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White Soul singers that you thought was black!
What Is Blue-Eyed Soul? By Mark Edward Nero, About.com Guide
"Blue-Eyed Soul" (also sometimes called "white Soul") is an expression used to describe Soul and/or R&B music performed by white people; specifically by Caucasians who "sound black." Legendary Philadelphia radio DJ and civil rights activist Georgie Woods is credited with inventing the term in the 1960s as a way of letting the listening audience know what race the singer or singers were if their singing voices could pass for African Americans,' but weren't. There is little difference between Blue-Eyed Soul and Soul music by African-Americans and both, for the most part, deal with the topics of love, pain, romance and sorrow.
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After dominating the charts with Adele latest c.d offering, the soul singer John Legend decides to lend his vocals to a cover of "Rolling In The Deep" his accapella realms of emotions which makes this an easy relaxing listen. While Mike Posner recently covered the Brit singer’s single with a pulsing electronic take, John Legend takes his roots back to using his church groom chops and adds his ingredients of soul, as of why John Legend wanted to cover this tune he explained on Twitter, “I love this adele song. decided to cover it” and we love hearing it over and over.
John Legend covers Adele song with an emotional accapella!
D'Angelo pleads guilty to prostituition charges in New York
D'Angelo wrapped up a prostitution case Friday by pleading guilty to disorderly conduct, ending one of the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer's series of run-ins with the law since his heyday a decade ago.D'Angelo, 37, said nothing as he left a Manhattan courthouse and hastened to a black SUV. Disorderly conduct is a violation, not a crime.
He was arrested in March 2010 behind the wheel of a Range Rover after police said he tried to pay $40 for a sex act to an undercover officer posing as a prostitute.The
37-year-old singer was arrested in March 2010,when he tried to pay $40 for a sex act to an undercover officer posing as a prostitute.
Finally it's here after major contributors like Bill Gates, George Lucas, Walt Disney and more, Martin Luther King Jr. has a permanent 30 foot memorial near National Mall in Washington D.C. Dr. King's statue was designed by Roma Design Group with complete cost of $120 million.
Maya Angelou, famed poet spoke against one of many engraved Dr. King Jr.quotes "I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness, stating that it paraphrases and minimizes him as a man, making him seem less than the humanitarian he was and more egotist, - The quote comes months before his death from a speech giving in Atlanta in which he talks about what people would be saying he was if he died.
Martin Luther King Jr. receives his statue in Washington D.C
Esther Gordy Edwards, sister of Berry Gordy Jr. dies
Esther Gordy Edwards, the sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy, Jr., died Wednesday of natural causes. She was 91 years old.Gordy Edwards is perhaps best known as the founder of the Motown Museum on West Grand Boulevard. She also served as the Motown’s vice president and chief financial officer during the company’s zenith in the 1960s“She was the most educated in our family and was the go-to person for wisdom in business,” Berry Gordy, Jr. said in a statement.
“Esther Gordy Edwards was a top Motown executive, businesswoman, civil and political leader, who received numerous awards, commendations and accolades. Whatever she did, it was with the highest standards, professionalism and an attention to detail that was legendary. She always came out a hero.. .
Ray Charles mistress, Marci Soto writes an tell it all book...
In her new book, Ray & Me, Marci Soto claims she had a steamy affair with Charles when both were married to other people, but one revelation in the tome will upset fans and friends of the legendary R&B star – she once substituted $1 bills for $100 notes after taking home cash from a concert. In the memoir, obtained by the Globe magazine, Soto writes, “I certainly didn’t feel like I was robbing the blind. I felt like he was ready to do something he should have done years earlier – pay off my house.”
Soto also reveals she once aborted Charles’ baby – and never told him. She adds, “I didn’t even tell Ray – there was no reason to know. I definitely wasn’t having a baby.” The couple became a secret item in 1968 – when Charles was married to his wife Della. A big fan, Soto convinced his manager to set up a date and they had sex that night. The pair enjoyed an on/off romance over the years and Charles even helped Soto cover her legal fees when she divorced her husband.