Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (4-30-22)

Today’s playlist celebrates the April 30 birthdays of Sugarhill Gang’s Wonder Mike, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, MC5’s Wayne Kramer, Travis Scott, Mac DeMarco, Santo & Johnny’s Johnny Farina, Johnny Horton, Bobby Vee, Snap!’s Turbo B, and Dresden Doll’s Amanda Palmer; and the May 1 birthdays of The London Suede’s Bernard Butler, Little Walter, Judy Collins, Raydio’s Ray Parker Jr., Jay Reatard, and Rita Coolidge.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 4-28-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the April 28 birthdays of Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, Willie Colon, Take That’s Howard Donald, Archers of Loaf’s Eric Bachmann, Too $hort, The Fantastic Johnnie C, Goodie Mob’s Big Gipp, Blossom Dearie, and Mi-Sex’s Steve Gilpin; and the April 29 birthdays of The Coasters’ Carl Gardner, Duke Ellington, Willie Nelson, The KLF’s Bill Drummond, Tommy James, Otis Rush, The Editors’ Tom Smith, Lonnie Donegan, Romeo Void’s Debora Iyall, Master P, The Happenings’ Bob Miranda, April Stevens, Tammi Terrell, Rod McKuen, and The Brady Bunch’s Eve Plumb.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 4-26-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the April 26 birthdays of TLC’s T-Boz, Duran Duran’s Roger Taylor, Giorgio Moroder, Duane Eddy, Maurice Williams, Claudine Clark, Ms. Dynamite, Gary Wright, and Wet Willie’s Jimmy Hall; and the April 27 birthdays of The B-52’s’ Kate Pierson, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Lizzo, Ann Peebles, Badfinger’s Pete Ham, Robin S., Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, The Main Ingredient’s Cuba Gooding, Sheena Easton, Ace Frehley, and Billie Ray Martin.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 4-24-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the April 24 birthdays of Kelly Clarkson, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Doug Clifford, Barbra Streisand, The Jayhawks/The Marathons’ Ricky Owens, Kehlani, The Fortunes’ Glen Dale, Oak Ridge Boys’ Richard Sterban, and Freddie Scott; and the April 25 birthdays of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Stu Cook, Ella Fitzgerald, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, Albert King, Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell, Dr. Buzzard’s Original “Savannah” Band’s Cory Daye, The Chordettes’ Jinny Osborne, Los Bravos’ Mike Kogel, Marillion’s Fish, Erasure’s Andy Bell, Renee Zellweger, and Hank Azaria.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 4-22-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the April 22 birthdays of Charles Mingus, Glen Campbell, Peter Frampton, Lipps Inc.’s Cynthia Johnson, The Von Bondies’ Jason Stollsteimer, UTFO’s Mix Master Ice, silverchair’s Daniel Johns, Ace/Squeeze/Mike + the Mechanics’ Paul Carrack, Cannibal & the Headhunters’ Frankie Garcia, Jack Nitzsche, Area’s Demetrio Stratos, Larry Groce, and Bull Moose Jackson; and the April 23 birthdays of Roy Orbison, Sigur Rós’ Jónsi, Foals’ Yannis Philippakis, The Wedding Present’s David Gedge, Ray Peterson, and Laura Mvula.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 4-20-22

Today’s playlist celebrates 4/20 and the April 20 birthdays of Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, Tito Puente, Luther Vandross, James White, Johnny Tillotson, Alela Diane, Justin Warfield, and Ecstasy Passion & Pain’s Barbara Roy; and the April 21 birthdays of The Cure’s Robert Smith, The Stooges’ Iggy Pop, Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins, Disposable Heroes of Hiphopracy’s Michael Franti, The Louvin Brothers’ Ira Louvin, Patti LuPone, and Hedwig & The Angry Inch’s John Cameron Mitchell.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 4-17-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the April 17 birthdays of Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley, Liz Phair, Tool’s Maynard Keenan, Afrika Bambaataa, Spice Girls’ Victoria Beckham, Billy Fury, Redman, Jan Hammer, Michael Sembello, and Chris Barber; the April 18 birthdays of Onyx’s Fredro Starr, Aminé, and Polly Brown; and the April 19 birthdays of The Association’s Larry Ramos, The Turtles’ Mark Volman, Buchanan & Goodman’s Dickie Goodman, New Seekers’ Eve Graham, and Tim Curry.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 4-16-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the April 16 birthdays of Gerry Rafferty, Dusty Springfield, Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett, Chance the Rapper, The Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan, Minor Threat’s Ian MacKaye, Henry Mancini, Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner, Foghat’s David Peverett, Chaka Demus, Bobby Vinton, Roy Hamilton, Herbie Mann, Selena, Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner, Gabrielle, Akon, Gerardo, and Johnny Silver.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 4-14-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the April 14 birthdays of Deep Purple’s Rtichie Blackmore, Arcade Fire’s Win Butler, Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Loretta Lynn, Edison Lighthouse/The Pipkins’ Tony Burrows, The Rivieras’ Marty “Bo” Fortson, Da Brat, and Brewer & Shipley’s Mike Brewer; the April 15 birthdays of The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney, Bessie Smith, The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser, Dave Edmunds, Ansell Collins, 4 Non Blondes’ Linda Perry, UFO’s Phil Mogg, Margo Price, Marty Wilde, Samantha Fox, and Bob Luman; and we remind those of you in the States to pay your taxes.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 4-12-22

Today’s playlist is inspired by the April 12 birthdays of Herbie Hancock, Steppenwolf’s John Kay, Saint Etienne’s Sarah Cracknell, Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray, Everclear’s Art Alexakis, ILoveMakonnen, The Partridge Family’s David Cassidy, Panic! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie, Hot Butter’s Stan Free, Tiny Tim, 311’s Nick Hexum, Mellow Man Ace, Pat Travers, and Get Wet’s Sherri Beachfront; and the April 13 birthdays of Al Green, Little Feat’s Lowell George, The Flamin’ Groovies’ Roy Loney, Future Islands’ Samuel T. Herring, The Brothers Johnson’s Louis Johnson, The Chambers Brothers’ Lester Chambers, Lou Bega, Bill Conti, and Nellie McKay.

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