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Chart Update 12/15/08

Dez 16 2008, 3h18 por jrjourney

Membership is still climbing on the9513's Last FM group - we are up to 35 members and counting. And King George still reigns supreme on the9513 group chart this week., holding the #1 artist spot and 3 of the top 20 albums.

Standing behind the King, we find Sugarland, Garth Brooks, Lee Ann Womack, and Brooks & Dunn in the top 5. Scrolling down, we find one of the most eclectic mixes of artists I've seen on our group chart, Artists like Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Wynonna, Coldplay, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Barenaked Ladies, Rosanne Cash, Merle Haggard, and hundreds more make appearances.

Brad Paisley's 5th Gear is the top album with 9 listeners. Josh Turner, Brooks & Dunn, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban occupy the #2 through #5 spots. Some other great albums members are listening to include Trisha Yearwood's Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love, Coal by Kathy Mattea, Julie Roberts' self-titled debut, and my favorite Tim McGraw album, Set This Circus Down has 7 listeners.

Kathy Mattea charts nearly every track from her concept album, Coal this week. Her best showing is Sally in the Garden, digging up 5 listeners. The top 3 tracks all have 8 listeners, but Taylor Swift rides her White Horse to the front; while Lee Ann Womack's Last Call and Sugarland's All I Want To Do are right on her heels. Swift's 'Love Story' and Jimmy Wayne's #1 radio hit Do You Believe Me Now round out our top 5. Some really great tracks are scattered among some real crap (but that's just this writer's opinion, of course) in the track chart. A sample of the really great tracks include Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson's Sweetest Waste Of Time, Reba McEntire's Lonely Alone, I've Come To Expect It From You from King George. Also, Joe Diffie's In Another World and Dolly Parton's Here You Come Again are certainly worth listening to.

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A Brief History Of...Rock & Roll

Jan 27 2008, 15h56 por BadgerJohn31

The description and playlist below are from the weekly radio show (A Brief History Of…) that my friend and I host on WSUM 91.7fm Madison. We selected songs we felt were either historically important or just representative of each specific topic. Please comment if you feel we missed something or just to give your opinion. Remember, however, that we do this show in an hour (about 50 minutes of music). Track length is a major factor in our decisions (shorter is usually better). Thanks!

A Brief History of...Rock & Roll attempts to show just how rapidly rock and roll expanded after 1954. The show is designed as a run-down of some of rock and roll’s superstar’s first hits, from Ray Charles and Chuck Berry to Elvis and Buddy Holly. Another theme that becomes obvious is that the mid-50s were a time of racial mixing (at least musically). The show examines how beginning in 1956 these early rock and roll artists managed to score genre-crossing hits that often landed on the R&B, Country, and Pop charts at the same time, a phenomenon unique to this “golden age” of rock & roll.

Since we tried to emphasize just how rapidly so many of Rock & Roll's superstars emerged, the playlist is completely chronological (by release date):

Still Just R&B:
Shake, Rattle, & Roll by Big Joe Turner (April, 1954 - #1 R&B)

Doo-Wop was the first big R&B-based Pop fad:
Gee by The Crows (March, 1953 - #2 R&B, #14 Pop). "Gee" was the first million-selling Doo-Wop record.
Earth Angel by The Penguins (November, 1954 - #1 R&B, #8 Pop)
Speedoo by The Cadillacs (October, 1955 - #3 R&B #17 Pop). "Speedoo" was hugely important in bringing Doo-Wop to a white audience; it was the first R&B song to enter the pop charts before the R&B charts.

Rock & Roll’s Rapid Expansion / The First Rock “Superstars” (before Elvis became popular):
Tweedle Dee by LaVern Baker (October, 1954 - #4 R&B, #14 Pop)
I Got A Woman by Ray Charles (December, 1954 - #1 R&B)
Ain't That A Shame by Fats Domino (April 17, 1955 - #1 R&B, #16 Pop). “Ain’t That a Shame” spent 11 weeks at number one on US R&B charts (June 4-August 20, 1955). Also of note, Pat Boone’s cover of this song was Boone’s first #1 Pop hit, thus expanding the notorious covering of R&B songs in "cleaner" versions by white artists.
Maybellene by Chuck Berry (July, 1955 - #1 R&B, #5 Pop). “Maybellene” was the song that knocked “Ain’t That a Shame” from the top spot. Its melody and percussion were lifted straight from Bob Wills' 1938 Western Swing song “Ida Red.”
Tutti-Frutti by Little Richard (November, 1955 - #2 R&B, #17 Pop)
Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford (November, 1955 - #1 Country, #1 Pop)

1956 – New Artists and Complete Crossover Success:
Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins (January 1, 1956 - #1 Country, #2 Pop, #3 R&B). "Blue Suede Shoes" was the first song to land on all three charts.
Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley (January 27, 1956 - #1 Pop, #1 Country, #3 R&B)
Please, Please, Please by James Brown (March, 1956 - #6 R&B)
I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash (May 1, 1956 #1 Pop, #17 Country)
Jamaica Farewell by Harry Belafonte (#14 Pop, from #1 Album). Although Harry Belafonte was not a new artist, his album Calypso was his biggest success; “Jamaica Farewell” (#14 Pop) and “Day-O (Banana Boat Song)” (#5 Pop) were two of the biggest singles of his career. The album ranks #4 all-time album according to Billboard (99 weeks on the US charts, 58 weeks in the top ten, and 31 weeks at #1) and was the first million-selling LP. This album was America’s first real encounter with Caribbean music, and one they would not forget. The success of Calypso set up both America's and Britain's continued interest in Caribbean music (particularly Reggae).

1957 - New Artists:
Bye Bye Love by The Everly Brothers (March, 1957 - #1 Country, #1 R&B, #2 Pop)
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On by Jerry Lee Lewis (May 27, 1957 - #1 Country, #1 R&B, #3 Pop)
That'll Be The Day by Buddy Holly & The Crickets (May 27, 1957 - #1 Pop, #2 R&B)
You Send Me by Sam Cooke (October, 1957 - #1 Pop, #1 R&B)

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Amazing Grace Lyrics & Performers

Jan 4 2007, 14h24 por a-betaSys

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed!

Through many dangers, toils and snares,
We have already come;
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.(Lead me home!)

The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease;
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who call'd me here below,
Will be forever mine.

Artists who have recorded the song:

Arlo Guthrie
Frank Ticheli
Aaron Neville
Andy Griffith
Ani DiFranco
Aretha Franklin
BeBe Winans
Bill and Gloria Gaither
Billy Ray Cyrus
Blind Boys of Alabama
Bryan Ferry
Charlotte Church
Christina Aguilera
Chris Squire
Chris Tomlin
Daniël Lanois
Destiny's Child
Diana Ross
Dolly Parton
Dropkick Murphys
Eiko Shimamiya
Elvis Presley
Flatfoot 56
Glen Campbell
Hayley Westenra
Hubert Laws
Janis Joplin
Jars of Clay
Jerry Garcia
Jim Brickman
Ginny Owens
Joan Baez
John Fahey
Johnny Cash
Judy Collins
Katherine Jenkins
Kikki Danielsson
Krishna Das
Kylie Minogue
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Paul Simon
Laura Love
LeAnn Rimes
Lee Greenwood
Lincoln Brewster
Mahalia Jackson
Michael Crawford
Mika Nakashima
Minako Honda
Pete Seeger
Petra
Phil Vassar
Phish
Randy Travis
Ray Charles
Rod Stewart
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Ruben Studdard
Sandi Patty
Selah
Seven Nations
Sissel
Stryper
Steve Green
Sufjan Stevens
Susan Aglukark
Ted Hawkins
Tennessee Ernie Ford
The Charlie Daniels Band
The Groundhogs
Todd Agnew
Twila Paris
Woody Guthrie
Willie Nelson
Vickie Winans
Victor Wooten

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Songs about Trains

Abr 7 2006, 17h02 por ericg

1) Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans

2) Asleep at the Wheel - Ch'oo Choo Ch' Boogie

3) Drive-By Truckers - The Day John Henry Died

4) Grateful Dead - Big Railroad Blues

5)Leadbelly - Midnight Special

6)Leadbelly - Rock Island Line (covered by Johnny Cash, Chris Thomas King)

7) Old 97's - Northern Line

8) Sarah Lee Guthrie And Johnny Irion - Cease Fire

9) Scott Ainslie - Spike River Blues

10) Steve Earle - Mystery Train Part II

11) Tom Waits - Downtown Train

12)Woody Guthrie - Hobo's Lullaby

From the comments:

13) String Cheese Incident - Johnny Cash

14) Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

15) Tom Waits - The Train Song

16) Tom Waits - Gospel Train

17) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Train Song

18) Johnny Cash - Orange Blossom Special

19) The Grateful Dead - Casey Jones

20) Cat Stevens - Peace Train

21) The Kinks: Last of the Steam Powered Trains

22) Paul Simon - Train in the Distance

23) Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains (cover by Firewater)

24) Phish - Train Song

25) Phish - Back on the Train

26) ~~The Clash - Train In Vain~~

27) Metallica - No Leaf Clover

28) Billy Joe Shaver Georgia On A Fast Train

29) Greg Brown - The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home (covers by Iris DeMent and Brennen Leigh)

30) Uncle Tupelo - Train

31) Sand Sheff Sound Collage

32) The Blues Brothers - She Caught the Katy

33) Halden Wofford & The Hi-Beams - Roll On

34) Johnny Cash - Train Of Love (covered by Paul Reddick

35) Kane's River Hey Spikedriver

35) Mike West - Race That Train

36) Kasey Chambers - Barricades and Brickwalls

37) Daniel Ross - Southbound Train

38) Brennen Leigh - Burlington Northern Line

39) Bill Passalacqua - You're a Freight Train

40) Brian Burns - Crash at Crush

41) Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Osage Stomp

42) Kris Delmhorst - You're No Train

43) Jean Ritchie - The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (cover by June Carter Cash

44) Tom Brosseau - I Tune My Guitar To The Hum Of The Train

45) Ralph Stanley - Ridin' That Midnight Train

46) David Massengill - Rider on an Orphan train

47) Kasey Chambers - Runaway Train

48) Bill Isles - Hobos in the Roundhouse

49) Cam Penner & The Gravel Road - Last Train Home

50) Graham Lindsey - Slow Train Stomp

51) Graham Lindsey - Brakeman's Ballad

52) Townes Van Zandt - The FFV

53) El Vez - Misery Tren

54) Guy Clark - Desperados Waiting For The Train

55) Guy Clark - Texas 1947

56) Neko Case - Train From Kansas City

57) Brian Burns - The Train Wreck At Kiowa Creek

58) Hem - Betting on Trains

59) Erlend Øye - No Train to Stockholm

60) Eddie From Ohio - The Train Song

61) Steve Reich - Different Trains

62) Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath

63) Porcupine Tree - Trains

64) Arlo Guthrie - Last Train

65) Bruce Springsteen - John Henry

66) Louis Jordan - How Long Must I Wait For You

67) Louis Jordan - Texas And Pacific

68) Roy Acuff - Freight Train Blues

69) Jimmie Rodgers (or Jorma Kaukonen) - Waiting for a Train

70) Roy Acuff - That Glory Bound Train

71) Don Thomas - Come on Train

72) The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville

73) Tennessee Ernie Ford- Mule Train

74) The Cramps - Drug Train

75) nearly every early country music artist - "Wreck of the Old 97"

76) Joni Mitchell - Just Like This Train

77) Kevin Deal - Life's Railway To Heaven (Mt. Railway)

78) Laura Veirs - John Henry Lives

79) Hank Williams - Ramblin' Man

80) Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train

81) The Notwist - Off the Rails

82) Emperor X - Right to the Rails

83) Billy Bragg, Dolly Parton, etc... - Train, Train

84) Townes Van Zandt - White Freightliner

85) Johnny Cash - The Engineer's Dying Child

86) Johnny Cash - Life's A Railway To Heaven

87) John Prine (and Johnny Cash)- Paradise

88) Zoth Day - This Train

89) Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

Do you know of any more?

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For all it's worth - Part 1

Out 3 2005, 14h35 por Pirate45

Re-recorded (cover) versions of songs hitting the Top-40 chart is nothing new. Since the inception of the Top-40, certain songs have been recorded every few years, usually in a new and more modern style, by a new (or even old) artist and often they chart again.

But, you may not have known that there are many instances where the same song, recorded by different artists, has hit the chart in the same year. In fact, this has happened so many times that we are going to narrow our discussion to songs that have hit the chart in the same year (or within a short period of time) to instances where it has happened three times or more, lest this discussion would linger too long. As is, this will be a multi-part post.

Most instances of this occurrence took place in the 1950's, but not all. Far too often, a song would be released, and many other artists would record it at once. Never mind waiting 10 years or so to try the song again. In many cases, these songs were on the charts at the same time!

We'll work through these in alphabetical order. (Note that last.fm does not properly detect some of these artist/title combinations causing the formatting to look incorrect in places.)

The song Abraham, Martin And John is a tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and John and Robert Kennedy. In 1968 Dion pushed the song to #4. The following year, The Miracles hit #33 with the song, black comedian Moms Mabley hit #35 (at the age of 75!), and Tom Clay worked the song into a medley that peaked at #8. So, in 1968 and 1969, the song appeared on the Top-40 four times.

In 1957 the song Around The World In 80 Days was a popular radio player. Recorded as Around the World it peaked at #12. (Main Theme) Around The World peaked at #13. The song was from the movie Around The World In 80 Days. Also from the movie, the only vocal version of the song was Around The World.

The Ballad Of Davy Crockett was a popular song in 1955 - apparently too popular as it was a hit four times. Bill Hayes, an actor and singer, hit #1 with the song and stayed there for five weeks. Tennessee Ernie Ford pushed the song to #5 during the same time frame, but he was not the only one. Also at the same time, Fess Parker, who would later play Daniel Boone on television pushed the song to #5, and The Voices of Walter Schumann hit #14. All versions of the song were on the chart at the same time, and all were featured on the television series Disneyland.

Up next is a look at a song that hit the chart six times in the same year. The song Banana Boat (Day-O) did it in 1957. Here are the artists that recorded it; The Banana Boat Song (#9), Banana Boat (Day-O) (#5), The Banana Boat Song (#13), The Banana Boat Song (#18), The Banana Boat Song (#19), and Banana Boat (Day-O) (#25) did a comedy version of the song. One would think that the same song as a hit six times in the same year would have made radio listening quite borning.

Earth Angel was good for 3 hits in 1956. Canadian group The Crew-Cuts used the song as their first hit and pushed it to #3. One-hit wonder group The Penguins could only get the song as high as #8, and female singer Gloria Mann fared even less-well at #18 with her version. The song was back in 1986 when New Edition peaked at #21 (with the most annoying version).

Eddie My Love was also a hit three times in 1956. The Fontane Sisters pushed the song to #1 and The Chordettes and Teen Queens both reached #14 with their versions.

We all know Eleanor Rigby from 1966. But, did you know that the song was also a hit in 1968 and 1969? First Ray Charles recording of the song touched the chart at #35 in 1968 and then Aretha Franklin nearly pushed the song as high as the Beatles' version. She peaked at #17 in 1969. The Beatles' version had peaked at #11 in 1966.

(More to follow...)

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Chart Update 12/15/08

A Brief History Of...Rock & Roll

Amazing Grace Lyrics & Performers

Songs about Trains

For all it's worth - Part 1