Baby (You've Got What It Takes) feat. Sharon Jones by lorrdarlin

lorrdarlin - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) feat. Sharon Jones

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Jul 05, 2025 09:18pm

JOINED DALLAS40 WITH THIS GREAT CLASSIC DUET!! Early life and musical beginningsMichael Steven Bublé was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnaby" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Burnaby</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">British Columbia</a>, Canada,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-Lewis-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[10]</a> on September 9, 1975, the son of Lewis Bublé, a fisherman,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-Heatley-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[11]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[12]</a> and Amber (née Santaga), a homemaker.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-13" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[13]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-crooner-14" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[14]</a> Bublé's paternal and maternal great-grandparents immigrated to Canada from Italy.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-15" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[15]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-16" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[16]</a> His surname was originally spelled "Bubli", and some of his paternal ancestors came from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Istria</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-17" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[17]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-republlica-18" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[18]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-Heatley-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[11]</a> Bublé stated: [On the side of the family native to modern-day Croatia] some say we're <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Yugoslavian</a>, others that we're Italian.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-Buble_Offstage-19" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[19]</a> He has two younger sisters,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-youngswinger-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[20]</a> Brandee, a children's book author, and Crystal, an actress. He and his siblings were raised <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Roman Catholic</a>. He attended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaforth_Elementary_School" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Seaforth Elementary School</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariboo_Hill_Secondary_School" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Cariboo Hill Secondary School</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-21" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[21]</a>According to an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oprah_Winfrey_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Oprah Winfrey</a> interview on October 10, 2009, Bublé dreamed of becoming a famous singer since he was two. When he was a teenager, he slept with his Bible and prayed to become a singer.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-OprahOct9-22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[22]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-Fekadu-23" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[23]</a> His interest in jazz began at around age five when his family played <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Bing Crosby</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Christmas_(Bing_Crosby_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">White Christmas</a> album.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-delivers-24" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[24]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-meeting-25" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[25]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-nctimes.com-26" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[26]</a> His musical influences include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Frank Sinatra</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-27" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[27]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Martin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Dean Martin</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-28" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[28]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Tony Bennett</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-29" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[29]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Elvis Presley</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Darin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Bobby Darin</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-30" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[30]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Sam Cooke</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-31" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[31]</a>The first time his family noticed his singing talent was during the Christmas holidays, when Bublé was 13 years old, and they heard him powerfully sing the phrase May your days be merry and bright when the family was singing to the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">White Christmas</a>" on a car ride.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-OprahOct9-22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[22]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-takeovertheworld-32" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[32]</a>Bublé also has a strong passion for ice hockey and wanted to become a professional hockey player for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Vancouver Canucks</a> growing up, but believed he was not good enough.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-projo-33" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[33]</a> I wanted so bad to be a hockey player... If I was any good at hockey, I probably wouldn't be singing right now.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-notime-34" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[34]</a> He often played hockey in his youth, watched Vancouver Canucks games with his father, and said that he went to every single home game as a kid... I remember I wanted to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lupul" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Gary Lupul</a>, I wanted to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrik_Sundstrom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Patrik Sundstrom</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Hlinka" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ivan Hlinka</a>. I used to think that being named Michael Bublé was pretty cool because I was close to being called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Bubla" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jiri Bubla</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-Pap-35" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[35]</a> Bublé shared his hockey interest with his grandfather.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-Larkin-36" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[36]</a>From the age of 14, Bublé spent six years working during the summer as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_fishing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">commercial fisherman</a> with his father and crewmates.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-nightline-37" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[37]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-EWSixThings-38" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[38]</a> He called the experience the most deadly physical work I'll ever know in my lifetime. We'd be gone for two, sometimes three months at a time and the experience of living and working among guys over twice my age taught me a lot about responsibility and what it means to be a man.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-youngswinger-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[20]</a>His first singing engagements were in nightclubs at age 16 and were facilitated by his Italian grandfather Demetrio Santagà,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-italianalmanac-39" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[39]</a> a plumber from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preganziol" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Preganziol</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Treviso" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Treviso</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-Florentine-40" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[40]</a> who offered his plumbing services in exchange for stage time for his grandson.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-youngswinger-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[20]</a> Bublé's grandfather paid for his singing lessons. Both his voice teacher, Sandi Siemens, and his maternal grandfather never stopped believing that he would become a star. Bublé's maternal grandmother, Iolanda (née Moscone),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-carrufo-41" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[41]</a> was also Italian, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Santa_Lucia_degli_Abruzzi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Carrufo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_L%27Aquila" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">L'Aquila</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-voce-42" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[42]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-Buble2011-43" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[43]</a>Bublé grew up listening to his grandfather's collection of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">jazz</a> records and credits his grandfather in encouraging his love for jazz music. My grandfather was really my best friend growing up. He was the one who opened me up to a whole world of music that seemed to have been passed over by my generation. Although I like rock and roll and modern music, the first time my granddad played me the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_Brothers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mills Brothers</a>, something magical happened. The lyrics were so romantic, so real, the way a song should be for me. It was like seeing my future flash before me. I wanted to be a singer and I knew that this was the music that I wanted to sing.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9#cite_note-nicely-44" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[44]</a><img src="https://www.michaelbuble.com/sites/g/files/g2000019061/files/2024-10/BubleCover.jpg" alt="Michael Bublé Official Website">