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Hail to the Chief

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Here's the list of our presidential songs, quotes and miscellany for our montage:
  1. President Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address on television on January 17, 1961
  2. President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address three days later.
  3. James Brown sings "Funky President."
  4. President Franklin Roosevelt's first fireside chat on radio on March 12, 1933.
  5. The band They Might Be Giants performing the catchy (and educational!) song "James K. Polk."
  6. Ronald Reagan speaks on June 12, 1987.
  7. Johnny Cash performs the standard "Mr. Garfield."
  8. Henry Fonda predates Daniel Day Lewis by more than 70 years in Young Abe Lincoln, directed by John Ford.
  9. The song "Peaches" by the band . . . The Presidents of the United States of America
  10. Herbert Hoover addresses voters in 1928. (bonus points if you knew that one)