Sam’s Jams: This Track from Detroit Techno Pioneers Changed Music History
WDET Artist: Cybotron Track: Alleys of Your Mind (1981) In Chicago, a new genre of music called House emerged in...
Sam’s Jams: This Funk Songwriter Also Hand-Painted Signs in Detroit
WDET This week at 101.9 WDET, we're celebrating 70 years of music here in Detroit. Each day, Sam's Jams will...
Sam’s Jams: Eddie Russ and Deep Jazz Cuts from Michigan
WDET This week at 101.9 WDET, we're celebrating 70 years of music here in Detroit. Each day, Sam's Jams will...
Sam’s Jams: Break Out Your Dancing Shoes For This Chart-Topping 1970’s Single
WDET Artist: David Bendeth Track: "Feel the Real" from Adrenalin (1979) David Bendeth is a record producer and musician born in London,...
Sam’s Jams: Jan Hammer “Don’t You Know”
WDET Son of the famous Czech Jazz vocalist, Vlasta Průchová, Jan Hammer is an important Czech-American musician, composer and record...
Sam’s Jams: Evelyn “Champagne” King “I’m In Love”
WDET Evelyn “Champagne” King is a vocalist and songwriter from the Bronx, New York. She is known for her hits...
Sam’s Jams: Promise “I’m Not Ready For Love”
WDET Promise is a four piece vocal group who began singing together when they were eight years old. By the...
Sam’s Jams: New Birth “Comin’ From All Ends”
WDET In 1963, musicians Tony Churchill and Harvey Fuqua formed the instrumental band The Nite-Liters in Louisville, Kentucky. The group had a few hits,...
Sam’s Jams: Jackie Dee “Who”
WDET Dave Hamilton was a producer and musician in Detroit who worked as a session musician at Motown during the...
Sam’s Jams: Alicia Myers “I Want To Thank You”
WDET Alicia Myers is an R&B singer from Detroit, Michigan. She started her music career with the Detroit Funk/Disco band...
New Book Explores the History of Jazz in Detroit
A new book from former Detroit Free Press Arts reporter and critic Mark Stryker looks into the history of jazz in Detroit....
Sam’s Jams: Tommy McGee’s “Now That I Found You”
Meta Stange/WDET The TMG’s were founded in the late 60’s by 13 year-old Tommy McGee from Grand Rapids, Michigan, who...