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Had to edit this entry to reflect the true origins of "quiet storm" music. 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. 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.
Further, Smokey had two previous solo albums before "Quiet Storm" -- they just weren't hits.
About the popularity of the music: it's still wildly popular. It's just not always called "quiet storm" music anymore. After all, that song was a hit almost 30 years ago. Same kind of music, basically -- just a different name. Peace. -- deeceevoice, June 27, 2004
Was turning the dial on my radio the other night -- and WHUR STILL has a late-night "Quiet Storm" show. Well, I'll be. :-D deeceevoice 00:58, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC) ---
The amazing thing about this show was how very young Melvin Lindsey was at the time that he started "Quiet Storm". I grew up listening to it in the D.C. suburbs and I had no idea that Lindsey was in his early 20s when he started it. That show was so powerful and so professional that I always thought that Lindsey was much older. It is by far one of the most moving, rich and beautiful radio shows that I ever listened to. I am saddened also to read about Lindsey's early death. What an enormous loss.
Sean7phil ( talk) 07:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
DEECEE, you asked for documentation, you can asked anyone at the time, Jim Watkins, Jim Brown, Cathy Hughes. Anyway below is an parts of an article in the Washington Times I found on the Internet.
“…Mr. Lindsey and local radio veteran Cathy Hughes started "Quiet Storm" at WHUR, Howard University's radio station, with engineer Jack Shuler when Mr. Lindsey and Mr. Shuler were Howard students in the mid-1970s.
Named after a Smokey Robinson song, "Quiet Storm" took off the night that a technical disaster shut down Washington's top radio station, WKYS-FM….”
Source: THE WASHINGTON TIMES; “Deejay Melvin Lindsey dies, 36” MARCH 27, 1992; Section: B; METROPOLITAN Edition: 2; Page: B1 Byline: By Matt Neufeld THE WASHINGTON TIMES —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jshuler ( talk • contribs) 12:37, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Yes, Cathy Hughes is often (mis)credited with the quiet storm. In fact, Smokey Robinson himself recently made the erroneous statement that the show began on one of Cathy Hughes' radio stations, which, disappointingly, Hughes did not correct -- which is clearly not the case. (In fact Howard University Radio owns the rights to the name "Quiet Storm," and any radio station using the name has to pay the University a royalty -- something probably worth noting in the article.) Melvin sat in for an AWOL deejay, the audience liked what they heard -- and Cathy had the good sense to give him his own show. She didn't originate the format. Melvin's job was giving audiences what they wanted, and he was good at it. And Cathy's talent was/is that she knew a winner/money maker when she heard one. (And, yes, Hughes was sales manager in '73, but became station manager two years later. A sales manager would have had no say-so in programming affairs.) deeceevoice 06:59, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
How about something about the Saturday Night Live sketch? 71.82.214.160 07:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
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This page uses material from http://www.jazzysradio.com/ Basically the whole text. It will need to be rewritten or removed as it's plagiarism. 59.167.53.18 ( talk) 15:23, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
I recently cited this source--a chapter by Jason King in Eric Weisbard's 2007 book Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music--which has about 25 pages or so on quiet storm and its artists. I've only used it so far to clarify in the article that this is in fact a subgenre, not just a radio format, and to start a "Characteristics" section like the one in Neo soul. I'm not too invested in this article, though, so any one interested, please feel free to read through King's chapter! Dan56 ( talk) 07:17, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
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Content dispute over identifying this as a radio format, genre/subgenre, or both. Dan56 ( talk) 22:34, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
Obviously I can find more, and just as many expert sources appear referring to it as a radio format. So I vote for identifying the term as being for both radio format and subgenre. Dan56 ( talk) 22:51, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
The article says that Quiet Storm evolved in the mid 1970s, with the quiet storm WHUR segment in 1976, and Smokey Robinson's 1975 album A Quiet Storm. However, elements of quiet storm can be heard earlier in the 1970s, for example Al Green's 1971 song Let's Stay Together. Just because the radio segment and Smokey Robinson began using the term in the mid 1970s doesn't mean that the genre didn't evolve before then. -- Rubensbathsheba ( talk) 12:33, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
I edited the "musical escape" section - again - because it was very clearly not WP:NPOV and has remained so through numerous reverts. The phrasing and inconsistency of grammar was also in dire need of fixing. I believe these changes are perfectly sensible and respectful of the rules, so what's the problem? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8801:710E:7E00:7552:3B6C:FF25:8682 ( talk) 04:07, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
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Had to edit this entry to reflect the true origins of "quiet storm" music. 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. 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.
Further, Smokey had two previous solo albums before "Quiet Storm" -- they just weren't hits.
About the popularity of the music: it's still wildly popular. It's just not always called "quiet storm" music anymore. After all, that song was a hit almost 30 years ago. Same kind of music, basically -- just a different name. Peace. -- deeceevoice, June 27, 2004
Was turning the dial on my radio the other night -- and WHUR STILL has a late-night "Quiet Storm" show. Well, I'll be. :-D deeceevoice 00:58, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC) ---
The amazing thing about this show was how very young Melvin Lindsey was at the time that he started "Quiet Storm". I grew up listening to it in the D.C. suburbs and I had no idea that Lindsey was in his early 20s when he started it. That show was so powerful and so professional that I always thought that Lindsey was much older. It is by far one of the most moving, rich and beautiful radio shows that I ever listened to. I am saddened also to read about Lindsey's early death. What an enormous loss.
Sean7phil ( talk) 07:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
DEECEE, you asked for documentation, you can asked anyone at the time, Jim Watkins, Jim Brown, Cathy Hughes. Anyway below is an parts of an article in the Washington Times I found on the Internet.
“…Mr. Lindsey and local radio veteran Cathy Hughes started "Quiet Storm" at WHUR, Howard University's radio station, with engineer Jack Shuler when Mr. Lindsey and Mr. Shuler were Howard students in the mid-1970s.
Named after a Smokey Robinson song, "Quiet Storm" took off the night that a technical disaster shut down Washington's top radio station, WKYS-FM….”
Source: THE WASHINGTON TIMES; “Deejay Melvin Lindsey dies, 36” MARCH 27, 1992; Section: B; METROPOLITAN Edition: 2; Page: B1 Byline: By Matt Neufeld THE WASHINGTON TIMES —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jshuler ( talk • contribs) 12:37, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Yes, Cathy Hughes is often (mis)credited with the quiet storm. In fact, Smokey Robinson himself recently made the erroneous statement that the show began on one of Cathy Hughes' radio stations, which, disappointingly, Hughes did not correct -- which is clearly not the case. (In fact Howard University Radio owns the rights to the name "Quiet Storm," and any radio station using the name has to pay the University a royalty -- something probably worth noting in the article.) Melvin sat in for an AWOL deejay, the audience liked what they heard -- and Cathy had the good sense to give him his own show. She didn't originate the format. Melvin's job was giving audiences what they wanted, and he was good at it. And Cathy's talent was/is that she knew a winner/money maker when she heard one. (And, yes, Hughes was sales manager in '73, but became station manager two years later. A sales manager would have had no say-so in programming affairs.) deeceevoice 06:59, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
How about something about the Saturday Night Live sketch? 71.82.214.160 07:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 05:35, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
This page uses material from http://www.jazzysradio.com/ Basically the whole text. It will need to be rewritten or removed as it's plagiarism. 59.167.53.18 ( talk) 15:23, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
I recently cited this source--a chapter by Jason King in Eric Weisbard's 2007 book Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music--which has about 25 pages or so on quiet storm and its artists. I've only used it so far to clarify in the article that this is in fact a subgenre, not just a radio format, and to start a "Characteristics" section like the one in Neo soul. I'm not too invested in this article, though, so any one interested, please feel free to read through King's chapter! Dan56 ( talk) 07:17, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
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Content dispute over identifying this as a radio format, genre/subgenre, or both. Dan56 ( talk) 22:34, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
Obviously I can find more, and just as many expert sources appear referring to it as a radio format. So I vote for identifying the term as being for both radio format and subgenre. Dan56 ( talk) 22:51, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
The article says that Quiet Storm evolved in the mid 1970s, with the quiet storm WHUR segment in 1976, and Smokey Robinson's 1975 album A Quiet Storm. However, elements of quiet storm can be heard earlier in the 1970s, for example Al Green's 1971 song Let's Stay Together. Just because the radio segment and Smokey Robinson began using the term in the mid 1970s doesn't mean that the genre didn't evolve before then. -- Rubensbathsheba ( talk) 12:33, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
I edited the "musical escape" section - again - because it was very clearly not WP:NPOV and has remained so through numerous reverts. The phrasing and inconsistency of grammar was also in dire need of fixing. I believe these changes are perfectly sensible and respectful of the rules, so what's the problem? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8801:710E:7E00:7552:3B6C:FF25:8682 ( talk) 04:07, 9 June 2022 (UTC)