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Mahalia Jackson
Today’s Artist
Mahalia Jackson 1911-1972 (61)
I sing God's music because it makes me feel free.
Mahalia Jackson sang at the March on Washington before Martin Luther King Jr. spoke. She told him to preach about the dream, and he did. She became the voice of the Civil Rights Movement. Gospel has never had a bigger voice before or since, and her recordings remain the gold standard for gospel vocal performance. More on Mahalia Jackson →
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Who Did It Better
play A Song for You
I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for my life, you're a friend of mine
Donny Hathaway 1971
Donny Hathaway
Whitney Houston 2009
Whitney Houston

A Song for You 0:30 is what you say when words are not enough but they are all you have left. He is at the end of the road, turning back to the one who stayed. No more hiding. Just the truth, rough and unpolished.

What he owes cannot be repaid with anything but honesty. So he gives that ... his unvarnished self, right here, right now, before the music fades and the silence takes over.

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Today’s Record
Truly
Girl, tell me only this
That I'll have your heart for always
Album art
Lionel Richie

A man lays his heart bare with total vulnerability. He asks for one simple assurance of forever. Love without commitment is incomplete. The speaker needs to know his devotion is returned. He offers everything and asks only for certainty in return.

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Yesterday’s Track
Album art 1973
Eddie Kendricks
Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)
Keep on truckin', baby
I got to keep on truckin'
Perseverance through life's obstacles demands relentless forward momentum always. Keep moving despite all setbacks encountered. No stopping allowed ever. The road stretches endlessly ahead without end. Each challenge overcome strengthens resolve further. Movement equals survival in this world. Stagnation remains not an option.
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Today’s Theme
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You’re Kidding, Right
Lisa Stansfield Her first band Blue Zone was New Wave -- she opened for The Smiths. A far cry from the soul diva she'd become, but you gotta start somewhere. The queen of blue-eyed soul began her career in black eyeliner and jangly guitars.
Soul in the Movies
American Graffiti 1973
American Graffiti George Lucas set American Graffiti in 1962 and built a radio station instead of a score -- Wolfman Jack broadcasting wall-to-wall Motown and early soul to a generation of teenagers cruising through their last night of freedom. The Four Tops' 'I Can't Help Myself' plays while the cars circle the block. The music is the reason they're moving. Where were you in '62? The radio remembers.
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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.
Mahalia Jackson
Today’s Artist
Mahalia Jackson1911 – 1972
I sing God's music because it makes me feel free.
Mahalia Jackson sang at the March on Washington before Martin Luther King Jr. spoke. She told him to preach about the dream, and he did. She became the voice of the Civil Rights Movement. Gospel has never had a bigger voice before or since, and her recordings remain the gold standard for gospel vocal performance.
More on Mahalia Jackson →
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Who Did It Better
play A Song for You 1971
I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for my life, you're a friend of mine
Donny Hathaway Whitney Houston

A Song for You 0:30 is what you say when words are not enough but they are all you have left. He is at the end of the road, turning back to the one who stayed. No more hiding. Just the truth, rough and unpolished.

What he owes cannot be repaid with anything but honesty. So he gives that ... his unvarnished self, right here, right now, before the music fades and the silence takes over.

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Today’s Record
Truly 1982
Girl, tell me only this
That I'll have your heart for always
A man lays his heart bare with total vulnerability. He asks for one simple assurance of forever. Love without commitment is incomplete. The speaker needs to know his devotion is returned. He offers everything and asks only for certainty in return.
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Today’s Theme
Love Jones
Love Jones -- the playlist that knows love has competing stories to tell and refuses to pick one. Cu......
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Soul in the Movies
American Graffiti 1973
George Lucas set American Graffiti in 1962 and built a radio station instead of a score -- Wolfman Jack broadcasting wall-to-wall Motown and early soul to a generation of teenagers cruising through their last night of freedom. The Four Tops' 'I Can't Help Myself' plays while the cars circle the block. The music is the reason they're moving. Where were you in '62? The radio remembers.
You’re Kidding, Right
Lisa Stansfield Her first band Blue Zone was New Wave -- she opened for The Smiths. A far cry from the soul diva she'd become, but you gotta start somewhere. The queen of blue-eyed soul began her career in black eyeliner and jangly guitars.
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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