This is not a countdown, leading to a “winner.” It’s just a way to showcase some of the finest music ever made. 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. Each album is featured with its background story, keyed to a relevant date in its history. Quiet storm is a radio format and genre of contemporary R&B, performed in a smooth, romantic, jazz -influenced style. What are the 20 most essential Motown albums? It’s a difficult choice, but this is ours, picked and presented through the course of this 60th anniversary year. The format combined mellow R&B and light jazz, and was adopted by other radio stations across the U.S. What else: The title and mood of the album inspired the birth of a radio format, which made its late-night debut at WHUR-FM in Washington, D.C. The storm, that wind, that thunder, was blowing through everything – through the entire album, through my entire life.” (For more on Smokey Robinson, read here.) Then I extended the concept until it linked the album. Why: “People considered me to be a quiet singer,” said Smokey, “so I said to myself, ‘I’d like to go back and take the business by storm.’ One of my sisters helped me finish it up. Where: Smokey Robinson recorded A Quiet Storm in Los Angeles during 1974, with musicians including guitarist Marv Tarplin, whose intro on the Miracles’ “The Tracks Of My Tears” is among the most recognised riffs in 20th century music. Another track, “Wedding Song,” was composed for the marriage ceremony on December 15, 1973, of Jermaine Jackson and Berry Gordy’s youngest daughter, Hazel Joy. It was the album’s third single, with a song written by Robinson and his sister, Rose Ella Jones. When: The title track of A Quiet Storm made its chart debut on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 17, 1976, four years after Smokey had left the Miracles. A Quiet Storm became Robinson’s first major LP success of the 1970s, and also included the No.
What: The third solo album by the leader of the first group – the Miracles – managed by Motown founder Berry Gordy before he started his own record company in 1959.
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