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In 1988, Sade released their third album 'Stronger Than Pride'. Sade Adu wrote the lyrics to all songs on the album except one ("Siempre Hay Esperanza"). "Paradise" Video! youtu.be It’s KEXP’s 50th anniversary! To celebrate we’re playing songs you know and love from 1988! kexp.org/50/

Blackstreet sampled "Grandma's Hands " for the 1996 song "No Diggity." -- Read KEXP's tribute to the legendary Bill Withers: www.kexp.org

"They call Elvis the King; but the sure-enough King was Johnny 'Guitar' Watson." - Etta James. Though Blues great Johnny "Guitar" Watson recorded throughout the 1950s and 60s, he found commercial success in the 1970s with his funk influenced tracks. Here are 10 things you may not know about this great musician who was born on this day in 1935: www.americanbluesscene.com

This track finds the musical prowess of BADBADNOTGOOD merging with the melodic vocal stylings of Charlotte Day Wilson. charlottedaywilson.bandcamp.com tv.badbadnotgood.com

blackpumas.bandcamp.com Black Pumas played Live on KEXP in 2019, hosted by Cheryl Waters: www.youtube.com. www.blackpumas.com

Shabazz Palaces will be at the Paramount Theatre (with Jenny Lewis) on Saturday, December 2nd. -- NPR called "Robed in Rareness" "best new music" and said it was "late night brain music.": www.npr.org

Sleaford Mods have shared their cover of Pet Shop Boys’ ‘West End Girls’, with all profits for the new track set to go towards homeless charity "Shelter". - www.nme.com A 12-inch edition single, featuring the remixes from the Pet Shop Boys [too], can be pre-ordered now ahead of its physical release on 15 December. Visit sleafordmods.com for more information: www.sleafordmods.com

Wordy Rappinghood was Tom Tom Club's debut single off this self-titled 1981 album. www.tomtomclub.com Tina Weymouth, founding member and bassist in Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club, which she co-founded with husband and Talking Heads drummer, Chris Frantz, celebrates a birthday tomorrow!

Celebrating 1996 hip hop releases this week. Check out the podcast for this week at www.kexp.org

Born on this day 1948 - Lonnie Jordan, American singer-songwriter, a founding member of the American funk band War. Jordan had a number of roles over the years, acting as vocalist and playing guitar, piano, synthesizer, and percussion. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was the best-selling US album of 1973. HAPPY 75th Lonnie!!

Born on this day in 1955 - Peter Koppes (guitarist for The Church). Born in Canberra, Australia. HBD Peter!!! The Church performed this song live on KEXP back in September! Subscribe to KEXP's YouTube channel to see the video when it publishes!: www.youtube.com AND, when you become a channel member you get early and exclusive access to seeing the session weeks before it's published to our channel! Channel Memberships are a monthly contribution that go a long way in making all the music you love on our channel possible. Click the "Join" button under any KEXP video.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BJORK! Born this day in 1965 – Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress. (The Sugarcubes)

Mark those calendars! Performing at The Gorge on Saturday, September 14, *2024*! Their new album is inspired by Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer. It's their 25th album. Theia was the Greek goddess of sight and vision, and also the name scientists have chosen for the protoplanet that struck Earth 4.5 billion years ago, forming the moon kinggizzard.bandcamp.com

Requested by listener: Nick Say She She will perform at Neumos on Friday, February 2nd, 2024, and they performed Live in the KEXP Studio last November: youtu.be

Released on this day in 1975 as the lead single from his tenth studio album Station to Station (1976).

See Love Battery performing this song live in the KEXP studio in 2018: www.youtube.com www.subpop.com

The music video for this song shows clips of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love's daughter Frances Bean Cobain, who was a year old at the time. Directed by Kevin Kerslake, it was shot in their basement using a Super-8 camera: www.youtube.com

The Breeders and Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis have released archival song, “Divine Mascis”! This new version of “Divine Hammer” appears on the band’s 30th anniversary reissue of Last Splash! thebreeders.bandcamp.com

Requested by listener: William The Smile have announced their next album, Wall of Eyes. The project is out January 26 via XL. The band has also shared a video for the title track, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Thom Yorke. Check it out below. tinyurl.com

On this day in Y2K (2000)! - The Wu-Tang Clan released their third album The W.

On this day in 1983 - U2 released live album "Under A Blood Red Sky".