Name: From Ghetto To Fabulous: Mary J. Blige
Released: 2005-06-11

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music

S1 · E6 — From Ghetto To Fabulous: Mary J. Blige

S1:E6 · From Ghetto To Fabulous: Mary J. Blige

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6 episodes in this season

The Birth Of Soul: Ray Charles

60 min

The Gospel Highway: Sam Cooke

60 min

The Sound Of Young America: Diana Ross

60 min

Southern Soul: Otis Redding

60 min

Ain't It Funky Now: James Brown

60 min

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Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music

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20051h8.0

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From Ghetto To Fabulous: Mary J. Blige

Season 1 · Episode 6 · Jun 11, 2005

Today, contemporary R&B is the music that the world spins to. R&B is one of the biggest selling music genres, worldwide its performers are among the most conspicuous celebrities on the planet with mighty corporations queuing up to recruit them to promote their products. This episode investigates how R&B arrived at its lofty heights. An extraordinary story unfolds, tracing the diamond-dripping, premiere-attending world of today's R&B stars, right back to the crack streets of Harlem in the mid 80s. It's also the story of how Mary J Blige's troubled journey revolutionised the sound of modern pop and in doing so took black music from the ghetto to fabulous.

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Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music

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20051h8.0

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From Ghetto To Fabulous: Mary J. Blige

Season 1 · Episode 6 · Jun 11, 2005

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