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Word Up! Black American Pop at the BBC

A selection of some of the best performances by African-American artists of the 1980s from the BBC archives, featuring Cameo, Shalamar, Salt-n-Pepa, Chaka Khan, Kid Creole, Doug E Fresh, Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross.

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58 minutes

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Today00:25
BBC Four

Music Played

  • Grace Jones

    Slave To The Rhythm

Credits

ProducerJames Hale
Executive ProducerRyan Minchin

Broadcasts

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