It's a story as old as the music industry - the white superstar British rocker (Rod Stewart) rips off not one, but two black men from the Western Hemisphere - Jorge Ben and Bobby Womack - to make a #1 hit song. And a fine one at that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrEsO4LpJDc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0_rQhtKGPA&feature=fvw
This is not the original version of "Taj Mahal." It's the funkiest one though. Jorge Ben won a lawsuit against Stewart and all proceeds from "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" are donated to UNICEF.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5EgWwDBG3s
Notice the strings and chorus from Bobby Womack's 1975 "(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It"
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| "Taj Mahal" (1976) | 2 |
| "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" | 1 |
| "(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It" | 1 |
― The Perfect Weapon 2, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 04:08 (fifteen years ago) link