• The "Hey Jude Baby," whose real name is Ha Youngwoong (nicknamed "Hero"), is a young Korean boy born in September 2003. In May 2007, a video was uploaded onto YouTube of him holding a small guitar and enthusiastically singing the Beatles' "Hey Jude." The video had been viewed nearly six million times by July of 2008.YouTube: Young Boy Performs "Hey Jude" (Time: 1:42)

  Also in 2008, Youngwoong won a televised Korean talent contest called Wunderkids for his Beatles singing prowess. His biography on YouTube is written from the point of view of Youngwoong himself, despite the fact that he is not yet five years old. It describes him as an extreme Beatles fanatic.YouTube: Ha Youngwoong's YouTube Channel

• Fast Facts

  1. Name: Ha Youngwoong
  2. Born: September 2003YouTube: Ha Youngwoong's YouTube Channel
  3. Birthplace: Seoul, South KoreaYouTube: Ha Youngwoong's YouTube Channel
  4. Youngwoong began singing at age two; he can sing about 40 Beatles songsYouTube: Young Boy Performs "Hey Jude" (Time: 1:42)
  5. Video of Youngwoong singing "Hey Jude" by the Beatles uploaded by his parents in 2007YouTube Video: Hero Prodigy Our Kid Star Baby Beatles On KBS-TV (Time: 8:57)
  6. Wants to learn to play the guitar but is too shortYouTube: Ha Youngwoong's YouTube Channel
  7. Also an automobile enthusiastYouTube: Ha Youngwoong's YouTube Channel
  8. "Hey Jude" was written by Paul McCartney in 1968Rolling Stone: "Hey Jude" (December 9, 2004)

• Quote

  "Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr. And then Youngwoong. Total five."YouTube Video: Hero 5th Beatle Tot Rock Prodigy TV & News Worldwide... (Time: 4:40)—Ha Youngwoong, when asked to name the members of the Beatles

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