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Ohio Players
Today’s Artist
Ohio Players 1959-
Fire! I'm on fire,
got a burning desire for you honey.
From Dayton with horns wide open, the Ohio Players brought funk that hit your hips before you knew what was happening. Fire and Love Rollercoaster turned every dancefloor into a sweatbox. The album covers got all the attention, but the grooves kept the people coming back. They proved funk could be both dirty and polished. More on Ohio Players →
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Who Did It Better
play Where Is the Love
Where is the love?
You said was mine
Donny Hathaway 1972
Donny Hathaway
Gladys Knight 1973
Gladys Knight

Where Is the Love 0:30 asks a question that answers itself. Where is the love you said was mine? He is searching for something promised and never delivered. The question is not rhetorical.

Love that disappears without explanation leaves a hole no answer can fill. He keeps asking because silence is worse than any answer. At least a bad answer is something to hold.

Today’s Record
Do You Love Me
Do you love me?
Now that I can dance
Album art
The Contours

She broke his heart because he could not dance. Now he can really move. He came back to let her know. Watch him now. The question was never about dancing. It was about whether she ever loved him at all.

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Yesterday’s Track
Album art 1992
Mint Condition
Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)
Pretty
Pretty brown eyes, you know I see you
Mesmerizing gaze causes emotional devastation inside. Those brown eyes pierce through every defense erected carefully. Love arrives uninvited through visual connection made. One look crushes all resolve instantly. The power of someone's stare undoes everything built over time. Heartbreak begins with eye contact.
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Today’s Theme
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You’re Kidding, Right
The Temprees' Washington High, who deliberately chose three voices that clashed like glass and velvet. Some harmonies are made in heaven; others are engineered in a classroom. A high school teacher accidentally built one of the sweetest vocal groups in Memphis soul history.
Soul in the Movies
The TAMI Show The TAMI Show is the greatest concert film most people have never seen. Filmed at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1964, it captured a single night where James Brown, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and Smokey Robinson all shared the same stage. Brown's 'Please, Please, Please' -- the cape routine, the collapses, the resurrections -- is the most electrifying six minutes of live performance ever committed to film. The Stones had to follow this. They called it their worst mistake.
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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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).

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We are a music discovery project.
Ohio Players
Today’s Artist
Ohio Players1959 –
Fire! I'm on fire, got a burning desire for you honey.
From Dayton with horns wide open, the Ohio Players brought funk that hit your hips before you knew what was happening. Fire and Love Rollercoaster turned every dancefloor into a sweatbox. The album covers got all the attention, but the grooves kept the people coming back. They proved funk could be both dirty and polished.
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Who Did It Better
play Where Is the Love 1972
Where is the love?
You said was mine
Donny Hathaway Gladys Knight

Where Is the Love 0:30 asks a question that answers itself. Where is the love you said was mine? He is searching for something promised and never delivered. The question is not rhetorical.

Love that disappears without explanation leaves a hole no answer can fill. He keeps asking because silence is worse than any answer. At least a bad answer is something to hold.

Today’s Record
Do You Love Me 1962
Do you love me?
Now that I can dance
She broke his heart because he could not dance. Now he can really move. He came back to let her know. Watch him now. The question was never about dancing. It was about whether she ever loved him at all.
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Today’s Theme
Prince B-Sides
The songs Prince kept for himself. Not the singles, not the videos, not the Super Bowl. The ones tha......
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Soul in the Movies
The TAMI Show is the greatest concert film most people have never seen. Filmed at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1964, it captured a single night where James Brown, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and Smokey Robinson all shared the same stage. Brown's 'Please, Please, Please' -- the cape routine, the collapses, the resurrections -- is the most electrifying six minutes of live performance ever committed to film. The Stones had to follow this. They called it their worst mistake.
You’re Kidding, Right
The Temprees' Washington High, who deliberately chose three voices that clashed like glass and velvet. Some harmonies are made in heaven; others are engineered in a classroom. A high school teacher accidentally built one of the sweetest vocal groups in Memphis soul history.
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.

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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