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Show #247 takes DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray back to 1983 New York for Shannon's "Let the Music Play," the debut single that went to No. 1 on Billboard's dance chart, No. 2 R&B, and No. 8 on the Hot 100. Jay Ray traces it to "Fire and Ice," the demo Chris Barbosa built in his Bronx bedroom on gear his grandmother helped him buy.
Then come the two stories behind the song. Shannon has said Ann Godwin wrote the lyrics but couldn't take the credit while signed to Motown's publishing company, and the "let the music play" hook belongs to session singer Jimi Tunnell. |
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Shannon - Give Me Tonight |
Sir Daniel says the follow-up was always more of a bop to him than "Let the Music Play." Released in February 1984, it gave Shannon a second No. 1 on Billboard's dance chart and reached No. 6 R&B. |
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10 Iconic Rock the Vote Ads, Featuring Kate Moss and Madonna (2016)
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Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, so we went back to the archive. In 2016, i-D's Taylor Ford rounded up ten Rock the Vote PSAs from 1990 to 2000, starting with the first one: Madonna, wrapped in an American flag, turning "Vogue" into a call to "get up and vote!" Rock the Vote grew out of the fight over censorship of explicit music, and with MTV it put artists in front of young voters.
The list also shows how many Black artists carried that message. LL Cool J asked, "How weird do things have to get before you register and vote?" Chuck D made his case in 1996. In 2000 came Rap the Vote, the offshoot built with Russell Simmons around police brutality and racial profiling, with Queen Latifah, Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Dead Prez and Mary J. Blige. |
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