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Post by erik on Mar 30, 2014 21:36:12 GMT -5
The first time I heard Michael Jackson's "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was probably when it debuted on AT40. OK, so it's supposed to be a duet between Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett. I kept asking myself 'Where's Siedah Garrett? I only hear Michael singing.' This question was not answered for me until I bought the CD. The liner notes included song lyrics which clarified who sang what part. I thought it was Barbra Streisand. I figured he was doing a superstar duet as the LP's first single as he had done with Thriller. To clarify my earlier comment, I thought Siedah Garrett's and Michael Jackson's voices sounded very much alike on that record, so I did not initially hear that song as a duet.
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Post by mmb on Mar 30, 2014 23:54:28 GMT -5
When I first heard Michael Bolton's THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT back in 1987, I thought he was African-American, I had no idea who he was, ditto for Joe Cocker when YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL came out in 1975, I didn't know he sung songs prior to that? Those were my puzzlers back in the day.
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Post by mmb on Mar 30, 2014 23:56:31 GMT -5
Survivor's EYE OF THE TIGER as well, I though the group was African-American, didn't know that had a hit prior to EOTT?
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Post by blackbowl68 on Apr 1, 2014 9:01:51 GMT -5
It's a little off topic but related:
I was in the mood this morning to hear the song "Young Gifted and Black." So I turned on YouTube to hear the Nina Simone original, but also found versions of the song by Donny Hathaway, Aretha Franklin (my favorite), and the Jamaican duo Bob & Marcia, plus an original song with the same title by Big Daddy Kane. But I was shocked to find a cover version of this song (it's on YouTube) by of all artists...Elton John!
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Apr 5, 2014 8:34:03 GMT -5
Survivor's EYE OF THE TIGER as well, I though the group was African-American, didn't know that had a hit prior to EOTT? Really? I never thought so. Jim Peterik who played keyboards was the one who sang for The Ides Of March and he sounded black but I didn't think either lead singer Survivor had sounded the least bit black.
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Post by davewollenberg on Apr 5, 2014 16:54:56 GMT -5
But, both Dave Bickler, and Jim Jamison, sounded British, the way they dropped their r's, after vowel sounds.
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Post by rgmike on Apr 5, 2014 18:10:41 GMT -5
I couldn't tell if the singer in the Summer 1982 club hit "Situation" (Yaz / Yazoo) was a guy or a girl. The packaging for the vinyl didn't help. Always thought it was funny that Vince Clarke (onetime member of Depeche Mode) first teamed up with Alison Moyet (a woman I thought sounded like a guy at first) and then Andy Bell (a guy I originally thought was a girl). BTW, is there a reverse of this thread? "OMG I had no idea they were black?"
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Post by jcs72 on Apr 5, 2014 23:50:52 GMT -5
I always thought Dr. John was black given how "Right Place, Wrong Time" (which hit #9 in 1973) sounded. Then I saw his picture on Wikipedia.
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Post by mstgator on Apr 6, 2014 10:10:58 GMT -5
BTW, is there a reverse of this thread? "OMG I had no idea they were black?" For that, the first to come to mind is Dan Hill. It wasn't until I read an article about him a year or so ago that I realized he was African-American (African-Canadian?).
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Apr 6, 2014 16:30:23 GMT -5
Holy nutsballs, really?
Always thought of it as a lame white boy anthem.
I hate that song so much! Sometimes When We Touch is an ALL TIME no, just no for me.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Apr 6, 2014 16:32:00 GMT -5
If we're going that direction. Eddie Holman is one I always thought was white.
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Post by pgfromwp on Apr 7, 2014 9:31:06 GMT -5
Until seeing their picture in Wikipedia, I had always thought Tower of Power was an African-american funk band. Apparently the band was comprised of mostly white musicians.
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Post by rayshae3 on Apr 7, 2014 22:37:26 GMT -5
Until I saw a picture of them in a teen magazine, I thought Ace of Base were black. Same here. Also, for years I thought the lead singer of the Stylistics was a woman and didn't realize it was a guy singing falsetto. Same thing can be said about Phil Bailey in the song “Fantasy” by Earth, Wind & Fire. For me, I learned about UB40 and Level 42 from watching them on TV and their videos. But thinking now if I only listened to them on the radio, I wouldn’t have realised that Ali Campbell (lead vocal and the frontman for UB40) and Mark King (lead vocal for Level 42) were white.
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Post by davewollenberg on Apr 18, 2014 18:35:12 GMT -5
Why do you PCs not like to call black people, 'black'? James Brown DIDN'T write and record a song called, 'I'm African-American, and I'm proud'. Soul brother #1 said, 'black', brothers and sisters!
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Post by americantop40 on Apr 18, 2014 20:33:22 GMT -5
Why do you PCs not like to call black people, 'black'? James Brown DIDN'T write and record a song called, 'I'm African-American, and I'm proud'. Soul brother #1 said, 'black', brothers and sisters!
I never saw anyone state they didn't like calling black people black. Who stated that?
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