When LaBelle went glam, they were the anti-Motown. When Dionne did a charity megasingle, she was the auteur.
In this mini-episode of Hit Parade, host Chris Molanphy is joined by Danyel Smith, longtime music journalist and editor, and author of the new book. Smith explains how her passion for music was fueled by seeing a pint-size Janet Jackson onstage in the ’70s and playing records by everyone from Nancy Wilson to Chaka Khan. We’ll hear
how Smith saw Dionne Warwick forge an egalitarian partnership with white songwriters and eventually become a pop auteur; how Roberta Flack sang songs with stories, but Lauryn Hill expressed story with the tone of her voice; and how Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle rebelled against the Motown model and forged personae that Smith calls “the epitome of free.”
Next, Chris quizzes a Slate Plus listener with some music trivia, gives him a chance to turn the tables with a question of his own, and previews next month’s full-length episode. Slate Plus members can sign up for a chance to be our trivia contestant on a future episode
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