“Sometimes you encounter a song that will not fade away, though you never hear it again.”
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‘Play Another Slow Jam, This Time Make It Sweet’
The term “slow jam” became widely popular when a song performed by Midnight Star debuted in 1983.
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Remembering James Ingram
The R&B singer and songwriter made it look easy, even when it wasn’t.
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When Black Male Singers Were Sex Symbols
Teddy Pendergrass was the R&B singer women wanted and who men wanted to be. And the one whose life-sized cardboard cutout stood in one family’s living room.