BOARDSIES DECIDE: Best Song Ever By Black/Partly Black Music Act.

Reberetta

JP Liz V1 two minutes too late to save Grover.

Results

Massive Attack Unfinished Sympathy 6-2 Brandy & Monica The Boy Is Mine
Rihanna, Jay-Z & Kanye West  Run This Town 2-8 Gloria Jones Tainted Love
Michael Kiwanuka  Cold Little Heart 5-4 Grover Washingon Jnr. Just The Two Of Us
Muddy Waters I'm Ready 6-2  Emilia Big Big World 


Fun Fact

Brandy & Monica The Boy is Mine
Inspired by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney's 1982 duet "The Girl Is Mine", the song received generally positive reviews from music critics and was the first number-one pop hit for both artists, in the US and internationally. Exploiting the media's presumption of a rivalry between the two young singers, "The Boy Is Mine" became the best-selling song of the year in the US, selling 2.6 million copies, and spent 13 weeks at the top of the US Billboard Hot 100. It became the second song in the history of the chart to ascend directly to number-one from a previous position beneath the Top 20, at number 23, following The Beatles and the 27–1 leap of their single "Can't Buy Me Love" in April 1964. Internationally, the single also achieved a strong charting, peaking at number one in Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand, while reaching the top five on most of the other charts on which it appeared.

ShaneU

#JusticeForGrover

Some of us have jobs you know :pac:

Zaph

Billie Holiday Strange Fruit
Will Smith feat. Coko Men In Black - only because I hate that MJ song so much
Chubby Checker Let's Twist Again
Tammi Terrell & Marvin Gaye Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Alicia Keys Fallin
Michael Jackson Man in The Mirror
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg Still D.R.E
Leon Bridges River

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Scores so far

Alicia Keys Fallin 6-2 Billie Holiday Strange Fruit
Michael Jackson  Man in The Mirror 6-3 Will Smith feat. Coko Men In Black
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg Still D.R.E 7-2 Chubby Checker Let's Twist Again
Leon Bridges River 3-5 Tammi Terrell & Marvin Gaye Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Voting close 2.27pm.

Reberetta

ShaneU wrote: »

#JusticeForGrover

Reberetta

Results

Alicia Keys Fallin 6-2 Billie Holiday Strange Fruit
Michael Jackson  Man in The Mirror 6-3 Will Smith feat. Coko Men In Black
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg Still D.R.E 7-2 Chubby Checker Let's Twist Again
Leon Bridges River 3-5 Tammi Terrell & Marvin Gaye Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Damn traffic!

Reberetta

Most votes after 50 mins advances.

Round 1
Chic My Forbidden Lover v Wilson Pickett In The Midnight Hour

Freddie King Hide Away v Roberta Flack The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

George Benson Give Me The Night v Sam Cooke A Change is Gonna Come

Ray Charles  Mess Around v The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There

Chic My Forbidden Lover v Wilson Pickett In The Midnight Hour
Freddie King Hide Away v Roberta Flack The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
George Benson Give Me The Night v Sam Cooke A Change is Gonna Come
Ray Charles  Mess Around v The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There

Necro

Woo hoo two more of my noms through!!!!

(Man in ze Mirror and Still DRE)

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Brandy & Monica The Boy Is Mine
Rihanna, Jay-Z & Kanye West  Run This Town
Grover Washingon Jnr. Just The Two Of Us
Emilia Big Big World 

I voted Grover

Necro

Ye can decide amongst yourselves these next 4 I'm out for the evening unfortunately

JP Liz V1

Chic My Forbidden Lover
Roberta Flack The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Sam Cooke A Change is Gonna Come
The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There

ShaneU

Wilson Pickett In The Midnight Hour
Freddie King Hide Away
Sam Cooke A Change is Gonna Come
Ray Charles Mess Around (my nom, what a fun song)

Zaph

Wilson Pickett In The Midnight Hour
Freddie King Hide Away
Sam Cooke A Change is Gonna Come
The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There - really tough choice for this one

Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour

Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face <my Mam loves this song!>

Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come <classic>

The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There <not a big fan of either of these, but at least this one wasn't used in an annoying ad>

the purple tin

Wilson Pickett In The Midnight Hour
Freddie King Hide Away
Sam Cooke A Change is Gonna Come
Ray Charles Mess Around

Necro

Deleted User wrote:

Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Well if Homer's mam loves it, it's worth a vote from me

Declan A Walsh

My votes in bold.

Chic My Forbidden Lover v Wilson Pickett In The Midnight Hour - One of my noms: great melody.

Freddie King Hide Away v Roberta Flack The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Atmospheric love song

George Benson Give Me The Night v Sam Cooke A Change is Gonna Come - Catchy piece of jazz, soul and pop.

Ray Charles Mess Around v The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There - iconic soul harmony.

Reberetta

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I voted Grover

Sorry, fifty minute time-limit. Your vote was too late. It's happened a few times with various posters-got to be on time!

Results

Chic My Forbidden Lover 2-4 Wilson Pickett In The Midnight Hour
George Benson Give Me The Night 1-5 Sam Cooke A Change is Gonna Come
Ray Charles  Mess Around 2-4 The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There
Freddie King Hide Away 3-4 Roberta Flack The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

JP Liz V1

Reberetta wrote: »

Sorry, fifty minute time-limit. Your vote was too late. It's happened a few times with various posters-got to be on time!

Results

Chic My Forbidden Lover 2-4 Wilson Pickett In The Midnight Hour
George Benson Give Me The Night 1-5 Sam Cooke A Change is Gonna Come
Ray Charles  Mess Around 2-4 The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There
Freddie King Hide Away 3-4 Roberta Flack The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

16.03 was too late, damn need to be faster

Reberetta

Round 1
Prince Let's Go Crazy v Martha & The Vandellas Dancing in the Streets

Ike and Tina River Deep Mountain High v Shanice I Love Your Smile

James Brown I Feel Good v The Ink Spots I Don't Want To Set the World On Fire

Dr. Dre feat. Eminem & Hittman Forgot About Dre v Sly & The Family Stone Family Affair

Prince Let's Go Crazy v Martha & The Vandellas Dancing in the Streets
Ike and Tina River Deep Mountain High v Shanice I Love Your Smile
James Brown I Feel Good v The Ink Spots I Don't Want To Set the World On Fire
Dr. Dre Forgot About Dre v Sly & The Family Stone Family Affair

the purple tin

Martha & The Vandellas Dancing in the Streets
Ike and Tina River Deep Mountain High
The Ink Spots I Don't Want To Set the World On Fire
Sly & The Family Stone Family Affair

JP Liz V1

The Vandellas Dancing in the Streets
Ike and Tina River Deep Mountain High
James Brown I Feel Good
Dr. Dre Forgot About Dre

Also Starring LeVar Burton

oops, missed the last lot completely... oh well, I had no vested interest in any of the last lot anyway, so not a bad one to miss... Anyway, moving on...

Prince Let's Go Crazy

Shanice I Love Your Smile/B]

James Brown I Feel Good

Dr. Dre Forgot About Dre

Irish Aris

Ah, the first 2 are very difficult to choose. . .

Prince Let's Go Crazy v Martha & The Vandellas Dancing in the Streets
Ike and Tina River Deep Mountain High v Shanice I Love Your Smile - I'll pass on this, really like both songs
James Brown I Feel Good v The Ink Spots I Don't Want To Set the World On Fire
Dr. Dre Forgot About Dre v Sly & The Family Stone Family Affair

Reberetta

Fun Facts

Little Willie John Fever
In 1937, he was born William Edgar John in Arkansas. He was one of the first R&B singers, fairly popular in the late '50s and early '60s. Although he was a major influence on soul singers of the '60s, he remains relatively unknown today. His nickname came from his slight height - he was only 5'4".

After stabbing a man to death, he was jailed for manslaughter and died in prison when he was only 30 years old. The cause of his death is disputed - with reasons given ranging from a heart attack, pneumonia, asphyxiation, or as the result of beatings received in prison. His songs have been covered by many artists - The Beatles recorded "Leave My Kitten Alone" for the Beatles For Sale sessions, but never released it (It did appear on their Anthology 1 set). Little Willie John was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

According to Otis Blackwell, he wrote it with Eddie Cooley. Otis Blackwell was a singer/songwriter/pianist, but most well-known for his songwriting. Some famous songs he wrote/co-wrote are "Don't Be Cruel," "Great Balls of Fire," and "All Shook Up."

The trade charts were so distorted in the 1950s that even though Willie John's original version, (which made #24 in the US) trailed Peggy Lee's, it outsold hers by 2 to 1. Notable covers were performed by Elvis, Madonna and Tom Jones.

Lost to Under The Boardwalk by The Drifters.

The J Stands for Jay

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour

Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face <my Mam loves this song!>

Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come <classic>

The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There <not a big fan of either of these, but at least this one wasn't used in an annoying ad>

It's been in a few ads, one for teabags I think

Reberetta

Edited: Shanice I Love Your Smile, not I Believe I Can Fly, which was R.Kelly, since disqualified.

The J Stands for Jay

Prince Let's Go Crazy v Martha
Ike and Tina River Deep Mountain High
James Brown I Feel Good
Dr. Dre Forgot About Dre v Sly