Flashback Friday: Circus "Stop Wait & Listen"

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I have this single on Metromedia Records from 1973. From WIXY 1260 Music Mike introduces CIRCUS and "Stop Wait & Listen".

WT20 - Pitbull Holds @ #1 New Politics Still @ #2

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 26, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Timber (feat. Ke$ha)	Pitbull	1
2	Harlem	New Politics	2
3	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	3
4	Royals	Lorde	4
5	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	5
6	Hold On	Colbie Caillat	7
7	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	6
8	I Love You	Said the Whale	10
9	Saideira (feat. Samuel Rosa)	Santana	14
10	Who You Love (feat. Katy Perry)	John Mayer	11
11	Sleeping With a Friend	Neon Trees	19
12	Human	Christina Perri	13
13	Hey Brother	Avicii	20
14	Wake Me Up	Avicii	9
15	Shake	The Head And The Heart	17
16	The Heart of Dixie	Danielle Bradbery	18
17	Sweeter Than Fiction	Taylor Swift	8
18	Roar	Katy Perry	12
19	Changing of the Seasons	Two Door Cinema Club	16
20	Coming of Age	Foster the People	--

CHART NOTES

Pitbull tops the chart for a second week with "Timber" a duet in which singer Kesha shares vocals. Only 1 song makes a chart debut this week. At #20 we find Foster the People entering with "Coming of Age". Santana breaks into the top 10 at #9 with "Saideira", a latin flavored rock track that should get more airplay. Vocals on this track are by Samuel Rosa.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2014

Timber - Pitull featuring Kesha (2)
Unconditionally - Katy Perry (3)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Flashback Friday: Eumir Deodato and Friends

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This week on Flashback Friday I invite you to sit back, kick up your heals and listen to the jazz sounds of Eumir Deoato recorded at the 2010 Estival Jazz Lugano. The video is nearly an hour long and contains many of his most well known tracks.

Deodato was one of the first live concerts I saw back in 1974 in Hilo, Hawaii. Right around that time he was coming off the success of his biggest hit, "Also Sprach Zarathustra" commonly known as the "Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey." His first album on CTI is an elusive classic and contains instrumental jazz tracks such as "Baubles, Bangles and Beads," "Spirit of Summer" and "Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun", a piece originally published by Claude Debussy.

By the late 1970s Deodato had hopped on the disco wave and released dance inspired albums such as "Love Island", "Knights of Fantasy" and "Night Cruiser". He also produced records for artists such as Frank Sinatra, Kool & the Gang and Dexy's Midnight Runners.

Pitbull's Timber Tops the Chart

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 19, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Timber (feat. Ke$ha)	Pitbull	6
2	Harlem	New Politics	4
3	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	1
4	Royals	Lorde	3
5	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	2
6	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	5
7	Hold On	Colbie Caillat	11
8	Sweeter Than Fiction	Taylor Swift	7
9	Wake Me Up	Avicii	8
10	I Love You	Said the Whale	12
11	Who You Love (feat. Katy Perry)	John Mayer	13
12	Roar	Katy Perry	10
13	Human	Christina Perri	16
14	Saideira (feat. Samuel Rosa)	Santana	19
15	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	9
16	Changing of the Seasons	Two Door Cinema Club	15
17	Shake	The Head And The Heart	14
18	The Heart of Dixie	Danielle Bradbery	20
19	Sleeping With a Friend	Neon Trees	--
20	Hey Brother	Avicii	--

CHART NOTES

Pitbull reaches the top of the chart after only 2 weeks. "Timber" the hit single featuring vocals by Kesha jumps from #6 to #1 this week in only the song's 3rd week on the chart. Two weeks ago "Timber" debut at #19. Now it's #1.

Two song make their chart debut: The latest from Neon Trees is called "Sleeping With a Friend". That single enters at #19. Coming in at #20 is "Hey Brother" by Avcii, who is still on the chart with the former #1 song "Wake Me Up" now at #9 this week.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2014

Timber - Pitull featuring Kesha (1)
Unconditionally - Katy Perry (3)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Catching Up With Mel's Weekly Top 20

We catch up on the last 2 weeks worth of Mel's Weekly Top 20 charts.

Katy Perry - Unconditionally



Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 12, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Unconditionally (3rd Week @ #1)	Katy Perry	1
2	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	2
3	Royals	Lorde	3
4	Harlem	New Politics	6
5	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	4
6	Timber (feat. Ke$ha)	Pitbull	19
7	Sweeter Than Fiction	Taylor Swift	5
8	Wake Me Up	Avicii	10
9	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	7
10	Roar	Katy Perry	8
11	Hold On	Colbie Caillat	11
12	I Love You	Said the Whale	13
13	Who You Love (feat. Katy Perry)	John Mayer	14
14	Shake	The Head And The Heart	15
15	Changing of the Seasons	Two Door Cinema Club	16
16	Human	Christina Perri	20
17	Compass	Lady Antebellum	9
18	Slow Down	Selena Gomez	12
19	Saideira (feat. Samuel Rosa)	Santana	--
20	The Heart of Dixie	Danielle Bradbery	--

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Luke Bryan - That's My Kind of Night



Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 5, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	1
2	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	2
3	Royals	Lorde	4
4	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	5
5	"Sweeter Than Fiction (From ""One Chance"" Soundtrack)"	Taylor Swift	3
6	Harlem	New Politics	10
7	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	6
8	Roar	Katy Perry	7
9	Compass	Lady Antebellum	9
10	Wake Me Up	Avicii	8
11	Hold On	Colbie Caillat	13
12	Slow Down	Selena Gomez	14
13	I Love You	Said the Whale	15
14	Who You Love (feat. Katy Perry)	John Mayer	17
15	Shake	The Head And The Heart	16
16	Changing of the Seasons	Two Door Cinema Club	20
17	Underneath the Tree	Kelly Clarkson	11
18	Just Another Girl	The Killers	12
19	Timber (feat. Ke$ha)	Pitbull	--
20	Human	Christina Perri	--

Flashback Friday: Christine McVie & Fleetwood Mac

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Big news breaking this week was notification that longtime Fleetwood Mac vocalist Christine McVie is re-joining the band after a long hiatus. The news broke in Billboard Magazine this week: "The band's publicist, Liz Rosenberg, has confirmed to Billboard that McVie has rejoined the band after departing the group in 1998."

McVie who joined the band in the early 1970s has been responsible for singing and writing some of the band's most well known hits including "Don't Stop", "Songbird", "Say You Love Me", "Over My Head", "You Make Loving Fun", "Little Lies", "Everywhere" and "As Long As You Follow" to name some here. She pre-dates the band's most well known line-up by a few years when she used to share vocal duties with former bandmates Bob Welch and Danny Kirwin.

Today, McVie joins the band's most well known line-up which also includes her ex, John McVie; singer-songwriters Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham and percussionist - drummer Mick Fleetwood.

Fans are hoping that Fleetwood Mac goes on tour this year with the revived line-up and even work on and release a new album.

Fleetwood Mac is the only band that I have seen in concert twice, once in 1977 and again in 1980. Mick Fleetwood is a part time Hawaii resident and put in an appearance at the Hawaii State Legislature last year lobbying for a privacy bill with fellow rocker Steven Tyler of the band Aerosmith.

Flashback Friday: The Beatles - 50 Years Ago

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand"

A day late but not a dollar short, the Flashback Friday track for today takes us 50 years into the past and the release and charting of the first American hit for The Beatles. Yes, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" a single penned by Lennon and McCartney and vocalized mainly by John Lennon became the first big hit in America by the Fab Four. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on January 18, 1964 and by early February was a #1 hit single. It held on to the #1 spot for 5 weeks and established The Beatles as a bonafide hit making rock n roll group.

They would invade America a few weeks later by showing up for their famous live performances on CBS TV's "Ed Sullivan Show". The rest as they say, is history!




Original Capitol Records issue 45 rpm.


My CD3 version of "I Want To Hold Your Hand"

50 Years ago I was only a kid when I first heard the song. From the time I heard it on the radio or somewhere unknown, I was hooked. The Beatles became my favorite rock n roll group of all time... the gold standard to all other rock acts that followed. To me "I Want To Hold Your Hand" is the first signature song among many that was recorded by The Beatles until their break-up in 1970.

I never owned the original 45 but have many reissues of the song on various Beatles singles and albums on different types of media.

Flashback Friday: The Everly Brothers

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Word out today is that Phil Everly, one of the two Everly Brothers died today at the age of 74. The Everly Brothers consisting of brothers Phil and Don enjoyed huge chart success in the late 1950s and early 1960s with hits such as "Wake Up Little Susie", "Bye Bye Love", "Til I Kissed You", and "Let It Be Me". In the above clip they perform two of their most well known hits: "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Cathy's Clown".

The Everly Brothers were influenced the sound of many rock artists to follow, most notably The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel and many others. Paul McCartney paid tribute to them in his Wings hit, "Let Em In" which mentions Phil and Don in one of the song's verses.

Link: The Everly Brothers (Wikipedia) | Discography

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 1, 2014.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 1, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	2
2	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	1
3	"Sweeter Than Fiction (From ""One Chance"" Soundtrack)"	Taylor Swift	3
4	Royals	Lorde	4
5	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	7
6	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	5
7	Roar	Katy Perry	8
8	Wake Me Up	Avicii	9
9	Compass	Lady Antebellum	13
10	Harlem	New Politics	15
11	Underneath the Tree	Kelly Clarkson	6
12	Just Another Girl	The Killers	12
13	Hold On	Colbie Caillat	16
14	Slow Down	Selena Gomez	14
15	I Love You	Said the Whale	17
16	Sail	AWOLNATION	11
17	Who You Love (feat. Katy Perry)	John Mayer	19
18	Shake	The Head And The Heart	20
19	Light of Christmas (feat. tobyMac)	Owl City	10
20	Changing of the Seasons	Two Door Cinema Club	--