CULTURETECHLENSslow jam
STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-00674 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0273. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
SlowJams.com / Fusion Radio Networks history piece (specialist radio trade, fetched in full): the words 'slow jam' appeared in The Chicago Defender, 1 July 1961, in a music column (research assisted by Chicago Public Library); the phrase later became synonymous with romantic R&B, late-night dedications and quiet-storm programming, and Midnight Star's 1983 'Slow Jam' introduced it to millions. Stored gloss 'romantic R&B song' matches the term's established sense.
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SlowJams.com / Fusion Radio Networks history piece (specialist radio trade, fetched in full): the words 'slow jam' appeared in The Chicago Defender, 1 July 1961, in a music column (research assisted by Chicago Public Library); the phrase later became synonymous with romantic R&B, late-night dedications and quiet-storm programming, and Midnight Star's 1983 'Slow Jam' introduced it to millions. Stored gloss 'romantic R&B song' matches the term's established sense.
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- Also known as: slow jamz
- Work type: phrase
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- https://slowjams.com/news/slow-jam-was-around-long-before-the-1980s/ (verification source · master store)
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SlowJams.com / Fusion Radio Networks history piece (specialist radio trade, fetched in full): the words 'slow jam' appeared in The Chicago Defender, 1 July 1961, in a music column (research assisted by Chicago Public Library); the phrase later became synonymous with romantic R&B, late-night dedications and quiet-storm programming, and Midnight Star's 1983 'Slow Jam' introduced it to millions. Stored gloss 'romantic R&B song' matches the term's established sense.
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