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Ray Charles Explaining Why He Wasn't Impressed With Elvis Presley.
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When black folks start off with this, just know, we don't agree lol

Feeling like this is the perfect anthem for Autumn! 🥰 Nat King Cole songs always hit the mark - I love singing them! WDYT? Should I do the whole thing? #autumnleaves #NatKingCole #FallVibes #JazzClassics #coversong #music #Singing #SmoothJazz

It's nothing new. Not to mention, there was a lot of music during that time that was being stolen from black folks and given to white men but carry-on😒. He just couldn't word it like that.

Basically a vanilla ice of his time smh

But, who is still The King? Here's a hint. It ain't Ray Charles.

These AI subtitles are killing me

Ray is the best!

@Normanjam67 I remember a commentary article in Jet or Ebony about black singers' responses to the Beatles so probably 1964 or thereabouts; there was a lot of long-winded humming and hawing, but at the foot of a column Ben E King commented, 'To each his own'. No messing there!

So Elvis was the Eminem/ Vanilla Ice of his era. Able to do black music with a face white would be comfortable with. It’s the same thing with Drake, white people flock to white people.

Straight up facts.

