We'll bring you danceable anthems from Diana Ross and Donna Summer, poet Nikki Giovanni's ode to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, and gospel from Shirley Caesar and Albertina Walker that's guaranteed to get you up on your feet. We'll also hear voices of women who made history: education pioneer Mary Mcleod Bethune and Geneva Tisdale, one of the first Black women to eat at the desegregated Woolworth's in Greensboro, NC, after the historic sit-ins.
Nightfly #2015.12 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" Mavis Staples "I Like The Things About Me" Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Mary Mcleod Bethune" Dorothy Donegan "Lift Every Voice And Sing" Cassandra Wilson "Waters of March" Diana Ross "I'm Coming Out" Grace Jones "Walking In The Rain" Geneva Tisdale "The Day of the Sit Ins" Donna Summer "She Works Hard For The Money" Nona Hendryx "Winning" The Kids, Susan (Loretta Long) "Someday, Little Children" Carla Thomas "Move On, Drifter" Nikki Giovanni "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (Poem for Aretha)" Aretha Franklin "God Bless the Child" Barbara Lewis "Think A Little Sugar" Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra "Clip Joint" Bobbi Humphrey "Blacks and Blues" Shirley Caesar "Soul Salvation" Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings "Now I See" Albertina Walker "Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around" Joan Armatrading "Tall In The Saddle" Abbey Lincoln "Throw It Away" Laura Mvula "Sing to the Moon" Lauryn Hill "Every Ghetto Every City" Anhayla "If I Was" Beyonce "Run The World (Girls)" Amina Claudine Myers "African Blues" Dee Dee Bridgewater "Red Earth" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"