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Tony Blackburn explores the great soul city of Chicago and its gospel-tinged soft soul with horns and strings.

Tony Blackburn presents this series of programmes concentrating on three great Soul Cities of America - Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia. The driving force in Tony's life has been soul music and these programmes will concentrate on artists who were either born or lived in these cities or who recorded most of their successful material there. The three cities have spawned very different soul styles: Chicago gospel-tinged soft soul with horns and strings, Detroit with its hand claps and powerful bass lines of the famous Motown sound, and Philly with lush arrangements and doo-wop inspired vocals.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Mon 22 Dec 2014 12:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Barbara Acklin

    Love Makes A Woman

    • Love Makes A Woman.
    • Edsel.

  • LaVern Baker

    See See Rider

    • Atlantic Gold (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.

  • Fontella Bass

    Rescue Me

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Jerry Butler

    He Will Break Your Heart

    • The Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Gene Chandler

    Does She Have A Friend?

    • Get Down With Get Down.
    • Westside.

  • The Chi鈥怢ites

    Too Good To Be Forgotten

    • The Best Of The Chi-Lites.
    • BMG.

  • Dee Clark

    Raindrops

    • Dee Clark: Golden Classics.
    • Charly R&B.
    • 1.

  • Sam Cooke

    Chain Gang

    • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
    • RCA.

  • Tyrone Davis

    Turn Back The Hands of Time

    • Billboard Top R&B Hits - 1970.
    • Edsel.
    • 1.

  • The Dells

    I Can Sing A Rainbow / Love Is Blue

    • The Best Of The Dells.
    • Spectrum.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Let's Groove

    • 15th Anniversary Music Celebration (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • The Emotions

    Best Of My Love

    • Mellow Madness (Various Artists).
    • Epic.

  • Betty Everett

    It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)

    • Unchained Melodies II (Various Artis.
    • Telstar.

  • Five Stairsteps

    O-o-h Child

    • The Best Of The 5 Stairsteps.
    • Sequel Records.
    • 5.

  • Roberta Flack

    Back Together Again (feat. Donny Hathaway)

    • The Best Of Roberta Flack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 8.

  • Herbie Hancock

    You Bet Your Love

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • Jennifer Hudson

    Spotlight

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 71 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Jamo Thomas

    I Spy For The F.B.I.

    • Spy Music.
    • Rhino.

  • Quincy Jones

    Razzamatazz

    • After Midnight (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • R. Kelly

    If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Jive.

  • Chaka Khan

    I Feel For You

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Major Lance

    Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um

    • The Best Of.
    • Epic.

  • Laura Lee

    Rip Off

    • The Best Of.
    • Hot Wax.

  • Ramsey Lewis

    Wade In The Water

    • The Greatest Hits Of Ramsey Lewis.
    • Chess.

  • Maurice & Mac

    You Left The Water Running

    • Take Me To The River - A Southern Soul Story 1961-1977.
    • Kent Soul.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

    • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
    • Global Television.

  • Lou Rawls

    You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

    • Million Sellers Vol.13 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Minnie Riperton

    Lovin' You

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Jackie Ross

    Selfish One

    • Chess Soul - A Decade Of Chicago's Finest.
    • Chess.

  • The Staple Singers

    I'll Take You There

    • Afrodisiac (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Billy Stewart

    Secret Love

    • The Best Of.
    • MCA.

  • Evelyn Thomas

    High Energy

    • Various Artists - Disco & Dance.
    • BMG.

  • Young鈥揌olt Unlimited

    Soulful Strut

    • Breaks Sessions.
    • Sessions.

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Dec 2014 12:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2