Talk:R. B. Greaves

Family

I've taken the following sentences from the main article. If there's a source then maybe it can be put back in a more grammatically friendly and NPOV format. extraordinary (talk) 10:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

"sonny greaves is his grandson jason, sonia, tracy all my granddads kids"

Definition of 'Ostensibly'

"Ostensible: being such in appearance : plausible rather than demonstrably true or real" from m-w.com. I would put forth that it is quite plausible that the Maria of this song is Hispanic. Maria is a common Hispanic name; the song features Mariachi horns; it is also often played on Spanish oldies stations such as Clásica 92.3 FM, Miami. Sorry, 65.80.248.199, I don't have a reference in a peer-reviewed academic journal for this. Does that make this OR? If you feel there is a better word, please suggest it. Twalls (talk) 06:26, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

A quick search turned up this 1991 review of 'Soul Hits of the '70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind!' by David Browne on ew.com:

"R.B. Greaves' Take a Letter Maria, a No. 2 1969 hit, seemed lightweight, down to its Herb Alpert style trumpets. But when I pressed my ear close to my transistor radio, I heard something very much at odds with the musical arrangement: Was this actually a song being sung by a black executive in marital distress who asks his Hispanic secretary out for a date? Could you really sing about that on AM — or FM — airwave

But this an encyclopedia and opinions do not belong. See WP:POV. 68.80.26.161 (talk) 13:30, 14 November 2012 (UTC)