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Kelly Clarkson Covers Patty Griffin’s ‘Up To The Mountain’ In Honour Of MLK Jr.

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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kelly Clarkson is paying tribute to a civil rights hero. The host of “The Kelly Clarkson Show” opened the show Monday with a cover of Patty Griffin’s “Up to the Mountain” in honour of MLK’s birthday.

RELATED: Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Donate Lunch Ahead Of MLK Day The 2006 song was inspired King’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, delivered only a day before his assassination in 1968.

Interspersed throughout Clarkson’s heartfelt performance are clips from the speech. RELATED: Dr. Bernice King Says People Often Misuse Her Father Martin Luther King Jr.’s Words: ‘Nothing Is More Frustrating Than That’ Also on the show, Clarkson shared a performance by the Detroit Youth Choir of Stevie Wonder’s classic

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