In 1993, Harper took ill and Champaine continued the program as Quiet Storm II. In the New York tri-state late night market, Vaughn Harper deejayed the quiet storm graveyard program for WBLS-FM which he developed with co-host Champaine in mid-1983. In the San Francisco Bay Area, KBLX-FM expanded the night-time concept into a 24-hour quiet storm format in 1979.
with a core black, urban listenership adopted a similar format for its graveyard slot. The format was an immediate success, becoming so popular that within a few years, virtually every station in the U.S. "The Quiet Storm" was four hours of melodically soulful music that provided an intimate, laid-back mood for late-night listening, and that was the key to its tremendous appeal among adult audiences. The song developed into Lindsey's theme music which introduced his time slot every night. The name of the show came from the Smokey Robinson song "Quiet Storm", from his 1975 album A Quiet Storm. The response from listeners was positive, and WHUR station manager Cathy Hughes soon gave Lindsey and Shuler their own show. 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. 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. 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. It eventually became regarded as an identifiable subgenre of R&B. The radio format was pioneered in 1976 by Melvin Lindsey, while he was an intern at the Washington, D.C. It was named after the title song on Smokey Robinson's 1975 album A Quiet Storm.
That’s a total of 288 classic soul hits on 19 CDs for only $0.Quiet storm is a radio format and genre of R&B, performed in a smooth, romantic, jazz-influenced style. You’ll also get a 24-page booklet featuring photos and stories about the artists and their music.
Plus, you’ll get a FREE Bonus CD with 12 of soul’s greatest duets including unforgettable hits from Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. You’ll enjoy the most romantic songs from the ‘70s and ‘80s like “I've Got Love On My Mind” by Natalie Cole, “Saving All My Love For You” by Whitney Houston, and “Being with You” by Smokey Robinson.
This Deluxe Soul Superstars of the '70s set comes paired with the Quiet Storm collection, full of timeless love songs made for warm nights, soft whispers, and tender moments. You’ll hear 170 hits by soul’s most iconic superstars including “Midnight Train to Georgia” by Gladys Knight & the Pips, “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything” by Barry White, “Back Stabbers” by The O’Jays, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” by Stevie Wonder, “Turn Off the Lights” by Teddy Pendergrass, “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love” by Spinners, and so many more!
And now, all those great soul hits plus all those great memories of that decade are together in one collection, Soul Superstars of the '70s.Įnjoy 170 hits that made a decade light up with some of the greatest music of all time in Soul Superstars of the '70s, plus the Quiet Storm collection with 118 romantic soul hits from the 70s and 80s.