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Coffee Break: Ginger rock

Florence + The Machine performs on Late Night With Seth Meyers on June 28, 2018.
Florence + The Machine performs on Late Night With Seth Meyers on June 28, 2018.Lloyd Bishop/NBC

by Jill Riley and Anna Weggel

January 12, 2021

Did you mark it down on your calendar for today?

January 12 is "Kiss a Ginger Day". But keeping in mind consent, germs and a global pandemic, maybe just like....tell a redhead you love them today.

Or spend the morning with us listening to their music.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from redheaded musicians?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
Jenny Lewis - Just One Of The Guys
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Queens of the Stone Age - Feet Don't Fail Me
Tori Amos - Silent All These Years
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Florence and the Machine - Dog Days Are Over