C&L's Late Nite Music Club With Sam Sparro

A friend was driving me to a 4th of July party and he asked if I wanted to hear a new song. I didn't, but the question, thankfully, was rhetorical. Wh
By Howie Klein — July 6, 2008

A friend was driving me to a 4th of July party and he asked if I wanted to hear a new song. I didn't, but the question, thankfully, was rhetorical. When I first heard "Black and Gold" by Sam Sparro I immediately thought it reminded me of the first time I heard "Crazy" by Seal. Except Sam is a white gay guy from Australia living in L.A. He had been befriended by Chaka Khan, so I wasn't 100% off base-- and his dad, Chris Fallon, is a gospel minister and musician as well-- who wrote a song for Queer Eye For the Straight Guy. Sam's eponymous debut LP is out in the U.K. and went to #4. It's coming out in the U.S. soon. "Black and Gold," already a #2 smash in the U.K. was just released in the U.S. I like the official video but it's protected from blogs so...

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