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Following his nostalgic memory, Foxx smoothly transitioned into a tribute performance of the classic \u201cYou Look So Good In Love,\u201d gracing the audience with his vibrant vocals and impeccable range.<\/p>\n<h2>A Soulful Classic<\/h2>\n<p>The Oscar-winner\u2019s soulful approach to the country hit\u00a0gave this melody a striking new sound that, although vastly different from the original, appeased the audience and received a much-deserved standing ovation!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the performance below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-embed\">\n<div class=\"rll-youtube-player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJc1czgHeYE\" data-id=\"nJc1czgHeYE\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-alt=\"Jamie Foxx Singing at the CBS George Strait Special\">\n<div data-id=\"nJc1czgHeYE\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJc1czgHeYE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jamie Foxx Singing at the CBS George Strait Special\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJc1czgHeYE\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div data-id=\"nJc1czgHeYE\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJc1czgHeYE\"><\/div>\n<div data-id=\"nJc1czgHeYE\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJc1czgHeYE\"><strong>Don\u2019t forget to hit the SHARE BUTTON to share this video on Facebook with your friends and family.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div data-id=\"nJc1czgHeYE\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJc1czgHeYE\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"George Strait - You Look So Good In Love (1983)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dlskmy33ou0\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The multi-talented Jamie Foxx took to the stage to honor the King of Country Music in a CBS event called the \u201cGeorge Strait Special.\u201d Foxx, being from&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jamie Foxx didn\u2019t just honor George Strait\u2014he reinvented a country classic. 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