My goodness flash backs like no tomorrow 😩😩

A true Chicago legend, Kenny was a Chicago cop who moonlighted as a DJ.  Chicago DJ's at that time were known for fast transitions and playing a song for only 30 seconds or so.  These mixes really move - they really hold your attention since they fly through so many songs in an hour.  Great mix of classic Chicago house and Italo disco.  

WBMX Chicago 1985 - Kenny 'Jammin' Jason

Mickey 'Mixin' Oliver - WBMX July 1984

Classic Alternative Dance (Synthpop) music that I mixed circa 1990.

ARTIST / TITLE:
Cetu Javu / Situations
Fatima / Hassan
Red Flag / If I Ever
Cetu Javu / Have In Mind
NoHo / Touch
Celebrate The Nun / She's A Secretary
Pet Shop Boys / So Hard
Anything Box / Jubilation
Celebrate The Nun / Will You Be There
Peter Schilling / The Different Story
Erasure / Oh L'Amour
Book Of Love / Lullaby
Camouflage / Love Is A Shield
English Boy On The Loveranch / Sex Vigilante
Sigue Sigue Sputnik / Success
Mory Kante / Ye Ke Ye Ke

Classic Alternative Dance Mix 2

Mike "Hitman" Wilson WGCI Power 107.5 Chicago 1987

The Hot Mix 5 are an American DJ team originating from Chicago, Illinois, who were chosen by WBMX Program Director, Lee Michaels in 1981. The founding members were Farley "Funkin" Keith (later known as Farley "Jackmaster" Funk), Mickey "Mixin" Oliver, Scott "Smokin" Silz, Ralphi Rosario and Kenny "Jammin" Jason. In 1982, Scott Silz was asked to leave the group and was replaced by Julian "Jumpin" Perez in 1984, as the winner of a HMF sponsored DJ Battle. Another DJ, Jeff Davis, was supposed to be a sixth member, but Silz mentioned in an interview that he never showed up, leaving just the five members.[1]

Created to act as the resident DJs on Chicago FM radio station (now defunct) WBMX's Saturday Night Live Ain't No Jive mix show hosted by Armando Rivera, the members quickly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with. Soon Friday Night Jams, Mini Mixes and specially edited remixes were added. The Chicago house music scene exploded as the Hot Mix 5 show and WBMX became the #1 Radio show in Chicago, by airing a new sound called House Music that was presented by their unique style of turntablism. Mickey Oliver became known by his editing and Turntable skills, and Farley, Ralphi and Kenny each had their own incredible unique styles. Soon the Hot Mix 5 Radio show became known all over the world as their mixes were recorded on cassette tapes and sent across America and aboard. Their Turntable skills together with this new genre broke about every Chicago House Music Record and many Italo Disco track, as Million of listeners in Chicago waited for their weekly mixes. Together, the've became legends as their mixes are still being sold today on the likes of Ebay and other outlets. Many of the Top Djs in the world have recognized the Hot Mix 5 as their mentors, as to setting the bar of what a DJ can be.

The City of Chicago, Illinois recognized the Hot Mix 5 members contribution to the creation of the house music genre and honored them by presenting each member with an individual street named after them and in addition a street named after them as a whole called "Hot Mix 5 Way", which is located in downtown Chicago on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balbo Drive. 

Today, The Hot Mix 5 members continue to perform globally individually and sometimes as a team. 
Mickey has had a TV show called Intensi-T, a live stage show at the Planet Hollywood complex on the Las Vegas Strip, and mentioned as a Grammy semi finalist in 2012. Ralphi was a Grammy finalist in 2013 and has produced recordings for many Major recording artists with countless charting hits. Farley has continued his legendary DJ career by performing all over the world to huge crowds. Kenny's Addicted to Radio station has been nominated as one of America's top Radio stations.

HOT MIX 5 - MICKEY 'MIXIN' OLIVER ' - WBMX - CHICAGO - 1985

HOT MIX 5 - KENNY 'JAMMIN' JASON - WBMX - CHICAGO - 1985

An Orange Understanding
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

We try to understand
The orange we revile
Comprehension is but fleeting
Our vision is skin deep

We see no purpose in its actions
No consistency of thought
With random fluctuations
And disorganized reactions

All opinions bring dissension
No unanimous decision
We are trapped in apprehension
And fear to approach

[instrumental]

From a distance we observe
An orb upon our world
It questions our existence
Our purpose is unclear

And rolls around its barriers
It patrols the known perimeter
Then recklessly incurs
It throws the map in question

All distances collapse
All points become as one
Criticality is reached
And disaster is in reach

[instrumental]

The orange will continue
Consequences not considered
Perpective is what matters
And the crystal? Well, it shatters

And the crystal? Well, it shatters

And the crystal? Well, it shatters

And the crystal?

And the crystal?

Well, it shatters

[outro]

An Orange Understanding

Ralphie Rosario WBMX Mix - 1984

Frankie "Hollywood" Rodriquez WBMX Mix - 1986

1988 - Farley Jackmaster Funk - WBMX

Side B.

It'z my GodFather, Mr Farley "Jackmaster" Funk all tha way live!!! It don't get more jackin' it up house than thiz okaaayyy!!!

Klass iz in session... Listen & Learn thee TRUTH!!!

Manny-

Psalms 150:4

Classic Alternative Dance Mix 2

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