Today’s playlist kicks of with Irene Cara, who would have turned 64 today.
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, y’all! On today’s playlist we reel in the years and sing of making a fresh start. I hope 2021 rocks for all of us.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (10-28-20)
Inspired by National Chocolate Day and the October 28 birthdays of Frank Ocean, Jamie xx, Brad Paisley, Charlie Daniels, Wayne Fontana, Curtis Lee, Ben Harper, Friend & Lover’s Jim Post and Bob & Marcia’s Bob Andy; and National Black Cat Day and the October 27 birthday of John Cleese.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (9-27-20)
Inspired by the September 27 birthdays of Lil Wayne, Shaun Cassidy, Randy Bachman, Avril Lavigne, Trick Daddy and Soul Train’s Don Cornelius.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (9-17-20)
Inspired by the September 17 birthdays of Hank Williams, The Prodigy’s Keith Flint, Naughty By Nature’s Vin Rock, Anastacia, Dorothy Loudon, The Mystics’ Phil Cracolici, Five Man Electric Band’s Les Emmerson, The Tubes’ Fee Waybill and Brand Nubian’s Lord Jamar.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (8-31-20)
Inspired by the August 31 birthdays of Van Morrison, Squeeze’s Glenn Tillbrook, Julie Brown, Fleetwood Mac’s Bob Welch, Debbie Gibson, The Vines’ Craig Nicholls, Tony DeFranco, Bobby Parker, and Broadway lyricist Alan Jay Lerner; and the August 30 birthdays of The Mamas & The Papas’ John Phillips, Lewis Black, Kitty Wells, and D:Ream’s Peter Cunnah.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (8-23-20)
Inspired by the August 23 birthdays of The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, The Drifters’ Rudy Lewis, Andrew Rannells, Happy Mondays/Black Grape’s Shaun Ryder, Rick Springfield, Edwyn Collins, Gene Kelly and Tex Williams.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (7-8-20)
Inspired by the July 8 birthdays of Beck, Joan Osborne, Louis Jordan, Sky Ferreira, and Steve Lawrence and the July 7 birthdays of Ringo Starr, the Grass Roots’ Warren Entner, Mary Ford, Icona Pop’s Aino Jawo, and Weather Report’s Joe Zawinul.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (5-3-20)
2020 seemed like just another year, until this week. Something mind-boggling happened. No, the president of the U.S. didn’t display empathy. Get this: The Village People are presently in the Top 40 on the Adult Contemporary chart with a ballad taken from their 2019 Christmas album. The key terms in that sentence: Village People, presently, Top 40, Adult Contemporary, ballad, Christmas. It’s 2020! The song is called “If You Believe” and it jumped from #53 to #25 this week with a 310% increase in radio airplay over last week. “If You Believe?” More like “Hard to Believe!” Am I right, people?
Today’s playlist is inspired by the May 3 birthdays of James Brown, Frankie Valli, Father John Misty, Soft Cell’s David Ball, Pete Seeger, Christopher Cross, Mary Hopkin and Napoleon XIV.