Leslie Odom, Jr - Inner City Blues/Mercy Mercy Me - Upright Cabaret’s American Icon Series

Chris Isaacson presents LESLIE ODOM, JR (Red Tails, Rent, Leap of Faith) in “SWEET SOUL MUSIC“ celebrating the music of Ray Charles, Gladys Knight and MARVIN GAYE. In this video, Mr. Odom sings a mash-up of Marvin Gaye’s #1 hits “Inner City Blues“ (written by Marvin Gaye and James Nyx) and “Mercy Mercy Me“ (written by Marvin Gaye) with Music Direction by Todd Schroeder and the Upright Cabaret band (Matt Lucich, Aron Forbes, Carter Wallace and special guest Ameenah Kaplan). ’SWEET SOUL MUSIC’ is a part of ’Upright Cabaret’s American Icon Series’ and was filmed LIVE at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts in La Mirada, CA on Jan 2011. For more info, please visit: