Godzilla Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 (edited) No I'm probably confused by her having no black facial features and her skin not being black I've seen threads on other sites where similar discussions have taken place. My perception is that she identified herself as a back artist (and a black servicewoman come to that) and that's been good enough for me. I'm out of this part of the thread before it gets into an area I'm not comfortable with. Edited July 16, 2011 by Godzilla
Pete S Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 I've seen threads on other sites where similar discussions have taken place. My perception is that she identified herself as a back artist (and a black servicewoman come to that) and that's been good enough for me. I'm out of this part of the thread before it gets into an area I'm not comfortable with. She got whiter
Guest Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 (edited) And whiter ...... LOL But with hind sight I probably should not have added her into a list of blue eyed soul she looks hipspanic / latin to me . great singer ! Edited July 16, 2011 by dancecrasher
Pete S Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 OK shall we move on a bit now...one of the most astonishing blue eyed soul records ever made
Pete S Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Sorry about the scans of black labels, my camera doesn't like them.
Pete S Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 What a fantastic pic sleeve on that Sandy Sarjeant! Groovy.
Godzilla Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 That John Bull Breed 45 may be a cover of soul tune but it's not Blue Eyed Soul - more Freakbeat if you had to hang a label on it, I guess. Bloody great record though - wish I still had mine!
Pete S Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 That John Bull Breed 45 may be a cover of soul tune but it's not Blue Eyed Soul - more Freakbeat if you had to hang a label on it, I guess. Bloody great record though - wish I still had mine! Agree, great record, fortunately available to us lesser mortals on a Polydor demo lookalike. Got it on my jukebox.
shelly Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Bill Black's Combo - Little Queenie, backing band for Elvis- supposedly. Shelly
Pete S Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Bill Black's Combo - Little Queenie, backing band for Elvis- supposedly. Shelly Well Bill Black certainly was Elvis's bass guitarist (well slap-bass) for the Sun sessions and beyond.
caseoftyme Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 can't believe that nobody has mentioned an absolute guaranteed floor filler ......... Johnny Caswell. - you don't love me anymore Old school northern stomper
Tim Smithers Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 few for me,least i think they are all 'blue eyed' singing swinging counts - along the way sue lynn - dont pity me paul anka - i cant help loving you gary haines - keep on going jan foreman - your last chance warner brothers- im going your way sandpipers - lonely too long Im shure i read somewhere that Jan Foreman was black artist , i know she sounds white, can anyone confirm this?
Guest audiavant Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 Wot about that old casino stomper-take me back-the flock!!!!!! or in the same vein-run baby-dalton,james and sutton! wahey! just remembered-bobby goldsboro-too many people(great dancer)
Wilxy Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 IMHO the finest example of blue eyed soul is Those Lonely nights by the Soul Communicaters on Fee Bee, with Chuck Corby as lead singer.....Stunning record, and oh so Soulful 1
Benji Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 IMHO the finest example of blue eyed soul is Those Lonely nights by the Soul Communicaters on Fee Bee, with Chuck Corby as lead singer.....Stunning record, and oh so Soulful And how about the flip "please don't go". So soulful it hurts. Though in terms of 'danceability' "those lonely nights" is the side to play.
Souljer6 Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 Friday Brown was not "blue eyed"...... or ..............am I mixing her up with Carol Friday?
Guest Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 AWSOME Carolinas,so much gr8 stuff,mostly overlooked/forgotten,check this dead monster : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-CC6fIwfKM Rob
Pete S Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 Friday Brown was not "blue eyed"...... or ..............am I mixing her up with Carol Friday? If you can find me anyone MORE blue eyed than Friday Brown I'd love to see her! Carol Friday was also of a similar shade.
Guest lambrettanik Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 chris clarke-somethings wrong best of the bunch so far mentioned for me.how about gil bernal "can you love a poor boy"!? when was this last ever played????
Guest lambrettanik Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 how about paul newmann and the excaliburs-"aint you got the heart to tell me" are they white? they sound it.how about "god knows"-mike mcdonald!!.nightwatch-"from your lips to your heart" all played at wigan( i again i think this group is also white?)
Souljer6 Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 If you can find me anyone MORE blue eyed than Friday Brown I'd love to see her! Carol Friday was also of a similar shade. hmmmmmmmmm..........there is a dark tinge
KevH Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 (edited) This should appeal to Ns fans, C&W fans and rnb fans alike... https://www.youtube.c...feature=related and on a more serious note..... Edited July 30, 2011 by KevH
spike1 Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) sorry steve will concede this one as well......................but most of this stuff?...........you'll never hear todays proper dj,s playing any of it............garbage!!!!......and then some......see ya tezza What's the difference between a proper dj and a non proper djthen ??? Edited August 3, 2011 by spike1
Guest Gogs Posted August 11, 2011 Posted August 11, 2011 Not seen this one mentioned Classics iv - Stormy
viphitman Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 Current fave of mine !!!! Great little dancer!!!!
Sunnysoul Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 Possibly the most outrageous and funniest blue eyed dancer of all !!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYkQ2qlANhc
Dobber Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 few of my favs! inmates - this is the day ellusions - you didnt have to leave rufus lumly - stronger than me sammy ambrose - welcome to dreamsville (not sure if he is white?) the chants - baby i dont need your love jerry naylor - city lights chapter 5 - you cant mean it so many of em!
Godzilla Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 few of my favs! the chants - baby i dont need your love so many of em! Not quite that many!
Dobber Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 well i never!,i assumed cos there from liverpool they were white,i hope that is politically correct!
Godzilla Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 Taken from https://www.alwynwturner.com You don't get a more credible start to your career than Eddie Amoo; his band, The Chants, made their debut appearance at The Cavern in Liverpool, playing three songs in the middle of a Beatles gig. That was 1962. Fourteen years later Eddie finally had his first hit, as a member of The Real Thing, Britain's first disco band. Like everyone else in Liverpool, The Chants got a record deal during the Merseybeat explosion of 1963/64, in their case with Pye, but - as Eddie points out - 'they had no idea what to do with a black doo-wop group, they just had no idea.' Over the next decade they released a string of singles, some of them - 'Man Without A Face' and 'Trying Trying' - very good indeed, but all of them unsuccessful. By the early 70s The Chants were wedded firmly to the cabaret circuit, and Eddie was looking outside the group to satisfy his creativity. He began writing songs with his younger brother, Chris Amoo, and these songs became the basis of the material performed by Chris' group The Real Thing. The Real Thing appeared on Opportunity Knocks and Top of the Pops, were managed by British showbiz legend Tony Hall, and were critical favourites on both sides of the Atlantic - even so they went through a succession of record companies and flop singles before they finally made it. When they did, it was because of a variety of factors. Firstly, David Essex used them as backing vocalists on his 1975 album All The Fun of the Fair, and on his subsequent tour, for which they were also the support act in their own right. Then the rise of disco made the idea of black British bands more acceptable to the broadcast media and the record industry. And finally they were given a perfect pop song by writer Ken Gold: 'You To Me Are Everything'. The combination took The Real Thing to #1 in Britain in 1976 and Eddie Amoo - who had finally wound up The Chants and joined his brother's band at the end of the previous year - got his first decent break. The fact that 'You To Me' and some of the subsequent releases were more pop than soul may have typecast the group somewhat unfairly, but there were some heavier records as well; Eddie would particularly like to draw your attention to Four From Eight, their 1977 album that comes close to the socio-soul of their hero Curtis Mayfield. (The 'Eight' in the title refers to Liverpool Eight, the district where the band lived.) It also contains their greatest recorded moment, 'Children of the Ghetto'. The Real Thing are still working on the live circuit and still feature Chris and Eddie Amoo. Go see them, partly because you need to pay respect to Britain's disco pioneers, and partly because they're damn good.
Guest Awake 502 Posted August 15, 2011 Posted August 15, 2011 (edited) Village Sounds Third from the right, looks like the Seeds front man Sky Saxon ?? Oxford Knights Edited August 15, 2011 by Awake 502
Dobber Posted August 15, 2011 Posted August 15, 2011 haha..2 out of my list im very wrong,sammy ambrose and the chants,i thought they were white...they sound white!
Soulfool Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Ray Merrell - Tears of Joy - Jayboy Wayne Boling - Girl I Like to Dance With You - Campo
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