Flashback Friday: Eumir Deodato and Friends

FLASHBACK FRIDAY on Mel's Internet Universe Music Blog

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.

Caro Emerald - A Night Like This

Despite the lousy new interface at The Sixtyone.com, they still have some fine new songs and artists to discover. This week my new song and artist discovery is Caro Emerald, a singer who hails from the Netherlands and sings old school jazz with a touch of modern pop. Her music is pleasantly infectious. Take a look and listen to the videos posted here. Lovely songs, will soon hit my Weekly Top 20 chart. More information and videos by Caro Emerald can be found here:

• Caro Emerald on Wikipedia
• Offical Website
• Caro Emerald Videos

This week on Mel's Weekly Top 20:

Mel’s Weekly Top 20
Week of March 7, 2010

This Week - Song Title - Artist - Last Week

1. Hey, Soul Sister (3rd Week @ #1!) - Train - 1
2. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum - 2
3. Telephone - Lady GaGa Feat. Beyoncé - 3
4. Breakeven - The Script - 5
5. Tik Tok - Kesha - 7
6. Two Is Better Than One - Boys Like Girls w/Taylor Swift - 4
7. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa - 6
8. According to You - Orianthi - 9
9. Hollywood - Marina and the Diamonds - 10
10. Imma Be - The Black Eyed Peas - 15
11. Walk With You - Ringo Starr - 13
12. Temporary Home - Carrie Underwood - 17
13. I Never Told You - Colbie Caillat - 19
14. Smile - Uncle Kracker - 18
15. White Liar - Miranda Lambert - 8
16. Letters from the Sky - Civil Twilight - 14
17. The High Road - Broken Bells - 20
18. If You Only Knew - Shinedown - 11
19. You and Me - Dave Matthews Band - 12
20. Blow Away (Radio Edit) - A Fine Frenzy - new

CHART NOTES

Train holds on to the #1 slot for the 3rd consecutive week with "Hey Soul Sister". The Script move up 1 from #5 to #4 with "Breakeven." Kesha is up to from #7 to #5 with "Tik Tok".

Big Jumps this week for Black Eyed Peas as "Imma Be" breaks into the top 10 at #10, up from #15 this week. Carrie Underwood moves from #17 to #12 with "Temporary Home" and Colbie Caillat jumps from #19 to #13 with "I Never Told You". Ringo Starr moves up 2 from #13 to #11 with "Walk With You". The track also features Paul McCartney on backing vocals. "Smile" by Uncle Kracker moves from #18 to #14. "The High Road" by Broken Bells move from #20 to #17.

One debut song, "Blow Away" by A Fine Frenzy checks in at #20.

Biggest dropper this week is "White Liar" by Miranda Lambert. The country hit tumbles from #8 to #15.

Here's another video from Caro Emerald covering Lady GaGa's "Bad Romance" which is still on my chart at #7 this week.