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Thanks gang for coming back, it's time for my recap of the new music making the chart in Germany this week. There are three debuts in their top-5 this time out... The top-selling song in Germany this week is the James Bond theme "Skyfall" by Adele. It's her second #1 record here, " Rolling In The Deep " topped the chart in 2011... (Click below to see the rest of the post)

Hey gang, it's time now to check out the latest songs selling in France, according to their official music charts . This week Rihanna stays at #1 for a third week with "Diamonds"... The highest debut this week is by French singer/songwriter Emmanuel Moire, with a song from his 2009 album L'Equilibre titled "Sois Tranquille" ("Be Quiet"). It's a song about his twin brother, who passed away after a car ran him over. He also came out of the closet that same year. His song barrels on to the chart at #21, because of his involvement on the French version of Dancing With The Stars , where he danced to this song as a personal story . Moire has had four previous top-10 hits in this country, with " Je Fais De Toi Mon Essentiel " ("I'll Do for You My Needed One")... (Click below to see the rest of the post)

Today, October 23rd, marks country icon Dwight Yoakam's 55th birthday.... (Click to see the rest of the post)

Golden Earring - " Twilight Zone " from the album Cut (1983) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #10 (two weeks) Weeks in the top-40: 15 Today's Song of the Day is the Dutch rock group Golden Earring , started by teens George Kooymans and Renis Gerritsen. In 1965, their first hit single, " Please Go ", made the Top-10 in the Netherlands. After recruiting singer Barry Hay, the band topped their country's pop chart with " Dong-Dong-Di-Ki-Di-Gi-Dong " in 1968. Two years later, after adding drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk, and now completing the foursome now still going, they expanded their scope with their second #1 Dutch hit " Back Home ", which made the top-20 in both Germany and Switzerland. By then their sound had gone from a Beatles-esque primitive rock sound to a hard group wail, and by 1973, that paid off with their American breakthrough hit, " Radar Love ", which made the top-20 on the US charts while being their third chart-t...

Glenn Frey - "All Those Lies" from the album No Fun Aloud (1982) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #41 This week's "robbed hit" is by Eagles frontman Glenn Frey, who's debut solo album, the underrated No Fun Aloud , scored him a couple of top-40 hits with " I Found Somebody " and " The One You Love ". For his third single, he released the smooth and slick "All Those Lies", a jazzy number about a paranoid lover that reminds me of "The Sad Cafe" from the Eagles' (then) swan song The Long Run .... The song peaked right under the American top-40 at #41 for three weeks, but it did manage to go to #28 on the adult-contemporary (soft-rock) chart. By Glenn's next record his image would be completely changed - for better or worse - with some weightlifting and Miami Vice .

Hey gang, it's time for part two of my "album sweep" of this week's newest records making the grade on the Top 200 Albums chart in Billboard magazine. You can check out part one by clicking here , and as before I've included links to buy anything you see that's available on Amazon MP3. Texas country singer Aaron Watson has his biggest album yet as Real Good Time comes in at #81. It's his third charting record, and his first to reach the top-10 of the country album chart... (Click below to see the rest of the post)

Today, October 22nd, marks former Mousketeer and Disney princess Annette Funicello's 70th birthday... (Click below to see the rest of the post)