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Black History in Music [54 Classic Tracks]

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Description: 2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Contents: Disc 1. The Negro speaks of rivers / Langston Hughes -- Nobody knows you when you're down and out / Bessie Smith -- Struttin' with some barbecue / Louis Armstrong -- Cross road blues / Robert Johnson -- The man I love / Billie Holiday -- Cotton tail / Duke Ellington -- Flying home / Ella Fitzgerald -- Ko Ko / Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys -- Cho cho ch'boogie / Louis Jordan & his Tympani Five -- Mardi Gras in New Orleans / Muddy Waters -- I feel like going home / Professor Longhair -- Phenomenal woman / Maya Angelou -- Honey love / Ruth Brown -- Bill Cosby goes to a football game / Bill Cosby -- Shake, rattle and roll / Joe Turner & his Blues Kings -- Jesus, I'll never forget / Soul Stirrers -- Earth angel (will you be mine) / Penguins -- A fool for you / Ray Charles -- Tutti Frutti / Little Richard -- Johnny B. Goode / Chuck Berry -- Dear John, dear Coltrane / Michael S. Harper -- Giant steps / John Coltrane -- I ain't superstitious / Howlin' Wolf -- Address to civil rights marchers in Washington, D.C. / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Pride and joy / Marvin Gaye - - Stop! in the name of love / Diana Ross & the Supremes -- I've been loving you too long (to stop now) / Otis Redding -- Ain't too proud to beg / Temptations. Disc 2. On Black power / Malcolm X -- I never loved a man / Aretha Franklin -- I was made to love her / Stevie Wonder -- That's how it feels / Soul Clan -- Women in Paris / Redd Foxx -- Foxey lady / Jimi Hendrix Experience -- I want you back / Jackson 5 -- The thrill is gone / B.B. King -- Heart attacks / Richard Pryor -- Get up / James Brown -- Family affair / Sly & the Family Stone -- Freddie's dead / Curtis Mayfield -- I'll be around / Spinners -- Best thing that ever happened to me / Gladys Knight & the Pips -- Tear the roof off the sucker / Parliament -- Le freak / Chic -- Bad girls / Donna Summer -- Rapper's delight / Sugarhill Gang -- I wanna be your lover / Prince -- Let's groove / Earth, Wind & Fire -- The message / Grand Master Flash & the Furious Five -- Address to the Democratic Convention / Jesse Jackson -- Check the Rhime / Tribe Called Quest.