Pause & Play Today: Feb. 18, 2022
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Bad Habits, Ed Sheeran feat. Bring Me the Horizon | 
The Boat I Row, Tame Impala |
Love’s Train, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars + Anderson .Paak) … a cover of Con Funk Shun |
Want It Bad, Kid Cudi & Nigo |
Trouble, Troye Sivan & Jay Som |
Nail Tech, Jack Harlow |
Fast Times, Sabrina Carpenter |
Naturally, Tinashe |
House on Fire, Mimi Webb |
All of It All, Lukas Graham |
Bleach, Isaac Dunbar |
Last Night Lonely, Jon Pardi |
I Love You, Fontaines D.C. |
Fishin’ on a River, Jake Owen
Ruin My Life, Simple Plan feat. Deryck Whibley |
Slow Song, The Knocks with Dragonette |
Sing On, Jason Lee McKinney Band |
Topeka Vibe, 148
Underneath the Cottonwoods, Justin Sconza |
so young, cookii |
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“Get Rich & Cry Trying,” IV4 (L.A. alternative singer-songwriter’s debut mixtape; guest: Jeremih; new single: “Can’t Find Love in L.A.”; Hear here; Wasted Youth / Warner)
“Pantomime,” Beshken (new single: “Social Suicide”; Hear here; MATH Interactive)
“To Repel Ghosts,” Howless (new single: “Rain and Ice”; See here; Static Blooms)
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Yoko Ono (89)
Herman Santiago [Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers] (81)
Irma Thomas (81)
Dennis DeYoung (75)
Randy Crawford (70)
Juice Newton (70)
Robbie Bachman (69)
John Travolta (68)
Dr. Dre (57)
Trevor Rosen [Old Dominion] (47)
Sean Watkins (45)
Regina Spektor (42)
Zac Cockrell [Alabama Shakes] (34)
J-Hope [BTS] (28)
Getting caught up …
Feb. 17 Birthdays: Fred Frith (73), Lou Ann Barton (68), Loreena McKennitt (65), Chanté Moore (55), Tim Mahoney [311] (52), Billie Joe Armstrong (50), Taylor Hawkins (50), Bryan White (48), Kevin Rudolf (39), Ed Sheeran (31)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Feb. 18:
Maria Franziska von Trapp (1914-2014)
Bill Cowsill (1948-2006)
Bob Stinson (1959-1995)
Denny Cordell (1943-1995)
Feb. 17:
Wayne Smith (1965-2014)
Bob Casale [Devo] (1952-2014)
Mindy McCready (1975-2013)
Michael Davis [MC5] (1943-2012)
Bill Cowsill (1948-2006)
Ray Barretto (1929-2006)
Alfred Newman (1900-1970)
RANDOM LYRICS
“You got your hands in my back pockets
And Sam Cooke’s singin’ on the radio”
RELEASED ON FEB. 18 … IN 1973
The nationally syndicated radio concert series, “King Biscuit Flower Hour,” premiered, hosted by Bill Minkin. The first broadcast featured Blood, Sweat & Tears, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Bruce Springsteen. The hourlong program, which ran on Sunday nights, lasted until December 2005.
RELEASED ON FEB. 17 … IN 1976
”Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975),” Eagles (the best-selling album of all time in the U.S., with sales of more than 38 million; Asylum)
R.I.P.
Dallas Good (The Sadies’ singer-guitarist)
Steve Salas (Tierra)
MUSIC HEADLINES
> Paul McCartney Announces Dates For 2022 ‘Got Back’ Tour | Billboard
> Kanye West Objects to Kim Kardashian’s Divorce Demands | Page Six
> Baz Luhrmann’s ELVIS: Official Trailer | Warner Bros.
> When The Levee Breaks feat. John Paul Jones | Playing For Change | Song Around The World
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