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Smokey Robinson
Today’s Artist
Smokey Robinson 1940-
My smile is my makeup
I wear since my breakup with you.
Smokey Robinson wrote over 4,000 songs and was Motown's vice president at 29. He wrote Tracks of My Tears, My Girl, and Ooo Baby Baby, songs so precise they sound inevitable. His falsetto made women swoon. He was the poet of Motown, and he earned every syllable. More on Smokey Robinson →
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Who Did It Better
play People Get Ready
People get ready, there's a train a-coming
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board
The Impressions 1965
The Impressions
The Staple Singers 1972
The Staple Singers

People Get Ready 0:30 calls a train that has been running longer than the tracks. You do not need baggage. You do not need a ticket. You just need to be ready to go. The invitation is open to everyone who hears the whistle.

The train does not check your name or your past. It asks if you are ready to leave the station where they kept you waiting. Faith enough to step aboard is the only requirement.

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Today’s Record
Fortunate
Never seen a sun shine like this
Never seen the moon glow like this
Album art

He knows how lucky he is. She chose him against the odds. Not many people find what he found. Fortunate is a serious word. It means understanding the odds. She picked him when she could have picked anyone else in the whole world.

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Yesterday’s Track
Boogie Nights
Boogie nights ain't nothin' but a party
Get on down, it's funky, get on down
Album art
Weekend starts when the needle drops. Dressed up with nowhere to go until the music decides. Dancing is not optional. Boogie nights are for people who leave their worries at the door and let the rhythm take them somewhere better.
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Today’s Theme
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You’re Kidding, Right
Johnny Otis was a white Greek-American who grew up in a Black neighborhood and decided as a teenager: if society dictated you had to be Black or white, he would be Black. Johnny Otis lived his entire life as a Black man and became the Godfather of R&B.
Soul in the Movies
Shaft 1971
Shaft Isaac Hayes won an Oscar for the Shaft theme in 1972 -- the first Black composer to win Best Original Song. He showed up to the ceremony in a tuxedo made of chains. The soundtrack is a psychedelic soul masterpiece: wah-wah guitar, strings that sound like they're from a different movie, and a voice that could narrate the end of the world and make it sound cool. Richard Roundtree's John Shaft walked so every action hero after could run. Who's the black private dick? Shaft. Damn right.
The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.

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1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

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We are a music discovery project.
Smokey Robinson
Today’s Artist
Smokey Robinson1940 –
My smile is my makeup I wear since my breakup with you.
Smokey Robinson wrote over 4,000 songs and was Motown's vice president at 29. He wrote Tracks of My Tears, My Girl, and Ooo Baby Baby, songs so precise they sound inevitable. His falsetto made women swoon. He was the poet of Motown, and he earned every syllable.
More on Smokey Robinson →
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Who Did It Better
play People Get Ready 1965
People get ready, there's a train a-coming
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board
The Impressions The Staple Singers

People Get Ready 0:30 calls a train that has been running longer than the tracks. You do not need baggage. You do not need a ticket. You just need to be ready to go. The invitation is open to everyone who hears the whistle.

The train does not check your name or your past. It asks if you are ready to leave the station where they kept you waiting. Faith enough to step aboard is the only requirement.

Compare and vote →
Today’s Record
Fortunate 1999
Never seen a sun shine like this
Never seen the moon glow like this
He knows how lucky he is. She chose him against the odds. Not many people find what he found. Fortunate is a serious word. It means understanding the odds. She picked him when she could have picked anyone else in the whole world.
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Today’s Theme
Spandex and Glitter
Disco never died. It just went underground, came back as a sample, and spent forty years proving the......
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Soul in the Movies
Shaft 1971
Isaac Hayes won an Oscar for the Shaft theme in 1972 -- the first Black composer to win Best Original Song. He showed up to the ceremony in a tuxedo made of chains. The soundtrack is a psychedelic soul masterpiece: wah-wah guitar, strings that sound like they're from a different movie, and a voice that could narrate the end of the world and make it sound cool. Richard Roundtree's John Shaft walked so every action hero after could run. Who's the black private dick? Shaft. Damn right.
You’re Kidding, Right
Johnny Otis was a white Greek-American who grew up in a Black neighborhood and decided as a teenager: if society dictated you had to be Black or white, he would be Black. Johnny Otis lived his entire life as a Black man and became the Godfather of R&B.
Why We're Here
Most of us grew up with free radio. Then corporations took over the playlist. Then we found Spotify and YouTube -- until the algorithm quietly decided what we liked, and suddenly we were stuck on repeat again. There's so much music out there, and only so much time to hear it.
At HotSupper, we just want to open things up a little. Maybe you'll stumble on an artist you've never heard of. Maybe you'll rediscover a song you'd completely forgotten. Maybe you'll just tap your toes. Either way, it's yours to explore. And if you have ideas to make this place better, we're all ears.
The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.

Free. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Take your shoes off. We got music on.
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Image Credits

1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

Full attribution breakdown →

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