The singer of this song is white?!

[Westbama Heartthrob]

song comes up on my Spotify, and I’m like this is , but the singer’s voice sounds so familiar for some reason.
Click on his profile, and see he’s the voice behind this classic

I never got how people thought he was black

Always he was white by his voice

Dude was a great vocalist

 

[null]

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[315]

This the most recent one to fukk my head up

 

[TheAnointedOne]

We create
They steal

 

[FromStLouis]

Any popular examples of this going the other way? Is Living Colour the closest? I was never fooled though.



Darius Rucker never fooled me either. It's hard to hide a black voice, it doesn't matter the genre, most singers have some roots in the church. Speaking of which, those white college kids singing gospel broke my brain.

 

[tuckgod]

I knew it was this song

Every year we go through this

Every year since 1985

 

[null]

Any popular examples of this going the other way? Is Living Colour the closest? I was never fooled though.

Anything by Donna Summer.

sounds like Taylor Dayne

Darius Rucker never fooled me either. It's hard to hide a black voice, it doesn't matter the genre, most singers have some roots in the church.

maybe in america.

sing reggae in church brehs

Speaking of which, those white college kids singing gospel broke my brain.

 

[Kingshango]

Wait till you see what Teena Marie looks like, OP.

 

[MajesticLion]

OP is one of today's 10,000

 

[SupaDupaFresh]

Back in the day this song, believe it or not, got more play on black radio stations and clubs than it did on MTV and white clubs.



So did Madonna in the beginning of her career when she was a rising disco-pop star linking up wit Nile Rogers.

Can't forget first time I found out been around the world and nyah nyah nyah was a white British lady.

Another fun fact: rock and roll legend Buddy Holly was the first white act ever to be booked for the Apollo in 1957, and it was only because the owners mistakenly believed the were black R&B group until it was too late and the show had to happen. They were booed at first but the audience grew to enjoy them.

Elton John was the first white act ever invited to perform on Soul Train.

Lots of weird moments of white artists crossing into black music Without you even knowing!

 

[Silkk]

I knew it would be that song.

It tricked me out, when I found out this song was made by a white man.

Always thought it was a woman

Edit: was right. Just sampled to hell

 

[Imgone8itch]

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

You late as hell

Negged

 

[Fill Collins]

Where were ypu when you found that out? I was in line at the store and they had this playing, I was thinking, "This man HAD to have more hits than this"

Looked up the song and saw his name, ofc I still thought he was a breh, I scrolled down and

 

[FLYINHAWAIIAN]

I didn't know Jon B was white til I was grown