Throughout June, RadioMilwaukee celebrated Black Music Month. One of the ways we celebrated is by asking our listeners to participate in a Black Music Month Poll. Our listeners could pick up to 5 of their favorite artists. Today, we tallied up the votes and aired the top 20 artists. Here is the list.
20. B.B. King – Caledonia
19. Paliament/Funkadelic – Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
18. Curtis Mayfield – Freddie’s Dead
17. Outkast – Elevators (Me & You)
16. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
15. Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved A Man (The Way That I Love You)
14. The Roots – The Seed
13. Ray Charles – I Don’t Need No Doctor
12. Erykah Badu – Honey
11. A Tribe Called Quest – Steve Biko
10. Otis Redding – Hard To Handle
9. Al Green – Here I Am
8. Billie Holiday – Lover Come Back To Me
7. Marvin Gaye – Trouble Man
6. James Brown – Super Bad
5. Miles Davis – The Meaning of The Blues
4. Prince – I Wanna Be Your Lover
3. Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watch Tower
2. Stevie Wonder – You Haven’t Done Nothin’
1. Bob Marley – Could You Be Loved