6. Save Your Tears (remix & single) - The Weeknd & Ariana Grande - 5
7. Brutal - Olivia Rodrigo - 9
8. Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic - 7
9. Nothing Else Matters (featuring....) - Miley Cyrus - 11
10. Solar Power - Lorde - 12
11. Lost - Maroon 5 - 13
12. PinkTop - The Volunteers - 14
13. All I Know So Far - Pink - 10
14. Kiss - IMY2 - 8
15. Renegade (featuring Taylor Swift) - Big Red Machine - 16
16. Wrecked - Imagine Dragons - 19
17. Run Baby Run - Southern Culture on the Skids - 20
18. The Worst Country Song of All Time - Brantley Gilbert - NEW
19. Missing Piece - Vance Joy - 15
20. The Way We Used to Be - Journey - NEW
CHART NOTES
Olivia Rodrigo holds at #1 for the 4th week with "Good 4 U." Ed Sheeran moves up to #2 with "Bad Habits" while John Mayer breaks into the top 5 with "Last Train Home."
Brantley Gilbert and his friends debut at #18 with the country hit "The Worst Country Song of All Time." It comes in at #18. The song is my current #1 song on my Country 5 + 5 chart.
The rock band Journey is back with a new single... "The Way It Used to Be" at #20. The way Journey used to be was when Steve Perry was the lead vocalist. 😁
Today's Vinyl Spin: No Music Just Talk - Relive History
July 20, 1969 - Record Album - "One Small Step"
Narrated by Dr. Wernher von Braun and Chet Huntley
This post is about a record that has no music.
Where were you on July 20, 1969? I along with millions of other people were glued to our TV set watching astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin become the first two people to step on the surface of the moon. The Apollo 11 mission successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to fulfill President John F. Kennedy's goal of landing a man on the surface of the moon and returning him safely back to Earth. While Armstrong and Aldrin spent several hours on the moon, command module pilot Michael Collinsorbited overhead and was there when the lunar module rejoined the Apollo spacecraft to make the safe journey home.
This record issued by RCA Red Seal in 1969 features the narration and commentary by NBC's Chet Huntley and Dr. Werhner von Braun, rocket scientist for NASA on every major phase of the Apollo 11 moon mission. The record also features the recorded voices of the astronauts as they commented on their historic journey including the famous "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" comment. Cool stuff if you remember it all from 1969.
There would be five more successful manned moon landings through the Apollo program that lasted until 1972. After that, no other human far has stepped on the moon.
Apollo 11 brought great pride to the United States at a time when we needed more patriotism and unity to come together as a country amid much turmoil that surrounded the year.
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The record is in playable condition. I run it through every few years.
Several years ago I picked up this album by Blood Sweat & Tears. It is the second album by the brassy rock band with a serious mix of jazz thrown in. I consider Blood Sweat & Tears as the second most popular brass accented rock band only to Chicago (earlier knwon as Chicago Transit Authority). This album was released in December 1968 and became a best selling album in 1969 topping the Billboard Top 200 album charts.
At that time Blood Sweat & Tears consisted of the following members:
David Clayton Thomas - Lead vocals
Steve Katz - vocals, guitar
Jim Felder - bass
Dick Halligan - organ, piano, flute, trombone, vocals
Fred Lipsius - piano, alto saxophone
Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn
Chuck Winfield - trumpet, flugelhorn
Alan Rubin - trumpet on "Spinning Wheel"
Jerry Hyman - trumpet, recorder
Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion, vocals
Several tracks became top 40 hits in 1969 and 1970. From the track list below, their peak chart positions on the Billboard Hot 100 are indicated in parenthesis. Those three hits are my favorites from the album in addition to "More and More".
Side A
1. Variations on a Theme
2. Smiling Phases
3. Sometimes in Winter
4. More and More
5. And When I Die (2)
6. God Bless the Child
Side B
7. Spinning Wheel (2 - Hot 100 1 - AC)
8. You've Made Me So Very Happy (2)
9. Blues – Part II - Interpolating "Sunshine of Your Love", "Spoonful" and "Somethin' Goin' On"
10. Variations on a Theme
The vinyl record itself is in good, playable condition and features the red Columbia eyeball logo theme. The record jacket is in fair condition and features a gatefold that is not shown in this post.
Blood Sweat & Tears have a long history of album releases, concert shows, and membership changes. In fact over the years, the membership in the band has changed more than 150 times. You can look it up in Wikipedia.
If you ever have a chance to pick up this album, get it whether it be on LP, CD or a stream.
Audio: Spinning Wheel (1969 single)
Audio: You Made Me So Very Happy (1969)
Fleetwood Mac enjoyed moderate success as a blues band and a mainstream rock group with numerous membership changes. In 1974 after former lead singer and guitarist Bob Welch left the group, the duo of Buckingham-Nicks were recruited to take his place. The two new members proved to be the best thing that happened to Fleetwood Mac in terms of a new music direction and commercial success.
The band paved its way to becoming a major concert draw with Stevie, Lindsey and Christine showcasing various songs while McVie and Fleetwood provided a solid foundation. It is one of the few bands that I personally saw in concert not once, but twice.
Their debut album Fleetwood Mac with the new line-up slowly crawled to the #1 position on the charts by 1976 while its singles garnered more and more radio airplay. These included "Over My Head", "Rhiannon," "Say You Love Me," and "Blue Letter". "Landslide" also became a hit after Fleetwood Mac recorded it again for their 1997 live album, The Dance.
I was first introduced to this album by an old college friend back in the day. I always knew of Fleetwood Mac but never paid much attention to them. I had only one track of theirs in my record collection which was "Stop Messin' Around" that appeared on a compilation LP. I later liked the song "Hypnotized" after hearing it on the radio. Was not enough for me to buy their records at the time (I was a starving high school student when this stuff first came out)....
Over the years I have owned 2 vinyl copies of Fleetwood Mac as well as 2 CDs of this. Made at least two cassette tapes off the vinyl and later the CD for portability before the digital age.
Fleetwood Mac is definitely one of my favorite albums of all time by them. It's an enjoyable, refreshing listen whenever I give it a spin.
The back cover of Fleetwood Mac with track list, group members Nicks, Fleetwood, McVie, Buckingham and McVie.
Fleetwood Mac would be the last of their albums to show up on the Reprise label.
Track List
Side 1
1. Monday Morning
2. Warm Ways
3. Blue Letter
4. Rhiannon
5. Over My Head
6. Crystal
Side 2
1. Say You Love Me
2. Landslide
3. World Turning
4. Sugar Daddy
5. I'm So Afraid
"Rhiannon" was one of 4 singles released from the album. All 4 singles have different mixes from the versions on the album. When Fleetwood Mac was issued in a special edition CD in 2004, the single tracks were included as bonus material. Nice move on Warner / Reprise's part.
5. Save Your Tears (remix & single) - The Weeknd & Ariana Grande - 5
6. Last Train Home - John Mayer - 8
7. Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic - 7
8. Kiss - IMY2 - 3
9. Brutal - Olivia Rodrigo - 10
10. All I Know So Far - Pink - 6
11. Nothing Else Matters (featuring....) - Miley Cyrus - 18
12. Solar Power - Lorde - 12
13. Lost - Maroon 5 - 14
14. PinkTop - The Volunteers - 16
15. Missing Piece - Vance Joy - 9
16. Renegade (featuring Taylor Swift) - Big Red Machine - 20
17. Chosen Family - Rina Sawayama & Elton John - 15
18. Electric - Katy Perry - 13
19. Wrecked - Imagine Dragons - NEW
20. Run Baby Run - Southern Culture on the Skids - NEW
CHART NOTES
What's hot this week?Ed Sheeran is hot as "Bad Habits" make a leap from last week's #11 position to #4. Also a big gainer is Miley Cyrus' cover of the Metallica anthem, "Nothing Else Matters" which jumps from #18 to #11. Olivia Rodrigo holds at #1 for the third week with "Good 4 U." A live performance of that song appears at the top of this post.
Gotta love "Wrecked" by Imagine Dragons debuting at #19 and "Run Baby Run" by Southern Culture on the Skids coming in at #20 for their first week on this chart.
5. Save Your Tears (remix & single) - The Weeknd & Ariana Grande - 3
6. All I Know So Far - Pink - 2
7. Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic - 8
8. Last Train Home - John Mayer - 9
9. Missing Piece - Vance Joy - 10
10. Brutal - Olivia Rodrigo - 11
11. Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran - 18
12. Solar Power - Lorde - 15
13. Electric - Katy Perry - 7
14. Lost - Maroon 5 - 14
15. Chosen Family - Rina Sawayama & Elton John - 12
16. PinkTop - The Volunteers - 20
17. I Want Love - Jessie J - 19
18. Nothing Else Matters (featuring*....) - Miley Cyrus - NEW
19. Butter - BTS - 13
20. Renegade (featuring Taylor Swift) - Big Red Machine - NEW
CHART NOTES
I'm not a fan of singer Miley Cyrus or at least most of her popular pop hits. However she sometimes nails it on covers... and this year I think she has a great cover of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" which will be released on a 3 or 4 disc CD set later this year called The Metallica Blackbox where numerous artists will cover one of the 12 songs on their famous 1991 album Metallica.
This cover version of "Nothing Else Matters" features Cyrus on vocals and a number of well known supporting musicians backing her up: WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith.
At the top, Olivia Rodrigo holds on to #1 for a second week with "Good 4 U".
TW - Song Title - Artist - LW 1.Fancy Like - Walker Hayes- 2 2. Waves - Luke Bryan - 1 3. The Worst Country Song of All Time - Brantley Gilbert with Toby Keith, Hardy - 10 4. Woman You Got - Maddie & Tae - 7 5. Country Again - Thomas Rhett - 4 6. To Us It Did - Mitchell Tenpenny - 3 7. Mr. Perfectly Fine - Taylor Swift - 5 8. Window in the Wall - Olivia Newton-John & Chloe Lattanzi - 9 9. Glad You Exist - Dan + Shay - 6 10. Boat Names - Brian Kelley - NEW
So what's new on the country chart? "Boat Names" by Brian Kelley debuts at #10. Maddie & Tae move up from #7 to #4 with "Woman You Got", and Walker Hayes has the new #1 song of the week with "Fancy Like" replacing Luke Bryan's hit "Waves" which slips to #2.
Mel’s Current Top 20 Significant songs that you don't care about.
As of July 1, 2021
TW - Song Title - Artist - LW
1.Good 4 U - Olivia Rodrigo- 2 2. All I Know So Far - Pink - 1 3. Save Your Tears (remix & single) - The Weeknd & Ariana Grande - 3 4. Run - OneRepublic - 4 5. Kiss - IMY2 - 6 6. Higher Power - Coldplay - 7 7. Electric - Katy Perry - 5 8. Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic - 8 9. Last Train Home - John Mayer - 10 10. Missing Piece - Vance Joy - 11 11. Brutal - Olivia Rodrigo - 13 12. Chosen Family - Rina Sawayama & Elton John - 12 13. Butter - BTS - 9 14. Lost - Maroon 5 - 15 15. Solar Power - Lorde - 18 16. Deja Vu - Olivia Rodrigo - 16 17. Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift - 14 18. Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran - NEW 19. I Want Love - Jessie J - NEW 20. PinkTop - The Volunteers - NEW
CHART NOTES
"Good 4 U" by Olivia Rodrigo is the new #1 song on the Current Top 20. It bumps up from last week's #2 position. Pink's "All I Know So Far" run at the top ended after two weeks.
Breaking into the top 5 we see IMY2's biggest single on this chart so far. It's "Kiss", one of several original singles released in the past two years by the well known YouTube cover band. "Kiss" is at #5 up from last week's #6.
Three songs make their chart debuts. They include Ed Sheeran's "Bad Habits" at #18, Jessie J's "I Want Love" at #19 and The Volunteers, a Korean alternative rock band at #20 with "PinkTop."
The Volunteers "PinkTop" @ #20.
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Last Week's Chart
Mel’s Current Top 20 Significant songs that you don't care about.
As of June 24, 2021
TW - Song Title - Artist - LW
1. All I Know So Far - Pink - 1 2. Good 4 U - Olivia Rodrigo - 3 3. Save Your Tears (remix & single) - The Weeknd & Ariana Grande - 2 4. Run - OneRepublic - 6 5. Electric - Katy Perry - 4 6. Kiss - IMY2 - 8 7. Higher Power - Coldplay - 7 8. Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic - 5 9. Butter - BTS - 9 10. Last Train Home - John Mayer - 12 11. Missing Piece - Vance Joy - 13 12. Chosen Family - Rina Sawayama & Elton John - 11 13. Brutal - Olivia Rodrigo - 17 14. Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift - 10 15. Lost - Maroon 5 - 19 16. Deja Vu - Olivia Rodrigo - 16 17. Getting Old Sucks - Bowling For Soup - 18 18. Solar Power - Lorde - NEW 19. Racist, Sexist Boy - The Linda Lindas - 14 20. Follow You - Imagine Dragons - 15
