Carly Simon "You Belong to Me"

The other song from Carly Simon whose title starts with "You" is the 1978 hit "You Belong to Me". Throughout the years, numerous other artists remade the soft rock gem including Jennifer Lopez, Anita Baker and Chaka Khan. Chaka enlisted help from the smoothest voice in the land: Michael McDonald to sing the tune with her in her 2007 album Funk This. McDonald also charted a live version of the song while with the Doobie Brothers in 1983.

Doobie Brothers "What A Fool Believes"

BELIEVE IT OR NOT?

Michael Jackson once boasted to his pal Elizabeth Taylor that he provided backing vocals for the Doobie Brother's Minute By Minute album--specifically for the title track as well as the album's biggest hit: "What A Fool Believes". Members of the Doobie Brothers dispute this story.

The Doobie Brothers "Black Water"

"Old black water, keep on rollin'
Mississippi moon, won't you keep shinin' on me"

The Doobie Brothers - "Minute By Minute"

Depending on how you view things, The Doobie Brothers either beat themselves or lost to themselves.  Their 1979 hit "Minute By Minute was nominated for the Song of the Year Grammy Award but it lost to "What A Fool Believes" -- the band's other big hit.  Congratulations and I'm sorry.

Michael McDonald - "Sweet Freedom"

My Dad's surprise 50th birthday featured some band that (for whatever reason) let my brother's friend Jeff sing a song.  Jeff is a man of many impressions including an elderly African American man and former Doobie Brothers' singer Michael McDonald.  So, Jeff sang a Michael McDonald tune with the band.  I never asked my Dad how he felt about that...

Ambrosia - "Holding On To Yesterday"

One listen to Ambrosia's sound and you could understand why the band toured with Fleetwood Mac, Heart, and The Doobie Brothers back in the 1970s.  

Elvin Bishop - "Fooled Around And Fell in Love"

How many songs can you name with the word "fool" in the title?

• Everybody Plays The Fool
• Fool's Gold
• Don't Want to Be A Fool
• Foolish Beat
• Kissing A Fool
• What A Fool Believes
• Chain of Fools
• Foolish Games
• Fooled Around And Fell in Love

Michael McDonald - "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)"

With smooth vocals and a killer bass line, "I Keep Forgettin" was a song begging to be sampled.  Michael McDonald scored his first solo hit with this tune with his first post-Doobie Brothers effort.  The song peaked at #4 on the pop charts in 1982.  Then in 1994, Warren G. picked up where Michael left off and took the song to #1 with "Regulate", a song that sampled McDonald's gem.  The backup vocals on "I Keep Forgettin" are actually those of McDonald's sister.