Pause & Play Today: Feb. 9, 2022
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Ivory,” Omar Apollo – April 8
“Everything Except Desire,” William Ryan Key – April 22
“Raw Data Feel,” Everything Everything – May 20
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REISSUES
“The Motown Anthology,” Mary Wilson – new release date, March 4
“The Mothers 1971 (Super Deluxe Edition)” and “Live at the Rainbow Theatre [Vinyl],” Frank Zappa & The Mothers – March 18
“Live ’77,” Melissa Manchester – April 1
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Porta, Sharon Van Etten | 
The Last Goodbye, ODESZA feat. Bettye LaVette |
Diet Coke, Pusha T (produced by Kanye West and 88-Keys) |
Ready or Not, Shakey Graves feat. Sierra Ferrell |
Bloodclarrt Business, Skiifall |
I’m a Mess, Johan Lenox feat. Lancey Foux |
Insanity, ANTIBOY |
mona lisa, mxmtoon |
Even My Best Won’t Be Good Enough, Rosie Thomas
Bad Friday, Everything Everything |
Money, The Man Who |
GIANTS, Anzola
God’s Country, Thomas Dollbaum |
My Favourite, Angel Forrest |
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Barry Mann (83)
Brian Bennett [The Shadows] (82)
Carole King (80)
Barbara Lewis (79)
Joe Ely (75)
David Pomeranz (71)
Holly Johnson (61)
Steve Wilson (61)
Travis Tritt (59)
Gloria Trevi (54)
Chad Wolf [Carolina Liar] (46)
Richard On [O.A.R.] (43)
Getting caught up …
Feb. 8 Birthdays: John Williams (90), Tom Rush (81), Creed Batton (79), Vince Neil (61), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo [Daft Punk] (48), Phoenix [Linkin Park] (45), Joey Ryan [The Milk Carton Kids] (40), Anderson .Paak (36), Nikki Yanofsky (28)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Feb. 9:
Chick Corea (1941-2021)
Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969-2018)
Joe Moretti (1938-2012)
Bill Haley (1925-1981)
Percy Faith (1908-1976)
George “Gabby” Hayes (1885-1969)
Sophie Tucker (1884-1966)
Eddy Duchin (1909-1951)
Feb. 8:
Mary Wilson (1944-2021)
Rina Matsuno (1998-2017)
Elton Dean (1945-2006)
Raymond Scott (1918-1994)
Del Shannon (1934-1990)
RANDOM LYRICS
“Kind hearts don’t make a new story
Kind hearts don’t grab any glory”
RELEASED ON FEB. 9 … IN 1971
“Carly Simon,” Carly Simon (her debut album, featuring her first Top 10 hit, “That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be”; in 1972, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist; producer: Eddie Kramer; Elektra)
RELEASED ON FEB. 8 … IN 1977
“Marquee Moon,” Television (their debut album, one of the most critically praised of its era, featuring the title track and “Prove It”; producers: frontman Tom Verlaine, Andy Johns; Elektra)
R.I.P.
Betty Davis (the “Queen of Funk”)
Donny Gerrard (lead singer of Skylark’s “Wildflower”)
MUSIC HEADLINES
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> Adele Dominates 2022 Brit Awards: Full List of Winners | Billboard
> Ed Sheeran Reveals He and Taylor Swift Have a New Song Coming Out Friday | Daily Mail
> Why Music Means More to Us Than It Does to Our Kids | The Arrow
> Primary Wave Acquires Music Rights to Alice in Chains’ Layne Staley & Mike Starr Estate | American Songwriter
> Heirs of Jimi Hendrix Experience Band Members Sue Sony Music Over Alleged Copyright Infringement | NME
> More People Are Listening to Neil Young After He Yanked His Music From Spotify | Rolling Stone
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