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List Of Quiet Storm Songs
This is a list of songs associated with the quiet storm radio format, widely heard in the United States starting in 1976 as a form of early evening/late night easy listening music aimed at a sophisticated African American audience. Quiet storm radio programs thrived in the 1980s, with many stations across the US carrying a quiet storm program at night, and a few stations broadcasting in the format all day long. The field adapted in the 1990s as new listeners embraced neo-soul experimentation, hip hop samples and beats, as well as more explicit themes. Slow jams with quiet storm elements continued to be produced through the 2000s and 2010s. Quiet storm songs are a mix of genres, including pop, contemporary R&B, smooth soul, smooth jazz and jazz fusion – songs having an easy-flowing and romantic character. The format first appeared in 1976 but initially it drew from songs recorded earlier. After the radio format became popular, songs were written to fit the format, and in that man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiet Storm
Quiet storm is a radio format and genre of R&B, performed in a smooth, romantic, jazz-influenced style. It was named after the title song on Smokey Robinson's 1975 album ''A Quiet Storm''. The radio format was pioneered in 1976 by Melvin Lindsey, while he was an intern at the Washington, D.C. radio station WHUR-FM. It eventually became regarded as an identifiable subgenre of R&B. Quiet storm was marketed to upscale mature African-American audiences during the 1980s, while falling out of favor with young listeners in the age of hip hop. History Origins Melvin Lindsey, a student at Howard University, with his classmate Jack Shuler, began as disc jockeys for WHUR in June 1976, performing as stand-ins for an absentee employee. Lindsey's on-air voice was silky smooth, and the music selections were initially old, slow romantic songs from black artists of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, a form of easy listening which Lindsey called "beautiful black music" for African Americans. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Lee Eager
Brenda Lee Eager (born August 8, 1947) is an American soul singer, songwriter and musical theatre performer who has written and performed several hits, including "Ain't Understanding Mellow", " Close to You", and "Somebody's Somebody". Life and career She was born in Mobile, Alabama, and brought up in the small town of Lower Peach Tree, where she began singing in church as a child. She also started writing songs, and by the tenth grade led her own vocal group. She first sang professionally at the age of 17 at the Kings Club in Prichard, Alabama. She later relocated to Chicago, Illinois, and by 1971 was the lead singer in Jerry Butler's backup group Peaches. She recorded several singles with Butler, including, "Ain't Understanding Mellow", which was her biggest chart success, reaching number 3 on the '' Billboard'' R&B chart and number 21 on the Hot 100. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A in April 1972. Their duet version of "(They Long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distant Lover
"Distant Lover" is the sixth song issued on singer Marvin Gaye's 1973 album, ''Let's Get It On'' and the B-side of the second single from that album, " Come Get to This". A live recording was issued as a single in 1974. The live version of the song was Gaye's most successful single during the three-year gap between ''Let's Get It On'' and his following 1976 album, '' I Want You''. _Song_Review_.html" ;"title=" Distant Lover > Song Review "> Distant Lover > Song Review All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-08-17. History Studio version Marvin composed the melody of the song with songwriter Sandra Greene during a 1970 recording session while Gaye was finishing edits of his song, "What's Going On". Recorded on November 3, 1970, Gaye first recorded a rough version simply titled "Head Title". Later in the same recording sessions, with help from his sister-in-law, Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Gaye composed more lyrics and gave it its title, "Distant Lover". Gaye would rework the song sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Get It On
''Let's Get It On'' is the thirteenth studio album by American soul singer, songwriter, and producer Marvin Gaye. It was released on August 28, 1973, by the Motown subsidiary label Tamla Records on LP. Recording sessions for the album took place during June 1970 to July 1973 at Hitsville U.S.A. and Golden World Studio in Detroit, and at Hitsville West in Los Angeles. Serving as Gaye's first venture into the funk genre, ''Let's Get It On'' also incorporates smooth soul and doo-wop styles alongside sexually suggestive lyrics, leading to one writer's description of it as "one of the most sexually charged albums ever recorded". Gaye infused ideas of spiritual healing in songs about sex and romance, in part as a way of coping with childhood abuses from his father Marvin Gay Sr., which had stunted his sexuality. Following the breakthrough success of his socially conscious album '' What's Going On'' (1971), ''Let's Get It On'' helped establish Gaye as a sex icon and broadened his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Get It On (song)
"Let's Get It On" is a song by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released June 15, 1973, on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. The song was recorded on March 22, 1973, at Hitsville West in Los Angeles, California. The song features romantic and sexual lyricism and funk instrumentation by The Funk Brothers. The title track of Gaye's album of the same name, it was written by Marvin Gaye and producer Ed Townsend. "Let's Get It On" became Gaye's most successful single for Motown and one of his most well-known songs. With the help of the song's sexually explicit content, "Let's Get It On" helped give Gaye a reputation as a sex symbol during its initial popularity. "Let's Get It On" is written and composed in the key of E-flat major and is set in time signature of common time with a tempo of 82 beats per minute. Conception Co-written with producer Ed Townsend, "Let's Get It On" was Gaye's plea for sexual liberation. When originally conceived by Townsend, who was released from a rehab f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack Album)
''Killing Me Softly'' is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Roberta Flack, released on August 1, 1973, by Atlantic Records. She recorded the album with producer Joel Dorn for 18 months. The album was dedicated to Rahsaan Roland Kirk. ''Killing Me Softly'' reached number three on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape and number two on the Soul LPs chart. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album gold on August 27, 1973, and double platinum on January 30, 2006, denoting shipments of two million copies in the United States. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, which it lost to Stevie Wonder's 1973 album ''Innervisions''. The album's title track was released as a single and topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It won the 1974 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Critical reception Reviewing for the ''Chicago Tribune'' in September 1973, Clarence Page said ''Killing Me Softly'' has a hit title track and "other potential hits, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Me Softly With His Song
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Denied writing credit by Fox and Gimbel, Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972, but it did not chart. The song has been covered by many other artists. In 1973, it became a number-one hit in the United States, Australia and Canada for Roberta Flack, and also reached number six in the UK Singles Chart. In 1996, Fugees recorded the song with Lauryn Hill on lead vocals, their version became a number-one hit in twenty countries. The version by Flack won the 1974 Grammy for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 1988, it appeared on Al B. Sure’s debut album, In Effect Mode, which sat atop the Billboard R&B charts for 7 weeks. The version by Fugees won the 1997 Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Propel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural High (Bloodstone Album)
''Natural High'' is the second album by the soul group Bloodstone, released in 1973. It was reissued on CD in 1996 with several bonus tracks. The album charted at number two on the Soul Album Charts, led by single "Natural High", which charted at number four on the Soul Singles chart and number ten on the Pop chart. The title song was used by Quentin Tarantino on the soundtrack to his movie ''Jackie Brown''. Track listing #"You Know We've Learned" - (Willis Draffen Jr.) - 4:12 #"Who Has the Last Laugh Now" - (Charles McCormick) - 5:36 #"Peter's Jones" - (Larry Durham, Roger Durham) - 4:12 #"That's the Way We Make Our Music" - (Eddie Summers) - 3:15 #"Bo Diddley/Diddley Daddy" - (Ellis McDaniel) - 3:37 #" Natural High" (McCormick) - 4:53 #"I Need Your Love" - (McCormick) - 1:10 #"Tell It to My Face" - (Charles Love) - 3:15 #"Ran It in the Ground" - (Love) - 4:52 #"Never Let You Go" - (Harry Williams) - 5:37 Bonus tracks on CD reissue: #"Girl (You Look So Fine)" - 2:38 #"Jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural High (Bloodstone Song)
"Natural High" is a song performed by Bloodstone, released as the first single and title track from their second album. The song was written by the band's bassist Charles McCormick, and it was the first song from the band to enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 10 on 21 July 1973. The song also reached number 40 on the UK Singles chart, and was featured on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's Blaxploitation crime drama ''Jackie Brown'' (1997). Chart positions Weekly charts Year-end charts After 7 version In 1992, R&B group After 7 covered the song in a medley alongside the Originals' "Baby, I'm for Real "Baby, I'm for Real" is a soul ballad written by Marvin Gaye and Anna Gordy Gaye, produced by Marvin and recorded and released by American Motown vocal group The Originals for the Soul label issued in 1969. History The Originals version By the ...". Released as "Baby, I'm for Real/Natural High", the song peaked at number 55 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloodstone (band)
Bloodstone is an American R&B, soul, and funk group, most popular in the 1970s and early 1980s. The band charted thirteen songs between 1973 and 1984. Biography Formed in 1962, in Kansas City, Missouri, the group was a high school doo-wop group called the Sinceres. In 1967 the band was backed by and toured with a large Kansas City horn band known as the Smokin' Emeralds and performed its version of a Motown-style revue, which drew large crowds at a venue called the Place in the Westport district of KC. By 1971, the band consisted of Melvin Webb on drums, Roger Durham (February 14, 1946–July 27, 1973) on percussion, Charles Love on guitar and vocals (born Charles Dee Love, Jr., April 18, 1945, Salina, Kansas; died March 6, 2014, Kansas City, Missouri), Charles McCormick on bass, Harry Williams on percussion, and Willis Draffen on guitar. After learning to play their respective musical instruments, they moved to Los Angeles, California, where they met their prospective manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I've Got So Much To Give (album)
''I've Got So Much to Give'' is the debut studio album by American R&B singer Barry White, released on March 27, 1973, on the 20th Century label. History The album topped the R&B albums chart. It also reached #16 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album was a success, yielding two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby", which peaked at #1, and the title track. Both were also successful on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at #3 and #32 respectively. "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" was also a hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #23. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD with instrumental bonus tracks on May 4, 2010, by Hip-O Select. Critical reception The album received moderate reviews. Stephen Erlewine of AllMusic wrote: "In a sense, his sound is fully formed—there’s no mistaking his velvet baritone or his lush, string-draped surrounding, particularly on the album’s closing “I’m Gonna Love You Just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I've Got So Much To Give
"I've Got So Much to Give" is an R&B contemporary romantic ballad composed and recorded by popular soul artist Barry White and released in 1973. It was originally conceived by White as a single but then featured on the album of the same name (released in 1973), that peaked at number one on the Hot R&B Albums Chart. Song information Barry White composed and arranged both the instrumentals and the vocals. The song begins with a brief instrumental solo performed by The Love Unlimited Orchestra, the instrumentals are repeated while White speaks romantic words to his apparent love interest, this style is also used in his version of " Just the Way You Are" and Barry's other contemporary ballads. White then begins the song's first verse, after completing his vocals he repeats the title as a chorus. The song then ends with an extended instrumental set consisting of a flute, drums, violin, a bass guitar, and White's own piano playing as White continues to speak romantic words and later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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