Hot summer night in DC , fan in the window, the street lights just came on, mama’s dinner is still lingering in the air and the quiet storm is on and this sweet song is playing. Sweet 80s
Made Chocolate City my home in 1978, relocating from San Francisco, and lived there 40 years. Melvin's powerful music was everywhere. In the summer one could walk down the street after 8 pm, (I lived in Shaw), and hear his program coming/blasting out of many homes all over DC. Great memories of Chocolate City and it is sad that those times are no more.
When I was a kid, I thought this was Kermit the Frog singing. ..no joke...yet I know every word to this song...I sing this song and my 14 year old son look at me like I'm crazy but I love this song
@Fox One ABSOLUTELY!! The nostalgia I here from riding home to the quiet storm almost brings a tear to my eye. Such sweet times. Quiet storm will FOREVER be unmatched. RIP Melvin Lindsey
I learned of this song from smokey robinsons quiet storm, which then reccomended me a quiet storm playlist which i didnt know was a radio station back in the day. Its sad that i cant even remember a day when somthing good came on the radio. They might drop a good song in between every 8 terrible songs now it seems.
To all who remember being in DC in the 70's and 80's and listening to HU's own Quiet Storm with the late Melvin Lindsey. Remember the long silences when songs such as this were played one after the other. Remember counting them so we could put a name to the 3rd song out of 7 that he played. Remember this ...
KB Mason Yes indeed I remember the songs playing all the way to the end then the silence. Then the next bad jam,I lived in Bmore there was a lil static but to me that was HUR's signature sound...I loved it
Aww man. As a native Washiingtonian, you couldn't pay me to go back and live anywhere else but here back in the 70s and 80s. As far as DC radio, WHUR 96.3's THE ORIGINAL Quiet Storm was appointment listening. Kicking back with you tape deck on pause/record--the original bootlegging😂, capturing those tunes and thinking about that girl in science class you had a crush on. Man I miss them days.
Spent 26 years of my life in DC. Although I was born and raised in BMore, I moved down there for college. DC stole my heart. I put Melvin on my radio every weeknight and had HUR on all day too. Lived at 14th & T St. NW and 5th and Constitution NE across from the old Capitol Hill Hospital. Yeah, that long ago, when during the 80's and 90's in DC was like a small city. Every summer in August when Congress was in recess we had the town to ourselves. No traffic or long lines at your favorite restaurant. In my heart it will always be my home. I miss it so much.
I grew up at 17th & T N.W. Now I live on 14th & Euclid. It's a very changed city now but back in the Chocolate City days we had a lot of fun and a lot of unity.
Got to DC from Los Angeles in 1974. Grew into manhood there. I remember when Melvin introduced this format as a student DJ. You could hear it from one end of HU campus to the other . Then it took over the city. Lived on 14th and Military Rd and Rock Creek Ford Road. Nothing but good memories
I'm a California native, never been to DC or MD. However I'm enjoying reading the comments and memories everyone had during that time period. Must have been great. I miss oldschool Jazz and R&B back when brothas asked a woman to slow dance.
This was a DC theme song for true players back then smooth class and sexy Jazz.. Thanks Scott, WHUR and Melvin Lindsey... It's A DC THANG- U might not Understand...
Melvin is my uncle, he passed when i was only 13 and whenever i hear this song i cant help but think of him and tear up... he's the reason i got into making music myself. THERE will ONLY BE one true Quiet Storm, and it all started and the alma-mater that both myself and my uncle share... Howard University! Im 29 now, and not a day goes by that me and my family dont miss him... thanx for posting this up (Odawg96)... Kyle Murdock
Yessss Haines Point days!!! Not the same! Living in Bmore now. The good ole days. 430am...laying here listening and reminiscing...you know Tony Fountaine(DMV native) was in rotation along with Scott Jarrett and so many others!! So many songs we learned from the the original quiet storm !!❤💓😊😁
Aww man. As a native Washiingtonian, you couldn't pay me to go back and live anywhere else but here back in the 70s and 80s. As far as DC radio, WHUR 96.3's THE ORIGINAL Quiet Storm was appointment listening. Kicking back with your tape deck on pause/record--the original bootlegging😂, capturing those tunes and thinking about that girl in science class you had a crush on. Man I miss them days.
As a DC Native this was the Quiet Storms Introduction,,I still can hear Melvins voice,, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE QUIET STORM,,IM YOUR HOST FOR THIS EVENING ,,,MY NAME IS MELVIN LINDSEY
Hell yeah remember like it was yesterday. I used to get so happy and calm while listening to the sounds of the Melvin Lindsey in the evening. R.I.P. Melvin
Sweet Memories......got me through Undergraduate and Medical School at Howard University.... I will play this in the Operating Room this morning as I perform Surgery and ponder the love of my life...M.S,
I've gotta repeat all the other comments, but with a little twist. I came to DC from a small town in NC in '79. I was absolutely blown away by The Quiet Storm's mello and soulful format, so I spent lots of nights with Melvin Lindsey falling in love with the "sounds of DC." Melvin Lindsey did leave quite a legacy !! I hadn't heard this song for a long time but it bought it all back...and it feels good too!!
I'm a New Yorker zand I know that Jerry bledsoe was there at WHUR before we got him. And I now am addicted to WHUR's Quiet Storm. The best!!! This song now has aspecial place in all my playlists for my smooth jazz show.
This brings me home now. It will always be a part of those who remember growing up here. Melvin Lindsey always had a great line up on The Quiet Storm. Scott wrote such a lovely piece. Scott has more lovely music out also. His Aperçu CD is beautiful. Scott is a poet. His lyrics and melodies are so beautifully intertwined.
This is one of my favorites from the good ole' days! I am a native Washingtonian and grew up on Melvin Lindsey and the Quiet Storm! I heard this song in the 8th grade (around 1981!!) and loved it ever since! So glad you found it!
me too a native washingtonian. we lost so many to that aids ... We still do not know where it came from. I bet it was aids that took out duke ellington and billy strayhorne. They were both gay and lived in NY, after all !
I was in the 8th grade also. We were different back then. Songs like this that were played on WHUR on the original Quiet Storm with Melvin Lindsey were everything. We were old souls because this was grown folks' music, but it resonated with us so deeply as youngins! Great memories!
@@RealRockinRobyn Hey Baby. Im so glad to read what you wrote. I do not remember how old I was when I discovered Melvin Lindsey. Perhaps high school. The music he played meant alot to me. And because of Melvin, I was at ease with gay men. DC gay men worked at the most stylish mens stores and readily helped me put my outfits in order so as to be ready for college. You see, gay men have and attitude and a point of view that is different. And black gay men know each other as if they got a radar in their body. I had a gay friend who knew all the brothers who were on the down low at Howard University. Some of the finest women, AKA's, had boyfriends who were in the life.
Blessed are those of us who grew in the Baltimore- DC area, able to listen late night to eargasmic sounds via song, the Quiet Storm,and Melvin Linsey, Alvin Jones, Mansey Pullen, etc. And yes, I too felt and still do that kermit's influence permeates this song which takes me back....
Kevin White . Now living back home in the UK, was living in Baltimore '82 -'87 & still try to listen when i can ( 5 hour time difference makes it awkward though ) Melvyn & Manzie Pullen were the ones i remember best also David Williams Weekdays mid- morning
I see everyone talking about listening to this back in the day and here I am a ‘98 baby listening to this beautiful song not knowing what anyone is talking about. Thanks papa for showing me this song
Had to listen to this song again. Boy I miss The Quiet Storm. Watching the fireworks on the hill, Pomeroy Rd. I love this song. The Big Chair and Anacosta Park.
Also a DC native, bred and still i rise. This song was not Melvin's Quiet Storm introduction into the nightly storm. This song was the introduction into Kevin SlowJammin JAMES weekend slow jams during the mid to late 80s. Mr. James was the closest that ever will be to the Man who created the nightly qui..et...Storm. Damn...the momories...brings happiness and sadness. Bliss and sorrow to tears. Bless you D.C..Love always. Harry.
Listening to this right now on WHUR 96.3 - Washington, DC 10/8/2023. Still sounds amazing! I had to come to RU-vid to hear again. Thanks for the upload!!
this song takes me right back to the early 80's living in New Carrollton, MD. I listened faithfully to Melvin Lindsey every night on WHUR. I miss those days!!!
I have lived in Colorado the last 33 years and this is still so iconic D.C. I literally love this song and listen to it over and over when I turn it on. A Seat Pleasant bad ass forever in a good mature way.
This song is playing on WHUR right now and I feel like I've known it my whole life! I teared up just hearing the first few notes of the music... not even the singing. I am absolutely in LOVE with WHUR for always giving us true music heads our "fix"!
There use to be a Mcdonalds on 16th st s.e. but its not there any more. I guess they got robbed to many times lol. Boy when they had the go-Go dances in the park they use to come there and push the buttons on the cash register and take the money.
No words can explain how beautiful this song is! I lived in VA for a few years and moved to Vegas (still living there) over 10 years ago. I always loved WHUR's Quiet Storm because they would play songs you wouldn't expect (Christopher Cross, Barbra Streisand, album cuts). Thank you WHUR for blessing us with great smooth soul.
OMG...I miss DC soooo much. Melvin has been gone 20 years and I still melt over his line up...thanks so much for putting this all together. There is NOTHING like the ORIGINAL QUIET STORM with MELVIN LINDSEY...God rest his soul!!! How blessed we were to have had him!
i am a orignal of the QUIET STORM right here in WASHINGTON DC WHUR AND MELVIN LINDSEY AND YES IT IS A DC THANG , I DO UNDERSTAND AND I MISS IT I AM STILL HERE IN DC AND WATCHING IT GROW !!!!
🌻I absolutely loved Melvin Lindsey's Quiet Storm/WHUR.....& I remember the night when his final day on this Earth was announced. Precious memories of the heart should never be forgotten.... beautiful treasures!!! 💝💝💝💝💝💝
melvin lindsey ya'll, whur, wizard invented the quiet storm format...remember...it was chocolate city way back then...marion berry ...RIP...thank you Odawg96 &you tube
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I'm thankful that I had the opportunity to grow up listening to the ORIGINAL QUIET STORM. My knowledge and appreciation of music is so great now because of it. This song especially takes me back to those late nights as a child and WHUR was blaring on our house radio. Great memories
Someone sent me this song and said it reminded them of me. (love). This song reminds me of the simple joy that we can still find in life, love and all things beautiful. Missing Melvin Lindsey's Quiet Storm.
The great thing about this song, other than the song itself, is that every comment mentions a part of the DMV. Born and raised in River Terrace off of Benning Rd.
Chicago native here and I hate that I am just hearing this song. This is a very nice and smooth steppers cut. I spent some time in the Washington D.C., Baltimore area when I was in the navy stationed at the Air Force base back in the 1990's. At the time the go go clubs was in and club D.C. live. I had some wild time's-lots of fun during that era.
The song I listened to just about every single night of my sophomore year at Howard. I remember Melvin, bopping around the Communications trailer...HU in the '70s was magical.
D.C. memories. ORIGINAL Quiet Storm is always remembered by us listeners and this was the opening song. Bitter sweet listening to this song now because it makes me reflect on the good times of my youth, but also on the loved ones who are no longer here, especially Mom & Dad.
I remember when the Quiet Storm first started. It was only on Sunday nights at first. Then it moved to nightly. I loved the Quiet Storm so much that when I left for college in August of 1980 I made a Quiet Storm tape to take with me to Columbia SC. The tape was so popular that other friends would ask to take it with them on their date. The tape was stolen and I thought it was lost forever until my roommate went on a date and wouldn't you know it the dude tried to wooing her with my Quiet Storm tape. She told him that is Vicki's tape. By the end of the 2nd song she knew because we listened to it nightly to fall asleep. She grabbed it when she left the date and brought it back to us. I don't know what happened to it after that. But I remember several song from the tape and Image of you was one of the great songs. I also remember when Melvin Lindsey died. He was a DC treasure and there will never be any Quiet Storm DJ like Melvin!!!!
I am from Baltimore Md, better known as Bmore. WHUR 7 p.m The Quiet Storm was definitely something to look forward to everynight. I have lived on both coast, East and West but In my opinion we had more variety of musical styles on air to chose from. Thank God, I was blessed to be born on the East Coast.
Alice Loren Snow , I too am from Bmore, but originally from NYC-I Remember this song from WHUR on the Quiet Storm & always liked it (but it did sound kind of nerdy lol!!) Still love it til this day though!!
I first heard this song in 83. I was in the army and was missing home. Baltimore. Fell off n love with it. Searched for years but couldn’t find it. So glad I found it. Brings back memories. Still a beautiful song.
Oh yes, this is the true Quiet Storm theme song. Whenever you heard this song, you knew that some good music and some serious lovemaking was on tap. God bless you, Melvin Lindsay and WHUR for so many, many magical and special moments.
My mom used to play the Quiet Storm every night before I went to bed. This song was the last thing I heard before I went to sleep. The 80s was such a wonderful decade to grow up in. There is not a day that goes by that I realize how much I miss it. 😢
WOW, I remember this song!!! Signature Washington, D.C. I am very glad to have stumbled upon it and have been constantly listening to it. This song takes me to a place of such wonderful memories. Listening to the Quiet Storm was a part of my evening routine, until I moved out of D.C. Now, I listen via the internet and when I'm "home", I still tune in. Nothing like the original QUIET Storm via WHUR.
I am sitting here listening to Scott Jarrett's LP now ... I lived in DC for 13 years, beginning in the early 2000s. Best time of my life. I bought this album after hearing this song on the Quiet Storm all the time, especially on the Sunday broadcast. A true gem that still makes me emotional.
Wow... this brings back great memories. I remember hearing it every night on the the ORIGINAL Quiet Storm with the late Melvin Lindsey. Gotta love the DMV. I found Scott Jarret on MySpace years ago and we chatted a couple times. I got to tell him how much I loved his song. Thanks so much for posting this and for the trip down memory lane. Peace.
We will never forget you Melvin, you brought so many hearts together with your wonderful spirit and loving words at 7pm in the nations capital. Rest well my friend, When God came for you , he came for the best.
OMG!!! Never hear this anywhere other than on WHUR. Now living in Charlotte and think about this one on occasion and never was able to figure out who this was. Thank you for sharing a sweet memory.
Grow up listening to WHUR with Robin Holden and Melvin Lindsey, had the opportunity to meet them both. I loved when they both hosted WHUR, just was awesome, music was always good. I have some old music on reels that I saved. When it's the original you can't duplicate it. Thank you, both for making our lives rich. Helps me to keep dear in my heart my youth and the things that were special about it.
I remember when whur signed on for the first time,it was owned by the nbc affiliate in dc (wrc) and handed over to howard u in the late 60s...how excited and proud we were in the community, and still are...wrc baby...whur!
Woooow! Thanks for this! Born and raised in Baltimore and loved HUR the Quiet Storm with Melvin, I brag to this day about to people of how they have no clue about the REAL Quiet Storm!!
As a teen growing up in Baltimore in the early 80s, me and the fellas used to put on the Quiet Storm and take turns talking to girls. This song shaped my musical taste and made me an instant fan of similar artists like Michael Franks. Thank you brotha Melvin. Continue to rest in Heaven.
Thank you thank you thank you...Ive been searching for this song for years. Its so nice for fans of the original WHUR, the Quiet Storm to pull this up now and reminisce on wonderful days. Thank you...Live long Melvin Lindsey in our hearts
I couldn't agree with the author - of you lived in the DMV during the 80's, you know this was made a classic by Melvin Lindsey and the Original Quiet Storm. Oh, what memories I have.
I am sitting here with tears in my eyes because of (WHUR) and this song they use to play remind me how I love growing up in Washington DC and does wonderful summer nights .thank you so much Melvin Lindsey (RIP) you are miss
I love this song! Definitely brings back memories of Melvin Lindsey. Melvin Lindsey also was the DJ at my high school prom, HD Woodson. Grew up in SE DC and remember this song being a DC classic. I thought it was called Shining Star😂
