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The Moments

Love on a Two‐Way Street
1968 · via JAŸ-Z
The Moments – Love on a Two‐Way Street
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Under all that New York skyline sits a 1968 record by The Moments, written by Bert Keyes and Sylvia Robinson, whose names ride along in the credits of "Empire State of Mind." Play theirs first, then the anthem, and listen for where the credit came from.

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Written by Bert Keyes, Sylvia Robinson.

First recorded by The Moments in 1968.

Also recorded by Grant Green (1971), Judy Mowatt (1982), Franklyn "Bubbler" Waul (1982).

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JAŸ-Z's "Empire State of Mind" carries the writing credit of an earlier song, "Love on a Two‐Way Street." Who first recorded it?The Moments
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