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Message: [QUOTE="Fireball Jr., post: 1187552, member: 404"] [I]From [URL='http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?page=universe/moments/13-25']ESPN[/URL]: [/I] (Gaye's) slow version accompanied by a melodic background beat wasn't fully appreciated at the time. According to Lon Rosen, then the Lakers promotional director who had chosen Gaye to sing the national anthem, [B]CBS and league officials were furious. Some in the crowd even booed.[/B] Gaye's version of the national anthem didn't become iconic until after his tragic death less than a year later. [/QUOTE]