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    Friday is here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Harry Styles remains at #1 for a fourth week, while Aussie singer/songwriter Vance Joy (pictured above) climbs a notch in the top ten. Songs from Old Dominion, Elton John/Britney Spears, and Lizzo make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ), while former big hits from Elton John/Dua Lipa, Kane Brown, Latto, and Justin Bieber drop off my chart. And under the list everything is Spotify playlisted for 5 1/2 hours of the biggest in pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance music. Half a banana!   This Week                 Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Late Night Talking - Harry Styles (1) 2. Sunroof - Nicky Youre & dazy (2) 3. The Kind Of Love We Make - Luke Combs (3) 4. About Damn Time...

    Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Harry Styles reigns for a third week, while country ginger Cole Swindell (pictured above) climbs a pair of notches in the top ten. Former big hits from Ed Sheeran/Lil Baby, Imagine Dragons, Ozzy Osbourne/Jeff Beck, Dylan Scott, Charlie Wilson, and the Band CAMINO drop off my chart, while songs from the Black Keys, Lizzo, and Tyler Hubbard make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). And under the list everything is Spotify playlisted for 5 1/2 hours of the biggest in pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance music. Welcome to autumn!  This Week            Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Late Night Talking - Harry Styles (1) 2. Sunroof - Nicky Youre & dazy (2) 3. The Kind Of Love...

    Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. We have a new #1 from the Black Keys, while Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde (pictured above) hold tight in the top ten. Songs from Em Beihold, Kx5, and the Band CAMINO make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ), while former big hits from Charlie Puth, Kygo/DNCE, Shinedown, Swedish House Mafia/The Weeknd, and LANY drop off the chart. And under the list everything is Spotify-playlisted for 5 1/2 hours of the biggest in pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance music. Go in peace, Fletch... This Week                  Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Wild Child - The Black Keys (3) 2. Enemy - Imagine Dragons f/JID (1) 3. Black Summer - Red Hot Chili ...

    Well, we've come to the final moment in this year's Eurovision Song Contest season. The two semi-finals are over, with the requisite bloodbath that whittled 20 finalists out of 35 contenders. You can check out my recaps of the songs in those two semis in part one and part two of my series. The twenty that made it out, for better (Australia) or for worse (Serbia) will be joined in the final by the "Big Five": Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, and this year's hosts, Italy. Since they provide a much higher chunk of funding towards the contest, they don't have to bother with any qualification worries. Now, for a long while this has created a bit of resentment among the other countries, and I can't deny it seems like it has had an effect on the results, with a placing in the bottom common. Last year was an anomaly, with the UK, Spain, Germany, and hosts the Netherlands (which also get an automatic pass to the final) found themselves in the last...

    Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Lil Nas X hangs in on top for a tenth week, while the Black Keys (pictured above) climb two notches in the top ten. Songs from Em Beihold, Weezer, and Kx5 make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ), while former big hits by the Encanto cast, the Chainsmokers, and Walker Hayes drop off my list. And under the list everything in Spotify playlisted for 5 1/2 hours of the biggest in pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance music. Happy Eurovision weekend!   This Week              Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. That's What I Want - Lil Nas X (1) 2. Enemy - Imagine Dragons f/JID (2) 3. Heart On Fire - Eric Church (3) 4. Black Summer - Red Hot Chili Peppers (5) 5. Wild Child - The Black Keys (7) 6. Doin' ...

    Well, the first semi-final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest proved to be the circus it was set up to be, with surprises galore out of a field of mostly sub-par entries. It seems all the ballads made it through, probably with the televote going to Ukraine (for obvious reasons) and Norway for their novelty ditty. The second final is tonight (this afternoon in the States) and it's probably going to be a bloodbath, with far more worthy entries competing for just ten spots in the final. That seems to be always the case with one of the semis, but it's so blatant this year it's scary. There's definitely going to be someone unfairly cast out. But that's the name of the game, in the words of previous winners ABBA. So here's a recap of the 18 songs vying for the finals tonight...   1. Finland - "Jezebel" by The Rasmus    After their success last year, coming in 6th with the god-awful metal pastiche of "Dark Side" from Blind Channel whic...

    I still can't believe it's May already (probably due to the coldish weather we've been having), but it's finally time for Eurovision week! This year it's in Turin, Italy, after the win last year for the rock band Maneskin, who have gone on to have quite a bit of success worldwide, including a massive hit in America, though NOT with their winning song "Zitto e Buoni" but with a remake of a Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons song from the 1960s "Beggin"" they did when they were contestants on Italy's version of The X Factor . This year 40 countries are competing, with Armenia and Montenegro returning and Russia getting the boot obviously for their invasion of Ukraine. Tonight is the first of two semi-finals where either 17 or 18 countries vie for 10 spots in the final, where they'll be joined by the "big five" of Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and the UK, who finance the contest enough so they get a free pass. This year d...