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Baby, I’m Gonna Be a Star: Complete Footage of Pre-Purple Rain Prince Surfaces
B&W video footage surfaces online of Prince's Controversy tour stop at the small Capitol Theater

LISTEN: Whitney Houston’s First Big Break as a Lead Vocalist
Overlooked "Eternal Love" was the birth of a vocal superstar

Detroit Spinners: Spaceballs
May the Schwartz be with you: A synth-powered non-hit from the Spinners gets a thorough second look

Loleatta Holloway (with Bobby Womack): Baby It’s You
Two huge soul powerhouses team up on a Burt Bacharch classic

Lionel Richie’s ‘Can’t Slow Down’ Turns 30
Without the pomp and circumstance that should come with it, Lionel Richie's unofficial magnum opus, an LP with a certain advantage over Prince's Purple Rain, turns 30