Melvin Lindsey
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Quiet Storm " late-night music programming format |
Melvin Lindsey (July 8, 1955 – March 26, 1992) was an American radio and television personality in the
Lindsey was a native of Washington, D.C. and attended Alice Deal Middle School and Woodrow Wilson High School.[1] Lindsey began his broadcast career as an intern at Howard University radio station WHUR-FM.[2] In 1976, he brought the "Quiet Storm" to the station's late-night lineup, titled after a romantic hit single by tenor crooner Smokey Robinson. The show's soulfully melodic and moody musical fare made it a phenomenal success, and the 'love song'-heavy format was quickly replicated at stations across the country that served an urban, African-American adult demographic. Lindsey's show also gave rise to a category of music of the same name.[3]
After a nine-year run on WHUR, Lindsey took his format to another local radio station,
Lindsey died at the age of 36 from complications of
See also
- Quiet storm
- A Quiet Storm – the Smokey Robinson record where the song "Quiet Storm" appeared
- Vaughn Harper
- Radio portal
- Biography portal
References
- ^ "Melvin Lindsey". 8 July 2017.
- ^ Craig Lytle. "A Quiet Storm". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ Castaneda, Ruben (March 27, 1992). "Quiet Storm' Radio Host Melvin Lindsey Dies at 36". Washington Post. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ Castaneda, Ruben (1992-03-27). "Washington Post Archive". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ "The Quiet Storm". Pitchfork. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 2019-01-03.