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DOUG JOHNSON: John Legend and the hip-hop group the Roots released a new album together this week. "Wake Up!" is a collection of mostly protest songs from the 1960s and 70s. John Legend says the idea for the album came in the heat of the summer and an important American presidential campaign. Katherine Cole has more.

KATHERINE COLE: John Legend says he sought the help of the Roots because it is one of the best bands in the business. Legend says he had wanted to work with the musicians since college.

He also says he knew that Roots leader Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson would understand the message Legend wanted to create with "Wake Up!" Thompson told Billboard Magazine that the album is filled with music his parents played when he was a very young child. He said he hopes parents today will play "Wake Up!" for their two and three-year-olds.

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes were the first to record "Wake Up Everybody." Here John Legend and the Roots perform their version.

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Donny Hathaway recorded "Little Ghetto Boy" in 1972. Here is how it is done on "Wake Up!"

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John Legend and the Roots also perform thisreggae song from 1979, "Humanity (Love the Way it Should Be)."

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There is one new song on the album "Wake Up!" John Legend wrote it for Davis Guggenheim's new film about America's public schools called "Waiting for Superman." We leave you with Legend and the Roots performing "Shine."

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DOUG JOHNSON: I'm Doug Johnson. Our program was written by Jim Tedder and Caty Weaver, who also was the producer.

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reggae: a type of West Indian popular music with strong rhythms 雷盖，雷格， 雷鬼 （西印度群岛的一种节奏强劲的流行音乐）

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