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Doug E. Fresh

The Show

1985 · via Doug E. Fresh

Doug E. Fresh wrote “The Show” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1985. Richard Walters is on the credit through Slick Rick’s 2002 version. Also recorded by Prince (released 1998) and Slick Rick (released 2002), among 23 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Doug E. Fresh – The Show
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Doug E. Fresh and Richard Walters wrote this one and Doug put it on record first, then Prince came along years later and made his own run at it. Spin them back to back and hear the same song in two very different hands.

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Credited writer: Doug E. Fresh.

Richard Walters is on the credit through Slick Rick’s 2002 version.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1985.

Other recordings on file · first release year

23 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Doug E. Fresh co-wrote "The Show" with Richard Walters and cut it first. Which artist later stepped up and recorded it himself?Prince
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