughtry, Kenny Loggins, Leann Rimes, William Shatner, Billy Ray Cyrus
</b>and more, in addition to<b> Wonder. </b>Astronaut <b>Buzz Aldrin </b>was the grand marshal and the evening was hosted by<b> Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Dean Cain and Montel Williams</b>. Many notable names also made an appearance including
<b>Valerie Harper,</b> <b>Susan Lucci, Wayne Brady, Marie Osmond, Larry King, Joe Mantegna </b>with the
<b>cast of <i>Criminal Minds</i>,</b> and <b>stars of <i>The Young and the Restless</i></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Parade
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">will be broadcasted as a
<b>two-hour primetime special</b> on the <b>Hallmark Channel</b> on <b>December 11<sup>th</sup></b> and will air again on the
<b>Hallmark Movie Channel</b> <b>on</b> <b>December 20<sup>th</sup> and 24<sup>th</sup></b>. The parade</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> will</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
also broadcast by more than 350 stations around the country </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">on December
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">20<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">from 8-10pm
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">and will air to more than 1 million American servicemen and women worldwide on
<b>American Forces Television Network</b>.</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Richie</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">’s appearance at the
<b>Hollywood Christmas Parade</b> rounds out a year that has once again seen Richie continuously contributing his talents to important causes that resonate deeply with him. He gave inspiring performances during<b> Vice President Al Gore's ‘24 Hours of Reality:
The Cost of Carbon’</b> (a live-stream event exploring the cost of carbon pollution),
<b>Dream Foundation’s 12th Annual Celebration of Dreams Gala</b> (a wish-granting organization that serves those battling life-threatening illnesses;
<b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhCAo1j5pOA&feature=youtu.be">PRESS HERE</a></b> to watch the performance), and the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">grand opening of
<b>Step Up On Vine</b> (a supportive housing project in Hollywood that fight chronic homelessness, made possible by The Clinton Global Initiative in partnership with The Kobe & Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation.)
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">On 9/11,
<b>Richie </b>released a heartfelt tribute song, co-written with the illustrious<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Bernie Taupin</b>, called
<b>“Engine 19”</b> to honor the hard work and dedication of the brave men and women of the Fire Department, and all of the first responders around the country.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://youtu.be/G3UlacWXwGQ"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">to
share it.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Earlier this year he also<b>
</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">took part in
<b>CBS.com’s</b> music performance series <b><i>Tip Cup</i></b> to help support <b>
MusiCares</b>, which provides assistance to music people in times of need. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.cbs.com/shows/tip-cup/episode-2/"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">to watch the episode, which features Richie singing
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWU_QnRkUbI"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">"Every Road Leads Home To You"</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
and <b>“Taking A Chance on the Wind”<i> </i></b>from Richie’s latest solo album </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/every-road-leads-home-to-you/id559503967?i=559504092"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Aftermath of the Lowdown</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">, out now<b><i>.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">On a more lighthearted note, Richie also recently made history during the
<b>2013 Breeders’ Cup</b> telecast earlier this month, performing the <b>Call To The Post</b> on the guitar for the first time ever, rather than the traditional bugle.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYg9pqpPmdE&feature=youtu.be"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to watch the groundbreaking moment. At the
<b>Melbourne Cup</b> festivities in Australia, Richie gave an out-of-this-world impromptu performance of “Livin’ on a Prayer” -
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2SgbV6ucDQ&feature=youtu.be"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to check it out.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c61YNPaFC2I"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to watch Richie’s
<b>new video</b> for song <b>“Come Back As Me.”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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