Balearic Breakfast | Episode 242 | Pass The Information... (Black History Month 5 Hour Celebration)
- by The Lioncub
- Oct 14, 2025
- 22 min read
Updated: Oct 23, 2025
Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy broadcast the 242nd episode of Balearic Breakfast on her Mixcloud on October 14th 2025.
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
With today's episode, celebrating Black History Month in a splendid mix, Colleen proposes a 5 hour musical journey like no other and the last Marathon show of the year! Our Captain posted the request line on her socials this saturday morning (11/10) and got a Lot of great requests, both on her Facebook and on her Instagram.
While listening to the show, I noted that it was one of the most laid-back episode we may have had in the series for a long time as it's only towards the last hour, hour and a half should I say, that the rhythm started to rise. This relaxed musical spirit was perfectly presented in the show's picture which Colleen put on her Mixcloud channel (as she does not appear live on the camera lately as she used to in the past). I can say that 1600 people loved today's episode and that the chat was also very joyous!
The songs submitted really depicted a Family that was in need of peace, of hope, of joy. A Family that needed unity, respect and that did not hide from looking at the past, paying tribute to black musicians and, generallly spealing, black people. We're one... Pass the Information...
And don't forget you can easily find other "Black History Month" shows by using the search bar on the main page of the blog 😉
This morning’s 5-hour Balearic Breakfast Black History Month Marathon is now up on my Mixcloud. It’s an all-request celebration of Black musicianship both past and present and thank you to all who contributed to the show. My friend Mabel loved it and thanks you, as well. Swipe for the tracklist. Enjoy!
Listen back to the 242nd episode of Balearic Breakfast:
THE PLAYLIST
(1992) Caron Wheeler – Lite as a Feather
(2009) Carmen Lundy – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
(2007) Chaka Khan – Angel
(2022) Mary J Blige – Good Morning Gorgeous
(1995) Tracy Chapman – Give Me One Reason
(1977) The Real Thing – Children of the Ghetto
(1979) Linton Kwesi Johnson – Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)
(1981) Rick Holmes & Roy Ayers – Remember to Remember
(2022) Warriors of the Dystotheque ft Abby Oliveira – Fear of an Equal Planet
(2017) The Roots ft Bilal – It Ain't Fair
(2021) Nightmares on Wax ft Haile Supreme – Up to Us
(1975) Minnie Riperton – Baby, This Love I Have
(2016) Solange ft. Sampha – Don't Touch My Hair
(2020) Cleo Sol – When I'm In Your Arms
(2025) Jaleesa – Black Jade
(2001) The Other People Place – Sunrays
(1972) Mike James Kirkland – Hang On In There
(1975) Grover Washington Jr – Hydra
(1973) Lamont Dozier – Take Off Your Make Up
(1975) Camille Yarbrough – Take Yo' Praise
(1966) Stevie Wonder – Blowin' in the Wind
(1972) Al Green – Love and Happiness
(2019) African Vibration – Hinde
(1975) Fela Kuti – Water No Get Enemy
(1993) Meshell Ndegeocello – I'm Diggin' You (Like An Old School Record)
(1995) P.M. Dawn – Downtown Venus
(1973) Donny Hathaway – Love Love Love
(1984) Sade – Cherry Pie
(1978) Quincy Jones – Tell Me A Bedtime Story
(1980) Maze – Joy and Pain
(1975) Donald Byrd – (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
(1980) Carrie Cleveland – Love Will Set You Free
(1977) L.T.D. (Everytime I Turn Around) Back in Love Again
(1979) Rufus & Chaka Khan – Live in Me
(2009) Skye – Ain't No Need (Grimy Edit)
(1982) Willie Hutch – Brothers Gonna Work It Out (12-inch Version)
(2024) Leroy Burgess – Stranger (Raw Artes Edit)
(2024) Camilla George – Abasi Isang (Blue Lab Beats Remix)
(1979) Jean Carn – Was That All it Was
(1988) A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
(2022) Lady Blackbird – Lost and Looking (Cosmodelica Remix)
(2025) Stacy Kidd ft Tiffany Jenkins – Let It Blow (Afro Jazz Extended)
(1996) Thelma Houston – All of That (Dave Lee Club Mix)
(2001) Blaze & Palmer Brown – Shine (Shelter Vocal Extended Mix)
(1977) Shirley Caesar – Jesus Is Coming
(1978) Al Hudson & The Soul Partners – Spread Love
(NOL) Donna Summer – State of Independence (Danny Krivit Bass Mix Edit)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
(from Colleen's presentation)
Over the next two Tuesdays, the show will still go on, but I will be traveling. So Adam will be streaming for me. I'll be flying to Boston, actually, on Tuesday. And so Adam will be streaming. And we have a mix from me, one hour mix from me, and also DJ Supermarkt from Too Slow to Disco. (...)
A Seat at the Table is our Classic Album Sundays Album of the Month in October. And that's our online album club, which meets once a month and is open to all Classic Album Sundays Patreon members. And you can find out more info on the CAS website.
(...)
Our next London Loft Party is Sunday, the 7th of December. And you can hop on our friendship train at loftparty.org.
ABOUT THE SONGS
(from Colleen's presentation)
Caron Wheeler with Light as a Feather and Caron Wheeler was a founding member of British reggae and lovers rock women trio Brown Sugar. She was the main singer for Soul II Soul's Club Classics Volume 1 and she went solo in 1990 and released her debut the same year, UK Blak. The song we just heard is from Wheeler's second album, Beach of the War Goddess. It was released in 1993.
This next one is named after, this next song, I should say, is named after the late writer, poet, and activist Maya Angelou. Her incredible account of her early years. In a nutshell, it not only describes the racism she and her family faced, but it also celebrates Black motherhood and a quest for independence, personal dignity, and self-definition. I think it's time I reread, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Tragically, this autobiography is now banned in certain districts in Alabama, Washington State, and Colorado. And more recently, the U.S. Naval Academy Library. Shame on them and shame on those racists. I implore you to read it for yourself. American jazz singer, composer, and songwriter Carmen Lundy was inspired by Maya Angelou's work and wrote and performed this beautiful ballad. As requested by Rick Sherman, Sherman, here is Lundy with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Chaka Khan with Angel. And that's from her 2007 LP, Funk This! Such a great album. She won two Grammys for that, Best R&B Album and Best R&B Performance by a Duo. The song was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and co-written by their late collaborator, Big Jim of Sounds of Blackness.
Mary J. Blige with Good Morning, Gorgeous, the title track to her 14th studio album. And the song was nominated for three Grammys. And the album was released three years ago after her divorce and signifies an artist reemerging after five years of not releasing an album. It also includes collaborations with Anderson .Paak and DJ Khaled and Usher.
Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman from her fourth studio album, New Beginning (Ed. Note: read a rare interview here from Tracy when the album was issued). And that was released three decades ago. And that song actually remains her biggest U.S. hit, even bigger than Fast Car (Ed. Note: Tracy's debut album has been recently reissued, read more about it here). I didn't know that until this morning. In fact, she won the Grammy for Best Rock Song for Give Me One Reason. And she was also nominated for three more Grammys.
Children of the Ghetto, penned and performed by The Real Thing, the British funk and soul group. And that came out on their 1977 LP, 4 from 8. And it also became the anthem of the Toxteth Riots in 1981, which arose from the long-standing tensions between Liverpool's Black community and the police. And there's a great article in The Guardian all about the song and its relationship as the anthem to that riot.
Linton Kwesi Johnson, or LKJ as he is known, is a Jamaican-born British-based dub poet and activist who became the second living poet and the only Black one to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. So there's some more reading material for you. He's been releasing albums since 1978, nearly 20, including some live performance albums. And he often collaborates with producer Dennis Bovell, another integral Black British artist. And if you want to find out more about Bovell, head over to the Classic Album Sundays website and you can watch my interview with him. Bovell started working with Johnson from the start. And this next request from Danny Broderick is where a song from Johnson's debut album, Forces of Victory. It's Linton Kwesi Johnson with a song that addresses the stop and search laws, Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem).
Rick Holmes with Remember to Remember, released in 1981 and produced and arranged by Roy Ayers. Rick Holmes was an American jazz radio DJ and host, and he was also a spoken word artist who released three albums, which he collaborated with Cannonball Adderley and producer David Axelrod. Now I've played Remember to Remember before, I remember playing it at least a couple times, but it's so pertinent to Black History Month, I had to play it again when Lee Zee requested it.
Warriors of the Distotek featuring Abby Oliveira with Fear of an Equal Planet. And the Warriors' Johnny Mack sent that over to me yesterday. It's a reimagining of Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet. And it features Abby Oliveira, who is a magnificent lady of color. That's what Johnny Mack wrote to me from here in Derry, Ireland, who works tirelessly as a spoken word artist. And she stands up against fascists and bigots, and so many of them right now, even more maybe, in a battle that's been fought in Derry from the civil rights movement leading to the horrific day we know as Bloody Sunday. Today we still face sectarian bigots, homophobic and racist politicians here in the north of Ireland. So this is our fight back. Fear of an Equal Planet is from Warrior of the Distotek's second album, 2022's Anthropause, produced by Howie B.
The Roots featuring Bilal with It Ain't Fair. And that's from the soundtrack to Detroit, Catherine Bigelow's film about the 1967 12th Street Riot. And Questlove said of the song, "Watching the movie Detroit clearly shows that life in 1967 isn't that much different in 2017, or 1897 for that matter. We wanted to hit many a bird with one stone, humanize the pain, confusion, and sadness, but also express the overdue anger".
Nightmares on Wax with Haile Supreme with Up To Us. Such a classic, classic soul record, but it came out in 2021 on Nightmares on Wax's album Shout out to Freedom, which was, you know, recorded during the global pandemic. In fact, I think I interviewed George during that time, George Evelyn, for another album. Maybe it was Carboot Soul. I can't remember now, but it was for Boiler Room during the pandemic.
So that's how I first met him, was on Zoom. In any case, shout out to Freedom also features Chewbacca Hutchings, Green Tea Pang, and of course Haile Supreme, who we just heard. And thank you to Steve Clark for that request. And I have to mention George Evelyn surprised me at my last Pikes gig. And I should also mention I'm back at Pikes on Halloween for the closing party, if I can tempt any of you over to Ibiza. And Nightmares on Wax are releasing a new mixtape, Echo 45 Sound System, in December. And next year they're playing at the Royal Albert Hall in March, which is fantastic.
This next request is from Belair Ricky for the late Minnie Riperton, a song she co-wrote with her husband Richard Rudolph and the late songwriter, composer, producer and singer Leon Ware. In celebration of Black History Month, here is Minnie Riperton with a song from her 1975 LP Adventures in Paradise with Baby, This Love I Have.
Solange Knowles and Sampha with Don't Touch My Hair. And that's from Solange's third album, A Seat at the Table. And during the writing of Don't Touch My Hair and the creation of the album, she posted personal essays on her website, licking the ideas of these personal essays with messages in the album. And for Don't Touch My Hair, she wrote something called, And Do You Belong? I Do. And in this, she says, "You and your friends have been called the N-word, been approached as prostitutes, and have had your hair touched in a predominantly white bar just around the corner from the same venue". So that's a really, really cool song. And the whole album is fantastic. I've just been listening to it because it's our Classic Album Sundays Album of the Month in October. And that's our online album club, which meets once a month and is open to all Classic Album Sundays Patreon members. And you can find out more info on the CAS website. And thank you to Bert Francois for that song request.
Cleo Soul is part of one of the most significant collectives of modern British music, Salt. And that's a project put together by producer Inflow and also her husband. And Chris Morgan requested the song, When I'm in Your Arms, from her 2020 debut album, Rose in the Dark.
Danish singer-songwriter Jaleesa with Black Jade. It was released earlier this year. And she says, "I wrote Black Jade as a reflection on the violence and exploitation that have shaped Black lives for centuries. The last lines, strip off your race, who are you now? Tell me, do you like who you are inside? Are deeply inspired by the words of Tony Morrison. If race is no longer a shield, no longer a source of dominance, who are you then? Can you face your reflection and be proud of what you see? Are you a good person when all you've been taught to hold onto is taken away and all that is left of your soul?" And that's from her new album, Soda Light. And thank you to Rick Van Veen for that request. And another word about Toni Morrison. I think she's had some books that have been banned as well in America, but she is well worth reading. I mean, there are so many great books by her. Beloved is one of them. But definitely someone to read.
Love that one. The Other People Place with Sunrays, and that's from the album Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe. And The Other People Place is a recording project by the late James Stinson, the Detroit producer who was also one half of Afro-futurist techno duo Drexciya, and he released Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe in 2001 on Warp Records. But it wasn't until after Stinson's passing the following year that it was confirmed he was the album's producer. And thank you to Andre Petzold for that request.
And let's rewind a few decades to the early 1970s to the original version of a song that was later covered by John Legend and The Roots, and for which they won a Grammy. As the 1960s were drawing to a close, Mike James Kirkland was inspired to interject social commentary into his musical output, along with a more funky soul and experimental side to the production. First, he released Together. And then he followed up with this song, the title track to his 1972 LP, as requested by Jean-Luc. Mike James Kirkland with Hang On In There.
A lovely long jazz tune, Hydra by jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. And that's from his fifth album, Feels So Good. It topped the sold-in jazz charts and peaked at number 10 on the pop charts when it was released in 1975. It was produced by the late Creed Taylor with a stellar lineup, including Bob James, Eric Gayle, Gary King, Steve Gadd, and Ralph McDonald. And thank you to Tim from Puerto Montt City Orchestra for that request.
Take Off Your Makeup by Lamont Dozier from his debut album, Out Here On My Own, which was released in 1973. After the late Detroit musician penned dozens of hits and arranged dozens of hits for Motown as part of the genius trio Holland Dozier Holland. And Dominic Mesmer made that song suggestion.
Take Yo' Praise by Camille Yarborough, an American singer, songwriter, actress, television producer, dancer, author, and activist. She said she wrote this 1975 song for all the people who had come through the black civil rights movement, who had stood up for truth and righteousness and justice, because human beings need to be praised and respect one another more than they do. This song received global attention when it was heavily sampled and featured by Fat Boy Slim in Praise You. And thank you to DJ Chris from Sunday Sessions.
An incredible cover of Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind by Stevie Wonder from his fifth album, Uptight, released on Motown in 1966. And on that album, he was backed by the legendary Funk Brothers, and half of the songs on that album were written by others. But the LP also featured one of his early hits, Uptight, Everything's Alright (Ed. Note: Famously covered in France by Johnny Hallyday as "Les Coups"). And of course, in the ensuing decade, Wonder would blow everyone away with his run of classic albums. And arigato gozaimasu to Tomohiro Yamada in Osaka for that request.
Classic Al Green, Love and Happiness from his album I'm Still In Love With You, co-written with Teeny Hodges. And that is an eternal classic, and requested by David from Baker's Hill, who said that song was played at his wedding. And I remember Al Green performing it at Central Park Summer Stage back in the 1990s. And it was raining, and all of a sudden the skies cleared and the sun shone for the Reverend Al Green. It was truly, truly uplifting.
This next one is the only single from African Vibration, a group from Kenya. Their 1987 single Hinde is a great example of East African synthesized electronic soul from the 1980s, and it was recently reissued on Soundway. Here is African Vibration with Hind as requested by David Puzzi.
(Ed. Note: The African Vibration band was formed in 1984 as a group of six musicians from different Mombasa-based bands, such as the Igunas and The Spartans. As a group, they held regular gigs at the different hotels that lined the coast. In 1986 they were given one shot at recording at a studio in Mombasa belonging to the Syrian-Kenyan producer Nabil Sansool (“the original composer of the 1978 hit song, Karibuni Kenya”). The song they recorded was titled Hinde. It was composed by guitarist and singer Mohamed Amin and was based on a traditional song in the Giriama language. The band infused it with fresh lyrics, with Amin’s Swahili lyrics being translated back into Giriama by his mother-in-law, as he did not speak the language himself. “A love song, Hinde — meaning ‘Let’s go! — tells the story of the singer chasing after a beautiful girl and telling her he wants to marry her and take her back home, but she responds by saying that she’s not going anywhere until he builds her a multi-story house.” At the time of its release, the single received significant airplay on VOK (Voice of Kenya) at a time when most of songs played on the radio were Congolese and American. Hinde’s unmistakable dance-floor appeal ensured that it became a nation-wide hit, with it especially making its mark in the nightclubs. Sources: Kenya Special Volume 2 linear notes / Ketebul Music - Shades of Benga).
The Nigerian musician, bandleader, activist, and inventor of Afrobeat, the indomitable Fela Kuti with Water Get No Enemy, which is inspired by Yoruban proverb about the power of nature and the universe, and is the b-side to his 1975 Two-Track album, Expensive Shit. And thank you to Steve Wakely for that request. And here's another one for your reading list. Fela, This Bitch of a Life, the authorized biography of Africa's musical genius by Carlos Moore. It's a fantastic book.
MeShell Ndegeocello, I'm Diggin' You (Like An Old School Record), and that's from her debut album, Plantation Lullabies, released as one of the first albums on Madonna's Maverick label. And thank you to Barry Bernitz in Washington, D.C. for that request. (...) And I really loved, love, love Meshell Ndegeocello's last album, No More Water, The Gospel of James Baldwin. And James Baldwin is one of my favorite authors of all time. And I know I've been talking a lot about books written by black authors. And I want to share a personal anecdote, because it's kind of shocking in a certain way. I graduated from university in 1990, and realized right after graduation that after attending school for over a decade and a half from the age of five, that I had never read a book by a black author. I mean, it was shocking. It was a stark realization. So I got to work and devoured books by Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Bell Hooks, a black feminist, and she really opened my eyes about feminism, Zora Neale Hurston, and also James Baldwin, who then became one of my favorite authors of all time. So I was really thrilled when Ndegeocello paid a musical tribute to him.
Our friend Carl Banetov in Montreal requested that. The psychedelic, dazzling psychedelic groove, he said, of Downtown Venus by brother duo P.M. Dawn from their third album, Jesus Swept. And P.M. Dawn are Atrele Chords, aka Prince B, and Jarrett Chords, also known as Eternal or DJ Minute Mix. And I loved their debut of the heart of the soul and of the cross, the utopian experience. In fact, I interviewed them for that album way back when. Have no copy of that interview left, though, sadly.
I couldn't host a Balearic Breakfast Black History Month special and not feature one of my favorite vocalists of all time. So thank you to Susan Chan for this next request. Donny Hathaway's voice just does something to me. It's so emotive, so real, so authentic, and his keyboard playing and arrangements are all so fabulous. The Soul Legend got his start as a songwriter, session musician, and producer for Curtis Mayfield's Curtom Records label in Chicago, and he then went on to release four studio albums, one with the late Roberta Flack. This is from his final studio album before he tragically took his own life due to his paranoid schizophrenia. The last album was called Extension of a Man, and here is Donny Hathaway with Love, Love, Love.
Sade with Cherry Pie from the debut 1984 LP Diamond Life, one of the era's best-selling albums and the best-selling debut by a British female vocalist. And I was obsessed with this album when it came out, and I played you the same copy I bought that year, playing it over and over in my bedroom. And Robin Millar's production is absolutely pristine. I want to thank Victor Olteanu for that request. Sade, the group is of course fronted by Nigerian-born British-raised singer-songwriter Sade Hadu. And last year, she released her first song in years. It was called Young Lions and supports transgender awareness, inspired by her transgender son, Isaac.
Quincy Jones with Tell Me a Bedtime Story from his album Sounds and Stuff Like That, originally written by Herbie Hancock, who also plays keys on Jones' version, along with flute player Hubert Laws and violinist Harry Lookofsky. And thank you to Virginia Tziotti in Athens for that request. And again, I'm talking about a lot of books today, so you really need a book to familiarize yourself with all of Quincy Jones' achievements because they are lengthy. So Quincy did write an autobiography, and I have to say it's the longest appendix I have ever seen, listing all of his awards and discography and credits. It's truly breathtaking. I highly, highly recommend it.
The late Frankie Beverly with his group Maze, the song Joy and Pain, the title track of their 1980 LP as Requested by John Weir. And I think that album, I think I need a new copy of that album because it sounded a little bit noisy, so apologies for that. Beverly got his start in doo-wop groups in his native Philadelphia, and the first group he recorded with was the Butlers, and they had a Northern Soul hit with If That's What You Wanted. He later founded the group Raw Soul, which supported Marvin Gaye on tour. And it was Marvin who convinced Frankie to change the name of the group to Maze, and after a life in music, Frankie Beverly passed to the next realm last year.
Donald Byrd, the late trumpet player with Falling Like Dominoes from his classic 1975 album Places and Spaces, produced by Larry Mizell (Ed. Note: Read CAS article about the album here). And Byrd was a fascinating man, as not only did he release loads of incredible records himself, but he was also an educator, and he helped so many other people, famously linking his roommate Herbie Hancock with Miles Davis. He taught at Howard University, and he also founded the Blackbirds with his students, including Keith Kilgore and company. And thank you to Rob Eggleshott for that request.
Carrie Cleveland, and she was in Oakland. In Oakland, she was a regular performer at hotels and clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s, and she was married to Bill Cleveland. And together, they privately arranged, recorded, and produced songs as a labor of love in their backyard studio. This next request is from Gina Lapsley, and it's one of those songs. It's called Love Will Set You Free, and is featured on a reissue of her complete works by the British label Kalita, who unearthed rare musical gems, and you can find it on Bandcamp.
Every Time I Turn Around, Back in Love Again by LTD from their 1977 LP, Something to Love. That's a request from Artur in Paris. And LTD formed a North Carolina as Love Men Limited in 1968. And then they relocated to New York City. And when they were performing in Rhode Island, they recruited Jeffrey Osborne, who we heard on lead vocals. And that album was number one on the Billboard R&B charts.
Rufus and Chaka Khan with Live In Me, as requested by Angelita Biondolio. And that's from their platinum-selling album, Masterjam, produced by Quincy Jones. And it was released the same year as Chaka Khan released her debut solo album, and that had massive success, especially with the single, I'm Every Woman. But she was contractually obligated to remain a member of the longstanding band Rufus, which she had joined in 1972.
Skye, not the South Soul Sky, but a more obscure group from California, spelled S-K-Y-E. And they released a single, Ain't No Need, in 1976. It was reissued, but then that sold out. So it's hard to find. So I played a grimy edit. And that was requested by Lee Harvey, who called the song mellow and groovy at the same time.
The classic Brothers Gonna Work It Out by Willie Hutch, the 12-inch disco version. And Willie Hutch is the musician, songwriter, and producer behind that song and the 1973 LP, The Mack. In fact, that was his fourth LP, also a soundtrack to the movie of the same name. And he got his start as a writer, producer, and arranger for the group The Fifth Dimension in the late 1960s. And he also wrote the lyrics for the Jackson 5's I'll Be There. He later wrote for Michael Jackson's Smokey Robinson, The Miracles, Marvin Gaye. And that was requested by David Stoddard, who also has a recommendation for us that's fitting with the Black History Month special. He recommends checking out the Kerry James Marshall Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (Ed. Note: There's a great interview of the painter to be discovered here). And it's there until the 18th of January. I think I'm going to head over and check that out. I just took a little look online yesterday. And I also want to recommend, I'm a Tate member, and I haven't been to this exhibition yet, but I've read all about it in my Tate magazine. There is an exhibition of Nigerian modernism at the Tate Modern, and it looks absolutely spectacular. So there's a couple of exhibitions for those based or near London.
Matt Raistrick requested Leroy Burgess with the 1983 South Soul single, B-Side Stranger, a B-side to Heartbreaker. Sounding very Prince on that one, Leroy Burgess. And that was given the re-edit treatment by Raw Artes. And you know, Burgess is a defining figure in disco, boogie, early house movement, singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist. I mean, his impact on dance music is immeasurable. And he was born in Harlem. He's also related to the Bell family of Kool & The Gang. He's collaborated with Patrick Adams, Dan Lucas, Aleem. He was behind Black Ivory. And he now has a 10-piece named Saving Coco.
The Nigerian-born, London-based saxophonist Camilla George with Abasi Isang, the Blue Labs Beats remix. And the original is from her 2022 LP, Ibio-Ibio. And she's a firm fixture in London's new jazz scene. I've seen her perform at the Jazz Café. She's absolutely great. And she also performs with Steam Down, the collective who have a regular Wednesday night jam session at Peckham Levels. And thanks to AJ Elliott for that request.
Oh my gosh, such a classic song. That song just still, still gives me goosebumps. The American jazz and soul singer Jean Carn with Was That All It Was, the extended version of the single from her album When I Find You Love. And she started singing at the young age of four when she joined her church choir. She studied at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, where she met her husband, the jazz pianist Doug Carn. And in 1976, she signed to Gamble & Huff's Philly International Records, which is where she made her mark. And thank you to Daniel Townes for that request.
One of the black pioneers of the acid house movement here in the UK is, of course, a Guy Called Gerald, or Gerald Simpson. And Uncool Jack made this next request for one of the most seminal tracks of the movement, his debut track, in fact. And he recorded it while he was a member of 808 State, surreptitiously taking the drum machine away. In any case, this song spent 18 weeks on the UK single chart. It became the best selling independent single of the year in 1989. Here's a Guy Called Gerald with Voodoo Ray. I love this one. Thank you to Terry Fincham for requesting.
The Grace Jones of Jazz, Lady Bird, the former backing singer who released her debut album, Black Acid Soul, and has since gone from strength to strength, releasing her second album, Black Slang Spirituals, and both albums reach number one on the UK Jazz Chart. She did a cover of Sam Cooke's Lost and Looking, and I was given the remix treatment. That was the Cosmodelica remix. And I have to say, I haven't listened to that or played it in years. But I think it's actually one of my best remixes. And thank you to Susan Chan for requesting that.
Stacy Kidd, the Chicago House Producer, who's also Paul Johnson's cousin, with the singer Tiffany Jenkins' Let It Blow, the Afrojazz Extended Mix. And that's a new one. Love that one. Thanks to Rick Van Veen for putting that on our radar.
Thelma Houston with the Dave Lee Club Mix of All of That, a house single originally released nearly three decades ago. And she is the Mississippi-born singer and actress who embarked upon her career in the late 1960s. And she scored a number one hit in 1977 with her version of Don't Leave Me This Way, which won a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. And thank you to Greca Mac for that request.
Blaze and Palmer Brown with Shine, the Shelter Vocal Extended Mix, which came out in 2001 on New York City label, King Street. And, you know, Palmer Brown extensively collaborated with Blaze, also on My Beat. And I just love Blaze. You know I love Blaze. They're the Earth, Wind & Fire of house music. And thank you to Angelita Biondolio for that request.
Shirley Caesar, the gospel powerhouse, who's also earned the title the First Lady of Gospel, with Jesus Is Coming. And that's a slightly tweaked version that I played at the last London Loft Party, and that smudge really liked (...) Shirley Caesar, I mean, what a legend. She's won 12 Grammy Awards, and her career has spanned seven decades and a huge list of other accolades. Yep, you got to look her up.
Al Hudson and the Soul Partners from their 1978 LP, Spreading Love. That's Spread Love. I just noticed the strings were done by David Vanderpitt, who also did the arrangements for one of the best albums of all time, Marvin Gaye's What's Going On.
(...) As I said, I'm heading over to Boston. And it's quite fitting as this last song is from a Beantown icon, Donna Summer. It's an extended version. Actually, it's a Danny Krivit re-edit of one of the singles from her 10th studio album, released in 1982, and produced by guess who? Quincy Jones, of course. It's a fitting wrap up for our annual Balearic Breakfast Black History Month celebration. And thank you to all of you for joining me and for listening. And it's just been such a celebratory show. I'm leaving you with Donna Summer and the State of Independence.
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