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Average White Band

School Boy Crush
1975 · via A Tribe Called Quest
Average White Band – School Boy Crush
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Under Check the Rhime sits School Boy Crush, first cut by Average White Band in 1975, and six of that band's names ride on the Tribe credit. Prince put the same song on record in 2013, so this cut has a door on both ends.

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Written by Roger Ball, Molly Duncan, Steve Ferrone, Alan Gorrie, Owen McIntyre, Hamish Stuart.

First recorded by Average White Band in 1975.

Also recorded by Prince (2013).

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Check the Rhime by A Tribe Called Quest carries the writing credit of an earlier song, School Boy Crush. Who first recorded it?Average White Band
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