EP111: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

Electronically Yours with Martyn Ware

Today’s exceptional podcast interview features the absolute dons of electronic pop/funk/R&B, the legendary writing and production team of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

No history of the development and success of black electronic popular music would be possible without the relentless genius of these two brilliant exponents of the art. Originating from the Minneapolis maelstrom of creativity with The Time and Prince, their production and writing style has been insanely successful creatively and commercially and has changed the landscape of popular music forever. They have written and produced worldwide hits for Michael and Janet Jackson, Alexander O’Neil, The Human League, Sounds Of Blackness, Usher, Mariah Carey, George Michael, Mary J. Blige and a myriad of other great artists - more than 100 gold, platinum, multi-platinum and diamond albums, countless no 1 singles worldwide – Grammy’s, Emmy’s` and literally hundreds of other major awards…

Ladies and Gentlemen – one of the greatest music creation teams of all time – Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis...

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