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Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Janet - Love Will Never Do
Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison
Soul 4 Real - Every Little Thing
Ready for the World - Let Me...
Eddie Murphy - How Could It Be
Jodeci - Come and Talk to Me
Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called...
Jackson Five - Can You Feel It
New Edition - Popcorn Love
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Shalamar - Night to Remember
Maxwell - Fortunate
Samuelle - So You Like...
TLC - Waterfalls
Ashanti - Rain On Me
Big Bub - Telling Me Stories
Tony! Toni! Tone! - It Never Rains...
Jason Weaver - Love Ambition
Timex Social Club Rumors
Minnie Riperton - Loving You
Jesse Powell - You
Avant - My First Love
Case - I'm Missing You
Aaliyah - The One I Gave...
Monica - Before You Walk Out...
Tamia - Officially Missing You
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P.M. Dawn - Die Without You
Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time
Michael Evans - You and I
Luther Vandross - Take You Out
Donell Jones - Knocks Me Off...
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching
Michael Jackson - Say Say Say
Lenny Kravitz - Heaven Help
Boyz II Men - Motown Philly
Mariah Carey - Whenever You Call
Toni Braxton - Let It Flow
Whitney Houston - Run to You
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Clifton Davis (Reverend, from the sitcom Amen) wrote Never Can Say Goodbye for the Jackson 5.
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Black Swan Records, was the first U.S. record label owned/operated by African-Americans.
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Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder have the most #1 hits on the R&B charts with 20 each.
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SAM COOKE crossed over into what some called "rhythm and blues," recording "You Send Me," which marked the beginning of the transitional period leading to soul music.
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Former Detroit assembly line worker Berry Gordy Jr. founded the Motown label and began mass-marketing black popular music with help from the Miracles, Mabel John, Andre Williams and Marvin Gaye.
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JAMES WELDON JOHNSON and J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON composed "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," the African-American National Anthem, initially for a high school pageant.
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After becoming a star, Sammy Davis, Jr. refused to perform in racially segregated venues. At the time, African-American artists were not allowed to stay in the Las Vegas casinos where they performed, but Davis' stand helped lead to desegregation in both the casinos and in Miami Beach nightclubs.
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Isaac Hayes became the first African-American to win a non-acting Oscar in 1973. His classic "Theme from Shaft" won Best Original Song, joining the Beatles' "Let It Be" (1971) as the Academy's first recognitions of modern music.
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