Qool DJ Marv's I Can Imagine Show 35 - September 18 2013 on WURD900 Philadelphia - E. for Elevation Encouragement

September 18 2013 - Show #35 E. is for Elevation EncouragementHour OneGet Up - BlazeSoon As I Get Home (I Shall Wear A Crown) - Minster Thomas A. WhitfieldAll About Love - Earth Wind And FireCome What May - Patti LaBelleBlack Butterfly (Sonix Piano Mix) - Maya AzucenaBlack Butterfly - Sounds Of BlacknessTomorrow (A Better You, Better Me) - Quincy Jones & Tevin CampbellEast River Drive (LP Version) - Grover Washington, Jr.Reflections - Bill ContiFree (Prelude) - Jill ScottSilent Hero - Des'reeI Am the Black Gold of the Sun (feat. The Creole Choir of Cuba) - Samuel Yirga feat. The Creole Choir of Cuba and NicoletteHeaven Help Us All - Stevie WonderElevate Our Minds - Linda WilliamsHour Two Down Here On The Ground (Live Album Version) - George BensonBe Thankful For What you've Got [Tom Moulton Remix] - William DeVaughnEverybody Rejoice - Luther VandrossWake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesFacts Of Life - Danny MaddenOptimistic - Sounds Of BlacknessLet It Flow [For "DR. J"] - Grover Washington, Jr.Philly Jump - Instant FunkFriends And Buddies - Milton WrightI Can't Stop Dancing - Archie Bell & The DrellsWe're A Winner [Live] - Curtis MayfieldThat's Heaven To Me - Sam CookeI was 23 in 1993 and Mr. Collins gave me a gift that I can't remember deserving.There was a summit meeting between African and African-American leadership and he was going to cover it as a journalist for the radio station that I grew up on. I'll never forget being on a plane headed to Africa with Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Rev Leon Sullivan, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson, Joseph C. Lowery, Coretta Scott King (had an amazing 30 seconds or so with her in an elevator - I was in awe and speechless, yet very gentlemanly and polite), and many more.http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2205&dat=19930320&id=tpglAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M_UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1136,1744730Mr. Collins invited me and another intern along to assist him.Very well known in Philadelphia, E. embodied excellence and nobility and showed me that upward mobility is possible for the principled. Was on air as a talk show host, was in the office as a director of promotions - he got to deliver the message while helping to finance it. My hero and example of a nice guy finishing first.He did that for me. I still have no idea way. Easy guess is that he saw a seed and wanted to flower it. Because he had eyes that discerned what's good, he saw bloom potential in so many.I am one of 10s of 1000s that he made life better for.Mr E. Steven Collins, this is for you. Thank you. I love you, we love you.(R.I.P. September 9 2013)http://www.phillytrib.com/newsarticles/item/10742-e-steven-collins,-58,-radio-legend,-civic-leader.htmlhttp://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20130910_E__Steven_Collins__58__radio_host__activist.html?c=rThe show is called "I Can Imagine" and airs on Wednesdays from 7pm-9pm on WURD, 900 on your A.M. dial or by internet from http://900amwurd.com/Photo: https://www.facebook.com/barnesfoundationhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5gQLsodBsCys1_3Zbm83vg https://open.spotify.com/artist/48vhJ2d1hVaFHf6gqXeTm0?si=fWO0N456QeWRMWLUtqe4Yghttps://www.instagram.com/qooldjmarv/https://music.apple.com/us/artist/qool-dj-marv/1558418894