INTERESTING FACTS (I'm sure you didn't know that!)

• He appeared on the season finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm, singing a cover of You Don't Know Me. He also appeared on an episode of the television series "Las Vegas" in February 2007 performing his single "Save Room" solo at the end of the episode.
• In 2007, he performed with John Mayer and Corinne Bailey-Rae at the Grammy Awards. He later appeared with Bailey Rae in several live performances.
• In January, 2008, he sang in a video for Barack Obama produced by Will.I.Am called "Yes We Can".
• John has also recently sang "The Girl is Mine" along with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report.
• On 7 July 2007, Legend participated in the Live Earth concert in London, performing "Ordinary People". On July 8, 2007, he participated in the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, with India.Arie. On July 11, 2007, he participated in the Jazz Open Festival in Stuttgart, Germany, with Amy Winehouse.
• Legend appears in a recent commercial for a Lexus SUV, in which Legend is shown listening to Nina Simone's "Backlash Blues" and describing his experience with the music. He is also notable for performing closing music in many of Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs' keynote presentations.
• Legend recently launched the Show Me Campaign, through which his fans are encouraged to donate funds toward improving the living situations and prospects of the poor in Ghana.
• The video for his latest single, "P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)", features Alexandre Rodrigues and Alice Braga from the critically acclaimed film, City of God.
• In an interview with MTV.com, Legend said the new album would contain his favorite song that he has written to date, entitled "Again." He said he actually came up with the idea for the song and wrote some of it while sitting on a subway. He stated that the song was also the inspiration for the album's title.
• Legend appears on the soundtrack to the film The Second Chance with the song, "Refuge".
• The song "Ordinary People" was originally meant to be for a Black Eyed Peas project, but Legend decided to keep it for himself and recorded the song after he had been signed to Columbia Records.
• Legend performed during the pregame show of Super Bowl XL in Detroit, during the halftime show at the 2006 NBA All-Star Game, and "God Bless America" during the 7th inning stretch at the 2006 Major League Baseball All Star Game in Pittsburgh.
• John was voted prom king at Springfield North High School.
• After John gratuated, he began to work for the Boston Consulting Group in Boston.
• John's two albums, 'Get Lifted' and 'Once Again', are both platinum.
• Lauryn Hill's 'Everything is Everything' is the first major record on which John Legend played.
• John stands 5' 9".
• John got inspired by Boyz II Men, LL Cool J, MC Hammer and Michael Jackson.
• John's favorite song of his album 'Once Again' is 'Again'.
• Devon Harris, John's roommate at Penn, introduced John to Kanye West.
• John attended the University of Pennsylvania.
• He performed at the wedding of footballer Ashley Cole to Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy.
• He came second in a World's Best-Dressed Men list in the U.S. magazine Esquire.
• John layed piano in Jay-Z's "The Black Album", Talib Kweli's "Around My Way", Lauryn Hill's "Everything is Everything", and Twista's "Overnight Celebrity."
• He became the featured performer during Kanye West's School Spirit Tour.
• Legend s managed by David Sonenberg of DAS Communications.
• He was given the name of Legend by his poet friend from Chicago, J. Ivy, who considered him sounded so much like an old school artist.
• He was the choir director, pianist and head of the music department at Bethel AME Church in Scranton, PA from the year 1995 to 2004.
• John was the BMI's sole choice to receive one of the five 2002 Songwriter's Hall of Fame Scholarships.
• Legend made his film debut in "Loverboy" (2004).
• He was one of the celebrities invited to Beyonce's 25th birthday party on August 31, 2006.
• His favorite D-12 member is Bizarre.
• Legend co-wrote "I Want You", Janet Jackson's song produced by Kanye.
• Legend's first Japanese performance was a mini-concert outside the Roppongi Hills mall for J-WAVE, a big radio station in Tokyo in July 2005.
• JL performed with Wynton Marsalis and his band for a fundraiser for Jazz at Lincoln Center.
• He sang at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
• He did a duet with Hoots the Owl on Sesame Street.