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Remembering Hi-Five Singer Tony Thompson on the 14th Anniversary of His Death [EUR Video Throwback]

*On this day in 2007, the group Hi-Five suffered the loss of their lead singer, Tony Thompson. The Waco, Texas-based quintet had broken up when...

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EUR VIDEO THROWBACK: That Time Grandmaster Flash Was Booed and Pelted by the Hometown Crowd

*Today marks a moment in history when hip hop and its anti-establishment cousin, punk rock, came together on the same New York stage in...

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RADIOSCOPE RAW Podcast: Our Uncut 1993 Interview with Mint Condition (Listen)

*When you think of the R&B band Mint Condition, your very next thought is likely the first line of "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown...

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Street Named For The Ohio Players in Hometown of Dayton, Ohio / VIDEO

*In early April, “The Ohio Players” were honored when a former stretch of Hillcrest Avenue in Dayton, Ohio, was renamed “Ohio Players Way.” (Scroll...

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Prince Got His First Top 10 Hit 38 Years Ago Today [EUR Video Throwback]

*Although Prince was definitely a superstar before May 21, 1983, it wasn't until afterward that he was also on the radar of the mainstream...

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Marvin Gaye’s Iconic Album What’s Going On Remembered by Sister Zeola 50 Years After its Release

*On May 21, 1971, 50-years ago, Motown Records (Tamla) released Marvin Gaye’s iconic album “What’s Going On.” Yet, when it was released, many at...

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Things You Probably Never Knew About Lionel Richie’s ‘Hello’ [EUR Video Throwback]

*Four years before Adele was even born, Lionel Richie went into Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles and planted his flag on the song...

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RADIOSCOPE RAW Podcast: Our Uncut 1993 Interview with Patrice Rushen (Listen)

*When we caught up with Patrice Rushen in 1993, her contract with Elektra Records had expired six years prior and it had been a...

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The Final Encore of Tina Turner’s Last Concert Happened On This Day in 2009 [EUR Video Throwback]

*Tina Turner thought she was ready to retire in 2000. She launched a farewell trek that year dubbed "Twenty-Four-Seven Tour." It was that year's...

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Open Up Shop: This DMX Track Just Re-Entered the Hot 100 and Became His Highest Charting Single [EUR Video Throwback]

*While three classic DMX hits have re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart, one of them has now become the late rapper's highest charting Hot 100...

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Eleven Days After the Assassination of MLK, Aretha Franklin Records ‘Think’ [EUR Video Throwback]

*Her voice was as bold and thunderous as her civil rights support quiet and discreet. Jesse Jackson wrote of Aretha Franklin in USA TODAY after...

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April 5, 1968: That Time James Brown ‘Saved’ Boston [EUR Video Throwback]

James Brown already had a concert scheduled at Boston Garden on April 5, 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis...

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Why March 30th Should Be Called ‘Ashanti Day’ (EUR Video Throwback)

*On this day in 2002, Ashanti was literally all over the place. The then 21-year-old was cooking with gas on the Hot 100 charts appearing...

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National Recording Registry Nabs Music from Janet, Nas, Cliff, LaBelle, Albertina Walker & More [EUR Video Throwback]

*It's that time again. The Library of Congress has selected a new crop of important audio recordings to preserve in its National Recording Registry,...

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Yaphet Kotto, Veteran Film and TV Legend, Dies at 81 [EUR Video Throwback]

*Yaphet Kotto, an actor best known for his performances in “Alien,” the James Bond film “Live and Let Die” and the television series “Homicide:...

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Stevie Wonder’s Timeless Album ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ Celebrates its 47th Anniversary | VIDEO

That Time J-Lo Thought She Could Say the N-Word | EUR Video Throwback

How Tina Turner Set Records On This Day in 1984 | EUR Video Throwback – WATCH

#OTD Temptations’ Melvin Franklin was Shot Multiple Times in a Carjacking | EUR Video Throwback

LL Cool J in ’89: ‘I Don’t Wanna Be Friends With No Rappers’ | Radioscope Rewind

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Rico Wade, Renowned Outkast Producer and Founding Member of Organized Noize, Passes Away at 52 | VIDEOs

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