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PIR Episode 3: Wake Up Everybody
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Feb 25, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Next up, our journey through Philadelphia International Records finds us right at the label’s height of ubiquity during the mid-1970s. This episode will cover the story of Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes’ 1975 record, Wake Up Everybody, and Dexter Wansel’s widely sampled 1976 record, Life on Mars, featuring interviews from Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, PIR vocal trio The Jones Girls member, Shirley Jones, and Mark Anthony Neal, the James B. Duke professor of African American Studies at Duke University. This season of the VMP Anthology Podcast is hosted by John Morrison. It’s written by John Myers and Alex Lewis, with help from John Morrison. It was produced by Alex Lewis and John Myers of Rowhome Productions, and executive produced by Amileah Sutliff. A special thanks to the people at Sony Music and Philadelphia International Records.
Released:
Feb 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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