Paul Secular wrote:
> But even their BEST doesn't compare to singers like Jackie Wilson, Dobie
> Gray, Smokey Robinson, etc. I bet you the singers (Reg etc.) themselves
> would (have) agree(d) with you too!!
> Call me a snob - but that's my opinion.
>
> Paul
Actually, the funny part about those particularly singers and why they
went over so well, was because sounded they "white" (i.e., blue-eyed
soul). Many DJs who played Jackie Wilson back in the day, didn't know
he was black...really makes you think. Of course the politics of the
50s, did lend a hand in what music was or wasn't played on the radio.
It was until Chubby Checker and Jackie Wilson were on TV that most of
the American public realized they were black. Otis Redding never got
radio play until Sitting On the Dock of the Bay came out...and it didn't
hit #1 until after he died...
Just a couple thoughts I'd pass along...
Misa
Miss Misa
SMART! Chicago
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