Thirty more songs that defined 1976. (An earlier 1976 playlist can be heard here.)
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 1-10-23
Sir Rod Stewart turns 78 today. Selections from his catalogue are featured on today’s playlist.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-15-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the December 15 birthdays of The Drifters’ Johnny Moore, The Clash’s Paul Simonon, The Supremes’ Cindy Birdsong, HAIM’s Alana Haim, The Pharcyde’s Imani, Dave Clark, Jesse Belvin, George Kranz, and Rammellzee; and the December 16 birthdays of ABBA’s Benny Andersson, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Dismemberment Plan’s Travis Morrison, Zara Larsson, Ying Yang Twins’ Kaine, Flo Rida, Glenda Collins, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 11-14-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the November 14 birthdays of Run-D.M.C.’s Run, Veruca Salt’s Nina Gordon, Stephen Bishop, and The Civil Wars’ Joy Williams; and the November 15 birthdays of Petula Clark, ABBA’s Anni-Frid Lyngstad, The Drifters’ Clyde McPhatter, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Little Willie John, The Trammps’ Jimmy Ellis, The Soul Survivors’ Richie Ingui, Alexander O’Neal, Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, E-40, C.W. McCall, B.o.B, Beverly D’Angelo, and Jack Ingram.
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Throwback Thursday: 1974
In 1974 Grandpa Abe gave ten-year-old me a radio. Very quickly that radio became shy me’s best friend. I hadn’t paid much attention to music previously, only hearing what played in the family care when we went out to eat or to Sunday school or the orthodontist. With my best friend Radio by my side I was exposed to so much more. Mostly I listened to the top 40 station WABC. By the autumn of 1974 I was making weekly treks on my bicycle to Melody Manor to buy whatever single entered the top 40 that week, unless it was something truly heinous like “Cat’s in the Cradle.” It’s a habit I kept up until the mid to late eighties, when “Lady in Red,” “The Final Countdown,” “Hip To Be Square” and Milli Vanilli convinced me to eschew that habit and only buy records that were tolerable. Today’s playlist celebrates the music of the year I started collecting records.
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Throwback Thursday: 1975
Today’s Throwback Thursday playlist revisits the music of 1975. Each of the 30 songs below made the pop top 40. I miss the days before radio became so segmented and one could hear Eagles rubbing up against Minnie Riperton next to Bob Dylan followed by Labelle with Bruce Springsteen’s first hit playing with The Captain & Tennille’s first hit on deck. It satisfies the musical omnivore that I am.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, y’all! On today’s playlist we reel in the years and sing of making a fresh start. I hope 2021 rocks for all of us.