Today’s playlist celebrates the October 3 birthdays of Chubby Checker, Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham, Eddie Cochran, No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee, A$AP Rocky, Fountains of Wayne’s Chris Collingwood, P.P. Arnold, India.Arie, G. Love, Hopeton Lewis, and Jimmy Ray.
Today’s playlist celebrates the August 13 birthdays of The Undertones’ Feargal Sharkey, MØ, Outlaws’ Hughie Thomasson, Tal Bachman, and Dan Fogelberg; the August 14 birthdays of Crosby Stills & Nash’s David Crosby, Scissor Sisters’ Ana Matronic, Seals & Crofts’ Dash Crofts, Utah Saints’ Jez Willis, Steve Martin, and Graham Central Station’s Larry Graham; and the August 15 birthdays of Deee-Lite’s Lady Miss Kier, The The’s Matt Johnson, Jon Hopkins, The Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston, Bobby Caldwell, Diamond Head’s Sean Harris, The Fabulous Wailers’ Mark Marush, Buster Brown, Bobby Helms, and Nipsey Hussle.
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Stating the obvious here: not only were their more openly queer and trans artists making their music heard as we entered a new century, the subject matter of songs related to LGBTQ+ people expanded as well. It’s pretty rad to compare this playlist to the 1950s/1960s one I made to kick off this Pride Month celebration.
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Inspired by the October 3 birthdays of Fleetwood Mac‘s Lindsey Buckingham, No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani, Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, A$AP Rocky, Chubby Checker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Fountains of Wayne’s Chris Collingwood, Eddie Cochran, Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee, P.P. Arnold, Jimmy Ray, and India.Arie.
Inspired by the September 26 birthdays of Olivia Newton-John, Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry, En Vogue’s Cindy Herron, Marty Robbins, Everything But the Girl’s Tracey Thorn, David Frizzell, Lynn Anderson, Nicki French, Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde’s Andre Harrell, Julie London and George Gershwin; and the September 25 birthdays of T.I., Santigold, The Fresh Prince, Childish Gambino, Cecil Womack and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Inspired by the August 18 birthdays of Mika, The xx’s Romy Madley Croft, Aphex Twin, Wu-Tang Clan’s Masta Killa, Arcade Fire’s Régine Chassagne, The Orioles’ Sonny Til, House of Pain’s Everlast, The Toys’ Barbara Harris, The Lonely Island’s Andy Samberg, Maxine Brown, The Primitives’ Tracy Tracy, and Martin Mull.
Inspired by the anniversary of the passings of Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin; the August 16 birthdays of Madonna, Kool & the Gang’s James “JT” Taylor, Young Thug, Al Hibbler, Eydie Gorme, Barbara George, Court Yard Hounds’ Emily Robison, Ketty Lester, Sheila, and Joe Sealy; and the August 15 birthdays of Deee-Lite’s Lady Miss Kier, The The’s Matt Johnson, The Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston, Bobby Helms, Bobby Caldwell, and Nipsey Hussle.