This week, the week of February 22-26, 2016, we will be looking at white artists you took black artist's songs as their own!

We call it:  "Black & White"

February 25, 2016

February is Black History Month.  A time to reflect on the contributions to society made by those of African Heritage.

In the field of music there are many people we could focus on but I thought I'd shine the light on a time when a black musician may have only heard their music played on the radio after it was covered (or stolen) by a white artist.

After the awful loss of R&B legend Otis Redding in 1967 his catalog of music continued to come out.  He famously had is one and only #1 hit after his death with (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay off the album of the same name in 1968.

Three more albums were released posthumously also. One off "The Immortal Otis Redding" reached #38 on the R&B chart in 1968 but didn't crack the top 40 of the Hot 100.

The song has been remade numerous times since then with a version of "Hard to Handle" covered by The Black Crows in 1990 being the most successful chart wise.

This version went to #26 on the Hot 100.

~ Glenn