Eddie Murphy - Boogie In Your Butt (1982) Vinyl

Like Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor before him, Eddie Murphy was the preeminent Black comic of his era; in fact, he was arguably the preeminent comic of the 1980s, period: at his peak, no other performer, regardless of race, was a bigger star or a more audacious talent.

Combining Pryor's viciously acute observational gifts and love of obscenities with Cosby's undeniable mainstream appeal, Murphy quickly leaped from clubs to television to film - even finding success as a serious pop singer - on the way to establishing himself as the most wildly popular comedian since the heyday of Steve Martin.