Shuler were Howard students in the mid-1970s. Lindsey and local radio veteran Cathy Hughes started "Quiet Storm" at WHUR, Howard University's radio station, with engineer Jack Shuler when Mr. Anyway below is an parts of an article in the Washington Times I found on the Internet. Sean7phil ( talk) 07:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC) Confusion over the origins of quiet storm ĭEECEE, you asked for documentation, you can asked anyone at the time, Jim Watkins, Jim Brown, Cathy Hughes. I am saddened also to read about Lindsey's early death. It is by far one of the most moving, rich and beautiful radio shows that I ever listened to.
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That show was so powerful and so professional that I always thought that Lindsey was much older. suburbs and I had no idea that Lindsey was in his early 20s when he started it. The amazing thing about this show was how very young Melvin Lindsey was at the time that he started "Quiet Storm". As long as my other stuff stands, I'm cool wit that. I probably wouldn't write something like that now but, hey, I thought it was a nice touch - and certainly not "totally irrational." Just a fact. Quiet storm was one of my first edits as a newbie. Why you gotta be so hard? :-p Just merely a reaction to the first, off-the-mark version of this piece which made it sound like quiet storm music was near 'bout dead. It's a totally irrational, biased statement of opinion that doesn't contribute to the article.)" (unsigned comment) Dang, bwoi. It doesn't belong in a Wikipedia article. :-D deeceevoice 00:58, (UTC)Ĭomment accompanying edit: "Removed 'The music lives.' from the end of the article. Was turning the dial on my radio the other night - and WHUR STILL has a late-night "Quiet Storm" show. Same kind of music, basically - just a different name. After all, that song was a hit almost 30 years ago. It's just not always called "quiet storm" music anymore. Indeed, the popularity of his show is responsible for the category itself - which could have been called "Golden Time of Day" music had he instead used that Frankie Beverly and Maze tune to introduce his programming time slot.įurther, Smokey had two previous solo albums before "Quiet Storm" - they just weren't hits.Ībout the popularity of the music: it's still wildly popular. Smokey's hit never would have become associated with this type of music had it not been used by Melvin Lindsey as the theme song for his radio show on WHUR-FM - which actually defined the music category. Had to edit this entry to reflect the true origins of "quiet storm" music. 8 RfC: Should "quiet storm" be identified in the lead as a radio format, genre/subgenre, or both?ĪN IMPORTANT CORRECTION AND GIVING A BROTHER HIS PROPS.6 Great source to expand/improve this article with.4 Fair use rationale for Image:Smokey-robinson-page-display.jpg.2 Confusion over the origins of quiet storm.1 AN IMPORTANT CORRECTION AND GIVING A BROTHER HIS PROPS.10 reasons why 2010 was the best year ever in hip-hop: #6 Roll the dice…this was a year of taking BIG chances and they paid off.Check out the video for Hold On ft Young Roddy and Trademark Curren$y brings some heat on a cold winter night.10 reasons why 2010 was the best year ever in hip-hop: #5 Big pimpin’…there’s a lot of big money talk in hip-hop but in 2010 the money did the talking.Tonight hip-hop lost funk legend Teena Marie. Hip-hop was built on jazz, soul and FUNK. Is 50 Cent done as a rapper? Not if you listen to his new song Sunday Morning.You heard how Asher Roth and Nottz get down on Dontcha Wanna Be (My Neighbor).Vado and Raheem DeVaughn make some gangsta Quiet Storm hip-hop with It’s You.This one is called Speechless ft Eve and it rides that Devil in a New Dress beat from Kanye’s album. Hotness. Keeping it on the smooth tip, Swizz Beatz wraps up his Monster Mondays with a new joint from wifey, Alicia Keys.Check out the new site and let us know what you think:.