# Blackest sounding white singer and whitest sounding black singer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackest-sounding-white-singer-and-whitest-sounding-black-singer/377335 "2006-10-21T14:39:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackest-sounding-white-singer-and-whitest-sounding-black-singer/377335/61 "2006-10-25T23:49:47Z")
[QUOTE=cactus waltz] That was awesome! [/QUOTE] Thanks. I still think the [Kylie](http://www.gurman.co.uk/stuff/kylieastley.mp3) conversion sounds more like Rick than the other one, but either way, the resemblance is quite striking, isn’t it? Probably any real difference is not exactly emphasised by the fact that Stock, Aitken and Waterman were doing the knob-twirling on both of those songs. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackest-sounding-white-singer-and-whitest-sounding-black-singer/377335/62 "2006-10-26T05:18:21Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] The blackest white I’ve heard is Jack Sheldon, a jazz singer who’s best known for singing the _Schoolhouse Rock_ classics _Conjunction Junction_ and _I’m Just A Bill._ [/QUOTE] Hold up. Hold up. _Hold the fuck up one ding-danged minute, dammit._ Jack Sheldon isn’t BLACK? :: Mind reels :: ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackest-sounding-white-singer-and-whitest-sounding-black-singer/377335/63 "2006-10-26T08:17:49Z")
Look, people, if it’s considered rude to link directly to a PDF without mentioning that fact, then it should be considered equally rude to link directly to a soundfile without mentioning it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackest-sounding-white-singer-and-whitest-sounding-black-singer/377335/64 "2006-10-26T08:56:29Z")
Apologies for that, I thought it was obvious from the context, but sorry. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackest-sounding-white-singer-and-whitest-sounding-black-singer/377335/65 "2006-10-27T05:54:21Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Apologies for that, I thought it was obvious from the context, but sorry. [/QUOTE] No prob. Always better to be sure. Just a bit jarring, click on it at work, have to look away, and suddenly there’s a blaring I don’t know where it’s coming from. ---
**Author:** ![jake1964](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@jake1964](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jake1964)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackest-sounding-white-singer-and-whitest-sounding-black-singer/377335/66 "2006-10-28T01:01:58Z")
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Bill Medley as a black sounding white singer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackest-sounding-white-singer-and-whitest-sounding-black-singer/377335.md?page=3)