Welcome to AccuRadio's "March of Time" -- We're featuring a different year every day, all month long. TODAY, it's 1996!

1980s R&B

Prince, Janet, & Michael: R&B in the MTV age

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Today's R&B

New pure R&B hits

Glory and Praise

Contemporary, R&B-flavored Gospel

R&B Morning Motivation

R&B with "crossover" Gospel to motivate you and keep you inspired throughout your workday.

R&B's Top Women Performers NOW

Jhené Aiko, SZA, Ella Mai and other women pushing the envelope in today's R&B

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'80s-based alternative and new wave that goes beyond the pop and fluff and gets to the stuff we r...

The New Wave: 1983

Our prime collection of modern rock from a year of great releases from New Order, Aztec Camera, T...

Folk-Rock, Country-Rock, and Blues: 1983

A tasty mix of music styles!

R&B Throwback: 1983

A year of Maze, Mary Jane Girls, The Sugarhill Gang, and more.

R&B Throwback: 1985

Few were smoother than Luther and Sade, but hot tracks from Morris Day, Atlantic Starr, and Ready...

This Is Music: 1984

Your favorites from the year of 'Born in the U.S.A.,' 'Purple Rain,' 'Like a Virgin,' and 'Footlo...

R&B Throwback: 1984

Prince made it rain "Purple" but '84 was filled with other royalty like Chaka Khan, Cameo, and De...

Classic Rock 1984

The Orwellian year that belonged to Van Halen, The Cars, Henley, U2 and The Scorpions.

R&B Throwback: 1986

Janet released 'Control,' Anita Baker put out 'Rapture,' and in 1986 we basked in "The Rain" (by ...

R&B Throwback: 1981

Vintage early '80s jams from Rick James, Luther Vandross and Earth, Wind & Fire

This Is Music: 1981

Pop, rock, a little new wave, a little '9 to 5,' and all hit music of 1981

New Wave & Modern Rock 1981

"Proto" alternative like Soft Cell, Bauhaus, Elvis Costello, Minor Threat, and early U2 and Duran...

Top 40: April 23, 1985

Radio's top hits when you had your first (and maybe last) sip of "New Coke"

R&B Throwback: 1987

Atlantic Starr, Luther Vandross, Whitney, Stephanie Mills... and all the R&B stars that made '87 ...

R&B Throwback: 1989

Classics from Tony! Toni! Toné!, Babyface, Lisa Stansfield, Kool Moe Dee, and more.

R&B Throwback: 1980

With Kool & the Gang, Chic, Pointers, Teena Marie, and the Whispers

R&B Throwback: 1982

Stevie, Marvin, Patrice Rushen, Dazz Band, and Evelyn King. They made 1982!

Best Hip Hop and R&B: 1999

The sound of 1999: Destiny's Child, TLC, Deborah Cox, Donell Jones, and Maxwell

R&B Throwback: 1988

The stars of '88, like Keith Sweat, Freddie Jackson, Pebbles, and Al B. Sure!

This Is Music: 1980

Top hits by Blondie, Queen, Olivia Newton-John, and "that guy who sings 'Piña Colada'"

Focus '80s Hits

Familiar hits from the '80s to help you focus and be productive

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