Quiet Storm Essentials

Apple Music R&B

Starting in the mid-’70s, urban radio DJs began filling the late-night airwaves with a silky new brand of R&B ballad; it was rooted in the soulful vocal expressions of the ‘50s and ‘60s but featured an unprecedented degree of plushness and smoothness. Named after a stellar track by Smokey Robinson and epitomized by such iconic artists as Al Green, Roberta Flack, and Anita Baker, the Quiet Storm format soon caught on nationwide, showcasing many of the era’s most versatile and emotive singers at their most sensitive and most seductive. Spacious arrangements, laidback grooves, and sumptuous strings all became trademarks of the sound. Delivering performances that were direct and sincere yet never too aggressive, specialists like Teddy Pendergrass and Patti LaBelle helped give vivid new life to even the most familiar of love-song sentiments.
Marvin Gaye
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Foolish (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Smokey Robinson
Quiet Storm
Smokey Robinson
A Quiet Storm
Anita Baker
Sweet Love
Anita Baker
Rapture
Bill Withers & Grover Washington, Jr.
Just the Two of Us
Bill Withers & Grover Washington, Jr.
Winelight
The Gap Band
Outstanding (Original 12" Mix)
The Gap Band
The 12" Collection And More (Funk Essentials)
Debra Laws
Very Special
Debra Laws
Very Special
Teddy Pendergrass
Love T.K.O.
Teddy Pendergrass
TP (Expanded Edition)
L.T.D.
Love Ballad (feat. Jeffrey Osborne)
L.T.D.
Classics, Vol. 27 (feat. Jeffrey Osborne)
Luther Vandross
A House Is Not a Home
Luther Vandross
Never Too Much
Lionel Richie
Hello
Lionel Richie
Can't Slow Down
Zapp
Computer Love
Zapp
The New Zapp IV U
Con Funk Shun
Love's Train
Con Funk Shun
To The Max (Expanded Edition)
René & Angela
Your Smile
René & Angela
Street Called Desire (Expanded Edition)
The O'Jays
Cry Together
The O'Jays
So Full of Love
Maze
Joy and Pain (1999 Remastered) [feat. Frankie Beverly]
Maze
Inspiration / Joy and Pain (feat. Frankie Beverly)
The Emotions
Don't Ask My Neighbors
The Emotions
Rejoice
Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
Endless Love (From "The Endless Love" Soundtrack)
Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
Back to Front
Norman Connors
You Are My Starship (feat. Michael Henderson)
Norman Connors
You Are My Starship (Bonus Track Version)
Average White Band
A Love of Your Own
Average White Band
Soul Searching+2 (2019 Remaster)
Levert
(Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind
Levert
Bloodlline
Sade
Smooth Operator
Sade
Diamond Life
The Isley Brothers
Between the Sheets
The Isley Brothers
Between the Sheets
The Deele
Two Occasions
The Deele
Eyes of a Stranger
Al Jarreau
Let's Stay Together
Al Jarreau
Love and Happiness
The Commodores
Easy
The Commodores
Commodores
Atlantic Starr
Always
Atlantic Starr
All In the Name of Love
Anita Baker
Giving You the Best That I Got
Anita Baker
Giving You the Best That I Got
Smokey Robinson
Cruisin'
Smokey Robinson
Where There's Smoke...
Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack
The Closer I Get to You (Single Version)
Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack
Blue Light In the Basement
Peabo Bryson
I'm So Into You
Peabo Bryson
Crosswinds
Aretha Franklin
Something He Can Feel
Aretha Franklin
Sparkle (Music From the Warner Bros. Motion Picture)
Larry Graham
One In a Million You
Larry Graham
One In a Million You
Blue Magic
Sideshow
Blue Magic
Blue Magic
Ray, Goodman & Brown
Special Lady
Ray, Goodman & Brown
Disco -Best 100-
Shirley Brown
Woman to Woman
Shirley Brown
Woman to Woman - Stax Remasters
Patti LaBelle
If Only You Knew
Patti LaBelle
I'm in Love Again
Jean Carn
Closer Than Close
Jean Carn
Closer Than Close
Mary Jane Girls
All Night Long
Mary Jane Girls
Mary Jane Girls
Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
A Woman Needs Love (Bonus Track Version)
Switch
There'll Never Be
Switch
Switch
Prince & The New Power Generation
Diamonds and Pearls
Prince & The New Power Generation
Diamonds and Pearls
Whitney Houston
You Give Good Love
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Deniece Williams
Free
Deniece Williams
This Is Niecy (Expanded Edition)
Earth, Wind & Fire
Love's Holiday
Earth, Wind & Fire
All 'N All
Stevie Wonder
Rocket Love
Stevie Wonder
Hotter Than July
Barry White
Practice What You Preach
Barry White
The Icon Is Love
Bobby Caldwell
What You Won't Do for Love
Bobby Caldwell
Evening Scandal
Ashford & Simpson
Solid
Ashford & Simpson
Solid
Michael McDonald
I Keep Forgettin (Every Time You're Near)
Michael McDonald
If That's What It Takes
Rufus
Sweet Thing (feat. Chaka Khan)
Rufus
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
Rick James & Teena Marie
Fire and Desire
Rick James & Teena Marie
Street Songs
Marvin Gaye
Sexual Healing
Marvin Gaye
Midnight Love
Shalamar
This Is for the Lover In You
Shalamar
Three for Love
Luther Vandross
So Amazing
Luther Vandross
Give Me The Reason
Maze
Happy Feelin's (feat. Frankie Beverly)
Maze
Maze (feat. Frankie Beverly) / Golden Time of Day
Shirley Murdock
As We Lay
Shirley Murdock
Shirley Murdock!
Minnie Riperton
Lovin' You (Single Version With Countdown)
Minnie Riperton
Perfect Angel (Deluxe Edition)
Major Harris
Love Won't Let Me Wait
Major Harris
My Way
A Taste of Honey
Sukiyaki
A Taste of Honey
Twice As Sweet
The Jones Girls
Who Can I Run To
The Jones Girls
The Jones Girls
Stacy Lattisaw
Let Me Be Your Angel
Stacy Lattisaw
Let Me Be Your Angel
Brighter Side of Darkness
Love Jones
Brighter Side of Darkness
Love Jones
Aretha Franklin
Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
Aretha Franklin
Let Me In Your Life
The Gap Band
Yearning for Your Love
The Gap Band
Gap Band 3
The Isley Brothers
Footsteps in the Dark, Pts. 1 & 2
The Isley Brothers
Go for Your Guns
Con Funk Shun
Baby I'm Hooked (Right Into Your Love)
Con Funk Shun
Fever
Stephanie Mills
Two Hearts (Fearturing Teddy Pendergrass) [12" Remix] [feat. Teddy Pendergrass]
Stephanie Mills
Gold
Roberta Flack
You Are My Heaven
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
Delegation
Oh Honey
Delegation
Oh Honey - Single
Lionel Richie
Love Will Find a Way
Lionel Richie
Can't Slow Down
Stevie Wonder
Overjoyed
Stevie Wonder
In Square Circle
Roger
I Want to Be Your Man
Roger
Unlimited!
Patrice Rushen
Where There Is Love
Patrice Rushen
Straight from the Heart
Atlantic Starr
Send For Me
Atlantic Starr
Classics, Vol. 10
Vesta Williams
Congratulations
Vesta Williams
Vesta 4 U
Quincy Jones
Just Once
Quincy Jones
The Dude
DeBarge
Time Will Reveal
DeBarge
In a Special Way
The Commodores
Three Times a Lady
The Commodores
Natural High
Force M.D.'s
Tender Love
Force M.D.'s
Chillin'
G.Q.
I Do Love You
G.Q.
Disco Nights (Expanded Edition)
Anita Baker
Caught Up in the Rapture
Anita Baker
Rapture
The Jones Girls
Nights Over Egypt
The Jones Girls
Get as Much Love as You Can
Kool & The Gang
Joanna
Kool & The Gang
In the Heart
Jeffrey Osborne
On The Wings Of Love
Jeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Osborne
Patti LaBelle
Love, Need and Want You
Patti LaBelle
I'm in Love Again
Switch
I Call Your Name
Switch
Switch II
Al Jarreau
You Ought To Be With Me
Al Jarreau
Love and Happiness
The Spinners
Sadie
The Spinners
New and Improved
Earth, Wind & Fire
Reasons
Earth, Wind & Fire
That's The Way Of The World
Luther Vandross
Wait for Love
Luther Vandross
The Night I Fell In Love
Bloodstone
Natural High
Bloodstone
Natural High
DeBarge
All This Love
DeBarge
All This Love
Chaka Khan
Through the Fire
Chaka Khan
I Feel for You
Prince
Adore
Prince
Sign O' The Times
The O'Jays
Forever Mine
The O'Jays
Identify Yourself
Teddy Pendergrass
Close the Door
Teddy Pendergrass
Life Is A Song Worth Singing
Kool & The Gang
Cherish
Kool & The Gang
Emergency
97 Songs, 8 Hours, 2 Minutes

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