For The Blackbyrds, Making Music was a Walk in the Park
Rock Creek Park, a natural refuge from D.C.'s urban landscape, inspired the Blackbyrd's 1975 hit song of the same title. (Source: Wikimedia Commons user KimChee. Used via Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.) If you’re from the D.C. area, you know Rock Creek Park for its hiking trails and scenic views. But if you’re from any other part of the country, you might recognize it best from the 1975 song, “Rock Creek Park,” which peaked at number 37 on the Billboard’s R&B charts in 1976 and has since been sampled by numerous artists, including Ice Cube, Nas, De la ...
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