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How An 11-Year-Old Iowa Superfan Got To Meet Her Pop Idol, Michael McDonald

11-year-old Paisley Gardner of Des Moines has a different idol, a boy she kept hearing on the radio than today's big music stars.

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July 9, 2023

Des Moines, Iowa — While most tweens in America might fawn over the likes of Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber or Harry Styles, 11-year-old Paisley Gardner of Des Moines has a different idol, a boy she kept hearing on the radio.

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"Sounds like an angel, somehow," Gardner told CBS News.

Parents Tony and Jessica said they didn't know what to think when a few months ago, their daughter became obsessed with that buttery smooth voice of 1970s soft rock legend Michael McDonald.

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