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BACK IN 2023, I DID TWO EPISODES CALLED ‘LADIES OF THE 80’S’. THOSE TWO SHOWS WERE BACK TO BACK & I FEATURED SOME OF MY FAVORITE FEMALE ARTISTS FROM THE 80’S: ARTISTS LIKE PAT BENATAR, TAYLOR DAYNE, REGINA BELL, MICKI HOWARD, ANGELA WINBUSH, & OF COURSE THE HEAVYWEIGHTS: WHITNEY HOUSTON, CHAKA KHAN, TINA TURNER, ANGIE BOFILL, & MADONNA. THOSE TWO SHOWS HAVE PROVEN OVER TIME TO BE TWO OF MY MOST POPULAR SHOWS & I’D BEEN TELLING MYSELF THAT I STILL HAD MORE OF THE STORY TO TELL. WELL, ALMOST 3 YEARS LATER & IT’S FINALLY HERE. ANOTHER SHOW FEATURING SOME OF MY FAVORITE FEMALE ARTISTS OF ALL TIME, BUT HERE’S WHAT I’M DOING WITH THIS SHOW.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME MORE OF MY FAVORITE FEMALE VOCALISTS/ARTISTS, BUT WITH A BIT OF A TWIST. I’M GOING TO USE THIS EPISODE TO SALUTE ONE OF THE PREMIER JAZZ ARTISTS, OR AS SOME WOULD SAY…”SMOOTH-JAZZ”... AND/OR R&B-JAZZ ARTISTS EVER - MISS PATRICE RUSHEN.

PATRICE RUSHEN HAS SURELY SET A STANDARD BOTH IN THE GENRE OF JAZZ, & IN THE GENRE OF R&B. SHE’S LISTED AS ENTRY #20 ON MY 50TH GREATEST ALBUMS AND ARTISTS OF A LIFETIME. SHE’S ALSO ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS OF ALL TIME. BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF MY FAVORITE FEMALE VOCALISTS - THE LATE MS PHYLLIS HYMAN AND MS. STEPHANIE MILLS.

THE MUSIC OF PHYLLIS HYMAN AND STEPHANIE MILLS STAND STRONG & PROUD, BECAUSE OF HOW I FIRST HEARD THEIR MUSIC IN THE 70’S. BUT MOSTLY FOR ME, THEIR MUSIC RESONATES STRONGEST FROM HOW IT AFFECTED ME DURING THE 80’S. I THINK THAT BOTH PHYLLIS & STEPHANIE REALLY ROSE TO STARDOM IN THE 1980’S. WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN THE SAME GROUPS OF FEMALE ARTISTS I’VE ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT FROM TWO PREVIOUS EPISODES, THEN YOU’LL KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT WHEN I SAW THAT THE 80’S WAS THE DECADE OF THE LADIES!! THE LADIES OF THE 80’S HELPED TO ESTABLISH THAT DECADE AS ONE OF THE BEST DECADES OF AMERICAN MUSIC EVER.

BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW - 1976from Norman Connors LP entitled ‘You Are My Starship”- PHYLLIS HYMAN

WHEN I FOUND YOU - 1978 from Patrice Rushen’s album entitled “Patrice” PATRICE RUSHEN

SETTLE FOR MY LOVE - 1978 from her LP entitled ‘Pizzazz’ - PATRICE RUSHEN

GIVE A LITTLE MORE - 1979 from her LP ‘You Know How to Love Me’ - PHYLLIS HYMAN

WHERE THERE IS LOVE - 1982 from her LP ‘Straight From the Heart’- PATRICE RUSHEN

LIVING INSIDE YOUR LOVE - 1978 from her LP entitled ‘Somewhere in My Lifetime’ - PHYLLIS HYMAN

REMIND ME - 1982 from her LP ‘Straight From the Heart’ - PATRICE RUSHEN

SOMETHING IN WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL - 1989 from her LP entitled ‘Home’, this song was written and produced by Angela Winbush - STEPHANIE MILLS

HANG IT UP (PR) - 1978 from her LP entitled ‘Patrice - PATRICE RUSHEN

ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT - 1992 from her LP entitled ‘Something Real’ - STEPHANIE MILLS

FEEL SO REAL (WON’T LET GO) - 1982 from her LP ‘Straight from the Heart’- PATRICE RUSHEN

YOU CAN’T RUN FROM MY LOVE - 1982 from her LP ‘Tantilizingly Hot’

- STEPHANIE MILLS

NUMBER ONE - 1982 from her LP entitled ‘Straight from the Heart’- PATRICE RUSHEN

YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME - 1979 from the lp of the same name - PHYLLIS HYMAN

FORGET ME NOTS - 1982 from her LP entitled ‘Straight from the Heart’ - PHYLLIS HYMAN

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