Common was born Lonnie Rashid Lynn on this date in 1972. Several of his tracks are included on today’s playlist.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-9-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the December 9 birthdays of Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, Green Day’s Tre Cool, Joan Armatrading, Jessie Hill, Cybotron’s Juan Atkins, The Osmonds’ Donny Osmond, Uffie, Imogen Heap, Donald Byrd, Dan Hicks, Sylvia, and Neil Innes; and the December 10 birthdays of Commodores’ Walter Orange, The White Stripes’ Meg White, Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis, Placebo’s Brian Molko, Paul Hardcastle, Kyu Sakamoto, Peter Sarstedt, Wang Chung’s Jack Hues, Chad & Jeremy’s Chad Stuart, and Teyana Taylor.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (9-19-20)
Inspired by the September 19 birthdays of Chic’s Nile Rodgers, Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, Tegan and Sara, Mama Cass Elliot, The Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley, Teddybears’ Patrik Arve, Skepta, Rex Smith, The Springfields’ Mike Hurst, Brook Benton, Lol Crème, Austin Roberts, Eamon, Marshall Jefferson, Adam West and Frances Farmer.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (9-5-20)
Inspired by the September 5 birthdays of Queen‘s Freddie Mercury, En Vogue’s Terry Ellis, Loudon Wainwright III, Inner City’s Kevin Saunderson, and Al Stewart.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (3-2-20)
Inspired by the March 2 birthdays of Lou Reed, Wu-Tang Clan’s Method Man, Karen Carpenter, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Jay Osmond, Boogie Down Productions’ Scott La Rock, Missing Persons’ Dale Bozzio, Musical Youth’s Dennis Seaton, UTFO’s Doctor Ice, the Kooks’ Luke Pritchard, and composer Kurt Weill (“Mack the Knife”).