Blue-Eyed Soul

Amy Winehouse remembered.

Amy Winehouse: September 14 - Singer Amy Winehouse turns 27.
The Bee Gees - Having dabbled in soft rock earlier in their careers, this trio released dance floor classics like "Staying Alive" and "Saturday Night Fever" in the late '70s and early '80s.
Bobby Caldwell - Caldwell released silky smooth classics like "What You Won't Do for Love" and "Open Your Eyes." Tupac Shakur later scored a posthumous hit by sampling "Do for Love" while Common's "The Light" samples "Open Your Eyes." The song features Caldwell on the hook.Daryl Hall & John Oates - Hall & Oates released a string of gold and platinum albums from 1973 to 1990. Songs like "You Make My Dreams," "Man Eater" and "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" still fill dance floors in a hurry to this day. H & O have been sampled by acts as diverse as De La Soul and Young Jeezy.

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Blue-Eyed Soul - A year ago today (July 23), Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment, a victim of alcohol poisoning. Soul music fans everywhere mourned. Amy may have been British, Jewish and, yes, white, but it didn't matter; her beautiful voice and hardscrabble songs belong up there with the R&B greats. Here, with Amy as inspiration and standardbearer, BET.com takes a look at other white artists with some serious soul.

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