Thirty songs that defined (?) 1987
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 9-20-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the September 20 birthdays of The Avalanches’ Robbie Chater, Thompson Twins’ Alannah Currie, Was (Not Was)’s Sweet Pea Atkinson, The Beautiful South’s Dave Hemingway, Gogi Grant, Sophia Loren, The Feeling’s Dan Gillespie Sales, and Sin With Sebastian; the September 21 birthdays of Oasis’s Liam Gallagher, The Horrors’ Faris Badwin, Glasvegas’s James Allan, The Chordettes’ Janet Ertel, Mew’s Jonas Bjerre, Faith Hill, Wale, and Swing Out Sister’s Corinne Drewery; and we remember the 21st night of September.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (9-21-20)
Inspired by the 21st night of September and the September 21 birthdays of Oasis‘ Liam Gallagher, Leonard Cohen, Wale, Glasvegas’ James Allan and Swing Out Sister’s Corinne Drewery.
Merry Annie Lennox’s Birthday!
Today marks the annual commemoration of the birth of Annie Lennox, a widely observed cultural holiday, celebrated in Western Christianity every December 25 by millions of people around the world. Annie Lennox’s birthday is a civil holiday in many of the world’s nations, is celebrated by an increasing number of non-new wave fans, and is an integral part of the holiday season.
The birth year of Lennox is estimated among modern historians to have been between 1953 and 1955 AD.
The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Annie Lennox’s birthday have a mix of pre-Christian, Christian, and secular themes and origins. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving, Eurythmics music and caroling, an angel playing with your heart, walking on broken glass, rain again, and sweet dreams. Because gift-giving and many other aspects of Annie Lennox’s birthday involve heightened economic activity among both Christians and non-Christians, her birthday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Annie Lennox’s birthday is a factor that has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world.
Source: Wikipedia