Beyonce equals Quincy Jones with 28 Grammy Awards

By a twist of fate after only just posting a reworking of Quincy Jones 'Stuff Like That' by Danny Krivits, we wake up this morning with the announcement that Beyonce receives her 28th Grammy award (equalling the record of Quincy Jones) for Best R&B Performance for 'Black Parade' which does absolutely nothing for me, she also won one for Best Music Video for 'Brown Skin Girl' Beyoncé feat. Blue Ivy and Wizkid but that and the whole cronyism of the 'lovies' awards ceremonies is another story.  

How winning Album Of The Year for the third time could be put Taylor Swift in the same league as Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon (the only other artists to have won this accolade) is anyone's guess!

Whilst Beyonce's popularity is undoubtable, what on earth is she doing on this blog you may well ask?  Well the girl can 'sang' when she is given 'decent' material rather than the poppy R&B/hip-hop stuff that has made her an international star. It seems that everything she touches turns to gold .. or does it?  I've selected some tracks she released as singles that never charted, and to me at least, they represent some of her best material!

2003 - Summertime Feat. P. Diddy

The first being 'Summertime' Feat. P. Diddy from 'The Fighting Temptations' soundtrack in 2003. It's not the Gershwin classic, it's an original song.

2004 - The Closer I Get To You with Luther Vandross

The second is a duet with Luther Vandross onh a cover of Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway's The Closer I Get To You'. It was released on her debut album 'Dangerously In Love' in 2004 and as a single, and was also released as a longer version (6:25) on Luther's 'Dance With My Father' album. It didn't enter the Hot 100 despite winning a Grammy for Best R&B Performance By A Duo in 2004.

Long Version on 'Dance With My Father'

2005 - Wishing On A Star

The third track is her version of the Rose Royce classic 'Wishing On A Star' released as a single and featured in the movie 'Roll Bounce' in 2005. Again, this is another rare occasion that she didn't enter the Hot 100.

2008 - At Last

The final track is Etta James' 'At Last' from the movie Cadillac Records which only reached #67 on Hot 100.