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A WBGO Celebration of Rhonda Hamilton, Though Story and Song

Rhonda Hamilton

As we prepare to bid farewell to Rhonda Hamilton, WBGO's Gary Walker and Michael Bourne sat down with Rhonda to look back on her time here and share some music that's been especially meaningful to her.

Listen as an array special guests reflects on Rhonda's career, including:

  • Charlie Perkins, who hired her for her first professional radio job at WBUR in Boston
  • Bob Ottenhoff, founder of WBGO
  • Musican and friend Carmen Lundy
  • WBGO founding colleague Dorthaan Kirk
  • WBGO announcers Brian Delp, Bill Daughtry, and Rob Crocker

Music on the show includes:

  • Horace Silver's "Serenade to a Soul Sister"
  • Abbey Lincoln's "People in Me"
  • Dinah Washington's "I Want to Be Loved"
  • Miles Davis' "Someday My Prince Will Come"

Rhonda's last Midday Jazz broadcast is this Wednesday from 10am-2pm.