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From the brilliant Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill album from 1998, this is Doo Wop (That Thing), Lauryn’s best selling UK single, having reached number three here, but number one in the US.
It’s a great track with a great video.
Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing)

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Ike & Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits, 1973

Anna Mae Bullock was born in 1939 in a ‘little old town called Nutbush.’

After joining Ike Turner’s band The King of Rhythm as a backing singing in 1956, and changing the name of the band to the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Ike & Anna Mae Bullock [...]

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This is a great track from the excellent album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, released in 1998.
Lauryn had tasted success with the Fugees introducing their own brand of hip hop/R&B to a massive audience before the release of The Miseducation as her debut album.
Hill has the sweetest R&B voice as demonstrated on this track.
Lauryn Hill [...]

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