"Nightflight" Tue Oct 9, 9P-12M ET:...a 3 hour Tribute to Rev Frank Wilson [[RIP)

[midnight johnny]

Hello there, folks. The loss of Frank Wilson last week still reverberates with me as it does, I'm sure, with many of you. Reverend Wilson's involvement with Motown and it's artists created much of what has been the best and most unique of Motown. Whether the songs showcased Frank as a vocalist, writer or producer, he added a very special touch.

We all know his own recordings, as well as his writing and producing for Brenda Holloway, Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations, the Four Tops and the Jean Terrell led Supremes and many other Motown artists...solo or together...they made "such sweet music".

You'll hear 3 hours worth of those recordings, along with Frank Wilson rarities...music that brought us ALL "closer to heaven" [[where he is)...tonight...on "Nightflight"...on WOMR 92.1 FM Provincetown and WFMR 91.3 FM Orleans
and streaming live worldwide in digital stereo at www.womr.org
Thanks so much!
John

[Methuselah2]

Even though your special night tributes cannot help but start on a note of sadness, the notes of beauty and love that we'll hear tonight through Frank's music and your commentary, knowledge, observations, and opinions are just as real. And I know that's what I'll take with me once tonight's show has ended. Every single show you create, John, is a heartfelt tribute to great artists, writers, producers, and musicians. It's what you do continually--it never ends, and it doesn't begin because of their passing. It's NIGHTFLIGHT's "specialty of the house," and you serve it up fresh and delicious and piping hot every Tuesday night. My compliments to the chef!

[midnight johnny]

Bruce....thank you so much....glad you'll be here!

[sophisticated_soul]

Looking forward to a celebration of the music created by Frank Wilson.

[midnight johnny]

Looking forward to a celebration of the music created by Frank Wilson.

Joseph....so happy to see you....missed you lots!

[sophisticated_soul]

Joseph....so happy to see you....missed you lots!

I was unavoidably detained. Anderson Cooper tried to beat me up for kissing his boyfriend in Central Park.

[midnight johnny]

I was unavoidably detained. Anderson Cooper tried to beat me up for kissing his boyfriend in Central Park.

Good....as long as you didn't go TOO far [[*grin)....

[Methuselah2]

I was unavoidably detained. Anderson Cooper tried to beat me up for kissing his boyfriend in Central Park.

"A man's kiss is his signature."
-- Mae West in MY LITTLE CHICKADEE

"I gotta brush my teeth and work on my penmanship."
-- Me

But Joseph, Anderson Cooper wouldn't hurt a fly.
Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MumI6KovUk

[JimBagley]

Thank you for devoting a show to the music of Frank Wilson. He was a great talent. Catch you later tonight, John.

Jim

[sophisticated_soul]

But Joseph, Anderson Cooper wouldn't hurt a fly.
Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MumI6KovUk

I saw this the night of the broadcast and I laughed so hard I . . .

[sophisticated_soul]

Good....as long as you didn't go TOO far [[*grin)....

When have I ever gone TOO far?

[Glenpwood]

Hi John and the gang!

Look forward to hearing all the goodies and extended mixes John has worked up. Frank Wilson had his hand in so many classics and cant wait to revisit them with everyone. See everyone later....

[midnight johnny]

Thank you for devoting a show to the music of Frank Wilson. He was a great talent. Catch you later tonight, John.

Jim

My pleasure, Jim....glad you'll be here!

[midnight johnny]

Hi John and the gang!

Look forward to hearing all the goodies and extended mixes John has worked up. Frank Wilson had his hand in so many classics and cant wait to revisit them with everyone. See everyone later....

Howdy, Glen P! Great to have you!! And thanks about the remixes....I JUST happen to have......[[*smile)!

[lovechild]

Hi Johnny - I know we are in for a real treat tonight. Have a great shoe!

[midnight johnny]

...in the studio.....

[sophisticated_soul]

Hi Johnny - I know we are in for a real treat tonight. Have a great shoe!

Hey Tone!

[midnight johnny]

Hi Johnny - I know we are in for a real treat tonight. Have a great shoe!

Hey there Tonyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Welcome!

[MotownLover]

Honoring Mr. Wilson is most appropriate tonight, BRAVO!

I have always had an ear for music with which he was creatively involved whether in writing, producing, and/or singing. Brenda's "Just Look What You've Done" has to be one of my most favorite classic Motown songs.

Howard in Long Beach, CA

[JimBagley]

Up The Ladder is one of my 10 favorite recordings... period. I can die and go to heaven now.

[sophisticated_soul]

Up The Ladder is one of my 10 favorite recordings... period. I can die and go to heaven now.

Jim, please stick around a little longer!

[JimBagley]

Jim, please stick around a little longer!

It's not up to me. We'll see what happens.

[midnight johnny]

Honoring Mr. Wilson is most appropriate tonight, BRAVO!

I have always had an ear for music with which he was creatively involved whether in writing, producing, and/or singing. Brenda's "Just Look What You've Done" has to be one of my most favorite classic Motown songs.

Howard in Long Beach, CA

Welcome, Howard!!!!!!

[greg jones]

it's not up to You? who is up to ?

[carole cucumber]

Vincent Dimirco was a New York songwriter & guitarist. Frank Wilson is quoted as saying that he usually built his songs around the piano accompaniment. In the case of Up the Ladder it was written with an eye to building it around Vincent's guitar

[greg jones]

i seem to recall reading that either the writer of Up The Ladder or Stoned Love was still a teenager. Believe that both Vincent and the writer of Stoned Love were from one of the NY boroughs... Queens or the Bronx maybe?

greg jones
los angeles, ca

[JimBagley]

I wish Brenda had stayed a couple more years at Motown and continued to work with Frank. What magic they made together.

[carole cucumber]

One reason Brenda claimed that she liked the BS&T version was because they performed it more in the manner that she had wanted to record/perform it. Instead Berry insisted on strings and other Motown flourishes.

[lovechild]

Up The Ladder is one of my 10 favorite recordings... period. I can die and go to heaven now.

Jim - is All I Need on that list?

[lovechild]

Hey Tone!

Hey Joseph - just passed you on the shoeleather expressway...

[carole cucumber]

Thomas Kenny was the young Detroit teenager whose compositions Frank Wilson heard on a Detroit radio contest. Frank later contacted him & asked what else he might have. Thomas presented Stone Love & the rest is history.

[Methuselah2]

The extended remixes all sound so gorgeous. Everyone who was involved with the beautiful, original recordings is being acknowledged and appreciated in addition to the multi-talented Frank Wilson. Bravo.

[sophisticated_soul]

Hey Joseph - just passed you on the shoeleather expressway...

I thought that was you!

[greg jones]

Thanx Carole... can never remember his name because on the label and album credit they spelled it backwards! Didn't realize that he was from Detroit.

[midnight johnny]

Jim - is All I Need on that list?

Is that a hint????

[JimBagley]

Jim - is All I Need on that list?

Why yes it is, Mr Kreskin. That makes two Frank Wilson productions in my top 10!

[lovechild]

I would love to have a 3 hour mix of Stoned Love ... that is how much I love the song Great job tonight JP

[lovechild]

Is that a hint????

woohoo I would love to hear it JP lol

[sophisticated_soul]

can never remember his name because on the label and album credit they spelled it backwards!

Wow, they did! I never noticed that before. Good catch.

[lovechild]

Why yes it is, Mr Kreskin. That makes two Frank Wilson productions in my top 10!

let us guess one more and then i can send the spaceship down to get you Jim..

[greg jones]

Nice remix johnny... do use a professional computer music program to do it?

[JimBagley]

let us guess one more and then i can send the spaceship down to get you Jim..

Let's go for it, Tony.

[carole cucumber]

About 'You Made Me So Very Happy' Brenda has been quoted:
"My boyfriend had quit me, I was so sad", Brenda says "I thought, you know what, I'm gonna write a song about being happy, 'cause this man is crazy. Leaving me? I'll show him " Brenda called her sister Patrice for help on the song, explaining simply 'This is a hit'. She called Berry Gordy and told him the same thing. He brought in Frank Wilson, who contributed the dynamic bridge, which Brenda says 'made the song'.
But the singer/songwriter didn't like the final result. " We were on the verge of psychedelic sounds, all that rock and funk", she says. Gordy's response was all business: "I'm Berry Gordy. You're Brenda Holloway. I'm putting up the money. We'll do it the way I want it, thank you".
Brenda's version barely dented the Top 40. Then the jazz-rock version by Blood, Sweat and Tears became a gold smash in 1969. It was arranged, Brenda has said, exactly the way she imagined it.

[lovechild]

Let's go for it, Tony.

well I know that Choo Choo Train isnt on the list lol how about Still Waters

[JimBagley]

well I know that Choo Choo Train isnt on the list lol how about Still Waters

NO and no. No Little Lisa tracks amongst my very favorites.

[carole cucumber]

Thanx Carole... can never remember his name because on the label and album credit they spelled it backwards! Didn't realize that he was from Detroit.

Ala Rednow Eivets......

[dba]

Tuning in from San Francisco. How about a little Here comes the sunrise?
go MJ

[lovechild]

wow I love I Can't Turnaround... thanks JP

[sophisticated_soul]

"I Can't Turn Around". Perfection!

[MotownLover]

Oh, WOW! "I Can't Turn Around" has got to be one of the GREATEST Marvelettes tunes!!! HOT!!!!!