Well You Don’t Say: 10 White Singers We Once Thought Were Black

November 28th, 2011 - By MN Editor

Bobby Caldwell

This guy influenced this story. A few weeks back, I made the morning jam on our social media Bobby Caldwell’s “What You Won’t Do for Love.” The video posted was of the singer and his band performing the beloved track live, and while most people reminisced on how much they genuinely loved the song back in the day, many people made it a point to let the world know they didn’t know he was white. In fact, the comment most “liked” on YouTube is by an individual saying they could have swore he was black. Pure surprise. Maybe because this song just played, and played, and played on the radio for all these years without most people trying to seek out some sort of video (there doesn’t actually seem to be an official video). But not only does he happen to be of non-black status, but he was a lover of mullets and ponytails. That’s the jam though…

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  • rapunzel

    Teena Marie had one of the worse voices I’ve ever heard, the only voice worse than hers was Paula Abdul’s.

  • Micaela

    Thank you for the Little Dragon music suggestion. Excellent taste!

  • MC

    WHAT THE HECK!!! Robin Thicke is white??? :O That one I didn’t see coming!

  • kokochip

    The first time I heard Amy Winehouse, I SHO’ didn’t think she was white!!

  • knobodi

    you know what’s strange? i’m white and i could tell the “just a bill” guy was white. *shrugs*

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Morgan-Garriss/1198334814 Morgan Garriss

    wow–no Average White Band (they’re European too)? No Hall & Oats? Also, Bobby Caldwell also intentionally did not include his image on his album art because no one was sure how to market him.

    And, I mean..no one ever thought Christina Aguilera was black–everybody just knew that chick could sang…DO OVER! lol

  • http://www.facebook.com/cylersmom Catrina Morris Johnson

    Bobby Caldwell was the most surprising to me

  • Brawny71

    How could you leave off Taylor Dayne and Hall & Oates?!

  • Nappy Black

    Taylor Dayne wasn’t on the list.