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Blue-Eyed Soul

 
 

Description of Blue-Eyed Soul

 
Blue-Eyed Soul refers to the music of white folks with an affinity and feeling for black rhythm and blues. Groups from the 1960s -- like the Righteous Brothers, the Box Tops and the Rascals -- are most commonly categorized here. But during the '70s, acts like David Bowie, Hall & Oates and Robert Palmer dipped their toes in this tradition with their soul-influenced songs, and the '80s brought Paul Young, Simply Red and George Michael. As soul and R&B drifted toward Dance Pop in the late '80s and '90s, Blue-Eyed Soul artists followed suit. Teen Beat acts like New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys could even arguably land in this category.
 

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Blue-Eyed Soul Key Artists

 
Bee Gees

Although the Bees Gees
have donned many musical
styles in their four-decade
career, they'll always be
synonymous with Disco. "...

Boy George

Now a famous DJ, Boy
George is best known as the
gender-bending frontman
for 1980s icons Culture
Club. Boy George was bor...

Dan Hartman

Stylistically diverse and
always a few singles shy of
lasting fame, Hartman
released one good Disco
album and a few singles. B...

Dusty Springfield

English soulstress whose
albums rivaled those of
American artists during the
height of the Soul era. Dusty
Springfield's name at birth...

Fine Young Cannibals

This sharp post-New Wave
outfit crafted some of the
classiest and hardiest pop of
the '80s. "She Drives Me
Crazy" was the Cannibals'...

George Michael

Few could have guessed
the transition from
teenybopper idol to serious
singer/songwriter would go
as smoothly as it did for G...

Hall & Oates

From lush ballads to
Philly-inspired Blue-Eyed
Soul, this duo racked up
nineteen gold and platinum
awards by 1984. Hall & Oate...

Joss Stone

Joss Stone's passion for
classic soul is reflected
lovingly in her music. Stone
has the pipes to carry off
songs originally done by s...

Lisa Stansfield

This British singer stormed
American R&B and pop charts
in the early '90s, scoring a
huge hit with "All Around
the World." Before going...

Michael McDonald

McDonald may "keep
forgettin'" but fans of '70s
and '80s easy rock will not
forget this grizzled
Blue-Eyed Soul crooner....

Paul Carrack

British pop/soul veteran,
best known as the voice
behind Mike & the Mechanics'
hit "Silent Running (On
Dangerous Ground)." Carr...

Paul Young

Pop soul balladeer joined
the likes of ABC and Hall &
Oates in 1980s, singing
gentle songs like "Everytime
You Go Away." Young is b...

Robert Palmer

Calm and collected, Palmer
made everyone "Addicted
to Love," but his passion for
soul earned him hits for
three decades. The single...

Swing Out Sister

Swing Out Sister's classic
pop is colored by big brass
and new wave synths.
Vocalist Corrine Drewery
sounds like she came righ...

The Box Tops

Fronted by later Big Star
lead singer Alex Chilton, the
Box Tops made some of the
most memorable blue-eyed
soul of the '60s. When sin...

The Rascals

From the sweaty stomper
"Good Lovin'" to the playful
"Groovin'" the Rascals
proved themselves masters
of blue-eyed soul. Rascal...

The Righteous Brothers

There's no denying the
Righteous Brothers have
recorded some of the finest
melodramatic,
soul-drenched ballads in...

Van Morrison

Part Celtic bard, part
soulster, and part
ecstatically scatting
mystical visionary, Van
Morrison is a painfully intr...

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