The singer of this song is white?!

[2 Up 2 Down]

That's a classic but this one I think is much better

 

[null]

Anything by Donna Summer.

add pointer sisters to that ...

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Close your eyes and you would think this chick is a light skinned gospel upbringing jawn blowing the pipes, instead of an Australian white woman:

 

[null]

Can't forget first time I found out been around the world

creh sounds like a brehette

 

[Phitz]

In the age of dna testing, I wonder

 

[Originalman]

The video they played on BET:









The version they played on MTV:

Spoiler

The real version:

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Wow I always knew he was white, but never knew about the different videos.

 

[Phitz]

I notice British wyte singers can transition to R&B/Soul easier, I think their accent helps as it's the ancestor of the southern accent which is where the black church was in abundance...

 

[Originalman]

This shyt fukked me up, when I learned this was four cacs

I remember when my dad told me this and it blew me away!!

 

[Originalman]

For years I thought Sergio Mendes was Black. Then I found out it wasnt him singing this song, but it was his band member Joe Pizzulo.

WHAT! I thought dude was a brotha all this time...

 

[Originalman]

Its crazy how many of these white artist use to get crazy play of black radio stations even when on old school oldies or dusties as they were called.

I remember the black oldies station in Chicago playing this even in the 90s

 

[Po pimp]

add pointer sisters to that ...

The Pointer Sisters sound white now?

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

This one really fukked me up


Regular ass white women making it meanwhile I’m thinking some Mary Jane Girls type females

 

[null]

The Pointer Sisters sound white now?

yup.

major crossover power too.

like donna.

 

[Po pimp]

yup.

major crossover power too.

like donna.

How they sound white when black people created that sound?

 

[null]

How they sound white when black people created that sound?

let me think about that "pimp" @Po pimp