Tuesday!
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Well,
here we are again,
another bigjac Tuesday.
As I think most of you know by now,
I married a black woman, Tonia,
two years ago,
and we live with two of her brothers
and her uncle,
so,
I'm now a member of a black American family.
The discussions we have are sometimes interesting.
We were watching youtube videos
of famous dancers,
including Gene Kelley,
and Sammy Davis Junior.
We moved to the topic of
Prince,
and I looked him up online,
to see when he was born,
(1958,
same year as Michael Jackson,
and my brother, Brent,
so he turned 55 this year.)
His rank in the Rolling Stone
Greatest Artists of All Time
was mentioned,
(#28)
and brother-in-law Terrell
asked me to look at the list,
to see which 27 artists
were seen as better than Prince.
Here is
the list.
The top ten from that list:
1 The Beatles
2 Bob Dylan
3 Elvis Presley
4 The Rolling Stones
5 Chuck Berry
6 Jimi Hendrix
7 James Brown
8 Little Richard
9 Aretha Franklin
10 Ray Charles
Prince is #28.
Michael Jackson,
the King of Pop,
is ranked at #35.
Rhetorical question:
Who are:
The Clash? (#30)
or
The Velvet Underground? (#19)
The Ranker website
has a so-called
Ultimate list
of top rock bands.
I scrolled down it,
461 bands,
and could not find
Prince
or Michael Jackson
anywhere on that list.
How would you rank
your top ten favorite artists
of all time?
Hope you're doing well,
but even if not,
tell us about it.
We're here to listen.