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1266:August 19,
1179:References
1130:Joyce Sims
936:"Bom Bom"
611:/Atlantic
585:TK Records
570:Let It Out
513:Supersound
370:US R&B
241:Keith Reid
157:hit single
75:1940-06-23
60:Birth name
1338:March 27,
1309:. Noise11
609:Cotillion
390:Hey Leroy
225:gold disc
219:Billboard
177:Manhattan
82:Manhattan
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1443:July 31,
1414:March 1,
1409:Tower.jp
1389:March 1,
1241:June 12,
1235:BBC News
1078:"Amazon"
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487:Atlantic
310:Tackhead
1614:Discogs
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728:R&B
708:Single
435:Phase 2
288:hip-hop
284:sampled
221:Hot 100
200:singles
189:doo-wop
145:R&B
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655:Dream
583:Drive/
403:Smash
362:US Pop
355:Label
349:Album
339:Albums
322:Family
308:group
247:(from
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106:Genres
101:, U.S.
1462:(PDF)
1157:Notes
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1099:1985
1075:1984
1047:1980
1027:1979
1007:1978
970:1977
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841:1975
817:1973
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752:1966
705:Year
678:Rhino
660:1995
638:1983
616:1980
591:1979
566:1978
547:1977
528:1976
493:1975
469:1974
450:1973
408:1972
386:1967
346:Year
297:Power
292:Ice-T
261:conga
1578:2012
1544:ISBN
1498:ISBN
1473:2021
1445:2022
1416:2021
1391:2021
1366:2014
1340:2020
1315:2012
1268:2021
1243:2022
1211:ISBN
993:108
976:101
803:105
536:132
439:192
243:and
229:RIAA
149:soul
147:and
141:funk
118:funk
110:Soul
89:Died
69:Born
1494:115
1207:309
1139:29
1112:81
1088:84
1064:93
1036:50
1016:82
979:28
959:67
942:97
925:42
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902:69
888:25
877:30
871:22
868:16
850:72
792:13
771:36
765:16
762:31
744:CAN
736:AUS
539:29
520:30
504:34
501:74
461:49
428:RCA
424:21
421:11
418:27
378:CAN
210:hit
165:BBC
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