Bluesky users crowdsource songs mentioning 'color' after Linda Martell chart history
A post about the first Black woman to chart high on country radio sparked hundreds of music recommendations.
What to know
- A Bluesky post about Linda Martell becoming the highest-charting Black female artist in country history until Beyoncé sparked a massive thread of song recommendations containing the word 'color.'
- The thread showcases how music fans collaboratively crowdsource cultural knowledge across decades—from The Beatles and Rolling Stones to Cyndi Lauper and Aerosmith.
- The exchange blends the original historical moment with organic, playful engagement, turning a factual post into a community-driven music discovery thread.
Classic rock and mainstream pop songs are the go-to answers.
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“She's a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones”
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Songs that use 'color' metaphorically or socially—addressing race and identity—are equally valid answers.
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“Say the COLOR of his skin / Is the COLOR of his soul?”
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Linda Martell Country music artist (1969)Beyoncé Country music artist (2024)softtail65.bsky.social Bluesky user
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Thread reaches 190 comments as users cite classics and deep cuts
The original post accumulated 113 score and 190 comments as participants shared songs ranging from well-known hits like 'Paint It Black' and 'True Colors' to deeper references like Buffalo Springfield's 'I Am a Child' and The Yardbirds' 'Mr. You're a Better Man Than I.'
“Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV?”
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🎶 We got to move these refrigerators, we got to move these COLOR TVs…🎶
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Coat of Many Colors First Performance - Dolly Parton
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🎶 Loving would be easy if your COLORS were like my dreams Red, gold, and green, red, gold, and green…🎶
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Commenters flood thread with color-themed songs across decades
Within minutes, users began replying with songs from The Rolling Stones, Louis Armstrong, Chicago, Janis Joplin, Dolly Parton, Blondie, and dozens of others, turning the thread into an expansive music reference library.
“She comes in COLORS everywhere / She combs her hair / She's like a rainbow…”
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She's a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones She comes in COLORS everywhere She combs her hair She's like a rainbow
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"The colors of the rainbow So pretty in the sky" What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
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Colour My World - Chicago Transit Authority
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Softtail65 posts Linda Martell chart history and asks for songs with 'color'
A user on Bluesky noted that Linda Martell's 'Color Him Father' reached #22 on the country chart in 1969, with no Black woman reaching higher until Beyoncé in 2024, then asked followers to name other songs mentioning the word 'color.'
“Name another song that mentions the word "Color." 🎶…”
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Name another song that mentions the word "Color." 🎶 Linda Martell's "Color Him Father" peaked at #22 on Billboard's Country chart on September 20, 1969. No Black woman gets higher on that chart until 2024, when Beyoncé's
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"Texas Hold 'Em" goes all the way to #1, a song from her Cowboy Carter album, which features Martell.
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What people are saying 16 voices from 1 site · best of 126 · verbatim
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Mercedes Benz - Janis Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV? Dialing for dollars is trying to find me
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Man! I Feel Like A Woman! (Shania Twain) Color my hair, do what I dare
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Call Me (Blondie) Color me your color, darling I know who you are
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The way she acts and the color of her hair
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The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby 'Cause the law don't change another's mind When all it sees at the hiring time Is the line on the color bar, ooh, no
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"Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees and the daffodils Catch the breeze and the winter chills In colors on the snowy linen land" Vincent - Don McLean
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Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair …..Nina Simone 🥰💫
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Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd He said, "Hey there fellow, With the hair colored yellow, What you tryin' to prove?
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Paint It, Black (The Rolling Stones) No colors anymore, I want them to turn black
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Paint it black - Rolling Stones "No colors anymore, i want them to turn black" music.
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Mr. You're a Better Man Than I - The Yardbirds Can you condemn a man If your faith he doesn't hold? Say the COLOR of his skin Is the COLOR of his soul?
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🎶 (Let's sway) While COLOR lights up your face (Let's sway) Sway through the crowd to an empty space…🎶
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She's A Rainbow - Rolling Stones She comes in colours everywhere She combs her hair She's like a rainbow Coming, colours in the air
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I Am a Child - Buffalo Springfield What is the COLOR When black is burned? What is the COLOR?
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For red is the color that my baby wore...
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The Colors of the Wind - Vanessa Williams