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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.
Toggle Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones for 2019 subsection. 1.1 2019 number-ones. 2 References. ... "Full Bloom" Kayla Waters [50] December 21 [51] December 28 [52]
2021 Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref. January 2 "Better Days Ahead" Gerald Albright [1]January 9 [2]January 16 [3]January 23 "Blue Moon" Skinny Hightower
2022 Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref. January 1 "Daydreams" Randy Scott featuring Cindy Bradley [1]January 8 "Urban Troubadour" Phil Denny [2]January 15 [3]January 22
Quiet storm is a radio format and genre of R&B, performed in a smooth, romantic, jazz-influenced style. [1] It was named after the title song on Smokey Robinson's 1975 album A Quiet Storm. [2] The radio format was pioneered in 1976 by Melvin Lindsey, while he was an intern at the Washington, D.C. radio station WHUR-FM.
"False God" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her seventh studio album, Lover (2019). Written and produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, it has an atmospheric, slow-building production combining neo soul, R&B, smooth jazz, and sophisti-pop.
Artists with most Smooth Jazz Airplay No. 1s [2] (as of January 18, 2025) 21 – Boney James 15 – Gerald Albright 14 – Richard Elliot 12 – Brian Culbertson 11 – Rick Braun 11 – Paul Brown 11 – Paul Hardcastle 11 – Dave Koz 10 – Cindy Bradley 10 – Nick Colionne 10 – Euge Groove
The song won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. [6] Withers included the edited version on the 1981 compilation Bill Withers' Greatest Hits and many subsequent greatest hits collections. The song propelled Winelight's success, often credited for leading to the 1980s smooth jazz explosion.