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OVERALL: Top 10
1. Jason Derülo "Whatcha Say"
2. Jay-Z "Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)"
3. Beyoncé "Sweet Dreams"
4. Lady GaGa "Paparazzi"
5. Kelly Clarkson "Already Gone"
6. Owl City "Fireflies"
7. Jay Sean "Down (Feat. Lil Wayne)"
8. Iyaz "Replay"
9. David Guetta "Sexy Chick (feat. Akon)"
10. Britney Spears "3"

OVERALL: Biggest Increases
1. Ke$ha "TiK ToK"
2. Iyaz "Replay"
3. Jay-Z "Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)"
4. Brenda Lee "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
5. Burl Ives "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas"
6. Nat King Cole "The Christmas Song"
7. Rihanna "Hard (Feat. Young Jeezy)"
8. Jay Sean "Do You Remember (feat. Sean Paul and Lil Jon)"
9. Mariah Carey "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
10. Bobby Helms "Jingle Bell Rock"

POP: Top 10
1. Jason Derülo "Whatcha Say"
2. Britney Spears "3"
3. Owl City "Fireflies"
4. Lady GaGa "Paparazzi"
5. Kelly Clarkson "Already Gone"
6. Iyaz "Replay"
7. Miley Cyrus "Party In The U.S.A."
8. Beyoncé "Sweet Dreams"
9. Jay Sean "Down (Feat. Lil Wayne)"
10. The Black Eyed Peas "meet me halfway"

POP: Biggest Increases
1. Jay-Z "Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)"
2. Ke$ha "TiK ToK"
3. Jay Sean "Do You Remember (feat. Sean Paul and Lil Jon)"
4. Iyaz "Replay"
5. Lady GaGa "Bad Romance"
6. Britney Spears "3"
7. David Guetta "Sexy Chick (feat. Akon)"
8. Taylor Swift "Fifteen"
9. Boys Like Girls "Two Is Better Than One (feat. Taylor Swift)"
10. Owl City "Fireflies"

R&B: Top 10
1. Jay-Z "Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)"
2. Beyoncé "Sweet Dreams"
3. Drake "Forever (feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem)"
4. Jason Derülo "Whatcha Say"
5. David Guetta "Sexy Chick (feat. Akon)"
6. Jay Sean "Down (Feat. Lil Wayne)"
7. Iyaz "Replay"
8. Lady GaGa "Paparazzi"
9. New Boyz "Tie Me Down (Feat. Ray J)"
10. The Black Eyed Peas "meet me halfway"

R&B: Biggest Increases
1. Rihanna "Hard (Feat. Young Jeezy)"
2. Iyaz "Replay"
3. Young Money "Bedrock (Feat. Lloyd)"
4. Ke$ha "TiK ToK"
5. Jay-Z "Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)"
6. Jay Sean "Do You Remember (feat. Sean Paul and Lil Jon)"
7. Ludacris "How Low"
8. New Boyz "Tie Me Down (Feat. Ray J)"
9. Birdman "Money To Blow (feat. Lil Wayne And Drake)"
10. David Guetta "Sexy Chick (feat. Akon)"

MORE FORMATS COMING SOON!

Special fund-drive broadcast featuring vocals about money.

Swing Plus #87
11/28/09 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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1- Have You Got Any Money? – Buck Clayton & Taps Miller
2- Got a Penny, Jenny? – live Stan Kenton
3- Brown Penny – Duke Ellington
4- Pennies From Heaven – Joe Carroll
5- Nickel In the Slot – Wingy Manone
6- My Pop Gave Me a Nickel – Harlan Leonard
7- Nickel Serenade – Glenn Miller
8- Give Me Twenty Nickels – Nat King Cole
9- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? – Bing Crosby
10- Dreams Are a Dime a Dozen – Gene Krupa
11- Funny Funny Funny What a Dime Can Do – Mary Osborne
12- Last Dollar – Blanche Calloway
13- If I Had a Million Dollars – Boswell Sisters
14- You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’ – Johnny Mercer & Nat King Cole
15- Million Dollar Smile – Lionel Hampton
16- I’ve Got Five Dollars – Lee Wiley
17- Get The Gold – Three Peppers
18- Money’s Getting Cheaper – Charles Brown
19- It’s Only Money – Frank Sinatra & Groucho Marx
20- Everybody’s Making Money But Tchaikovsky – Les Brown
21- With Plenty of Money & You – Tony Bennett
22- If You’re So Smart, How Come You Ain’t Rich – Louis Jordan
23- Money Blues – Camille Howard
24- The Gold Digger’s Song (We’re In the Money) – Ginger Rogers
25- Money In My Pockets – Mills Brothers
26- Cash For Your Trash – Fats Waller
27- Oh Babe, Has Your Money Come? – Harlem Hamfats

Two hours of Lester Young & some of the saxophonists he influenced.

Swing Plus #83
11/3/09 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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1- Oh, Lady Be Good – Kansas City Five
2- I Got Rhythm live – Count Basie
3- Foolin’ Myself – Billie Holiday
4- I Can’t Get Started – Nat King Cole & Lester Young
5- Jammin’ With Lester – Lester Young
6- Polka Dots & Moonbeams – Lester Young
7- Honeysuckle Rose – Charlie Parker with Jay McShann
8- I Found a New Baby – Nat King Cole & Dexter Gordon
9- One For Prez – Wardell Gray
10- Them There Eyes – Gene Ammons
11- Jive at Five – Paul Quinichette
12- Salute to Pres – Flip Phillips
13- Four Brothers – Jimmy Giuffre
14- Five Brothers – Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Allen Eager, Brew Moore
15- The Swinging Door – Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Herbie Steward, Serge Chaloff
16- They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Stan Getz
17- Blowin’ Country – Bud Shank & Bob Cooper
18- Venus De Milo – Gerry Mulligan
19- I Never Knew – Warne Marsh & Ted Brown
20- Blues for Lester – Budd Johnson
21- Blue Lester – Nat Pierce
22- Lament for Lester – Buddy Rich
23- Lester Leaps Again – Dave Pell with Pres Conference

1. Michael Jackson
2. Madonna
3. Celine Dion
4. Aretha Franklin
5. 宇多田ヒカル[/artist
6. Whitney Houston
7. John Williams
8. Nat King Cole
9. James Brown
10. Muse

Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
I Wanna Dance With Somebody

What is your favorite album by 2?
Ray of Light

What is your favorite lyric that 5 has sung?
"I watch you fast asleep, all I fear means nothing"

How many times have you seen 4 live?
2, in my dreams xD

What is your favorite song by 7?
Damn, tough one. Probably "Becoming Geisha"


What is a good memory you have involving 10?
Twilight xD And my friend, she really likes Muse

Is there a song by 3 that makes you sad?
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and, of course, My Heart Will Go On

What is your favorite lyric that 2 has sung?
"Freedom comes when you learn to let go,
Cretion comes when you learn to say no"

What is your favorite song by 9?
It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World

How did you get in to 3?
My uncle used to be a huge fan, so I kinda grew up with her music.

What was the first song you heard by 1?
My earliest memory is when I was around 2 years old and I saw They Don't Care About Us on TV. :D

What is your favorite song by 4?
(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman

How many time have you seen 9 live?
D;

What is a good memory you have involving 2?
I guess when I was little I used to be in love with the song The Power of Good-Bye
I would play it more than 100 times a day xD

Is there a song by 8 that makes you sad?
You Are My Sunshine, it reminds me of that video where Michael Jackson's kids are singing "You Are My Daddy, please don't take my Daddy away" D;

What is your favorite album of 5?
HEART STATION

What is your favorite lyric that 3 has sung?
Aw, hayle now, there are way too many. D:

What is your favorite song by 1?
I'll just say the one that I'm addicted to atm xD cos this is a stupid question.

Hot Street
HIStory
Smooth Criminal
Stranger in Moscow
Beat it (A Capella)
Money
Dangerous
Tabloid Junkie
Planet Earth
Billie Jean
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Thriller
Trouble
Lisa It's Your Birthday
This Is It


What is your favorite song by 10?
Starlight and Uprising

How many times have you seen 8 live?
u mean D;

What is your favorite album by 1?
History and Thriller

What is a good memory you have involving 9?
Hehehe, that video of him drunk XD if that's a good enaugh for ya.

What was the first song you heard by 8?
L.O.V.E.

What is your favorite cover by 2?
Like a Virgin

Thought I'd post this chart with some added commentary from me to make it a little bit more interesting than the usual long laundry list that usually gets posted on these journals from time to time.

Kind of interesting to note that there are a number of artists in my top 25 list, that aren't featured here at all, those being Johnny Cash; Beyoncé; Girls Aloud; Alan Jackson; Dixie Chicks (those actually being in my top ten overall); Mariah Carey; Kylie Minogue; Rihanna; Vince Gill; Clint Black; Gwen Stefani; Christina Aguilera; Destiny's Child; and Avril Lavigne.

(14 in all, or over half of my top 25 not represented in my top 35 albums)

I also guess some of the Greatest Hits albums may have skewed the results as well. Still, here is the list:

david5970's top albums (overall)
1. Garth Brooks - The Hits (28) For all the essential Garth Brooks songs2. Dusty Springfield - Classics & Collectibles (1) (24) Dusty was just fantastic when you look at some of the songs on this album: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself, I Only Want To Be With You, The Look Of Love. The whole thing is just pure class of the highest order. 3. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (22) One of the greatest albums of the nineties, I actually rediscovered it a little while ago. Of course, I love all the hit songs from it, but had forgotten just how great the rest of the album was as well. 4. Nat King Cole - The Ultimate Collection (21) Just some effortless singing at the piano. Smile currently my most played from this album is just an example. 5. Elvis Presley - Elvis: 30 #1 Hits (20) Elvis: do you really want me to say anything more? Do I need to say anything more? :) 6. Trisha Yearwood - Songbook: A Collection of Hits (20) Great singer; nice collection of good songs 7. ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (19) Just essential for those moments that only ABBA seem to do, fantastic unadulterated pop that just makes you smile and dance. What can be better than that? 8. The Mavericks - Trampoline (18) Good fun album - always had a soft spot for Dolores 9. Texas - The Greatest Hits (18) Got a lot of plays from my library radio with Summer Son with 12 plays, although it may not be my favorite song of theirs. Go figure! LOL 10. Madness - Divine Madness (17) Lovestruck is an underrated gem. 11. The Corrs - The Best of the Corrs (17) Have always loved the Corrs, just loved how they were seemingly fresh and different than anything else around at the turn of the millenium.12. Bananarama - The Greatest Hits Collection (17) Unadulterated pop again, this time from the SAW stable. Hey, I grew up with this stuff in the late 80s as a tweenager. 13. Garbage - Garbage (16) Never really appreciated them that much until years later when I just put this CD on and realised what I might have missed. 14. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville (16) The more I listen, the more I like. Discovered her by reading an article in some magazine in the mid-90s and deciding just to take a chance on hearing some of her stuff. Kind of a diversion from my usual listening habits at the time but happy that I did. Fuck and Run is amazing.15. The Mavericks - Music for All Occasions (16) Another Mavericks album, boy, they were good :) 16. Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business (16) Don't Phunk With My Heart and Don't Lie just remind me of driving through Atlanta listening to Star 94 in 2005. 17. Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On (16) The Hard Way, He Thinks He'll Keep Her, Passionate Kisses, I Take My Chances; just love them one and all! 18. Dean Martin - The Very Best of Dean Martin (16) Come on, it's Dino. You can't get much cooler than that. 19. Manfred Mann - The Best Of Manfred Mann (16) Great sixties pop music. Pretty Flamingo. 20. Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This? (16) Strawberry Wine and the title track. 21. Matt Monro - The Very Best of Matt Monro (16) Perfect combination of a good singer and good songs. 22. Kelis - Kelis Was Here (15) Actually surprised that this album is in here, as Tasty is my favorite album of hers. Still Lil Star is a good track 23. P!nk - Try This (15) P!nk is one of my favorite artists, although this isn't necessarily my favorite album of hers (that's I'm Not Dead) 24. Roy Orbison - The Very Best of Roy Orbison (14) The Big O - nothing more needs to be said. One of the best and most distinctive voices in the history of pop music. 25. Mindy McCready - If I Don't Stay the Night (14) Have always liked Mindy ever since she first burst onto the scene. Just makes me wonder how successful she may have been now if she hadn't had all those problems that have dogged her. Still, there are some great and often sadly now forgotten songs in her back catalogue. 26. S Club 7 - Sunshine (14) Don't Stop Movin' to the S Club beat. Good unadulterated 2000s pop. 27. Harry Connick, Jr. - Forever For Now (14) Recipe For Love and You Didn't Know Me When are two of my favorite songs of his. 28. Pam Tillis - All of This Love (14) Deep Down and Betty's Got a Bass Boat have seven plays each. 29. Sugababes - Taller in More Ways (13) Push The Button and Ugly are two great songs. They made some of the best pop music in the 2000s.30. Paramore - RIOT! (13) To be honest, just getting into Paramore; loving this album. 31. Restless Heart - Greatest Hits (13) This is in the list just because I absolutely adore When She Cries 32. Aaron Tippin - Ultimate Aaron Tippin (13) There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio has got the most plays in my library, although Ten Pound Hammer is perhaps my fave song, just good fun. 33. All Saints - All Saints (13) Absolutely LOVE All Saints. favorite track off their debut album was/is Bootie Call . Saw them perform at a wind and rainsoaked Radio One Roadshow in Blackpool. Wish they were still recording together, it's so damn annoying thinking that they have deprived us of more All Saints material (for evidence just check out Appleton. Absolutely adored Melanie Blatt. Those lips.... :)~~~~~ LOL 34. Gretchen Peters - The Secret of Life (13) Isn't On A Bus To St. Cloud one of the greatest songs ever written? Actually prefer this version to Trisha's as well.35. Danity Kane - Welcome to the Dollhouse (13) More of a discovery on last.fm than anything else... was just recommended to me on this site.

25 questions about my top artists:
(Based on my Top 50 from the last 12 months)

1. How did you get into 29?
Fergie from liking some of her stuff with the BEP and loving the The Dutchess album.

2. What was the first song ever you heard about 22?
Mindy McCready Ten Thousand Angels - and have liked her ever since then

3. What's your favourite lyric by 33?
Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This? - maybe not a lyric but a kick-ass song title

4. What is your favourite album by 49?
Lonestar Lonely Grill, haven't listened to it for a while though :/

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Rihanna One... Good Girl Gone Bad, in case you were asking

6. What is your favourite song by 50?
Madness It Must Be Love, although it can get on my nerves after hearing it a few times over a few days

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
Rhett Akins - Carolina Line ... underrated tear jerker

8. What is your favorite album by 15?
Greatest Hits - A celebration of old school Kylie

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues, but how can I really pick just one favorite?!??!?

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Beyoncé Crazy in Love ... one of my faves of hers, and I can always imagine the video when I'm listening to it :)

11. What is your favorite album by 40?
Texas - Don't really know any of the albums, just pick and choose songs I like

12. What is your favorite song by 10?
Dixie Chicks - tough one, probably There's Your Trouble

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
ABBA -car journeys when I was young and one of their greatest hits collections was one of the few tapes we had in the car

14. What is your favorite song by 38?
Lily Allen - Alfie ... sweet and innocent, but then it's not

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Down at the Twist and Shout probably, although her songs are so well crafted that they all seem to make me happy, without necessarily being written to make people happy.

16. How many times have you seen 25 live?
Pam Tillis Never

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Destiny's Child - hmmm, can't remember, could have been Bills, Bills, Bills, or Bug A Boo... can't remember which though

18. What is your favorite album by 11?
Sugababes - Overloaded: The Singles Collection ... just a great collection of pop songs and just serves as a reminder of how great they are/were.

19. Who is a favorite member of 1?
P!nk - that's about all I need to say, huh? :)

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Clint Black - no, and I would have loved it if he did do a tour of the UK

21. What is a good memory involving 27?
Nat King Cole - don't think I particularly have one to be honest

22. What is your favorite song by 16?
Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Martina McBride Either My Baby Loves Me or Life #9

24. What is your favorite album by 18?
Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape

25. What is your favorite song by 21?
Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know - a classic 90s track

Two hours of swing & some pre-swing tunes allied with dance moves. Next week - Eddie Sauter.

Swing Plus #79
10/6/09 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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1- Charleston – Paul Whiteman
2- The Varsity Drag – George Olsen
3- Black Bottom – Annette Hanshaw
4- I Can Dance With Everybody But My Wife – Joseph Cawthorn
5- Lindberg Hop – Memphis Jug Band
6- Lindy Hop – Mora’s Modern Swingtet
7- Everybody’s Truckin’ – Modern Mountaineers
8- Truckin’ – Adelaide Hall
9- Skrontch – Fats Waller
10- The Big Apple – Tommy Dorsey
11- The Camel Hop live – Benny Goodman
12- Lambeth Walk live 9/6/38 – Benny Goodman
13- The Goo (The Goona Goo) – Boots & His Buddies
14- Heebie Jeebies – The Three Keys
15- Heebie Jeebies Are Rockin’ the Town – Lionel Hampton
16- Carioca – The Andrews Sisters
17- Toadie Toddle – Andy Kirk
18- Jitterbug – Cab Calloway
19- The Jitterbug – Judy Garland
20- Doug the Jitterbug – Louis Jordan
21- Public Jitterbug No. 1 – The Cats & The Fiddle
22- Jitterbug Waltz – Dinah Washington
23- Jitterbug Fashion Parade – Amos Milburn
24- Ballin’ the Jack – Eddy Howard
25- Posin’ – Jimmie Lunceford
26- Peckin’ – Cab Calloway
27- Boog It live – Glenn Miller
28- Rhumboogie – Will Bradley
29- Buck Dance Rhythm – Slim Gaillard
30- Bolero at the Savoy – Gene Krupa
31- The Hucklebuck – Lionel Hampton
32- The Continental live – Nat King Cole
33- Turkey Hop pt 2 – Johnny Otis & the Robbins
34- Doin’ the Madison pt 1 – Maynard Ferguson

Two hours featuring compositions of & performances by Hoagy Carmichael. Next week - dance crazes.

Swing Plus #78
9/29/09 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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1- The Old Music Master – Hoagy Carmichael
2- Riverboat Shuffle – Bix Beiderbecke
3- Interview – Tony Thomas
4- Georgia On My Mind – Frank Trumbauer
5- Come Easy, Go Easy, Love – Carolina Dandies & Sunny Clapp
6- Harvey – Irving Mills
7- Sittin’ & Whittlin’ – Hoagy Carmichael
8- Interview – Tony Thomas
9- Washboard Blues – Red Nichols
10- Small Fry – Adrian Rollini
11- Interview – Tony Thomas
12- Star Dust – Jimmie Lunceford
13- Interview – Tony Thomas
14- Lazy Bones – Louis Armstrong
15- Rockin’ Chair – Scott Hamilton & Ruby Braff
16- Lazy River – Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong
17- Skylark – Harry James
18- Moon Country – Dave McKenna
19- Ballad In Blue – Mora’s Modern Rhythmists
20- Heart & Soul – Mel Torme
21- Interview – Tony Thomas
22- The Nearness of You – Arnett Cobb & Milt Buckner
23- How Little We Know – Nat King Cole
24- Interview – Tony Thomas
25- Ole Buttermilk Sky – Hoagy Carmichael
26- When Love Goes Wrong – Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
27- I Get Along Without You Very Well – Chet Baker
28- My Resistance Is Low – David Newton & Brian Lemon
29- Interview – Tony Thomas
30- Baltimore Oriole – Hoagy Carmichael
31- In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening – Dean Martin
32- Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief – Betty Hutton
33- Two Sleepy People – Fats Waller