Pause & Play Today: May 20, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Different Kinds of Light,” Jade Bird – Aug. 13
“Watchhouse,” Watchhouse – Aug. 13
“9,” Pond – Oct. 1
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REISSUES
“Origin of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX),” Muse – June 18
“Angel Dream (Songs From The Motion Picture “She’s the One”),” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – July 2
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“Decades,” Mara Connor (five-song EP features one cover per decade from the 1950s-’90s; Side Hustle)
“Waves,” Kelly McMichael (producers: McMichael, Jake Nicoll; new single: “Stepping Stone”; Kelly McMichael)
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Blue Banisters / Text Book / Wildflower Wildfire, Lana Del Rey
River Rise, David Crosby feat. Michael McDonald
I Wanna Remember, NEEDTOBREATHE feat. Carrie Underwood
Rest, Alanis Morissette
World of Pain, Hoodoo Gurus … their first new music since 2010
Different Kinds of Light, Jade Bird
America’s Cup, Pond
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Jill Jackson [Paul & Paula] (79)
Cher (75)
Warren Cann [Ultravox] (71)
Jane Wiedlin (63)
Susan Cowsill (62)
Nick Heyward (60)
Dan Wilson (60)
Brian Nash [Frankie Goes to Hollywood] (58)
Tom Gorman [Belly] (55)
Kit Clark [Danny Wilson] (54)
Busta Rhymes (49)
Ryan Martinie [Mudvayne] (46)
Rachel Platten (40)
Naturi Naughton [3LW] (37)
Jon Pardi (36)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Ray Manzarek (1939-2013)
Ken Lyons [38 Special] (1953-2012)
Robin Gibb (1949-2012)
Manuel Fernández Aparicio [Los Bravos] (1943-1968)
Rudy Lewis [The Drifters] (1936-1964)
RELEASED ON MAY 20 IN … 1977
“In the City,” The Jam (their debut album, featuring the title track and covers of Larry Williams’ “Slow Down” and Neal Hefti’s “Batman Theme”; producers: Vic Coppersmith-Heaven, Chris Parry; Polydor)
R.I.P.
Roger Hawkins (longtime drummer in the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section)
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