Birthday Tribute to Black Music Month

MY 50 PLUS BIRTHDAY MIX 2020 An R&B & Hip Hop flashback from the late 1960s-1980s -My Component Set Era

June 4 – 1969 Spartanburg Regional Hospital Birth name: Antonia Maria Arnold Location: Spartanburg, SC Parents: Raymond and Mary Arnold

Celebrating my Birthday in Black Music Month

In honor of black music month, I am capturing a few of the songs in the soundtrack of my life. These are some of the many songs I listened to on my component set growing up. A component set played 45 RPM, 33 1/3 RPM, Albums, cassettes and 8 Tracks.

They were in rotation in my life and on the airwaves from 1969 – 1989. I actually had every song included in the mix, except for the last one.

The Black Consciousness, R&B, Funk and Hip Hop are a few of the genres that captured the narrative of African Americans. The other is captured in Black Sacred Music, my favorite!

June is Black Music Month

• African-American Music Appreciation Month is an annual celebration of African-American music in the United States. It was initiated as Black Music Month by President Jimmy Carter who, on June 7, 1979, decreed that June would be the month of black music.

• In 2009, the commemoration was given its current name by President Barack Obama.[1] In his 2016 proclamation, Obama noted that African-American music and musicians have helped the country "to dance, to express our faith through song, to march against injustice, and to defend our country's enduring promise of freedom and opportunity for all.

• Wikipeadia

My birthday mix playlist

• Intro - Happy Birthday To you - By Stevie Wonder

• 1960’s • Think - Aretha Franklin - 1968 Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud - 1968 • I want you back - The Jackson 5 - 1969

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1970's •

What's going on - Marvin Gaye 1971

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I"ll Take You There - The Staple Singers1972

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Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight and the Pips 1973

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Superstitious - Stevie Wonder 1973

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Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder 1973

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The Hustle - Van McCoy - 1975

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The Best of My Love - The Emotions1977

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Brick House - The Commodores - 1977

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Got to Give it Up - Marvin Gaye - 1977

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Le Freak - Chic - 1978

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Ease on Down the Road - 1978

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Ring My Bell - Anita Ward - 1979

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Rappers Delight - Sugar Hill Gang - 1979

My birthday mix playlist • 1980s • Funkytown - Lipps Inc 1980 • • • • • • • • • • •

Can you Feel it - The Jackson - 1980 Master Blaster - Stevie Wonder - 1980 Upside Down - Diana Ross - 1980 Celebration - Kool and The Gang - 1980 Brother Johnson Stomp - 1980 Can you Feel it - 1980 Apache - Sugarhill Gang - 1981 Let's Groove - EWF- 1981 Bad Mamma Jamma - Carl Carlton - 1981 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson - 1982 Doo Wa Ditty - Zap - 1982

• 1980’s continued • • • • • • • •

Sweet Dreams - The Eurhythmics- 1983 When Dove's Cry - Prince - 1984 Five Minutes of Funk - Whodini - 1984 My Adidas - Run DMC - 1986 Eric B For President - 1986 Mr. Big Stuff - 1987 Fight the Power - 1988 I Got it Made - Special Ed – 1989

• End it with - It's Your Birthday - by 50 cent

Stay tune for more on Black Music Month • Let us not forget the Black musicians of the Black Power Movement, which gave rise to the Black Arts Movement. They helped shape the artistic landscape of America. • The current events, unrest and uncertain times in 2020 are shaping the next artistic evolution