Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Oldie of the Day: December Soul

Ahhh...how many afternoons did I spend singing my heart out: "Been around the world and I-eye-yiii, I can't find my babehhh, I don't know and I don't know whyyyyy, why he's gone away..." A lot of folks were shocked when Lisa Stansfield showed up on the scene with a sultry voice like a female Barry White, but with the looks of the Iowa girl next door.  Well, maybe not Iowa -  maybe more like a NYC Village gal.  I definitely wouldn't have guessed she was British.  Stansfield has also delved from time to time into recording a few jazz tracks.

Have I said yet how interesting it is that so many blue-eyed soul artists are from the UK? Does anyone have an opinion as to why? 

Anyways, below is a fave track, "All Woman" and "Change".  I started to include the MTV videos, but went the live route so you can see this woman holding her own (over 20 years) without auto-tune.  Also, the classic 90s outfit made me laugh. 





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