Per the chatbot with whom I was just conversing, before Erasure, Andy Bell sang in a heavy metal band called Power of Dreams.
The chatbot also told me that Erasure’s Andy Bell was born on this date in 1964. A few of his/their songs are included on today’s playlist.
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“I’ll give you a million dollars to go and record another album. This is not happening, this is shit.”- The initial reaction of Doug Morris, then-president of Atlantic Records, after listening to what became INXS’s Kick album
The late Michael Hutchence of INXS was born on this date in 1960. A handful of the group’s songs are included on today’s playlist.
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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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Inspired by the season and the December 10 birthdays of Commodores’ Walter Orange, Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis, The White Stripes’ Meg White, Teyana Taylor, Wang Chung’s Jack Hues, Paul Hardcastle, Peter Sarstedt and Chad & Jeremy’s Chad Stuart.
Inspired by Black Music Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and the June 22 birthdays of Cyndi Lauper, Jimmy Somerville, Todd Rundgren, The Turtles’ Howard Kaylan, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, Kris Kristoffersson, Schoolly-D, Scritti Politti’s Green Gartside, Peter Asher, Jai Rodriguez, Jesus Jones’ Mike Edwards, and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ Dicky Barrett.