That Was YOU Singing? 15 White Singers We Once Thought Were Black: Part II
Mayer Hawthorne
There’s no doubt that Mayer Hawthorne, with his fierce falsetto at times, is doing the alternative R&B soul thing and doing it well, because he’s been described by publications as a “Little White Boy Who Makes Big Black Man Music.” When I first heard Hawthorne’s song “Crime,” I was hooked, and thought he was black–but I could appreciate his sound nonetheless.