#TBT - The Name Game by Shirley Ellis

 

From my childhood way back in 1965 comes "The Name Game" by singer Shirley Ellis. We used to have this 45 on the old Congress label back in the day. My late sister and her friend used to love to sing this and substitute names of people they knew at the end of the song. This was a real long time ago... what almost 60 years now.

One thing I liked about "The Name Game" 45 was the killer B-side of that record. The song title was "Whisper To Me Wind". This could have also been a hit back in the day... though I never recall any radio station playing the song.

Shirley Ellis' real name was Shirley Marie O'Garra. She was born in 1929 and lived to 2005. During her career Shirley had three major Billboard Hot 100 hits. The first was "The Nitty Gritty" which came out in 1963 and topped off at the #8 position in October of that year. Her next hit single was "The Name Game" which peaked at #3, followed by "The Clapping Song (Clap Pat, Clap Slap)" which went to #8. Shirley Ellis had a total of 14 charted singles that appeared on the U.S. as well as the U.K. charts.

Check this playlist I created on Spotify featuring Shirley Ellis' music. The playlist tracks should play in full if you have a Spotify subscription.

Mel's Current Top 20 - Thursday, November 25, 2021.

Mel’s Current Top 20

Songs You Don't Care About

As of November 25, 2021.

TW	Title	Artist	LW
1	Easy On Me	Adele	2
2	Money	Lisa	4
3	Overpass Graffiti	Ed Sheeran	7
4	America	Tom MacDonald	1
5	Am I The Only One	Aaron Lewis	6
6	Shivers	Ed Sheeran	3
7	My Universe	Coldplay X BTS	5
8	Cold Heart (PNAU remix)	Elton John & Dua Lipa	9
9	That's What I Want	Lil Nas X	8
10	Supercharged	Ayron Jones	12
11	Just A Notion	ABBA	13
12	Smokin' Out The Window	Silk Sonic	18
13	Rock Around the Clock	Ringo Starr	15
14	Brighten	Jerry Cantrell	16
15	One More Time	Rod Stewart	10
16	Take My Breath	The Weeknd	11
17	Finish Line	Elton John & Stevie Wonder	20
18	After All (featuring Charlie Puth)	Elton John	14
19	Beggin'	Maneskin	--
20	The Feels	TWICE	--

CHART NOTES

It's been a long climb up for Adele's "Easy on Me". The song made its chart debut six weeks ago on October 20. It slowly climbed up, making it into the top 5, stopping at #2 last week, and now reaches #1. At number 2 we find Lisa of Blackpink fame, moving up 2 from last week's #4 with her hit "Money."

Ed Sheeran's "Overpass Graffiti" jumps from #7 to #3 this week, while its predecessor "Shivers" moves down from #3 to #6. At #4 is last week's #1 hit "America" by Tom MacDonald with Aaron Lewis breaking in at #5 with his patriotic song "Am I The Only One."

We have two debut songs again this week. At #19 is "Beggin'", an alternative rock track by a band called Maneskin. Number 20's debut record comes from another K-Pop girl group, TWICE. "The Feels" is the single at #20.

Be sure to visit Mel's Christmas Top 20 seasonal chart. 

Listen to Mel's Current Top 20 on Spotify.

All of Mel's Current Top 20 YouTube videos are here.

Today's Vinyl Spin: MUSIC POWER 22 Original Hits 22 Original Stars & Artists!

 #TBT Throwback Thursday

(cue screaming DJ and music):

K-Tel presents MUSIC POWER - 22 ORIGINAL HITS 22 ORIGINAL ARTISTS

The latest hits from 1974 and earlier are on this wonderful single record LP including "Smoking in the Boys Room" by Brownsville Station, "Rockin Roll Baby" by The Stylistics and "Keeper of the Castle" by The Four Tops.

Who can forget the wonderful hits "Oh Girl" by The Chi-Lites, "Pretty Lady" by Lighthouse or the always classic "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray?

These songs and many more are on this obsolete K-Tel collection of unforgettable hits and vinyl obscurities, yours to find at your nearest thrift shop or used record store if you're lucky!

Remember all the grooves are squeezed close together with many of the tracks severely edited for time constraints of the vinyl record format.

Hunt for your own copy of MUSIC POWER online or in your city or town today! ONLY FROM K-TEL.

See photos for complete track list. (fade music out)

Disclaimer: No Ginsu knives available with this offer.

Editor's Note: I bought this record album for only a dollar at our local thrift shop. I always wanted to own at least one K-Tel album, despite the dubious song edits and lousy sound.

Mel's Current Top 20 - May 28, 2020 - Published June 1, 2020

The Rolling Stones Hold Strong at #1

Starting this week, the Current Top 20 static post will be issued here. The dynamic post appears on the Current Top 20 page at this blog and also on Mel's Current Top 20 website.

"Living in a Ghost Town" holds at #1 for a 4th week in a row since this chart was revived after a years-long absence. So far it is the new release song that I like best so far this year. The Rolling Stones are in full force with a catchy and timely tune that echo's back to the sounds of the music they put out in the 1980s and 1990s... which is pure, uptempo, radio friendly rock n roll.

Sadly I don't think this record is getting much airplay anywhere since many people say "rock music is dead". Really rock music dead? I refuse to believe that.

The song is currently at #12 on the current Global Top 100 Chart, which is a compilation chart tabulated from user generated, personal charts of those participating at the M4B Charts Central website.

Watch the video player above. Most of my Top 20 songs are on it in some chronological order along with new and recent past tracks.

The rest of my chart is posted below:

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - July 21, 2016.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Updated July 21, 2016.

Rank - Song Title - Artist - P.R.

1. Spirits - The Strumbellas - 1
2. Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - Adele - 4
3. Handclap - Fitz & the Tantrums - 2
4. Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes - 5
5. Me Too - Meghan Trainor - 6
6. All We Ever Knew - The Head And The Heart - 7
7. Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake - 3
8. Must Be Summertime - Kate Voegele - 10
9. Brazil - Declan McKenna - 9
10. You Bring the Summer - The Monkees - 8
11. Gentleman - Will Jay - 11
12. Radar - AudioDamn! - 12
13. Work From Home - Fifth Harmony - 14
14. So Alive - Goo Goo Dolls - 16
15. Good Girls - Elle King - 17
16. Shell (Find a Better Way) - Gregory Darling - 19
17. Lemonade (featuring Mike Posner) - Adam Friedman - 20
18. Ophelia - The Lumineers - 13
19. Rise - Katy Perry - new
20. Anyone Who Knows Me - Eric Hutchinson - new

Mel's Weekly Top 20 Webpage
http://macpro.freeshell.org/music/WTop20.html

Mel's Internet Universe Music Blog
http://macprohawaii-music.blogspot.com/

Radio M.I.U. - Whatever Goes!
https://8tracks.com/macpro

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - July 6 Update

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Updated of July 6, 2016.

Rank - Song Title - Artist - P.R.

1. Handclap - Fitz & the Tantrums - 1
2. Spirits - The Strumbellas - 2
3. Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake - 3
4. Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes - 8
5. Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - Adele - 9
6. Brazil - Declan McKenna - 4
7. Ophelia - The Lumineers - 6
8. Unsteady - X Ambassadors - 5
9. All We Ever Knew - The Head And The Heart - 19
10. You Bring the Summer - The Monkees - 10
11. Me Too - Meghan Trainor - 18
12. Must Be Summertime - Kate Voegele - 17
13. Gentleman - Will Jay - 13
14. Born to the Stars - Marina V - 12
15. Radar - AudioDamn! - 14
16. Fire and the Flood - Vance Joy - 7
17. Work From Home - Fifth Harmony - 20
18. You & Me - The Hunna - 11
19. So Alive - Goo Goo Dolls - new
20. Good Girls - Elle King - new

Mel's Weekly Top 20 Webpage
macpro.freeshell.org/music/WTop20.html

Mel's Internet Universe Music Blog
macprohawaii-music.blogspot.com/

Radio M.I.U. - Whatever Goes!
8tracks.com/macpro

Video of the Week
The Monkees - You Bring the Summer

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - June 5, 2016.

Resuming chart after more than a year's absence.



Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of June 5, 2016.

Rank - Song Title - Artist - P.R.

1. Handclap - Fitz & the Tantrums - 1
2. Ophelia - The Lumineers - 3
3. Spirits - The Strumbellas - 4
4. Brazil - Declan McKenna - 5
5. Rule the World - Walk Off The Earth - 2
6. Piece by Piece - Kelly Clarkson - 6
7. Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake - 11
8. New Romantics - Taylor Swift - 9
9. Electric Love - BØRNS - 7
10. No - Meghan Trainor - 12
11. Unsteady - X Ambassadors - 13
12. New Americana - Halsey - 8
13. Hello - Adele - 10
14. Better Place - Rachel Platten - 16
15. Looking Up (Radio Edit) - Elton John - 15
16. Fire and the Flood - Vance Joy - 19
17. You & Me - The Hunna - 20
18. Born to the Stars - Marina V - new
19. Adventure of a Lifetime - Coldplay - 14
20. You Bring the Summer - The Monkees - new

Yep, the chart is back.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - Week of July 20, 2014

First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining



First Aid's "My Silver Lining" is #1 for a second week.

First Aid Kit Holds @ #1;  
Train Close Behind
Mel's Weekly To 20 - Week of July 20, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	My Silver Lining (2nd week @ #1!)	First Aid Kit	1
2	Angel in Blue Jeans	Train	3
3	Riptide	Vance Joy	4
4	Night Like This	LP	5
5	Love Runs Out	OneRepublic	2
6	Fever	The Black Keys	6
7	Try	Colbie Caillat	9
8	Maps	Maroon 5	14
9	A Sky Full of Stars	Coldplay	8
10	Paris	Magic Man	10
11	Cool Kids	Echosmith	20
12	I Love You (But I Hate Your Friends)	Neon Trees	15
13	Happy (From "Despicable Me 2")	Pharrell Williams	7
14	Dangerous (feat. Joywave)	Big Data	16
15	Best Friend	Foster the People	17
16	Back To the Earth	Jason Mraz	11
17	Girls Chase Boys	Ingrid Michaelson	12
18	Raging Fire	Phillip Phillips	13
19	Stolen Dance	Milky Chance	--
20	Tongues (feat. Kopps)	Joywave	--

CHART NOTES

First Aid Kit holds on to the #1 position for a 2nd week with "My Silver Lining". They are a duo consisting of Sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg who come from a suburb in Stockholm, Sweden. Their latest album Stay Gold was released on June 10 in the U.S. and features the hit single along with 9 other tracks.

Train could soon have a #1 song as "Angel in Blue Jeans" moves up a spot from #3 last week to #2 this week. It's a great song and to me compliments our #1 song with a similar sound. Following Train we see Vance Joy also moving up 1 from #4 last week to #3 with his breakout hit "Riptide". Again another good song that could go to #1.

Rounding out the top 5 we find newcomer LP moving up 1 from #5 to #4 with "Night Like This" and OneRepublic slipping 3 with their former #1 track "Love Runs Out" losing 2 dipping to #5 from last week's #3.

We see that Maroon 5 is back with their latest single "Maps" breaking into the top 10 at #8. That song is up six points from last week's #14 position.

Still the fastest charting track belongs Echosmith as their single "Cool Kids" jumps up 9 points from last week's #20 debut position to hold on to #11 this week. Only 2 weeks on the chart this song is destined to go higher!

Songs That Went to #1 in 2014

My Silver Lining - First Aid Kit (2)
Love Runs Out - OneRepublic (1)
Fever - The Black Keys (3)
Happy - Pharrell Williams (8)
All of Me - John Legend (3)
Says She Loves Me - Aer (2)
Sleeping With a Friend - Neon Trees (4)
Timber - Pitull featuring Kesha (4)
Unconditionally - Katy Perry (3)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - July 13, 2014

First Aid Kit and "My Silver Lining" acoustic version.

First Aid Kit Captures the #1 Spot
Mel's Weekly Top 20 - July 13, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	My Silver Lining	First Aid Kit	2
2	Love Runs Out	OneRepublic	1
3	Angel in Blue Jeans	Train	4
4	Riptide	Vance Joy	5
5	Night Like This	LP	9
6	Fever	The Black Keys	3
7	Happy (From "Despicable Me 2")	Pharrell Williams	6
8	A Sky Full of Stars	Coldplay	10
9	Try	Colbie Caillat	11
10	Paris	Magic Man	12
11	Back To the Earth	Jason Mraz	15
12	Girls Chase Boys	Ingrid Michaelson	7
13	Raging Fire	Phillip Phillips	8
14	Maps	Maroon 5	19
15	I Love You (But I Hate Your Friends)	Neon Trees	18
16	Dangerous (feat. Joywave)	Big Data	17
17	Best Friend	Foster the People	20
18	Me and My Broken Heart	Rixton	13
19	All Of Me	John Legend	14
20	Cool Kids	Echosmith	--

CHART NOTES

First Aid Kit gets the #1 song this week at "My Silver Lining" moves up 1 from last week's #2 to the top spot. First Aid Kit is a duo consisting of Sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg from a suburb in Stockholm, Sweden. Their latest album Stay Gold was released on June 10 in the U.S. and features the hit single along with 9 other tracks. "Silver Lining" took only 4 weeks to get to #1. The track debut at #19 on June 15 and has steadily risen, going up to #9, #3, #2 and finally #1.

The only debut track this week comes in at #20. Here we find Echosmith with "Cool Kids".

Songs That Went to #1 in 2014

My Silver Lining - First Aid Kit (1)
Love Runs Out - OneRepublic (1)
Fever - The Black Keys (3)
Happy - Pharrell Williams (8)
All of Me - John Legend (3)
Says She Loves Me - Aer (2)
Sleeping With a Friend - Neon Trees (4)
Timber - Pitull featuring Kesha (4)
Unconditionally - Katy Perry (3)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - June 29, 2014 and July 6, 2014.

Catching up with Mel's Weekly Top 20....

OneDirection Nudges Into the #1 Spot

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of July 6, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Love Runs Out	OneRepublic	2
2	My Silver Lining	First Aid Kit	3
3	Fever	The Black Keys	1
4	Angel in Blue Jeans	Train	10
5	Riptide	Vance Joy	6
6	Happy (From "Despicable Me 2")	Pharrell Williams	4
7	Girls Chase Boys	Ingrid Michaelson	5
8	Raging Fire	Phillip Phillips	7
9	Night Like This	LP	13
10	A Sky Full of Stars	Coldplay	11
11	Try	Colbie Caillat	16
12	Paris	Magic Man	14
13	Me and My Broken Heart	Rixton	8
14	All Of Me	John Legend	9
15	Back To the Earth	Jason Mraz	18
16	Heaven Knows	The Pretty Reckless	15
17	Dangerous (feat. Joywave)	Big Data	17
18	I Love You (But I Hate Your Friends)	Neon Trees	20
19	Maps	Maroon 5	--
20	Best Friend	Foster the People	--

CHART NOTES:

Two songs make their debut to the chart. They are "Best Friend" from Foster the People and "Maps", the latest single from Maroon 5. The songs come in at #20 and #19 respectively.

Coldplay finally breaks into the Top 10 with their latest single, "A Sky Full of Stars" off their latest album. Up 1 from #11 to #10. Will this go higher?

"Love Runs Out" by OneRepublic is the new #1 song this week displacing The Black Keys' "Fever" who falls 2 points from #1 to #3. "Love Runs Out" moved from #2 to #1, followed by First Aid Kit's "My Silver Lining" at #2 moving up from #3.

A shout out to Mark Anthony Perez who has been following this chart for some time: "I've been following your weekly charts religiously for years now. I gotta say I've been noticing a trend of you leaning a bit more to the indie pop rock of music. For me its a great transition. Our charts a looking more and more alike. Magic Man, Pretty Reckless, Neon Trees. All my favs right now to. keep up the good musical look out."

Thanks for the comment Mark. My charts fluctuate between alt rock/indie and some mainstream adult contemporary. I think these songs make a good mix for me.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2014

Love Runs Out - OneRepublic (1)
Fever - The Black Keys (3)
Happy - Pharrell Williams (8)
All of Me - John Legend (3)
Says She Loves Me - Aer (2)
Sleeping With a Friend - Neon Trees (4)
Timber - Pitull featuring Kesha (4)
Unconditionally - Katy Perry (3)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

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Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of June 29, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Fever (3rd Week @ #1!)	The Black Keys	1
2	Love Runs Out	OneRepublic	4
3	My Silver Lining	First Aid Kit	9
4	Happy (From "Despicable Me 2")	Pharrell Williams	2
5	Girls Chase Boys	Ingrid Michaelson	3
6	Riptide	Vance Joy	10
7	Raging Fire	Phillip Phillips	5
8	Me and My Broken Heart	Rixton	6
9	All Of Me	John Legend	7
10	Angel in Blue Jeans	Train	19
11	A Sky Full of Stars	Coldplay	11
12	We Won't Go Home	The Colourist	8
13	Night Like This	LP	12
14	Paris	Magic Man	13
15	Heaven Knows	The Pretty Reckless	17
16	Try	Colbie Caillat	20
17	Dangerous (feat. Joywave)	Big Data	--
18	Back To the Earth	Jason Mraz	--
19	Heart's On Fire	Passenger	--
20	I Love You (But I Hate Your Friends)	Neon Trees	--

CHART NOTES:

Four songs make their chart debut this week, "Angel in Blue Jeans" by Train leaps from last week's #19 debut to #10 this week, and "Fever" by The Black Keys hold at #1 for a 3rd consecutive week. Wow! The chart is here.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - June 22, 2014.

"Fever" Holds at #1 For a Second Week

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Fever (2nd Week @ #1!)	The Black Keys	1
2	Happy (From "Despicable Me 2")	Pharrell Williams	2
3	Girls Chase Boys	Ingrid Michaelson	4
4	Love Runs Out	OneRepublic	8
5	Raging Fire	Phillip Phillips	3
6	Me and My Broken Heart	Rixton	7
7	All Of Me	John Legend	5
8	We Won't Go Home	The Colourist	6
9	My Silver Lining	First Aid Kit	19
10	Riptide	Vance Joy	14
11	A Sky Full of Stars	Coldplay	13
12	Night Like This	LP	15
13	Paris	Magic Man	17
14	Mmm Yeah [feat. Pitbull]	Austin Mahone	9
15	Salt	Bad Suns	10
16	West Coast	Lana Del Rey	12
17	Heaven Knows	The Pretty Reckless	20
18	Love Never Felt So Good	Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake	11
19	Angel in Blue Jeans	Train	--
20	Try	Colbie Caillat	--

CHART NOTES:

The Black Keys hold at #1 with "Fever" for a second week. Biggest gainer is by First Aid Kit as their track "My Silver Lining" leaps from its #19 debut of last week to #9 this week. It's a great song. I love it.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2014

Fever - The Black Keys (2)
Happy - Pharrell Williams (8)
All of Me - John Legend (3)
Says She Loves Me - Aer (2)
Sleeping With a Friend - Neon Trees (4)
Timber - Pitull featuring Kesha (4) 
Unconditionally - Katy Perry (3)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - June 15, 2014.

Black Keys Capture the #1 Spot with "Fever"

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Fever	The Black Keys	7
2	Happy	Pharrell Williams	1
3	Raging Fire	Phillip Phillips	3
4	Girls Chase Boys	Ingrid Michaelson	6
5	All Of Me	John Legend	2
6	We Won't Go Home	The Colourist	4
7	Me and My Broken Heart	Rixton	9
8	Love Runs Out	OneRepublic	13
9	Mmm Yeah [feat. Pitbull]	Austin Mahone	10
10	Salt	Bad Suns	12
11	Love Never Felt So Good	Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake	11
12	West Coast	Lana Del Rey	5
13	A Sky Full of Stars	Coldplay	17
14	Riptide	Vance Joy	16
15	Night Like This	LP	19
16	Best Day of My Life	American Authors	8
17	Paris	Magic Man	20
18	Says She Loves Me	Aer	14
19	My Silver Lining	First Aid Kit	--
20	Heaven Knows	The Pretty Reckless	--

CHART NOTES:

The chart resumes... again, and with a new song at #1. The Black Keys top the chart for the first time ever with their track "Fever". The song is from their latest album Turn Blue. It jumps from #7 to #1 after spending 4 weeks going up several positions at a time.

Pharrell Williams' "Happy" held the #1 spot for the past 8 weeks, and in the history of this chart, is the longest run for any song to hold on to the top spot. The track is likely to be the top song for 2014. We'll see.

Plenty of other new songs at various positions on the chart since the last update back in May. I am trying to resume regular updates to the chart, but other circumstances in my life have been more of a priority lately. Granted, I am still keeping track of popular songs in my collection internally even though a weekly chart may not be posted.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2014

Fever - The Black Keys (1)
Happy - Pharrell Williams (8)
All of Me - John Legend (3)
Says She Loves Me - Aer (2)
Sleeping With a Friend - Neon Trees (4)
Timber - Pitull featuring Kesha (4) 
Unconditionally - Katy Perry (3)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - March 23, 2014

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of March 23, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Says She Loves Me (2nd Week @ #1!)	Aer	1
2	All Of Me	John Legend	4
3	Dark Horse [feat. Juicy J]	Katy Perry	3
4	"Happy (From ""Despicable Me 2"")"	Pharrell Williams	9
5	Sleeping With a Friend	Neon Trees	2
6	Turn It Around	Lucius	6
7	Coming of Age	Foster the People	7
8	Hey Brother	Avicii	5
9	Timber (feat. Ke$ha)	Pitbull	12
10	Magic	Coldplay	15
11	Are You Listening	Kopecky Family Band	13
12	Best Day of My Life	American Authors	20
13	Taxi Dancer	Dengue Fever	14
14	Young Heart	Blondfire	17
15	Cardiac Arrest	Bad Suns	8
16	Say Something [feat. Christina Aguilera]	A Great Big World	10
17	#Selfie (Instrumental Mix)	The Chainsmokers	--
18	The Giving Tree	Plain White T's	11
19	Team	Lorde	--
20	Raging Fire	Phillip Phillips	--

CHART NOTES

Aer holds the @ number 1 for a 2nd week in a row with "Says She Loves Me". Great sounding single that is not getting much airplay. Too bad. Good song.

John Legend comes in at #2 with the year's most popular love ballad "All of Me". May be #1 by next week. We'll see.

Pharell Williams jumps from #9 to #4 this week with his song "Happy".

Three songs debut on the chart this week. They include the dance oriented track "#SELFIE" by The Chainsmokers at #17. At #19 we find Lorde and her latest "Team". In at #20 is the 2nd single to make the chart by Phillip Phillips. This one is called "Raging Fire".

Songs That Went to #1 in 2014

Says She Loves Me - Aer (2)
Sleeping With a Friend - Neon Trees (4)
Timber - Pitull featuring Kesha (4)
Unconditionally - Katy Perry (3)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - March 16, 2014.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of March 16, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Says She Loves Me	Aer	3
2	Sleeping With a Friend	Neon Trees	1
3	Dark Horse [feat. Juicy J]	Katy Perry	5
4	All Of Me	John Legend	8
5	Hey Brother	Avicii	4
6	Turn It Around	Lucius	7
7	Coming of Age	Foster the People	2
8	Cardiac Arrest	Bad Suns	6
9	"Happy (From ""Despicable Me 2"")"	Pharrell Williams	18
10	Say Something [feat. Christina Aguilera]	A Great Big World	10
11	The Giving Tree	Plain White T's	12
12	Timber (feat. Ke$ha)	Pitbull	9
13	Are You Listening	Kopecky Family Band	16
14	Taxi Dancer	Dengue Fever	17
15	Magic	Coldplay	19
16	Stay The Night	Zedd	14
17	Young Heart	Blondfire	20
18	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	11
19	Story Of My Life	One Direction	13
20	Best Day of My Life	American Authors	--

CHART NOTES:

Sorry the charts haven't been published in a couple of weeks. Internally I kept them going, just never had time to web publish much of anyting lately. The missing charts will eventually be posted to my music blog.

In the meantime we have a new song at #1. Aer makes it with this hit that so far is a non-hit in most places. "Says She Loves Me" is a catchy song that should be getting more airplay and chart action. Perhaps it is a summer kind of song (along with its music video) that may still gel later this season. We aren't even into spring yet. Still I like this song enough to make it my #1 for the week.

Otherwise the usual suspects are here along with an eclectic few. Enjoy.

Flashback Friday: The Hollies

FLASHBACK FRIDAY - The Hollies
The Air That I Breathe & more

This week our Flashback Friday spotlight is on The Hollies, a British group that has entertained the public since the mid 1960s. They were part of the original British Invasion of music groups that burned up the charts in the mid 60s along with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Dave Clark Five and others.

The Hollies are well known for several chart hits, of which the top 10 I have posted here. My favorite Hollies song of all time is "The Air That I Breathe", a 4 minute long opus written by singer / songwriter Albert Hammond who had his own hits in the early 1970s (It Never Rains in Southern California).

"The Air That I Breathe" was a top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit, peaking at #6 in the summer of 1974.

My 10 top tracks by The Hollies follow:

1. The Air That I Breathe (1974)
2. Long Cool Woman [in a Black Dress] (1972)
3. Bus Stop (1966)
4. Carrie Anne (1967)
5. Jennifer Eccles (1968)
6. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (1970)
7. Look Through Any Window (1965)
8. On a Carousel (1967)
9. Stop Stop Stop (1966)
10. Magic Woman Touch (1973)

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - Neon Trees @ #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of February 16, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Sleeping With a Friend	Neon Trees	2
2	Timber (feat. Ke$ha)	Pitbull	1
3	Coming of Age	Foster the People	6
4	Hey Brother	Avicii	9
5	Royals	Lorde	3
6	Says She Loves Me	Aer	11
7	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	7
8	Hold On	Colbie Caillat	5
9	Harlem	New Politics	4
10	Human	Christina Perri	10
11	Cardiac Arrest	Bad Suns	15
12	Turn It Around	Lucius	16
13	The Heart of Dixie	Danielle Bradbery	13
14	Saideira (feat. Samuel Rosa)	Santana	8
15	Shake	The Head And The Heart	14
16	Say Something [feat. Christina Aguilera]	A Great Big World	19
17	The Giving Tree	Plain White T's	20
18	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	12
19	Dark Horse [feat. Juicy J]	Katy Perry	--
20	Story Of My Life	One Direction	--

CHART NOTES

Neon Trees moves from last week's #2 to #1 with "Sleeping With a Friend". This is the band's 2nd single to top the chart. They went to #1 in 2010 with their debut single "Animal". Falling from #1 to #2 is "Timber" by Pitbull. Up from #6 to #3 is Foster the People and their latest track "Coming of Age."

Aer's "Say She Love Me" moves up 5 points from last week's #11 to #6 this week. Good song.

Two songs make their chart entry. First up is Katy Perry and the latest track from her current album, Prism. This one is called "Dark Horse" featuring Juicy J. The song is #1 on many charts including iTunes and Billboard. In its first week on the track is at #19 on this week's Top 20. The second of the two debut singles is "Story of My Life", a latecomer of an established hit from One Direction. It checks in at #20. We'll see how high these tracks go in the coming weeks.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2014

Sleeping With a Friend - Neon Trees (1)
Timber - Pitull featuring Kesha (4)
Unconditionally - Katy Perry (3)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - February 9, 2014

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of Februry 9, 2014.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Timber (feat. Ke$ha)	Pitbull	1
2	Sleeping With a Friend	Neon Trees	4
3	Royals	Lorde	2
4	Harlem	New Politics	3
5	Hold On	Colbie Caillat	5
6	Coming of Age	Foster the People	13
7	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	7
8	Saideira (feat. Samuel Rosa)	Santana	9
9	Hey Brother	Avicii	12
10	Human	Christina Perri	11
11	Says She Loves Me	Aer	17
12	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	6
13	The Heart of Dixie	Danielle Bradbery	15
14	Shake	The Head And The Heart	14
15	Cardiac Arrest	Bad Suns	18
16	Turn It Around	Lucius	19
17	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	8
18	I Love You	Said the Whale	10
19	Say Something [feat. Christina Aguilera]	A Great Big World	--
20	The Giving Tree	Plain White T's	--

CHART NOTES:

Pitbull holds on to the #1 spot for a 4th week with his hit "Timber".

Neon Trees moves from last week's #4 to #2 with "Sleeping With a Friend".

Fast movers: Foster the People leaps from #13 to #6 with "Coming of Age"; Aer's "Say She Loves Me" jumps from last week's #17 debut to #11. New on the charts are A Great Big World with "Say Something" at #19 and Plain White T's at #20 with "The Giving Tree".

Songs That Went to #1 in 2014

Timber - Pitull featuring Kesha (4)
Unconditionally - Katy Perry (3)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - 3 Songs Make Chart Debut

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of February 2, 2014.

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

CHART NOTES

Pitbull holds on to the #1 spot for a third week with his hit "Timber", in which the vocals are also shared by Kesha, who's had a few hit singles in her own right.

Lorde moves up the chart from #4 to #2 with her former #1 song "Royals". Must be a Grammy Award bump for the "Song of the Year" winner.

Neon Trees makes a big leap into the top 5 with "Sleeping With a Friend" moving up 7 points from last week's #11 to #4 this week. Could "Sleeping" become the band's next #1 hit. They hit it big in 2010 with their first single "Animal", a track that went all the way to #1 that year.

Three songs make their chart debut: Aer leads the newcomers with their debut single "Says She Loves Me" at #17. At #18 we find our second debut record by Bad Suns. Their single is "Cardiac Arrest". The third debut single is "Turn It Around" by Lucius at #19. We'll see where these tracks go in the coming weeks.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2014

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

(x) = Total weeks @ #1