Sex in the City Returns

Sex in the City, the popular HBO series charting the adventures of four New York women, is coming back to HBO/MAX in 2021. Variety reports that original stars Sarah Jessica Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw), Kristin Davis (as Charlotte York), and Cynthia Nixon (as Miranda Hobbes) will reprise their roles in, And just like that… the new show title that fans will quickly connect with the original.  Kim Cattrall (as Samantha Jones), won’t be back for the reboot. Bad blood with Sarah Jessica Parker remains.

The movie soundtrack contains a number of popular tunes, including…

Labels or Love” (Fergie)
All Dressed in Love” (Jennifer Hudson)
Mercy” (Duffy)
The Look of Love” (Nina Simone)
“New York Girls” (Morningwood)
“All This Beauty” (The Weepies)
“I Like the Way” (Kaskade)
It’s Amazing” (Jem)
How Deep Is Your Love” (The Bird and the Bee)
The Heart of the Matter” (India Arie)

From the Rock and Roll Revisited Almanac:
1971, The groundbreaking comedy series All in the Family premiered on CBS.
1977, The Police had their first rehearsal, held at drummer’s Stewart Copeland’s London flat, with Henri Padovani on guitar.
1993, Van Morrison failed to turn up at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction dinner. Here’s Rolling Stone’s list of other No-Shows.
2003, Singer-songwriter Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees died aged 53.
Today’s birthdays include writer Jack London, Singers Ray price, Glenn Yarborough, Long John Baldry, Maggie Bell, Abe Tilmon of the Detroit Emeralds and Cynthia Robinson of Sly and the Family Stone.

Carly Simon‘s You’re So Vain was number one this week in 1973. Carly told the press that the lyrics refer to three men. The only name she drops is Warren Beatty. “Son of a gun.”

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Scott Westerman
Host and Producer – Rock and Roll Revisited
Author: Motor City Music – Keener 13 and the Soundtrack of Detroit