Quick music question (then I'll delete/move this thread)

[Hi There, Am Pam]

Can anyone remember the name of the people who sung an inter-racial duet on TV in the 60's/70's? At the time, it was a huge shock because it was a white woman holding hands, singing with a black man. I need to know it for an article I'm writing.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Shake that booty?

[Barbara]

Judy Clay and Billy Vera?

http://staxrecords.free.fr/judyclay.htm

(edit) eehhh fuck I guess that's not it if it's a black guy and white woman... Judy Clay was black and Billy Vera was white. Okay, trying again...

[Chopstick]

Originally posted by Barbara
Judy Clay and Billy Vera?

http://staxrecords.free.fr/judyclay.htm
What's the point of making a post if my words aren't preserved forever in the Blamonet archives?




By that I mean... I have no idea.

[Barbara]

maybe this is the one

In 1968, some communities felt their standards were violated when Petula Clark, a white woman, touched the arm of Harry Belafonte, a black man, after they sang a duet on an NBC special.

http://www.current.org/ch/ch0503santora.shtml

if not then I hope those two links help at least

[Hi There, Am Pam]

That may be it Barbara, I can't remember the details if it was a white woman/black man, or black woman/white man. I can't find any other (useful) info other than what you posted, so I'm not sure if that was what I am trying to refer to. :/

[Hi There, Am Pam]

And you can imagine the results I get when I search for "interracial duet"

[Hi There, Am Pam]

Originally posted by Barbara
maybe this is the one

In 1968, some communities felt their standards were violated when Petula Clark, a white woman, touched the arm of Harry Belafonte, a black man, after they sang a duet on an NBC special.

http://www.current.org/ch/ch0503santora.shtml

if not then I hope those two links help at least

I think that's it! Thanks Barbara! Let me just make sure before I delete/move.

[Barbara]

Here's something better from Wikipedia, under Harry Belafonte's entry:

In 1968, Belafonte appeared on a Petula Clark primetime special on NBC. In the middle of a song, Clark smiled and briefly touched Belafonte's arm, which made the show's sponsor, Plymouth Motors, nervous. They wanted to cut out the segment but Clark, who had ownership of the special, told NBC that the song aired intact or she wouldn't allow her special to be aired at all. Plymouth's demands made the national newspapers and when the special aired, it grabbed high viewing figures. Clark's gesture marked the first time in which two people of different races made friendly bodily contact on US television.

Well, sounds like a pretty big deal type of thing at least if that really was the first time ;)

[Hi There, Am Pam]

Yeah, I just looked it up in the Wikipedia. Very helpful, and I might use it as a reference if I want to go that route.


I'm writing an article for a humorous website my friends & I are working on. It's about the "rules" of a rock concert, and what will inevitablly happen. I know that doesn't seem to relate to what I was asking for, but I kind of tie in a criticism of modern rock.

[vaya con dios]

I'd pay top dollar to see Edith Piaf get it on with Ray Parker, Jr.

In ANY sense.