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Tag: 80s R&B

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R&B’s Doo-Wop Revival

mreeves January 28, 2017 No Comments 80s R&Bdoo-wop

During the second installment of The New Edition Story mini-series, one of the characters makes a derisive comment about the group’s doo-wop misadventure, Under the Blue Moon. The album…

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80s Black Pop Crossover

mreeves November 28, 2016 No Comments 80s R&BJanet JacksonMichael Jacksonwe hate the 80sWhitney Houston

The 1980s marked a time of industry segregation and cultural malaise. These are some of the black artists that broke through the glass ceiling.

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British Jazz-Funk

mreeves October 9, 2016 No Comments 70s R&B80s R&BBritish R&Bjazz meets funk

Unlike New Romantic, Goth, and so many other fast fashions that whipped through the UK in the early 80s, British jazz-funk is barely known in…

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