Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 285 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you’ll find some familiar tunes and perhaps an introduction to something new.

For most of us here in the U.S., daylight saving time has ended and we go into “fall back” mode. Time-related tunes span all the genres we cover here, from doo-wop, R&B, jazz, blues, and pop, to reggae and rap. I covered quite a few of them two years ago. Here are more of my favorites.

I grew up to the sounds of guys and girls singing doo-wop on my neighborhood street corners and played on local Black radio stations. The Jive Five’s “What Time Is It” is one of those classics.

The Vocal Group Hall of Fame tells their st

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