Pause & Play Today: Sept. 4, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Peso in My Pocket,” Toby Keith – new release date, Oct. 15
“The Myth of the Happily Ever After,” Biffy Clyro – Oct. 22
“Happiness … Is Christmas!,” Kristin Chenoweth – Oct. 22
“Brighten,” Jerry Cantrell – Oct. 29
“APART,” Allen Stone – Nov. 12
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REISSUES
“If I Could Only Remember My Name (50th Anniversary Edition),” David Crosby – Oct. 15
“Architecture & Morality: The Singles,” Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Oct. 15
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“Certified Lover Boy,” Drake (guests: Jay-Z, Future, Young Thug, Travis Scott, Giveon, Lil Baby, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, etc.; new single: “Way 2 Sexy”; See/Read here; Apple Music; OVO / Republic)
“Dawn of Chromatica,” Lady Gaga (“Chromatica” remix album, featuring collaborations with Arca, Rina Sawayama, Pabllo Vittar, Charli XCX, Ashnikko, Shygirl, Dorian Electra, Bree Runway, etc.; Hear here; Apple Music; Streamline / Interscope)
“The Sun Wakes Up Earlier Now,” BabyJake (new single: “Watching”; Hear here; Republic)
“Painterly,” Nico Hedley (Queens-based alt-country singer-songwriter’s debut album; new single: “Something to Make”; Hear here; Whatever’s Clever)
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Only Us (from “Dear Evan Hansen [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]”), Carrie Underwood & Dan + Shay | 
The 90s, FINNEAS |
Acapulco, Jason Derulo |
Unknown Male 01, Biffy Clyro |
Piece of My Mind, BROODS |
I Don’t Smoke, Lily Rose |
C’est La Vie, Surfaces feat. Thomas Rhett |
that way, Tate McRae with Jeremy Zucker |
Turn It Up, Oliver Tree & Little Big feat. Tommy Cash |
All It Cost Me Was Everything, Cody Jinks |
Infatuation, Samuel Mancini |
Stolen Love, Lena Minder |
Just Like You, Ike Rhein |
Raise the Roof (Party Like It’s 1992), Cyano Ivory |
Since You’ve Gone, Chace Saltzman |
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Sonny Charles (81)
Merald “Bubba” Knight (79)
Ronald LaPread [The Commodores] (71)
Alice de Buhr [Fanny] (72)
Martin Chambers (70)
Kim Thayil (61)
Mark Ronson (46)
Richard Wingo [Jagged Edge] (46)
Ian Grushka [New Found Glory] (44)
Granger Smith (42)
Dan Miller [O-Town] (41)
Beyoncé (40)
Tom Gossin [Gloriana] (40)
Neyla Pekarek [The Lumineers] (35)
James Bay (31)
Getting caught up …
Sept. 3 Birthdays: Al Jardine (79), Gary Leeds [The Walker Brothers] (79), George Biondo [Steppenwolf] (76), Eric Bell [Thin Lizzy] (64), Donald Brewer (73), Steve Jones (66), Todd Lewis (56), Jennifer Paige (48), Redfoo (46), Tomo Milicevic [Thirty Seconds to Mars] (42), OMI (35), August Alsina (29)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Sept. 4:
Chuck Greenberg (1950-1995)
Dottie West (1932-1991)
Charlie Barnet (1913-1991)
Sept. 3:
Walter Becker (1950-2017)
Carter Albrecht (1973-2007)
Major Lance (1939-1994)
Johnny Marks (1909-1985)
Alan Wilson (1943-1970)
RELEASED ON SEPT. 4 IN … 1989
“Love and Rockets,” Love and Rockets (their fourth studio album featured their highest-charting single, “So Alive,” which reached No. 3 in the U.S.; producers: John Fryer, Love and Rockets; Beggars Banquet)
RELEASED ON SEPT. 3 IN … 1990
“Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1,” George Michael (his second solo album, featuring “Praying for Time,” “Waiting for That Day,” “Freedom! 90” and “Heal the Pain”; producer: Michael; Columbia)
R.I.P.
Tim Akers (session keyboardist)
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