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Last year I mentioned the National R&B Music Day which is observed on the first Saturday of March each year. It is a national day of recognition and celebration for R&B music declared by the US National Day Archives organization. To find out more, go to nationalarchives.com.

So who do you think of when you think of R&B music? I think of the famous duet between Lionel Richie and Diana Ross singing Endless Love.

Endless Love was written by Lionel Richie. In the ballad, the singers declare their endless love for one another. Billboard has named the original version as the greatest song duet of all time. There were other singers that covered the song, but I like the original the best.

Lionel Richie and Diana Ross recorded the song for Motown, and it was used as the theme for Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of Scott Spencer's novel Endless Love.

While the film Endless Love was a modest box-office success, the song became the second-biggest selling single of the year in the United States and reached number one on the Hot 100, where it stayed for nine weeks from August 15 to October 10, 1981. It also topped the Billboard R&B chart and the Adult Contemporary chart, and reached number seven in the United Kingdom.

I'm Gail Nobles. Tune in next time for more.







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Episode Transcript

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Today's topic is about the National Rand B Music Day and more. Last
year I mentioned the National R andB Music Day, which is observed on
the first Saturday of March each year. It is a national day of recognition

(00:25):
and celebration for R and B music, declared by the US National Day Archives
Organization. To find out more,go to National Archives dot com. So
who do you think of when youthink of R and B music? I

(00:45):
think of the famous duet between LionelRichie and Diana Ross singing Endless Love.
Lionel Richie and Diana Ross recorded thesong for Motown and it was used as
the thing for Franco Zaffarelli's film adaptationof Scott Spencer's novel Endless Love. While

(01:08):
the film Endless Love was a modestbox office success, the song became the
second biggest selling of the year inthe United States and reached number one on
the Hot one hundred, where itstayed for nine weeks from August fifteenth to

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October tenth, nineteen eighty one.It also topped the Billboard R and B
Chart and the Adult Contemporary Chart,and reached number seven in the United Kingdom.
I'm Gail Nobles tune in again nexttime for more