Tracks from Nick Lowe and his band Rockpile are on the playlist for today, Lowe’s 75th birthday.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 10-31-23
“Good times / These are the good times”
Yeah. We’re doomed.
Chic’s Bernard Edwards, who gave us one of the most recognizable basslines in all of rock and roll in “Good Times,” was born on Hallowe’en in 1952. He passed away from pneumonia in 1996. A buncha Chic tunes are on today’s playlist.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 9-30-23
The only consistent member of T. Rex, the late Marc Bolan was born Marc Feld on this date in 1947. He chose his stage name by combining the first and last stage name of his idol, Bob Dylan.
A handful of T. Rex songs are on today’s playlist.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 10-4-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the October 4 birthdays of Pet Shop Boys’ Chris Lowe, Destroyer’s Dan Bejar, M. Ward, The El Dorados’ Pirkle Lee Moses Jr., t.A.T.u.’s Lena Katina, Jurassic 5’s Cut Chemist, Lil Mama, Leroy Van Dyke, Penny McLean, Big Jaz, and Susan Sarandon; and the October 5 birthdays of Steve Miller, AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Madness’s Lee Thompson, Sparks’ Russell Mael, The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy, The Pharcyde’s SlimKid3, Sweet’s Brian Connolly, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart’s Kip Berman, Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts, Billy Lee Riley, The Chantels’ Arlene Smith, The Boomtown Rats’ Bob Geldof, B.W. Stevenson, The Edsels’ George “Wydell” Jones Jr., Glynis Johns, William Tabbert, and Mrs. Miller.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 8-11-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the August 11 birthdays of A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Joe Jackson, The Postal Service/Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, Raspberries’ Eric Carmen, Kris Kross’s Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly, Tierra Whack, The Regents’ Guy Villari, songwriter Kenneth Gamble, and Mike Douglas; and the August 12 birthdays of Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler, Sparks’ Ron Mael, Pat Metheny, Kid Creole & the Coconuts’ August Darnell, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Buck Owens, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Porter Wagoner, Joe Jones, Felt’s Lawrence, Tanita Tikaram, Infernal’s Lina Rafn, and Michael Ian Black.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (10-5-20)
Inspired by the October 5 birthdays of Steve Miller, Sweet’s Brian Connolly, Sparks’ Russell Mael, The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy, Mrs. Miller, The Boomtown Rats’ Bob Geldof, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s Kip Berman, Glynis Johns, William Tabbert, Madness’ Lee Thompson, Billy Riley, The Chantels’ Arlene Smith and Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (9-9-20)
Inspired by the September 9 birthdays of Otis Redding, Eurythmics‘ Dave Stewart, Dee Dee Sharp, The Caravelles’ Andrea Simpson and Iron Butterfly’s Doug Ingle.