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22nd October 06

John Legend - Black History Month Special...

The soul star chooses a classic tune from each year of the 1970's, 80s and 90's.

Selector | Artist "Tune"

1970: The Jackson 5 | ABC | (Motown)
1971: Al Green | Tired Of Being Alone | (Music Club)
1972: Curtis Mayfield | Superfly | (Curtom)
1973: James Brown | The Payback | (Polydor)
1974: Stevie Wonder | He’s Misstra Know-It-All | (Motown)
1975: Minnie Riperton | Loving You | (Capitol)
1976: Roy Ayers | Everybody Loves The Sunshine | (Polydor)
1977: Marvin Gaye | Got To Give It Up | (Motown)
1978: Bob Marley & The Wailers | Is This Love | (Island)
1979: Michael Jackson | Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough | (Epic)
1980: Prince | I Wanna Be Your Lover | (Warner Bros)
1981: Rick James | Super Freak | (Motown)
1982: Stevie Wonder | Do I Do | (Motown)
1983: Luther Vandross | Never Too Much | (Epic)
1984: Prince | When Doves Cry | (Warner Bros)
1985: Sade | Smooth Operator | (Epic)
1986: Run DMC | Walk This Way | (Profile)
1987: Michael Jackson | Bad | (Epic)
1988: Bobby Brown | My Prerogative | (MCA)
1989: Public Enemy | Fight The Power | (Def Jam)
1990: Bell Biv Devoe | Poison | (MCA)
1991: Naughty By Nature | O.P.P. | (Tommy Boy)
1992: Arrested Development | People Everyday | (Cooltempo)
1993: Dr Dre ft Snoop Doggy Dogg | Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang | (Deathrow)
1994: Craig Mack | Flava In Ya Ear | (Bad Boy)
1995: Method Man ft Mary J Blige | I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need To get By | (Def Jam)
1996: The Fugees | Ready Or Not | (Columbia)
1997: Notorious B.I.G. | Hypnotize | (Bad Boy)
1998: Lauryn Hill | Doo Wop (That Thing) | (Columbia)
1999: Jay-Z | Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) | (Roc-a-fella)


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