Black Ohio music legends spotlighted in TV One documentary series ‘Unsung Presents:

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio natives including the Dazz Band, Edwin Starr and Jermaine Stewart are among the trailblazing Black artists who will be highlighted a new documentary series from TV One.

The new four-part docuseries, ‘Unsung Presents: The Decades’ will “chronicle the evolution of Black music from Motown and Disco in the 1970s and 1980s to the revolutionary sound and style of Hip Hop in the 1990s and 2000s,” showcasing the music and artists that provided the soundtrack of Black America, the TV network said in a news release.

The first part of the series, featuring music from the 1970s, kicks off at 9 p.m. Sunday on TV One. It’s immediately followed second part of the series, featuring music from the 1980s, at 10 p.m.

Among the artists featured in the series Edwin Starr, who was born in Nashville, Tennessee but raised in Cleveland; the Dazz Band, from Cleveland; and Jermaine Stewart, from Columbus.

The series will highlight protest music of the 1970s, like Starr’s “War.” It will also feature the Dazz Band’s “Let It Whip,” which topped the R&B charts in 1982, and Stewart’s safe-sex anthem “We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off.”

Other artists features in the series include The Floaters, Brick, Carl Carlton, Rockwell, Teddy Riley, Wreckx-n-Effect, Public Enemy, All 4 One, Az Yet, Lisa Fischer, Jade, and Digital Underground.

TV One is a cable network owned by Urban One, dedicated to Black Americans with a broad mixture of original lifestyle and entertainment-oriented series, documentaries, films, and more. “Unsung” is one of the network’s longest-running series, highlighting and exploring the careers and personal lives of some of the most talented, versatile, and influential Black music artists.

Following on the success of TV One’s ”Music and the Movement” special, the four “Decades” episodes put a spotlight on hit songs. They will also show how those songs signified what was going on in the broader culture of Black America, from politics to fashion to business, the release says.

“A tapestry of history and song from a fresh perspective, ‘Decades’ displays both the trials and triumphs of the times and how music influenced the Black experience,” TV One said in a statement.