Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 9-24-23

I say let the sun catch you crying. You have control over your own life. As long as you’re not impinging on someone else’s rights or happiness, do it. Cry.

The late Gerard Marsden of Gerry and The Pacemakers was born on this date in 1942. A couple of his group’s tunes are on this week’s playlist.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 7-17-23

The Spencer Davis Group were under pressure from their manager, Chris Blackwell, to come up with a hit single. He put them in a studio. By around 11:30 AM they had a riff. By noon the song was written and the band headed to a café down the road for lunch. Blackwell was livid when he found them eating rather than working on their new record. His anger subsided when the song, “Gimme Some Lovin,” recorded in just one or two takes, became a worldwide smash. It is now considered a rock n roll classic.

The late Spencer Davis was born on this date in 1939. A couple of the Group’s tracks are included on today’s playlist.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 10-14-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the October 14 birthdays of The Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward, Usher, Cliff Richard, The Chicks’ Natalie Maines, All Saints’ Shaznay Lewis, Nazareth’s Dan McCafferty, Bill Justis, Thomas Dolby, Robert Parker, Karyn White, and Omar; and the October 15 birthdays of The Jacksons’ Tito Jackson, The Orb’s Alex Paterson, Carpenters’ Richard Carpenter, Jessie Ware, Barry McGuire, The Bad Plus’s Reid Anderson, Ginuwine, The Dead Milkmen’s Joe Genaro, Marv Johnson, and Chris DeBurgh.

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