Comments on: GALLERY: Top 10 White Icons Of Black Music

By: ChooseyLuva150

ChooseyLuva150 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:11:29 +0000

hall and oates
michael mc donald
sting and the police
phil collins and genesis
teena marie
just to name a few………..

you guys need a slap for adding jojo smmfh!

By: DEAN-LOGAN

DEAN-LOGAN — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:02:41 +0000

Where is the Average White Band, and Herb Alpert?

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By: smokez2k1

smokez2k1 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:20:39 +0000

Nice try homie, but I don’t think, you’re “in the know” to be putting together lists. White acts accepted by blacks didn’t just start in the 90s and putting Elvis there was off the topic. Elvis was a re-recorder of black hit records. James Taylor, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, etc. get a clue

By: mqm1997

mqm1997 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:16:07 +0000

Where in the world is Hall and Oates?!!! And I agree, Teena Marie should have been on this list way before Jojo!

By: Stan_Vinyl

Stan_Vinyl — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:49:43 +0000

That list is weak and wrong in several spots.

By: Sunshine24_7

Sunshine24_7 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:22:59 +0000

Somebody just had an assignment to do and put together any old list to get it done … I haven’t heard of half these people. Icons???

Without Teena Marie or the BeeGee’s this is definitely a joke!!!

By: Sunshine24_7

Sunshine24_7 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:16:39 +0000

Where the hell is Teena Marie???

By: tory23

tory23 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:35:07 +0000

Peter Frampton, he made some hot black-soulful songs. he was one of the first people to use the voice synthesizer and also influenced Roger Troutman

By: YOURNAWTEEGIRL

YOURNAWTEEGIRL — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:22:12 +0000

I’M SUPRISED THE BEASTIE BOYS AREN’T ON THIS LIST
AND WHO THE HELL PUT JOJO ON HERE? ARE YA KIDDING?

By: DRACATTACK

DRACATTACK — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:51:54 +0000

The BeeGees (GOD rest their souls), Teena Marie, Blondie, Rare Earth, David Bowie, & who can forget the almighty Tower Of Power…some baaaaaddd white boys…even today!! (Icons)

By: 1suaveguy

1suaveguy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:25:47 +0000

and where is teena marie? you can tell this list was made by a 18 year old…the only ready michael mcdonalds and jon be are on here is probably b/c somebody screamed “hey, name some white singers i can’t think of any!” in the office….pathetic.

By: 1suaveguy

1suaveguy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:24:22 +0000

timberlake and thicke just made this list 100% bonafide bulls**t.

By: lp3555

lp3555 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:10:43 +0000

As of the past 10 or so years ppl have been mistaken pop for r&b and hip hop. I think this list needs a serious make over to get the classifications correct and remove many of these pop artist.

By: Anthropological

Anthropological — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:24:33 +0000

This is one of the reasons that I HATE music!
You cannot “STEAL” an idea. Art is not STEALING…. when you have an original idea, once you use it people will use it too no matter what color they are… case in point: When Rakim came out in 86 with the slow flow over James Brown samples… everyone else was yelling and using their own music… LL Cool J was had just went triple platinum the year before screaming his head off… after Rakim though for the next 5 years everyone was rapping slow… using James Brown samples
Music, like every other art form relies and relies HEAVILY on adaptation, modification and fusion….

By: antonio270

antonio270 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:07:58 +0000

actually the stag dancing came from james brown thats where evlis and michael jackson got there moves from even mc hammer got it from james brown. some 1 correct me if im wrong but that means evlis also got the dancing from the blacks and he had black song writers

By: DRACATTACK

DRACATTACK — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:39:36 +0000

Elvis’ azz copied Richard Penniman & Charles Berry BIG TIME which actually put him “over the top!!” Now, as for so called “White Icons” of Music…i.e. KC & the Sunshine Band, Average White Band, Dr. John, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Rod Stewart, Peter Frampton, etc etc…they all lasted (together or individually) for “years” & didn’t just release 1 or 2 CDs/Albums only to never be heard of again or that they split up. Even to this day (years & years later) they can still sell out a concert and bring the whole damn house down with their performance…..and they are still “performing” today!! To me, that is what makes them “Iconic!!”

By: DRACATTACK

DRACATTACK — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:39:17 +0000

Elvis’ azz copied Richard Penniman & Charles Berry BIG TIME which actually put him “over the top!!” Now, as for so called “White Icons” of Black Music…i.e. KC & the Sunshine Band, Average White Band, Dr. John, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Rod Stewart, Peter Frampton, etc etc…they all lasted (together or individually) for “years” & didn’t just release 1 or 2 CDs/Albums only to never be heard of again or that they split up. Even to this day (years & years later) they can still sell out a concert and bring the whole damn house down with their performance…..and they are still “performing” today!! To me, that is what makes them “Iconic!!”

By: ny2128

ny2128 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:16:33 +0000

Jackie Wilson, argued: “A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man’s music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis.” just figured i put that out there for all haters that say Elvis is a thief, just cuz maybe he expanded on something already there, which subsequently is done all the time by new artists trying to branch out and start something new. If you don’t know who Jackie Wilson is look him up

By: sealed-with-a-mwah

sealed-with-a-mwah — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:15:08 +0000

Vanilla Ice? That’s downright offensive.

By: Blackbabybell

Blackbabybell — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:02:28 +0000

“SOME BODY AT BLACK MUST BE SMOKING “CRACK”. WHERE IS THE UNCOMPARABLE MS. TEENA MARIE, THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND, KC, OF KC IN THE SUNSHINE BAND.MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ON YOUR LIST ARE “POP” ARTIST. I’D NEVER THOUGHT I’D BE SAYING THIS BUT “ELVIS” AND POSSIBLY MICHEAL MACDONALD ARE THE ONLY LEGIT ONES ON THE LIST.

By: Jazzy-KD

Jazzy-KD — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:31:24 +0000

tina marie and beastie boys should def be on this list… now elvis was a thief … and vanilla ice was a one hit wonder… where’s fergie, nelly furtado, and gwen stefani … the list def needs some editing

By: cakeman

cakeman — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:18:06 +0000

how about rare earth, who was the first white group to sign with motown. i just want to “celebrate”!

justin timberlake is a weak azzed sellout who let janet take the entire rap, and could have fell from grace had it not been for uncle tom black producers like timberland.

By: SuzyQ38

SuzyQ38 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:00:54 +0000

Where in the hell are the Beasties at???? They should be TOP OF THE LIST!! And why would they even have Amy Winehouse on this list?

By: SuzyQ38

SuzyQ38 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:00:20 +0000

Where in the are the Beasties at???? They should be TOP OF THE LIST!! And why would they even have Amy Winehouse on this list?

By: mZbOsS09

mZbOsS09 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:51:46 +0000

OMG !!! Jon B and Robin Thicke oh my God they look good as hell and they can sing, my heart can just melt !

By: Phillip_The_So_Fine

Phillip_The_So_Fine — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:48:08 +0000

To put on Elvis, JoJo (who ever that is) Vanilla Ice, Eminem, and AMY WINEHOUSE?? is a slap in the face to the REAL white soulful icons (not borrowers or outright thieves) like Teena Marie, Hall & Oates and the Beastie Boys amongst others.

By: Khafre

Khafre — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:50:07 +0000

Whoever made this list must be young. How can you not include Hall and Oats?

By: DJ4ADay

DJ4ADay — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:35:06 +0000

Sorry but this list is very shallow. What about Elton John . Peter Townsend, Paul Mcartney , Peter Gabriel . Bob Dylan , Eric Clapton those who are on your list are some of todays hit’s I admit that but they haven’t come close to leaving a legacy. outside of Eminem, Elvis and Micheal Bolton was a copy of other great artist./ Nice try but so far off… Ricardo

By: KaiDiamondOasis

KaiDiamondOasis — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:28:56 +0000

Jon B. Dont diss on him Teena Marie should be up there. JT, Christina, Em, and Robin Thicke deserve 2 be picked