Carla Thomas was born on this date in 1942. Hear a few choice cuts from her on today’s playlist.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 11-12-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the November 13 birthdays of Booker T., Buffalo Springfield’s Neil Young, Blue Öyster Cult’s Buck Dharma, Bikini Kill/Le Tigre’s Kathleen Hanna, Darlene Edwards (a/k/a Jo Stafford), Hot Chocolate’s Errol Brown, Brian Hyland, Bay City Rollers’ Les McKeown, The Mello-Kings’ Jerry Scholl, Tevin Campbell, and Grace Kelly; and the November 13 birthdays of Timmy Thomas, The Teddy Bears’ Carol Connors, Cass McCombs, Onyx’s Sonny Seeza, and Idris Muhammad.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (12-17-20)
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A Soulful Christmas Playlist
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who was the first woman to hit the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 with a song she wrote herself?
ANSWER: Carla Thomas. She was 16 years old when she wrote “Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes),” which hit #10 in 1961. Today she turns 72.
In 1963, Thomas incorporated the title of her first hit into a seasonal offering, “Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas.”
“Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas” inspires today’s playlist – fifty great soul and r&b Christmas jams, with some fun extra treats thrown in.
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