Pause & Play Today: Nov. 17, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Lu’s Jukebox Vol. 6: You Are Cordially Invited … A Tribute to the Rolling Stones,” Lucinda Williams – Jan. 28, 2022
“Miles From Nowhere,” Jonas Lindberg and The Other Side – Feb. 18, 2022
“A Tribute to Led Zeppelin,” Beth Hart – Feb. 25, 2022
“An Hour Before It’s Dark,” Marillion – March 4, 2022
“Rebelator,” Shaman’s Harvest – March 11, 2022
“Spencer (Soundtrack),” Jonny Greenwood – April 8, 2022
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REISSUES
“Complete Philips Recordings,” Zoltán Kocsis – Feb. 4, 2022
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“Origin,” Slump6s (12-song mixtape; Hear here; Field Trip Recordings / Republic)
“No More Secrets,” Nick Vivid (producer: Vivid; first single: “Hush Money [Straight to the Bribe]”; Hear here; MegaPlatinum)
“a heartfelt holiday,” Anson Seabra (four-song EP; new single; “Christmas Got Colder”; Hear here; Virgin)
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Over My Head, Jared Anthony feat. Evan Stanley & Blue October | 
A Very Merry Christmas, Lisa Mychols & Super 8
She’s Trouble, Tucker Wetmore |
Salt Flats, Gregory Griffin
Harmless Fun, Belot |
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Gordon Lightfoot (83)
Bob Gaudio (80)
Martin Barre (75)
Rod Clements [Lindisfarne] (74)
East Bay Ray (73)
Peter Cox [Go West] (66)
Jim Babjak [The Smithereens] (64)
RuPaul (61)
Joey Williams [The Blind Boys of Alabama] (59)
Ben Allison (55)
Richard Fortus (55)
Tab Benoit (54)
Ronnie DeVoe (54)
Ben Wilson [Blues Traveler] (54)
Kimya Dawson (49)
Aaron Lines (44)
Isaac Hanson (41)
Sarah Harding (40)
Reid Perry (33)
Getting caught up …
Nov. 16 Birthdays: Garnet Mimms (88), Troy Seals (83), Dan Penn (80), Colin Burgess [AC/DC] (75), Chi Coltrane (73), Mani [The Stone Roses] (59), Keith Burns [Trick Pony] (58), Diana Krall (57), Dave Kushner [Velvet Revolver] (55), Bryan Abrams [Color Me Badd] (52), Trevor Penick [O-Town] (42), Allison Crowe (40), Siva Kaneswaran [The Wanted] (33)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Nov. 17:
Jimmy Ruffin (1936-2014)
Billy Scott (1942-2012)
Ruth Brown (1928-2006)
Arthur Conley (1946-2003)
Don Gibson (1928-2003)
Michael Karoli (1948-2001)
Alan Hull (1945-1995)
John Glascock (1951-1979)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Nov. 16:
Ralph Edwards (1913-2005)
Tommy Flanagan (1930-2001)
Chet Powers, aka Dino Valenti (1943-1994)
O.V. Wright (1939-1980)
RELEASED ON NOV. 17 IN … 1980
“Double Fantasy,” John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Lennon’s seventh and final album outside The Beatles, released after his five-year hiatus; featuring “[Just Like] Starting Over,” “Woman” and “Watching the Wheels”; Lennon was murdered three weeks later; the album won the 1981 Grammy Award for Album of the Year; producers: Lennon, Ono, Jack Douglas; Geffen)
RELEASED ON NOV. 16 IN … 1970
“Stephen Stills,” Stephen Stills (his debut solo album, featuring “Love the One You’re With” and “Sit Yourself Down”; producers: Stills, Bill Halverson; guests: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Booker T. Jones, Ringo Starr, Rita Coolidge, David Crosby, John Sebastian, Graham Nash, Cass Elliot, etc.; Atlantic)
R.I.P.
Philip Margo (co-founder of The Tokens)
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