Turn on the radio late on a Saturday night and you might hear a dance version of Adele's "Hello" playing on the Top 40 radio station. Flip over to the Adult Contemporary station, and it will be playing the ballad in its original slow-tempo form. As a way to get more airplay on multi formats, there are usually dance versions of ballads produced. This also happened in 1997 with Jon Secada's "Too Late Too Soon". A simple YouTube search will unearth a collection of upbeat versions of the song, but very few videos of the original ballad.
Phil Collins, Elton John, and Gloria Estefan dominated Adult Contemporary radio back in the 1980s and '90s, yet have disappeared from modern radio. Seemingly, the only time you ever hear them is at the grocery store or your local CVS. This blog remembers the music, the stories and the quirky characters from my days working in Adult Contemporary radio.
Friday, February 12, 2016
Jon Secada - "Too Late Too Soon"
Turn on the radio late on a Saturday night and you might hear a dance version of Adele's "Hello" playing on the Top 40 radio station. Flip over to the Adult Contemporary station, and it will be playing the ballad in its original slow-tempo form. As a way to get more airplay on multi formats, there are usually dance versions of ballads produced. This also happened in 1997 with Jon Secada's "Too Late Too Soon". A simple YouTube search will unearth a collection of upbeat versions of the song, but very few videos of the original ballad.