Today’s playlist kicks of with Irene Cara, who would have turned 64 today.
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In his excellent autobiography Le Freak, Chic’s Nile Rodgers writes how his group’s record label wanted to capture the magic Rodgers and his music partner Bernard Edwards brought to their group to other acts on the Atlantic Records roster, such as The Rolling Stones and Bette Midler. Nile turned down the acts that were firmly established, as with them less attention would be paid to the song’s writers and producers. He wanted to work with a lesser known act. Atlantic Records president Jerry Greenberg suggested a group of sisters who “stick together like birds of a feather,” and so it came to be that Rodgers and Edwards wrote and produced the We Are Family album for Sister Sledge. I think you know what happened next.
Today’s playlist celebrates the birthday of Sister Sledge lead vocalist Kathy Sledge by including several tracks from that classic album.
Today’s playlist recognized World AIDS Day and celebrates the December 1 birthdays of Billy Paul, The Doors’ Jon Densmore, Janelle Monáe, Basement Jaxx’s Simon Ratcliff, Blue Öyster Cult’s Eric Bloom, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s Alec Ounsworth, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Julee Cruise, Bette Midler, Sandy Nelson, Lou Rawls, Jaco Pastorius, Mary Martin, Matt Monro, Hair‘s Treat Williams, Sarah Silverman, and Jonathan Coulton.
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Prince, Elvis Costello, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Kool & the Gang. It must be my list of favorite songs of 198-, uh, 2021. The aforementioned veterans rub elbows with Dua Lipa, Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, Wet Leg, serpentwithfeet, Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish, The Weeknd, The Avalanches, Adele and Little Simz.
Here are my top 100 songs of 2021:
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