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A quiet storm smokey robinson
A quiet storm smokey robinson








a quiet storm smokey robinson

Choose from Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm sheet music for such popular songs as Quiet Storm, Baby Thats Backatcha, and.

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This album also features the "Wedding Song" which was written for Hazel and Jermaine Jackson's wedding and the "Happy" theme from the movie Lady Sings the Blues. Download sheet music for Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm. Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.

a quiet storm smokey robinson

Before long, it caught on around the country and evolved into a new market. For Smokey Robinson, A Quiet Storm was also a perfect one. Briefly, radio mogul Cathy Hughes, owner of Radio One, was the general manager at Howard University radio WHUR during the early '70s when she created the format "the quiet storm." She used Smokey Robinson's composition as the theme song. Smokeys cut became the introductory song to many Quiet Storm programs across the country romantic music played after hours that braided elements of jazz and soul. The lyric of the ballad "The Agony and the Ecstasy" hit the Top Ten at number seven, and it was followed by the masterpiece "A Quiet Storm." Although it only managed to seal the Top 25, it has since made a greater impact on the music charts and music industry. It was Robinson's first number one single since leaving the Miracles. Arranged in an intermittent rhythm, "Baby That's Backatcha" ran up the Billboard R&B charts to number one inside 16 weeks. The album itself had three singles hit the charts.

a quiet storm smokey robinson

The title track became the namesake for a music format. As many of his prior songs had shaped R&B and pop music, this album would have a similar effect. The genius of William "Smokey" Robinson is immeasurable.










A quiet storm smokey robinson