Article 78F97 A Buoyant Cover of Cher’s ‘Believe’ Played on a Restored Dutch Street Organ

A Buoyant Cover of Cher’s ‘Believe’ Played on a Restored Dutch Street Organ

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Lori Dorn
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James Dundon, the Mechanical Music Man, used perforated cardboard strips in his beautifully restored Dutch street organ, Blauwtje, to play a wonderfully buoyant cover of the classic Cher song Believe".

Cher's Believe" was released in 1998 and became a landmark pop hit, famously using the Auto-Tune effect as a deliberate vocal sound. There's no auto-tune with this mechanical organ though.

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