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Thread started 02/10/12 10:25am

mjscarousal

William Devaughn- Diamond In My Back

You mayyyy not haveeeee a car at all... but remember brothers and sisters you can still stand talll

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Reply #1 posted 02/10/12 10:35am

MickyDolenz

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Not Curtis. It's William DeVaughn and the song is called Be Thankful For What You Got.

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #2 posted 02/10/12 10:36am

Graycap23

MickyDolenz said:

Not Curtis. It's William DeVaughn and the song is called Be Thankful For What You Got.

I was about 2 say that...............

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Reply #3 posted 02/10/12 10:39am

Timmy84


Seems like lots of the videos featuring the song has the 12" mix from 1980...

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Reply #4 posted 02/10/12 10:42am

Graycap23

MickyDolenz said:

Not Curtis. It's William DeVaughn and the song is called Be Thankful For What You Got.

Any relation 2 Raheem DeVaughn?

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Reply #5 posted 02/10/12 10:43am

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Graycap23 said:

MickyDolenz said:

Not Curtis. It's William DeVaughn and the song is called Be Thankful For What You Got.

I was about 2 say that...............

I've come across this video before, and several people have told the poster who it was, but he/she gets an attitude about it, says it's Curtis.

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #6 posted 02/10/12 10:45am

Timmy84

Graycap23 said:

MickyDolenz said:

Not Curtis. It's William DeVaughn and the song is called Be Thankful For What You Got.

Any relation 2 Raheem DeVaughn?

As far as I know, no.

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Reply #7 posted 02/10/12 10:47am

mjscarousal

MickyDolenz said:

Graycap23 said:

Timmy84 said:

THANKS guys for the correction really appreciate it! I exactly have never heard of William Devaughn. I definitly will check out more stuff from him..

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Reply #8 posted 02/10/12 10:49am

Timmy84

^ Yeah don't be fooled by posts saying this song was by this artist and it wasn't. YouTube usually have dummies posting videos of songs with the wrong artist and in this case, the wrong artist and the wrong song title.

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Reply #9 posted 02/10/12 11:07am

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Here's another version by Arthur Lee, who was in the 1960's band Love.

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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