Pause & Play Today: Oct. 7, 2022
NEW SONGS, PART 1 (click on title to stream)
The Loneliest Time, Carly Rae Jepsen & Rufus Wainwright
How You Love Someone, Mickey Guyton
Swan Upon Leda, Hozier | See here
Hold Me Closer (Joel Corry Remix), Elton John & Britney Spears
La Única, Kali Uchis | See here
Sleepwalking, All Time Low | See here
Love Me Like I Am, for KING & COUNTRY with Jordin Sparks | See here
Difficult, Gracie Abrams | See here
You, Me, & Whiskey, Justin Moore & Priscilla Block | See here
Call on Me, Vianney feat. Ed Sheeran | See here
Turning Onto You, First Aid Kit | See here
Ghost of You, Mimi Webb | See here
THE LONELIEST, Måneskin | See here
Not Another Rockstar, Maisie Peters
All By Myself, Alok, Sigala & Ellie Goulding
608, Carli Hanson | See here
Stand Up (From the Original Motion Picture “Till”), Jazmine Sullivan
NEW SONGS, PART 2 (click on title to stream)
Hard to Make a Living, Honey Harper | See here
Strike Gold, Larkin Poe | See here
Juice of Mandarins, Ibeyi | See here
M1, Nick Hakim
All Roads, Dan Mangan | See here
High, Fauness | See here
Bad Premonition, Tei Shi | See here
Before I Saw the Sea, Me and My Friends | See here
Peachy World, Blair Lee | See here
Wish You the Best, Arrows feat. Tejas | See here
Stronger Together, The Mendenhall Experiment | See here
The Machine, MILCK
Take Off, Hound
Hollow Dreams, Maddox Lim
Sunny Eggs, Twin Toes | See here
Little Treasure (Contour 3), Booka Shade
No Dogs At This Party, DARTZ
through the fire, SESPOOL
Ever Presence, Cabin Fever Orchestra
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“The Velvet Rope (Deluxe Edition),” Janet Jackson (Digital release; 2002 album, expanded to 38 tracks; Black Doll / UMG Recordings)
“Eclipse,” Hilary Hahn & Frankfurt Radio Symphony & Andrés Orozco-Estrada (Deutsche Grammophon)
“Hysteria,” Indigo Sparke (producer: Aaron Dessner; See here; Sacred Bones)
“Motive,” Joyce Wrice (five-song EP; producer: Kaytranada; guests: Freddie Gibbs, Lucky Daye, KAYTRANADA, Masego, Westside Gunn, UMI, Devin Morrison; Joyce Wrice Music / The Orchard)
“The Well,” The Dead Century (six-song EP; The Dead Century)
“Time Stopped,” The Coronas (producer: George Murphy; SoFarSoGood Records / Blix Street)
“Onwards!,” Contour (new single: “At All”; Hear here; Touching Base / Venice Music)
“Excuse Me,” Allday (four-song EP; guest: Jade Alice; Hear here; Allday Music)
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UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“The Band from Wellington, New Zealand,” DARTZ – Nov. 4
“Marry Me,” Olly Murs – Dec. 2
“Ne pas trop rester bleue,” Laure Briard – Feb. 10, 2023
“Should’ve Learned By Now,” Lucero – Feb. 24, 2023
“On the Prowl,” Steel Panther – Feb. 24, 2023
“Voices,” The Cold Stares – March 10, 2023
VINYL
“Make Up the Breakdown,” Hot Hot Heat – Dec. 2
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Kevin Godley (77)
Kieran Kane (73)
John Mellencamp (71)
Ricky Phillips (71)
Tico Torres (69)
Yo-Yo Ma (67)
Michael W. Smith (65)
Simon Cowell (63)
Charlie Marinkovich (63)
Ann Curless [Exposé] (59)
Sam Brown (58)
Toni Braxton (55)
Thom Yorke (54)
Damian Kulash (47)
Taylor Hicks (46)
Nathaniel Rateliff (44)
Flying Lotus (39)
Lewis Capaldi (26)
Getting caught up …
Oct. 6 Birthdays: Thomas McClary (73), Kevin Cronin (71), David Hidalgo (68), Matthew Sweet (58), Tim Rushlow (56), Tommy Stinson (56), Melinda Doolittle (45), Will Butler (40), Meg Myers (36)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Oct. 7:
Smiley Lewis (1913-1966)
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Oct. 6:
Johnny Nash (1940-2020)
Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020)
Ginger Baker (1939-2019)
Nick Curran (1977-2012)
Nelson Riddle (1921-1985)
Johnny O’Keefe (1935-1978)
RANDOM LYRICS
“Girl, there’s a better life for me and you”
RELEASED ON OCT. 6 … IN 1982
“Lionel Richie,” Lionel Richie (his debut solo album, recorded while he was still a member of the Commodores; his first single, “Truly,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the follow-up singles, “You Are” and “My Love,” both reached the Top 5; a very young Richard Marx sang backup on four tracks, including “You Are”; producers: James Anthony Carmichael, Richie; Motown)
RELEASED ON OCT. 5 … IN 1973
“Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Elton John (his seventh album, a double LP, is considered one of his best, featuring the title track, “Bennie and the Jets,” “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” “Candle in the Wind” and “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding”; producer: Gus Dudgeon; MCA)
R.I.P.
Lenny Lipton (“Puff the Magic Dragon” lyricist)
Jody Miller (Grammy-winning country singer)
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