Mellow Mellow FM Radio 10th Anniversary Episode: Easy Breeze Soul, Pop & Rock

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In this special episode of Mellow Mellow FM Radio I celebrate my 10th anniversary on Mixcloud. I selected songs from the genres I like the most, so it goes from rock ‘n’ roll to yacht rock and from sunshine pop to Motown soul. It is all in there! This 10th anniversary mix is also a tribute to the power of radio, like Radio Veronica that introduced me to pop music back in the day. On the 31st of August it will be exactly 45 years ago that Radio Veronica, an offshore pirate radio station near the Dutch coast was forced to shut down. Big inspirations for this cloudcast were Quentin Tarantino's new movie Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (go and see it!) and the Sunshine 70s series by Martijn Soetens on KX Classics (Saturdays from 20.00 to 21.00 hrs CET). Quentin Tarantino uses lots of wonderful West Coast radio samples in his movie and he has selected some quality songs as well, like the ones from Dee Clark and Neil Diamond:
“Hot August night and the leaves hanging down”
Enjoy and let’s move towards another 10 years on Mixcloud: making radio better!

Tracklist:

Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio ‎– That Old Song (1981)
Hawaii – Lady Of My Heart (1980)
Jackie Moore ‎– Personally (1978)
Kenny Loggins – This Is It (1979)
Evelyn “Champagne” King – Shame (1977)
Sammy Davis Jr. ‎– Baretta's Theme (1976)
Brooklyn Dreams – Make It Last (1979)
Nielsen Pearson – Two Lonely Nights (1980)
Ole Borud – Broken People (2011)
Rumer – Flyin' Shoes (2012)
The Walker Brothers – No Regrets (1976)
Hall & Oates – Rich Girl (1977)
Aura – Yesterday’s Love (1979)
Leon Haywood – It’s Got To Be Mellow (1976)
Laville – Thirty One (2019)
Pablo Cruise – Don’t Want To Live Without It (1978)
Dennis Edwards Feat. Siedah Garrett ‎– Don't Look Any Further (1984)
Wham! ‎– Where Did Your Heart Go? (1986)
The Sha La Das ‎– Just For A Minute (2018)
The Mighty Sparrow With Byron Lee And The Dragonaires – Only A Fool (1969)
Kenny Rankin ‎– Haven't We Met (1966)
Dusty Springfield – Summer Is Over (1964)
Neil Diamond ‎– Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show (1969)
Bojoura – The Letter (1974)
Linda Ronstadt ‎– It's So Easy (1977)
Marty Balin – Tell Me More (1981)
Chanson – Why (1978)
Dee Clark ‎– Hey Little Girl (1959)
Dede Schwartz ‎– Funny How We Change Places (1976)
Anacostia – All I Need (1975)
Billy Ocean ‎– Red Light Spells Danger (1977)
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions ‎– Brand New Friend (1985)

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