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Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music [1] to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence.
Quiet storm songs are a mix of genres, including pop, contemporary R&B, smooth soul, smooth jazz and jazz fusion – songs having an easy-flowing and romantic character. The format first appeared in 1976 but initially it drew from songs recorded earlier.
By 2000, Jammin' Oldies stations had different approaches, with some playing only 60s and 70s music, and others focusing more on the 80s, with still others such as WMOJ playing early rap. KMBX played no 60s music, while WJJJ (which was co-owned with oldies WWSW) added songs from the 80s and 90s and de-emphasized Motown.
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music, broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock, from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music.
'70s - Hits from the 1970s. '80s - Hits from the 1980s. '90s - Hits from the 1990s. Hit List † - Popular Top 40 hits. Music Choice Max † - Today's cutting edge and mainstream popular music. Party Favorites - Mix of music for special occasions and parties. Pop Hits † - A mix of pop music for greatest hits.
House music was strongly influenced by elements of soul- and funk-infused varieties of disco. Club play from pioneering DJs like Ron Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops, and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio station WBMX-FM helped popularize house music in Chicago and among visiting DJs & producers from Detroit. Trax Records ...
80 "The Letter" Joe Cocker: 81 "Ma Belle Amie" Tee-Set: 82 "The Bells" The Originals: 83 "Yellow River" Christie: 84 "Somebody's Been Sleeping" 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) 85 "Vehicle" The Ides of March: 86 "Gimme Dat Ding" The Pipkins: 87 "Lay a Little Lovin' on Me" Robin McNamara: 88 "Up the Ladder to the Roof" The Supremes: 89 "Travelin' Band ...
The Pointer Sisters gained their first number one with "How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)".. Billboard published a weekly chart in 1975 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and since 2005 has been published ...