This week, we wrap a rainbow flag around the turntables and celebrate Pride! We'll hear anthems from The Village People, RuPaul, and Carl Bean, and we'll celebrate out and proud musicians through the decades, stretching back to Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith.
UpFront Soul #2018.25 June 18-25, 2018 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading / Back to the Night / Back to the Night / A&M Carl Bean / I Was Born This Way / Keep On Dancin': A Tribute to the Godfather of Disco Mel Cheren (Part 2) / Billy Preston / I Am Coming Through / Don't Let Me Catch You Crying / The Village People / I Am What I Am / Macho Man / RuPaul / Coming Out of Hiding / Red Hot / Sylvester / You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) / Young Soul Rebels (Original Soundtrack) / Tony Enos / Two Spirit / Two Spirit / Nona Hendryx / Winning / Nona Hendryx / Epic Labi Siffre / Watch Me / Best Of / Rahsaan Patterson / I Always Find Myself / After Hours / Ma Rainey / Prove It On Me / The Very Best Of / Billy Strayhorn / Lush Life / Piano Passion / Bessie Smith / Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do / The Essential / Frank Ocean / Thinking About You / Southern Smoke Radio 5 / Hour 2 Jackie Shane / Any Other Way / Any Other Way / Numero Billie Holiday / They Can't Take That Away From Me / Billie Holiday Love Songs / Little Richard / Function at the Junction / Get Down With It!: The OKeh Sessions / Gloria Gaynor / I Am What I Am / Disco Divas / Chaka Khan / I'm Every Woman / Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan Vol 1 / The Weather Girls / It's Raining Men / Super Hits / Maxine Brown / I Wish It Would Rain / Out of Sight / Sony Japan Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers / Lovable / Specialty Profiles Disc 1 / Jaime Woods / Hello Morning / Troy / Joy Oladokun / Keeping You Around remix / Keeping You Around remix / Interpretations / Trippin' / Mfsb - Mutha Funkin Sonofabitch: The Truth Behind the Philly Legend / Funkadelphia Jimmy Riley, Bosq / Change / Celestial Strut / Lucinda Slim / Love Thief / Lucinda Slim / Butcher Brown / Stop Fighting, Start Loving / Grown Folk / Courtnie / Nebula / Nebula / soundcloud/kingcourtnie Bob James / Night Crawler / Heads / CBS Sam Cooke / Havin' a Party / Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 / RCA