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White Crossover Artists Everyone knows black artists have crossed over to white radio but I want to know your favorite white artists from back in the day that have crossed over to black radio.
Now please do not include Teena Marie because we all know she is truly a bad girl who from day one entered through the "black door" and crossed over to white radio later. My favorites are: Queen - Another One Bites The Dust Hall and Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) Rod Stewart - Passion Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra Grey Khin Band - Jeapardy David Bowie - Let's Dance Olivia Newton John - Physical Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Tom Tom Club - Started out as the rhythm section for Talking Heads, branched into funk and early hip-hop scene and certainly made a decent crossover w/ Genius of Love. | |
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George Michael
Hall & Oates KC & the Sunshine Band Average White Band | |
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Anxiety said: Tom Tom Club - Started out as the rhythm section for Talking Heads, branched into funk and early hip-hop scene and certainly made a decent crossover w/ Genius of Love.
Indeed! Genius of Love was their only R&B hit, but it was a great one. They put out an album a few years ago that wasn't too bad. | |
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Anxiety said: Tom Tom Club - Started out as the rhythm section for Talking Heads, branched into funk and early hip-hop scene and certainly made a decent crossover w/ Genius of Love. Oh yes! I had forgotten about the Tom Tom Club. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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I guess I should include Elvis here, too, but dunno if crossover would apply. He pretty much charted on R&B and Pop charts throughout the early '60s. | |
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Speaking of the Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love". Does anyone remember when Rich Little took that beat and did an impression of Ronald Reagan and called it "President's Rap"? Andy is a four letter word. | |
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My list:
Hall and Oates: Sara Smile David Bowie: Fame Kraftwerk: Tour de France, Numbers Art of Noise: Moments in Love, Beatbox (Diversion One) Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer Madonna: Take A Bow, Holiday Tara Kemp: Just Wanna Hold You Tight Jane Child: Don't Wanna Fall In Love Tom Tom Club: The Genius Of Love Thomas Dolby: She Blinded Me With Science Gary Numan: Cars Talking Heads: Once In A Lifetime Yes: Owner of a Lonely Heart [This message was edited Tue Jul 13 20:10:11 2004 by psykosoul] | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: Average White Band That's kinda like including Teena Marie  | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: Anxiety said: Tom Tom Club - Started out as the rhythm section for Talking Heads, branched into funk and early hip-hop scene and certainly made a decent crossover w/ Genius of Love.
Indeed! Genius of Love was their only R&B hit, but it was a great one. They put out an album a few years ago that wasn't too bad. They've put out several, and they're all pretty decent. "Dark Sneak Love Action" is fantastic, actually, and they put out another studio album just a few years back that has a "sequel" song to Genius of Love on it.  | |
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psykosoul said: RipHer2Shreds said: Average White Band That's kinda like including Teena Marie Yeah, sorta, but they're from Scotland, so they had a lot more whitness to overcome! Plus, they didn't have the added advantage of bangin' Rick James to help their career. At least, not that I'm aware of.
I guess I got lazy and just named artists who charted R&B frequently, rather than singles. Ah well... | |
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Anxiety said: RipHer2Shreds said: Indeed! Genius of Love was their only R&B hit, but it was a great one. They put out an album a few years ago that wasn't too bad. They've put out several, and they're all pretty decent. "Dark Sneak Love Action" is fantastic, actually, and they put out another studio album just a few years back that has a "sequel" song to Genius of Love on it. Yep, The Good, The Bad and The Funky. That's the album I was referring to.  | |
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Pet Shop Boys
Tears For Fears Wham! New Order Scritti Politti Gang of Four The Clash (who would've thought that a Punk band could crossover with their attempt at Rap?) ....see, that's another thing I loved about New Wave. Even the folks on the urban radio stations knew what time it was with the Synth-Poppers. NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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[quote] psykosoul said: My list:
David Bowie: Fame Kraftwerk: Tour de France, Numbers Art of Noise: Moments in Love, Beatbox (Diversion One) Thomas Dolby: She Blinded Me With Science Yes: Owner of a Lonely Heart I don't know how I forgot about these especially Kraftwerk's "Numbers". Others I forgot are: Yellow Magic Orchestra - Numbers (This is either a chinese or japanese group)...funky as hell The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep One of my absolute favorite jams that I just recently found out was a white group is: Kano - I'm Ready Andy is a four letter word. | |
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NWF said: Pet Shop Boys
Tears For Fears Wham! New Order Scritti Politti Gang of Four The Clash (who would've thought that a Punk band could crossover with their attempt at Rap?) ....see, that's another thing I loved about New Wave. Even the folks on the urban radio stations knew what time it was with the Synth-Poppers. I don't think The Clash charted R&B, at least not before the year 1999. | |
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Double - The Captain of Her Heart. <-----this was a jam
Human - The Human League (thanks to Jam & Lewis) [This message was edited Tue Jul 13 20:31:02 2004 by psykosoul] | |
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How could I forget both I Can't Wait and Point of No Return by Nu Shooz!? Classic tracks, both of them!
Psycosoul, you made the same edit I did at the same time (Human)![This message was edited Tue Jul 13 20:33:36 2004 by RipHer2Shreds] | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: Psycosoul, you made the same edit I did at the same time (Human)!
[This message was edited Tue Jul 13 20:33:36 2004 by RipHer2Shreds] great minds think alike  | |
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The BeeGees | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: NWF said: Pet Shop Boys
Tears For Fears Wham! New Order Scritti Politti Gang of Four The Clash (who would've thought that a Punk band could crossover with their attempt at Rap?) ....see, that's another thing I loved about New Wave. Even the folks on the urban radio stations knew what time it was with the Synth-Poppers. I don't think The Clash charted R&B, at least not before the year 1999. Yeah, I think they did. Or at least they got played on the urban radio with their rap song, "The Magnificent 7". NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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I will include duets on here.
I'm going a little old school on y'all for starters: What You Won't Do For Love -- Bobby Caldwell Minute By Minute and What A Fool Believes -- The Doobie Brothers Dirty Lowdown -- Boz Skaggs Now a little 80's for ya (nice call on Nu Shooz btw, was rockin that the otha day . . .) Human -- The Human League Do You Really Want To Hurt Me -- Culture Club Yah Mo B There, On My Own, Sweet Freedom, I Keep Forgetting -- Michael McDonald Knew You Were Wating for Me -- George Michael I'll Always Love You -- Taylor Dayne (did somebody get this one already?) If you Love Somebedy Set Them Free -- Sting How could y'all have forgotten hip-hop, much of which is old school now? The Gasface -- 3rd Bass Licensed To Ill (LP) -- The Beastie Boys Jump Around (original and Pete Rock remix) -- House of Pain Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Hall & Oates pretty much had tons of access thru Soul/R&B radio with a lot of their songs throughout the '70s and early '80s.
George Michael - Faith was a #1 album on the R&B chart. But even while he was part of Wham! (ok, yeah, he WAS WHAM!) he got a lot of play with "Everything She Wants" and "Careless Whisper"...but their earliest stuff ("Wham Rap"  ) was way too corny for Black radio.
I remember hearing Elton John's "Bennie & The Jets" on Soul stations in the '70s. A lot of disco songs by White artists were mainstays on Soul/R&B stations, most of 'em I can't remember off the top of my head right now, but Rod Stewarts "Do You Think I'm Sexy" and Foxy's "Hot Number" and "Get Off" were a few. Ahh, more disco on Soul/R&B stations: Alicia Bridges - "I Love The Nightlife," Vicki Sue Robinson - "Turn The Beat Around...Blondie - "Heart of Glass"...Village People - all their unforgivable crap...Silver Convention's "Fly Robin, Fly"...Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music"  ...Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band's "A Fifth of Beethoven"...The Bee Gees and all of their mid '70s to very early '80s music...
I even remember hearing Rod Stewart's "Infatuation" on R&B radio in the early '80s. But I don't think that was a nationwide thing. Bobby Caldwell - "What You Won't Do For Love"... Human League - "Fascination"... Blondie's "Rapture"... Then there's that group from Motown...I can't remember their name at the moment, they covered "Get Ready"...their drummer was singing lead on it... Michael McDonald's "I Keep Forgetting" and that song from the Gregory Hines/Billy Crystal movie... Did anybody ever hear Kenny Loggins' "This Is It" on Soul stations? I honestly can't remember if I did. "Rock Me Amadeus" by that Falco dude... I agree with Psykosoul about the Average White Band being Funk to their cores from jump street just as Teena Marie was Soul to her core from the get-go - if we're gonna stick to the rule that Teena doesn't really qualify...  ...and so did KC & The Sunshine Band... ...
` [This message was edited Tue Jul 13 21:23:49 2004 by Supernova] This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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[quote] Supernova said: Then there's that group from Motown...I can't remember their name at the moment, they covered "Get Ready"...their drummer was singing lead on it... That group was Rare Earth. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Supernova said: Hall & Oates pretty much had tons of access thru Sou/R&B radio with a lot of their songs throughout the '70s and early '80s.
I agree with Psykosoul about the Average White Band being Funk to their cores from jump street just as Teena Marie was Soul to her core from the get-go - if we're gonna stick to the rule that Teena doesn't really qualify... ...and so did KC & The Sunshine Band......This white crossover business has way too many rules. We should probably take solo Michael McDonald out of there too. His solo work was consistently on the R&B charts. Even a few songs he wrote with The Doobie Brothers charted R&B.
This Is It - Kenny Loggins - #17 R&B in 1980 Infatuation - Rod Stewart - did not chart R&B George Michael - Faith was a #1 album on the R&B chart. But even while he was part of Wham! (ok, yeah, he WAS WHAM!) he got a lot of play with "Everything She Wants" and "Careless Whisper"...but their earliest stuff ("Wham Rap" ) was way too corny for Black radio.
Let's forget that the ultra-corny Whoomp! There It Is was a #1 R&B hit! | |
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[quote] RipHer2Shreds said: Infatuation - Rod Stewart - did not chart R&B It may have not made the R&B charts but it was played on black radio stations. At least it was in my neck of the woods. I think it has to do with the DJ and the region. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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I can't believe no one's mentioned Huey Lewis and the News!
Also, Phil Collins, Robert Palmer, for sure .. and even Color Me Badd LOL ("i wanna sex you up") ... did Kenny Rogers chart with a Lionel Richie song? | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: Supernova said: Hall & Oates pretty much had tons of access thru Sou/R&B radio with a lot of their songs throughout the '70s and early '80s.
I agree with Psykosoul about the Average White Band being Funk to their cores from jump street just as Teena Marie was Soul to her core from the get-go - if we're gonna stick to the rule that Teena doesn't really qualify... ...and so did KC & The Sunshine Band......This white crossover business has way too many rules. We should probably take solo Michael McDonald out of there too. His solo work was consistently on the R&B charts. Even a few songs he wrote with The Doobie Brothers charted R&B.True. Most of McDonald's solo stuff I've forgotten. RipHer2Shreds: This Is It - Kenny Loggins - #17 R&B in 1980
Infatuation - Rod Stewart - did not chart R&B  I sorta figured as much.
George Michael - Faith was a #1 album on the R&B chart. But even while he was part of Wham! (ok, yeah, he WAS WHAM!) he got a lot of play with "Everything She Wants" and "Careless Whisper"...but their earliest stuff ("Wham Rap" ) was way too corny for Black radio.
RipHer2Shreds: Let's forget that the ultra-corny Whoomp! There It Is was a #1 R&B hit!
Yeah, but was it as corny as that early stuff that Wham did before their Make It Big album? Come on, George and Andrew were in their tough guy guises RAPPING!!  This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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vainandy said:[quote] Supernova said: Then there's that group from Motown...I can't remember their name at the moment, they covered "Get Ready"...their drummer was singing lead on it... That group was Rare Earth. That's them!  This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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vainandy said:[quote] RipHer2Shreds said: Infatuation - Rod Stewart - did not chart R&B It may have not made the R&B charts but it was played on black radio stations. At least it was in my neck of the woods. I think it has to do with the DJ and the region. Yeah, there are cases where some songs are regional hits. This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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SynthiaRose said: I can't believe no one's mentioned Huey Lewis and the News!
WHICH song? 
Also, Phil Collins, Robert Palmer, for sure .. and even Color Me Badd LOL ("i wanna sex you up")
Yes, yes, yes... ... did Kenny Rogers chart with a Lionel Richie song?
"Lady"? No. Not on any R&B station I know of. This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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