Blue-eyed soul

Blue-eyed soul is soul music as performed by white people and usually intended for white audiences. It exists in contrast to soul music performed by blacks, although many performers in the genre, such as the Box Tops, Eddie Hinton and Dan Penn, recorded many of the same songs done by black soul artists. Dan Penn, for example, wrote two songs associated with black soul performers: "Do Right Woman-Do Right Man" (for Aretha Franklin) and "The Dark End of the Street" (recorded by James Carr). Many blue-eyed soul performers are British, and several of these artists have actually been mistaken for being black. Motown's white artists, Kiki Dee, Rare Earth and Chris Clark are perfect examples. In fact Chris Clark's only hit was on the R&B charts - "Love's Gona Bad" from 1966.

Related Topics:
Soul music - Box Tops - Eddie Hinton - Dan Penn - Aretha Franklin - James Carr

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Ironically, the "blue-eyed" artists who have had the longest careers in this genre have done so by building a significant black following, as exemplified by the success of Hall & Oates, George Michael, and Teena Marie on the R&B charts in the 1980s.

Related Topics:
Hall & Oates - George Michael - Teena Marie

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Blue-eyed soul artists:

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• Rick Astley
• The Bee Gees
• Michael Bolton
• David Bowie
• Box Tops
• Boy George
• Bobby Caldwell
• Classics IV
• Joe Cocker
• Eric Clapton
• Culture Club
• Taylor Dayne
• The Doobie Brothers
• Eurythmics
• Fine Young Cannibals
• John Fred
• The Foundations
• Bill Haley
• Hall & Oates
• Eddie Hinton
• INXS
• Tom Jones
• Janis Joplin
• Led Zeppelin
• Annie Lennox
• Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge
• Teena Marie
• Michael McDonald
• George Michael
• Van Morrison
• Shaun Murphy
• Shelby Lynne
• Laura Nyro
• Roy Orbison
• Robert Palmer
• Dan Penn
• Elvis Presley
• Rare Earth
• The Rascals
• The Righteous Brothers
• Mitch Ryder
• Boz Scaggs
• Simply Red
• Spandau Ballet
• Spencer Davis Group
• Dusty Springfield
• Lisa Stansfield
• Rod Stewart
• Joss Stone
• Thicke
• Tony Joe White
• The Who
• Steve Winwood
• Paul Young
• Timi Yuro
• Chris Clark
 
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