Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-29-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the December 29 birthdays of The Band’s Rick Danko, The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Jim Reid, The Crystals’ Barbara Alston, Marianne Faithfull, The Offspring’s Dexter Holland, UGK’s Pimp C, Propellerheads’ Alex Gifford, Wild Cherry’s Robert Parissi, Brand Nubian’s Sadat X, GQ’s Emanuel Rahiem Leblanc, Augie March’s Glenn Richards, Yvonne Elliman, and Mary Tyler Moore; and the December 30 birthdays of Del Shannon, Patti Smith, Bo Diddley, Electric Light Orchestra’s Jeff Lynne, The Monkees’ Davy Jones, The Monkees’ Mike Nesmith, Peter Paul and Mary’s Noel Paul Stookey, Skeeter Davis, Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay, London Grammar’s Hannah Reid, BTS’s V, The Lumineers’ Wesley Schultz, Tracey Ullman, Dave Stewart, John Hartford, and Russ Tamblyn.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-26-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the December 26 birthdays of The Hues Corporation’s Fleming Williams, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, The Shins’ James Mercer, producer Phil Spector, and Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt’s Jay Farrar; the December 27 birthdays of The Incredible String Band’s Mike Heron, Foreigner’s Mick Jones, and Paramore’s Hayley Williams; and the December 28 birthdays of Big Star’s Alex Chilton, The Staple Singers’ Pops Staples, Johnny Otis, Edgar Winter, Black Box guest vocalist Martha Wash, John Legend, Lonnie Liston Smith, Kym Sims, 2 Unlimited’s Anita Doth, and Terrace Martin.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-24-22

Today’s playlist celebrates Christmas; the December 24 birthdays of Motörhead’s Lemmy, Savages’ Jehnny Beth, Lee Dorsey, Ricky Martin, Ray Bryant, and Dave Bartholomew; and the December 25 birthdays of The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan, Air’s Nicolas Godin, Eurythmics’ Annie Lennox, Cab Calloway, The Silhouettes’ Bill Horton, Alannah Myles, Chris Kenner, Jimmy Buffett, Dido, Bob James, and Merry Clayton.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-23-22

Today’s playlist celebrates Hanukkah and the December 23 birthdays of The Chi-Lites’ Eugene Record, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Blood Orange, Chet Baker, Rainbow’s Graham Bonnett, Tim Hardin, Johnny Kidd, Esther Phillips, Harold Dorman, Victoria Williams, and The Simpsons’ Harry Shearer.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-21-22

Today’s playlist celebrates Hanukkah; the December 21 birthdays of The Beach Boys’ Carl Wilson, Frank Zappa, Betty Wright, Carla Thomas, Nick Gilder, Paul & Paula’s Ray Hildebrand, Gwen McCrae, Fuel’s Brett Scallions, Black Box Recorder’s Sarah Nixey, and Jane Fonda; and the December 22 birthdays of Bee Gees’ Robin and Maurice Gibb; Cheap Trick’ Rick Nielsen, Vanessa Paradis, Meghan Trainor, 2 Live Crew’s Luke Campbell, Deacon Blue’s Ricky Ross, Latto, and Alvin Robinson.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-19-22

Today’s playlist celebrates Hanukkah; the December 19 birthdays of Earth Wind & Fire’s Maurice White, The KLF’s Jimmy Cauty, Edith Piaf, Phil Ochs, KajaGooGoo’s Limahl, Ten Years After’s Alvin Lee, Lady Sovereign, Walter Murphy, and Lenny White; and the December 20 birthdays of Anita Ward, Billy Bragg, Kiss’s Peter Criss, Minutemen’s Mike Watt, The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson, The Easybeats/Flash and the Pan’s Stevie Wright, Heatwave’s Keith Wilder, Alan Parsons, Kim Weston, Nao, and Judy Henske.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-17-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the December 17 birthdays of R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, The Temptations’ Eddie Kendricks, Dirty Projectors’ David Longstreth, Free/Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers, The Meters’ Art Neville, Paul Butterfield, Bananarama’s Sara Dallin, Emotions’ Wanda Hutchinson, and Dave Dee; and the December 18 birthdays of Billie Eilish, The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, Julia Holter, Christina Aguilera, Sia, DMX, slowthai, Martha and the Muffins’ Martha Johnson, Angie Stone, The Gories’ Mick Collins, and Shonen Knife’s Naoko Yamano.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-15-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the December 15 birthdays of The Drifters’ Johnny Moore, The Clash’s Paul Simonon, The Supremes’ Cindy Birdsong, HAIM’s Alana Haim, The Pharcyde’s Imani, Dave Clark, Jesse Belvin, George Kranz, and Rammellzee; and the December 16 birthdays of ABBA’s Benny Andersson, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Dismemberment Plan’s Travis Morrison, Zara Larsson, Ying Yang Twins’ Kaine, Flo Rida, Glenda Collins, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-13-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the December 13 birthdays of Television’s Tom Verlaine, Taylor Swift, Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge, Jamie Foxx, Ted Nugent, Evanescence’s Amy Lee, The Time’s Morris Day, Steve Forbert, Dick Van Dyke, and John Anderson; and the December 14 birthdays of Jane Birkin, The Waterboys’ Mike Scott, Spike Jones, Beth Orton, The Big Pink’s Robbie Furze, Charlie Rich, The Searchers’ Frank Allen, Linda Jones, Dandy Livingstone, and The Beatnuts’ Juju.

Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-11-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the December 11 birthdays of Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def), Big Mama Thornton, Pérez Prado, Brenda Lee, Bread’s David Gates, Jermaine Jackson, J. Frank Wilson, Jon Brion, and Sister Double Happiness’s Gary Floyd; and the December 12 birthdays of Dionne Warwick, Frank Sinatra, MC5’s Rob Tyner, The Association’s Terry Kirkman, Manu Dibango, Sheila E., The Ruts’ Malcolm Owen, Grover Washington Jr., Georgia Satellites’ Dan Baird, Connie Francis, The Fixx’s Cy Curnin, and Bob Dorough.

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