And then a rousing collective rendition of the Bill Withers 1972
song "Lean on Me" begins.
"It's amazing," said Robert Hornsby, director of fundraising at the
Peace of Heart Choir non-profit in New York City, after he had
finished playing the song from his window in Manhattan's Upper West
Side.
"The amount of energy that we've received, and the amount of energy
that we're giving, has really lifted the spirits of New Yorkers, and
we hope people across the nation, too."
Organizers of the "New York Sings Along" event said the goal was to
boost morale and honor all workers on the front lines battling the
COVID-19 pandemic, and to share the healing power of music while
obeying social distancing rules.
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Every week, the nonprofit picks one song, and plays it after the applause for
essential workers on Thursday nights.
Last week, it was Frank Sinatra's "New York" and next week, it will be the Ben
E. King classic "Stand by Me."
U.S. coronavirus deaths have topped 48,000, with the number of lives lost in
April rising by an average of 2,000 a day, according to a Reuters tally.
Withers, a soulful singer best known for the 1970s hits "Lean on Me," "Lovely
Day" and "Ain't No Sunshine," passed away at the age of 81 from heart
complications, his family had said earlier this month.
(Reporting by Aleksandra Michalska, Editing by Karishma Singh and Michael Perry)
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