PURE with Howard Thompson

“Dance!” (broadcast 3/20/15)

Grace Jones: La Vie En Rose                                                          
Andrea True Connection: More, More, More                       
George McCrae: Rock Your Baby 
Odyssey: Native New Yorker                                                  
Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive                                                               
KC & The Sunshine Band: Get Down Tonight                      
Chic: Good Times                                                                           
Sister Sledge: He's the Greatest Dancer                                     
Barry White: Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe                    
Jackie Moore: Sweet Charlie Babe                                                 
The  Emotions: Best Of My Love                                                  
Cheryl Lynn: Got To Be Real 
MFSB: T.S.O.P. (feat. The Three Degrees)                                     
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah: Cherchez La Femme               
Heatwave: Boogie Nights                                                             
Keith Barrow: Turn Me Up                                                             
Kool & The Gang: Celebremos 
The Three Degrees: When Will I See You Again?                         
Michael Jackson: Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough                       
Marvin Gaye: Got To Give It Up, pt. 1          
The O'Jays: Back Stabbers                                                    
Alicia Bridges: I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)                     
Cristina: La Poupee Qui Fait Non                                                
Anita Ward: Ring My Bell                                                             
Donna Summer: I Feel Love 
Norma Jean Wright: Saturday                                                         
Evelyn "Champagne" King: Shame                      
Sylvester: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) 
Sheila: Spacer                                       
ABBA: Dancing Queen

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

Airing twice a month on WPKN 89.5FM Bridgeport!

howard loves all kinds of music and has collected records ever since his uncle gave him Rock Around The Clock as a 6th birthday present

howard worked in the music biz so he could get more free records and meet wondrous people

howard made records with Adam & the Ants, Alan Vega, Angel Corpus Christi, Aswad, Barb Jungr, Billy Bragg, Danny Gatton, Eddie & the Hot Rods, the Georgia Satellites, Hamell On Trial, Herb Alpert, Ian Hunter, John Campbell, Judy Tenuta, ManBreak, Motörhead, Peter C Johnson, the Prissteens, the Psychedelic Furs, Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Roky Erickson & the Aliens, Rubén Blades, Sally Oldfield, Sara Hickman, Scatterbrain, the Screaming Blue Messiahs, the Slits, the Star Spangles, the Sugarcubes, Susan Fassbender, Tulipomania, Victor DeLorenzo, Yellowman and 10,000 Maniacs to name a few. He was the first to release records by MX-80 Sound, the Real Kids and Suicide in Europe and th’ Faith Healers, the Gipsy Kings, Happy Mondays, Paul Young, the Sisters Of Mercy, and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and is grateful to Steve di Costanzo and Peter Bochan for letting him in. Terry Hopper too, for giving up an hour of The Quest to see if it could work

howard thinks Bob Dylan should be President, and ‘Poison’ Ivy Rorschach should be Vice-President