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Black icons
This week we straddle seven decades of music bringing together the greatest icons together in one mix featuring Grace Jones, Prince, Whitney Houston, James Brown and Bob Marley.
Last on
Tue 31 Dec 202405:00
BBC Radio 1Xtra
Music Played
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Prince
Why You Wanna Treat Me so Bad?
- The Hits / The B-Sides.
- Warner Records.
- 5.
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
I Shot The Sheriff
- TUFF GONG.
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Whitney Houston
How Will I Know
- Ram Records.
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Janet Jackson
Control
- Control.
- A&M.
- 1.
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Eddie Murphy
Party All the Time
- Legacy Recordings.
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Rihanna, Ye & Paul McCartney
FourFiveSeconds
- Virgin EMI.
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James Brown
Please, Please, Please
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Stevie Wonder
Uptight (Everything's Alright)
- Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
- Motown.
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The Supremes
Baby Love
- You Can't Hurry Love.
- Top Tracks.
- 6.
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Nina Simone
Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter
- Miss Simone: The Hits.
- RCA/Legacy.
- 18.
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Stormzy
Shut Up
- Stormzy.
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Michael Jackson
Smooth Criminal
- Epic.
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Grace Jones
Pull Up To The Bumper
- Island.
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Chic
Chic Cheer
- Magnifique - The Very Best of Chic.
- Rhino Atlantic.
- 1.
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Frankie Knuckles
Your Love
- Four Most Cuts.
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Ike & Tina Turner
Nutbush City Limits
- United Artists.
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Little Richard
Tutti Frutti
- Tutti Frutti.
- 2014 Autarc Media GmbH, CH..
- 1.
Broadcasts
- Thu 17 Oct 202400:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Sun 27 Oct 202401:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Fri 1 Nov 202402:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Fri 15 Nov 202400:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Mon 25 Nov 202400:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Fri 13 Dec 202401:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Boxing Day 202414:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Tue 31 Dec 202405:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
