Tidbits 3/27
- The Florida Time Union - In an article about Phil Stacey, it says,
Of course, Hicks, Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Fantasia Barrino, Clay Aiken and so many others didn't exactly start from scratch. They were thrust into the country's pop consciousness on American Idol, the most-watched show on television.
AND... Keep in mind that the first singles by four of the first five Idol winners debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. The only winner who didn't was Season 2's Ruben Studdard, and that's because he was topped by runner-up Clay Aiken.
- USA Today Idol blog on why Blake Lewis might win AI...
Blake is never going to sound like LaKisha or Melinda -– or even male singers like Clay Aiken or Elliott Yamin from past seasons –- and that’s OK, but he does need to make a concentrated effort to show off the voice he does have.
- NorthJersey.com - some Idols oversinging? "American Idol ... Throw a rock, and you'll hit someone over-singing, such as Clay Aiken."
- Houston Chronicle - country single Jack Ingram has a track called "Measure of A Man" on CD, and it's not Clay's version:
That much is evident from the title of the first track, Measure of a Man, one of those phrases that surface only in mainstream country songs about fathers and Clay Aiken albums about, well, other things.
