Brani musicali Quiet Storm
Questo è un elenco di canzoni associate al formato radiofonico quiet storm, ampiamente ascoltato negli Stati Uniti a partire dal 1976[1] come forma di musica di easy listening in prima serata/a tarda notte, rivolta a un sofisticato pubblico afroamericano.[2] I programmi radiofonici quiet storm prosperarono negli anni '80, con molte stazioni negli Stati Uniti che trasmettevano un programma quiet storm di notte e alcune stazioni che trasmettevano in quel formato tutto il giorno.[3] Il campo si adattò negli anni '90, quando i nuovi ascoltatori abbracciarono la sperimentazione neo-soul, campioni e ritmi hip hop, oltre a temi più espliciti. Le jam lente con elementi del quiet storm hanno continuato a essere prodotte negli anni 2000 e 2010.[4]
Le canzoni quiet storm sono un mix di generi, tra cui pop, R&B contemporaneo, smooth soul, smooth jazz e jazz fusion: canzoni dal carattere fluido e romantico. Il formato apparve per la prima volta nel 1976, ma inizialmente si ispirava a brani registrati in precedenza. Dopo che il formato radiofonico divenne popolare, le canzoni furono scritte per adattarsi a quel formato, e in questo modo lo stile radiofonico divenne un ampio "super-genere" di musica.[5][6]
Canzoni
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Anno | Artista | Canzone | Album | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | The Temptations | "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" | Sky's the Limit | [7] |
1971 | Al Green | "Let's Stay Together" | Let's Stay Together | [1] |
1971 | Jerry Butler | "Ain't Understanding Mellow" | The Sagittarius Movement | (duetto con Brenda Lee Eager[7]) |
1972 | Luther Ingram | "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" | independent single | [7] |
1972 | Billy Paul | "Me and Mrs. Jones" | 360 Degrees of Billy Paul | [6] |
1973 | Barry White | "I've Got So Much to Give" | I've Got So Much to Give | [7] |
1973 | The Moments | "Sexy Mama" | singolo indipendente | [8] |
1973 | Bloodstone | "Natural High" | Natural High | [7] |
1973 | Roberta Flack | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Killing Me Softly | [6] |
1973 | Marvin Gaye | "Let's Get It On" | Let's Get It On | [9] |
1973 | Marvin Gaye | "Distant Lover" | Let's Get It On | [6] |
1973 | Marvin Gaye | "Come Get to This" | Let's Get It On | [10] |
1974 | Tower of Power | "Time Will Tell" | Back to Oakland | [8] |
1974 | Barry White | "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" | Can't Get Enough | [1] |
1974 | Roberta Flack | "Feel Like Makin' Love" | Feel Like Makin' Love | [6] |
1974 | The Stylistics | "You Make Me Feel Brand New" | Rockin' Roll Baby | [11] |
1975 | The Blackbyrds | "Walking in Rhythm" | Flying Start | [10] |
1975 | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" | To Be True | [12] |
1975 | Dorothy Moore | "Misty Blue" | Misty Blue | [7] |
1975 | Natalie Cole | "I Can't Say No" | Inseparable | [13] |
1975 | Natalie Cole | "Inseparable" | Inseparable | [13] |
1975 | The Isley Brothers | "For the Love of You" | The Heat Is On | [13] |
1975 | Smokey Robinson | "Quiet Storm" | A Quiet Storm | [14] |
1976 | Marvin Gaye | "After the Dance" | I Want You | [7] |
1976 | Commodores | "Sweet Love" | Movin' On | [7] |
1976 | Norman Connors | "You Are My Starship" | You Are My Starship | (cantante Michael Henderson e Phyllis Hyman[6]) |
1976 | George Benson | "This Masquerade" | Breezin' | [10] |
1976 | L.T.D. | "Love Ballad" | Love to the World | [6] |
1977 | The Isley Brothers | "Footsteps in the Dark" | Go for Your Guns | [6] |
1977 | The Isley Brothers | "Voyage to Atlantis" | Go for Your Guns | |
1977 | The Gap Band | "Messin' with My Mind" | The Gap Band | [13] |
1977 | Bill Withers | "Lovely Day" | Menagerie | [10] |
1977 | Natalie Cole | "Peaceful Living" | Unpredictable | [13] |
1977 | Phyllis Hyman | "I Don't Want to Lose You" | Phyllis Hyman | [13] |
1977 | Heatwave | "Always and Forever" | Too Hot to Handle | [15] |
1977 | Natalie Cole | "La Costa" | Thankful | [13] |
1978 | Teddy Pendergrass | "Close the Door" | Life Is a Song Worth Singing | [6] |
1978 | The O'Jays | "Use ta Be My Girl" | So Full of Love | [6] |
1978 | Angela Bofill | "This Time I'll Be Sweeter" | Angie | |
1978 | Roberta Flack | "The Closer I Get to You" | Blue Lights in the Basement | (duetto con Donny Hathaway[6]) |
1978 | Peabo Bryson | "I'm So into You" | Crosswinds | [16] |
1978 | Chic | "At Last I Am Free" | C'est Chic | [6] |
1978 | Rose Royce | "Wishing on a Star" | Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom | [6] |
1978 | Teena Marie | "Déjà Vu (I've Been Here Before)" | Wild and Peaceful | [17] |
1978 | Phyllis Hyman | "The Answer Is You" | Somewhere in My Lifetime | [13] |
1978 | Phyllis Hyman | "Gonna Make Changes" | Somewhere in My Lifetime | [13] |
1978 | Delegation | "Oh Honey" | The Promise of Love | [8] |
1978 | Ashford & Simpson | "Is It Still Good to Ya" | Is It Still Good to Ya | [12] |
1978 | Quincy Jones | "I'm Gonna Miss You in the Morning" | Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! | (cantanti Luther Vandross e Patti Austin[6]) |
1978 | Bobby Caldwell | "What You Won't Do for Love" | Bobby Caldwell | [6] |
1979 | Herb Alpert | "Rise" | Rise | [10] |
1979 | Stephanie Mills | "Feel the Fire" | What Cha' Gonna Do with My Lovin' | (duetto con Teddy Pendergrass[12]) |
1979 | Peaches & Herb | "Reunited" | 2 Hot | [7] |
1979 | The Gap Band | "No Hiding Place" | The Gap Band II | [13] |
1979 | Curtis Mayfield | "Between You Baby & Me" | Heartbeat | (duetto con Linda Clifford[12]) |
1979 | Natalie Cole | "What You Won't Do for Love" | We're the Best of Friends | (duetto con Peabo Bryson[13]) |
1979 | Commodores | "Still" | Midnight Magic | [18] |
1979 | Michael Jackson | "I Can't Help It" | Off the Wall | [6] |
1979 | Angela Bofill | "I Try" | Angel of the Night | [19] |
1979 | Smokey Robinson | "Cruisin'" | Where There's Smoke... | [6] |
1980 | Kool & the Gang | "Too Hot" | Ladies' Night | [10] |
1981 | Smokey Robinson | "Being With You" | Being With You | [6] |
1981 | Al Jarreau | "We're in This Love Together" | Breakin' Away | [10] |
1981 | Stephanie Mills | "Two Hearts" | Stephanie | (duetto con Teddy Pendergrass[20]) |
1981 | Rose Royce | "Golden Touch" | Rose Royce V: Golden Touch | [8] |
1981 | George Benson | "Turn Your Love Around" | The George Benson Collection | [10] |
1981 | Diana Ross | "Endless Love" | Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | (duetto con Lionel Richie[20]) |
1981 | Luther Vandross | "A House is Not a Home" | Never Too Much | [6] |
1981 | Grover Washington Jr. | "Just the Two of Us" | Winelight | (cantante Bill Withers[10]) |
1981 | The Gap Band | "Yearning for Your Love" | The Gap Band III | [6] |
1981 | The Gap Band | "Nothin' Comes to Sleepers" | The Gap Band III | [21] |
1981 | Quincy Jones | "Just Once" | The Dude | (cantante James Ingram[6]) |
1981 | Rick James | "Fire and Desire" | Street Songs | (duetto con Teena Marie[6]) |
1982 | Patti Austin | "Baby, Come to Me" | Every Home Should Have One | (duetto con James Ingram[6]) |
1982 | Marvin Gaye | "Sexual Healing" | Midnight Love | [1] |
1982 | Tavares | "A Penny for Your Thoughts" | New Directions | [8] |
1982 | Patrice Rushen | "Remind Me" | Straight from the Heart | [8] |
1982 | Stevie Wonder | "Ribbon in the Sky" | Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I | [10] |
1982 | Cheryl Lynn | "If This World Were Mine" | Instant Love | (duetto con Luther Vandross[12]) |
1982 | Grover Washington Jr. | "The Best Is Yet to Come" | The Best Is Yet to Come | (cantante Patti LaBelle[10]) |
1982 | Michael McDonald | "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" | If That's What It Takes | [10] |
1982 | DeBarge | "All This Love" | All This Love | [6] |
1983 | Angela Bofill | "Tonight I Give In" | Too Tough | [22] |
1983 | Al Jarreau | "Mornin'" | Jarreau | [10] |
1983 | Marvin Gaye | "'Til Tomorrow" | Midnight Love | |
1983 | The Isley Brothers | "Between the Sheets" | Between the Sheets | [13] |
1983 | The Isley Brothers | "Choosey Lover" | Between the Sheets | [13] |
1983 | Michael Jackson | "Human Nature" | Thriller | [6] |
1983 | Michael Jackson | "Baby Be Mine" | Thriller | [6] |
1983 | Michael Jackson | "The Lady in My Life" | Thriller | [6] |
1983 | Peabo Bryson | "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" | Born to Love | (duetto con Roberta Flack[12]) |
1983 | Dionne Warwick | "So Amazing" | How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye | [4] |
1983 | Dionne Warwick | "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" | How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye | (duetto con Luther Vandross[4]) |
1983 | Art of Noise | "Moments in Love" | Into Battle with the Art of Noise | [23] |
1984 | Lionel Richie | "Hello" | Can't Slow Down | [6] |
1984 | Stevie Wonder | "Love Light in Flight" | The Woman in Red colonna sonora | [18] |
1984 | Sade | "Hang On to Your Love" | Diamond Life | |
1985 | Sade | "Smooth Operator" | Diamond Life | [6] |
1985 | Sade | "Your Love Is King" | Diamond Life | |
1985 | Sade | "The Sweetest Taboo" | Promise | [24] |
1985 | Billy Ocean | "Suddenly" | Suddenly | [6] |
1985 | Chaka Khan | "Through the Fire" | I Feel for You | [6] |
1985 | Luther Vandross | "Creepin'" | The Night I Fell in Love | [18] |
1985 | Whitney Houston | "Saving All My Love for You" | Whitney Houston | [6] |
1985 | Loose Ends | "Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)" | So Where Are You? | [10] |
1985 | Force MDs | "Tender Love" | Krush Groove | |
1985 | Stevie Wonder | "Overjoyed" | In Square Circle | [6] |
1986 | Kenny G | "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" | Duotones | (cantante Ellis Hall[10]) |
1986 | The Gap Band | "I Know We'll Make It" | Gap Band VII | [13] |
1986 | Shirley Jones | "Do You Get Enough Love" | Always in the Mood | [10] |
1986 | René & Angela | "You Don't Have to Cry" | Street Called Desire | [12] |
1986 | Anita Baker | "Sweet Love" | Rapture | |
1986 | Anita Baker | "Caught Up in the Rapture" | Rapture | |
1987 | Anita Baker | "Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year)" | Rapture | |
1987 | Anita Baker | "No One in the World" | Rapture | |
1987 | Janet Jackson | "Funny How Time Flies" | Control | |
1987 | Peabo Bryson | "Without You" | Leonard Part 6 | (duetto con Regina Belle) |
1987 | Kashif | "Love Changes" | Love Changes | (duetto con Meli'sa Morgan[12]) |
1988 | Anita Baker | "Giving You the Best That I Got" | Giving You the Best That I Got | |
1988 | Keith Sweat | "Make It Last Forever" | Make It Last Forever | (duetto con Jacci McGhee[4]) |
1988 | Anita Baker | "Just Because" | Giving You the Best That I Got | |
1988 | Anita Baker | "Lead Me into Love" | Giving You the Best That I Got | |
1988 | Brenda Russell | "Piano in the Dark" | Get Here | (with Joe Esposito) |
1988 | Al B. Sure! | "Nite and Day" | In Effect Mode | [10] |
1988 | The Deele | "Two Occasions" | Eyes of a Stranger | [4] |
1988 | New Edition | "Can You Stand the Rain" | Heart Break | [25] |
1989 | Michel'le | "Something in My Heart" | Michel'le | [4] |
1989 | James Ingram | "I Don't Have the Heart" | It's Real | |
1989 | Luther Vandross | "Here and Now" | The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love | [4] |
1989 | Randy Crawford | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | Rich and Poor | [10] |
1989 | Maze | "Silky Soul" | Silky Soul | [10] |
1989 | Skyy | "Real Love" | Start of a Romance | [8] |
1990 | Najee | "I'll Be Good to You" | Tokyo Blue | (cantante Vesta Williams[10]) |
1990 | Babyface | "Whip Appeal" | Tender Lover | [6] |
1990 | Mariah Carey | "Vision of Love" | Mariah Carey | [1] |
1990 | Whitney Houston | "All the Man That I Need" | I'm Your Baby Tonight | [1] |
1990 | Quincy Jones | "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" | Back on the Block | (cantanti Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, e Barry White)[26] |
1990 | Freddie Jackson | "Love Me Down" | Do Me Again | [1] |
1990 | Mariah Carey | "Love Takes Time" | Mariah Carey | [1] |
1991 | Freddie Jackson | "Do Me Again" | Do Me Again | [1] |
1991 | Fourplay | "After the Dance" | Fourplay | (cantante El DeBarge[10]) |
1991 | Lisa Fischer | "How Can I Ease the Pain" | So Intense | [4] |
1991 | Peabo Bryson | "Can You Stop the Rain" | Can You Stop the Rain | [1] |
1991 | Teddy Pendergrass | "It Should've Been You" | Truly Blessed | [1] |
1991 | Luther Vandross | "Power of Love/Love Power" | Power of Love | [4] |
1991 | Tracie Spencer | "Tender Kisses" | Make the Difference | [4] |
1991 | Phyllis Hyman | "When You Get Right Down to It" | Prime of My Life | [13] |
1992 | Boyz II Men | "End of the Road" | Boomerang | [4] |
1992 | Whitney Houston | "I Will Always Love You" | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | [1] |
1992 | Toni Braxton | "Love Shoulda Brought You Home" | Toni Braxton | [27] |
1992 | Sade | "No Ordinary Love" | Love Deluxe | [6] |
1993 | Sade | "Kiss of Life" | Love Deluxe | [4] |
1993 | Sade | "Cherish the Day" | Love Deluxe | [4] |
1993 | Vanessa Williams | "Love Is" | Beverly Hills 90210 | (duetto con Brian McKnight[20]) |
1993 | Jon Lucien | "Would You Believe in Me" | Mother Nature's Son | [28] |
1993 | Toni Braxton | "Another Sad Love Song" | Toni Braxton | [4] |
1993 | Toni Braxton | "Breathe Again" | Toni Braxton | [4] |
1993 | Toni Braxton | "Seven Whole Days" | Toni Braxton | [4] |
1994 | Barry White | "Practice What You Preach" | The Icon Is Love | [4] |
1994 | Janet Jackson | "Any Time, Any Place" | Janet | [4] |
1994 | Boyz II Men | "I'll Make Love to You" | II | [4] |
1994 | Luther Vandross | "Always and Forever" | Songs | |
1995 | Faith Evans | "Soon as I Get Home" | Faith | [4] |
1995 | Whitney Houston | "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" | colonna sonora di Waiting to Exhale | [4] |
1995 | D'Angelo | "Brown Sugar" | Brown Sugar | [4] |
1995 | TLC | "Red Light Special" | CrazySexyCool | [4] |
1996 | Keith Sweat | "Nobody" | Keith Sweat | (duetto con Athena Cage[4]) |
1996 | Maxwell | "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" | Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite | [4] |
1996 | Maxwell | "Whenever Wherever Whatever" | Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite | [4] |
1996 | Toni Braxton | "Un-Break My Heart" | Secrets | [4] |
1997 | Toni Braxton | "How Could an Angel Break My Heart" | Secrets | [4] |
1997 | Toni Braxton | "Let It Flow" | Secrets | [4] |
1997 | Toni Braxton | "I Love Me Some Him" | Secrets | [4] |
1997 | Toni Braxton | "I Don't Want To" | Secrets | [4] |
1997 | Erykah Badu | "Next Lifetime" | Baduizm | [4] |
1997 | Mary J. Blige | "Missing You" | Share My World | [4] |
1997 | Maxwell | "This Woman's Work" | independent single | [4] |
1997 | Rachelle Ferrell | "Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This" | Rachelle Ferrell | (duetto con Will Downing[29]) |
1997 | Walter Beasley | "Visions" | Tonight We Love | [30] |
1997 | Usher | "Nice & Slow" | My Way | [4] |
1998 | Monica | "Angel of Mine" | The Boy Is Mine | [4] |
1998 | Jon B. | "They Don't Know" | Cool Relax | [4] |
1998 | Phyllis Hyman | "Funny How Love Goes" | Forever with You | (duetto con Damon Williams[13]) |
1998 | Phyllis Hyman | "The Kids" | Forever with You | [13] |
1998 | Dru Hill | "Beauty" | Enter the Dru | [4] |
1998 | Tyrese | "Sweet Lady" | Tyrese | [4] |
1998 | Lauryn Hill | "Ex-Factor" | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | [4] |
1999 | Brandy | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Never Say Never | [4] |
1999 | Case | "Happily Ever After" | Personal Conversation | [4] |
1999 | Brian McKnight | "Back at One" | Back at One | [4] |
1999 | Luther Vandross | "I'm Only Human" | I Know | (con Cassandra Wilson e Bob James[10]) |
1999 | Joe | "I Wanna Know" | My Name Is Joe | [4] |
2000 | D'Angelo | "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" | Voodoo | [4] |
2000 | D'Angelo | "Send It On" | Voodoo | |
2000 | Donell Jones | "Where I Wanna Be" | Where I Wanna Be | [4] |
2000 | Kelly Price | "As We Lay" | Mirror Mirror | [4] |
2000 | Carl Thomas | "Lady Lay Your Body" | Emotional | [4] |
2000 | Sisqó | "Incomplete" | Unleash the Dragon | [4] |
2000 | Musiq Soulchild | "Love" | Aijuswanaseing | [4] |
2004 | Beyoncé | "The Closer I Get to You" | Dangerously in Love | (duetto con Luther Vandross[4]) |
2004 | Luther Vandross | "The Closer I Get to You" | Dance with My Father | (duetto con Beyoncé[4]) |
2004 | Usher | "Burn" | Confessions | [4] |
2007 | Justin Timberlake | "Until the End of Time" | FutureSex/LoveSounds | (con Beyoncé[4]) |
2010 | Alicia Keys | "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" | The Element of Freedom | [31] |
2012 | Usher | "Climax" | Looking 4 Myself | [32] |
2013 | Alicia Keys | "Fire We Make" | Girl on Fire | [33] |
2014 | Nicki Minaj | "Four Door Aventador" | The Pinkprint | |
2015 | Janet Jackson | "No Sleeep" | Unbreakable | (con J. Cole[34]) |
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