Producer and DJ The Twilite Tone sits down with Oliver and guest co-host Jocelyn Brown to discuss Stevie Wonder's 1980 comeback album, Hotter Than July. We get into Stevie's foray into country western and reggae, his return to All I Do, a song he cowrote over a decade prior as a teenager, and the impact Disco Demolition Night had on black music.
More on The Twilite Tone
More on Hotter Than July
- Master Blaster (Jammin') Live in 1980
- KCRW's piece on Stevie Wonder's comeback in 1980
- The Making of ‘Hotter than July,’ The Album That Revived Stevie Wonder’s Career (Okayplayer)
Show Tracklisting (all songs from Hotter Than July unless otherwise indicated):
- Cash In Your Face
- Rocket Love
- The Twilite Tone: Do It Properly
- Stevie Wonder: Fingertips
- All I Do
- Do Like You
- As If You Read My Mind
- I Ain't Gonna Stand For It
- Master Blaster (Jammin')
- I Ain't Gonna Stand For It
- Happy Birthday
- As If You Read My Mind
- Master Blaster (Jammin')
- Tammi Terrell: All I Do Is Think About You
- All I Do
- Lately
- Rocket Love
- Do Like You
- Cash In Your Face
- Happy Birthday
- As If You Read My Mind
- Lately
- Syreeta: Cause We've Ended As Lovers
- Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack: You Are My Heaven
- Gary Byrd & The GB Experience: The Crown
- Logg: Lay It On The Line
Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there
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