3/19/2024 0 Comments Top 100 quiet storm songs![]() the quiet storm helped to make luther vandross, freddy jackson, anita baker, sade, babyface and keith sweat, just to name a few, r&b mega-stars. it is usually the quiet storm that folks are referring to when they says “baby making music.” the show creating an easy listening and intimate mood for listens. every night from 8pm-12am, quiet storm radio shows played mid and slow tempo r&b songs with very few interruptions. Named after a 1974 smokey robinson song, by his friend and mentor, cathy hughes, the quiet storm quickly became more than a radio show – it became a radio format that was duplicated by black radio stations though out the country. by 1977, he was a radio staple with his own nightly show, “the quiet storm.” Melvin Lindsey during his time at WHUR FM ![]() although young and inexperienced, melvin’s silky and calm voice coupled with his choice of smooth r&b songs were an instant hit with listeners. he compiled a stack of his favorite records (the 1970’s way of creating a spotify playlist) that included smokey robinson, the delfonics, isley brothers and others. melvin’s break happened in may 1976 after he was asked to dj as a last minute substitute. Raised in washington, d.c., melvin attended howard university and interned at WHUR, a local adult contemporary radio station. that is thanks to the late radio, tv personality and quite storm originator, melvin lindsey. “slow jam” was an indication of an r&b slow tempo grove that made you feel all the things. so “ballads” were code for non-black and pop slow songs. my point is that radio was hella segregated. and this was only possible for those of us who lived in bigger metropolitan cities because many cities didn’t even have a black radio station. if you wanted to listen to r&b music, you watched BET music videos shows or switched your dial to an r&b station. if you wanted to listen to pop, you turned to mtv or turned your radio dial to a top 40 station. today, with the advent of streaming, it is a norm to consume multiple genres in just one playlist. that distinction mattered in the early 90’s. ![]() Growing up in the 1990’s, there were ballads and then there were slow jams.
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