Art: Grammy/Tony Winning Songwriter Allee Willis

Beatie Wolfe interviews Grammy winning songwriter Allee Willis
about penning some of the world's greatest songs, including
"September" and “Boogie Wonderland” by Earth Wind & Fire, and
how she ended up on Russia's most wanted list. Listen to this
dulab radio show that takes you from dancing sea lions to Beverly
Hills Cop via the soul of Detroit.


Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary”
(Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across Space,
Science, Art, Health, Film & Technology by talking to the
leading luminaries in each field from Nobel Prize winners to
multi-platinum producers and hearing the music that has most
impacted them, their “Orange Juice for the Ears”. Beatie Wolfe is
an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a
UN Women role model for innovation, and held an acclaimed solo
exhibition at the V&A Museum.





Allee Willis’ Orange Juice for the Ears


First song that imprinted? “Bye Bye Baby” by Mary Wells

First album that shaped who you are? Where Did Our Love Go by
The Supremes - track played “Where Did Our Love Go”

The music you would send into Space? “Whatcha See Is Whatcha
Get” by The Dramatics

The song you would have at your memorial? “September” by
Earth, Wind & Fire

The album you would pass onto your kids? New York Tendaberry
by Laura Nyro - track played “Save the Country”






The show opens with “(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay” by Otis
Redding, a track Beatie Wolfe most associates with Allee Willis
as Allee was sitting on the dock of the bay when Redding's plane
crashed.


This show first aired live on LA’s dublab radio. The podcast was
mastered by Dean Hovey. For rights reasons, the music in this
podcast version is shorter than in the original broadcast.