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"I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)" is a song written and performed by American songwriter, singer and musician #DonaldFagen. It was the first track on his #platinumcertified debut solo album #TheNightfly, and was released in September 1982 as its first single. It charted within the top 30 on the #Billboard #Hot100, #MainstreamRock, #RAndBSingles and #AdultContemporary charts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfHZUS_ju0E

"Let's Stay Together" is a song by American singer #AlGreen from his 1972 album of the same name. It was produced and recorded by #WillieMitchell, and mixed by Mitchell and #TerryManning. Released as a single in 1971, "Let's Stay Together" reached number 1 on the US #Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks and also topped Billboard's #RAndB chart for nine weeks. Billboard ranked it as eleventh-highest selling song of 1972. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSu6tcbMOu0

"Sweet Thing" is a song performed by American #funk and #RAndB band #Rufus with vocals by band member #ChakaKhan. As a #single, it peaked number five on the US #Billboard Hot 100 in 1976. American singer and songwriter #MaryJBlige recorded her version, which charted in the United States and New Zealand in 1993. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_qasjqcpjw

"Rescue Me" is a #rhythmAndBlues song first recorded and released as a single by American #soul singer-songwriter #FontellaBass in 1965. The original versions of the record, and #BMI, give the songwriting credit to Raynard Miner and Carl William Smith, although many other sources also credit Bass herself as a co-writer. It would prove the biggest hit of Bass's career, reaching #1 on the #RAndB charts for four weeks and placing at #4 on the #Billboard #Hot100. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFI7eQt3ghI

"Easy" is a song by American #funk and soul band #Commodores from their fifth studio album, Commodores (1977), released on the #Motown label. Group member #LionelRichie wrote "Easy" with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "#JustToBeCloseToYou", which spent two weeks at number one on the US #Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart (now known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saaLW0jiiUE

"You Dropped a Bomb on Me" is a #funk song performed by American #RAndB and funk band #TheGapBand, released in August 1982 on producer #LonnieSimmons's label, #TotalExperienceRecords. In addition to the single release, it was included on the band's sixth album, Gap Band IV (1982). It reached No. 2 on the US #Billboard #HotBlackSingles chart, No. 39 on the Billboard #DanceDiscoTop80, and No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44