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2” spent three weeks at number one on Billboard’s Hot 100. Though it took some time for other Wonder songs to join it, it was also a bellwether: This kid had universal appeal. Though he didn ...

This song was inspired by the police brutality cases reported in California in 1971. It went on to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is one of Gaye's most successful Motown records. Rolling Stone ...

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CCM’s Top 100 Greatest Songs in Christian Music has named its final song selection for its second volume, set to be released on February 22, 2005. The set, which is the second of four two disc sets, ...

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