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On This Day in 1978: Donna Summer Scored Her First No. 1 Hit on the Hot 100 with Her Cover of Jimmy Webb’s “MacArthur Park”

4 Groundbreaking Funk and Soul Classics From 1977 That Connect Dance Music’s Past to Its Future

4 Classic Funk Hits From 1976 That Sounded Like the Future

3 Long Songs From the 1970s That Are So Good, They Could Have Been Longer

3 One-Hit Wonders That Your Dad Likes To Sing With His Friends

Carl Carlton, R&B Singer Behind "She's a Bad Mamma Jama," Dies at 72

Carl Carlton, Funk and R&B Singer Behind “She’s a Bad Mamma Jama,” Dead at 72

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