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 26, 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.

And now:  The best of the best.

Pat Boone.

Love him, hate him, not know him...his sanitized and grammatically correct covers of classic R&B tunes highlighted all that was wrong with covering them in the first place.

And it wasn't just that he covered them or had more success than the original artist.  As we have seen many, many did just that at a time when mainstream radio didn't play black artist' music.

It is (to me) the white bread sound that took away all the things that made the originals, well, original!

Mr. Boone feels he was helping the black artists. And I truly do believe there was no malice in what he did.  Just that it was a travesty to the music!  LOL!

Of course he has also recorded an album (or two) of heavy metal remakes....

We'll just end that here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Next week: Five new songs that will have a brand new theme!

~ Glenn