02/07/2016
Podcast interview Detroit Nation Radio with Dr, V. Elayne Arterbery, MD on 88.1fm with Allee Willis . Allee is a one-woman creative think-tank-a multi-disciplinary artist and visionary thinker whose range of imagination and productivity knows no bounds. She is a Grammy, Emmy, Tony and Webby award-winning and nominated songwriter, performer, visual artist, multimediaist, director, collector, social artist, and party thrower. Her hits-including Earth, Wind & Fire's "September" and "Boogie Wonderland," The Pointer Sisters' "Neutron Dance," Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield's "What Have I Done To Deserve This," and The Rembrandts' "I'll Be There For You (Theme From Friends)"-have sold more than 60 million records. Willis also co-authored the Oprah Winfrey-produced Broadway musical The ColorPurple.
For the past three years Willis has been working on "The D"/ Allee Willis Loves Detroit. Recorded at a series of 50 sing-alongs all over Detroit and featuring more people in history than have ever been the original artist on a record - over 6000 people - Willis, along with collaborator Andrae Alexander, wrote "The D" as a theme to accompany the city's re-invention. In addition to an eye-popping, Detroiters-as-they-have-never-been-seen-before video, also directed and animated by Willis, the song is accompanied by Allee Willis Loves Detroit, a feature-length documentary about human spirit as seen through the people of Detroit and how Willis views her life and career springing out of that same spirit. Listen on 88.1fm or stream live on www.fm881whpr.com. Also download the WHPR 88.1 fm Mobile App and ROKU www.detroitnationradio.com
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