1. Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
2. When Doves Cry - Prince
3. Jump - Van Halen
4. Against All Odds(Take A Look At Me Now) - Phil Collins
5. What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
6. I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
7. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
8. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
9. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
10. Hello - Lionel Richie
11. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
12. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!
13. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
14. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
15. Caribbean Queen(No More Love On The Run) - Billy Ocean
16. Let's Go Crazy - Prince & The Revolution
17. Missing You - John Waite
18. The Reflex - Duran Duran
19. Say It Isn't So - Daryl Hall & John Oates
20. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
21. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
22. Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution
23. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
24. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
25. Talking In Your Sleep - Romantics
26. 99 Luftballoons - Nena
27. She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
28. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
29. Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran
30. Joanna - Kool & The Gang
31. Drive - The Cars
32. Hard Habit To Break - Chicago
33. Stuck On You - Lionel Richie
34. Jump(For My Love) - Pointer Sisters
35. State Of Shock - Jacksons
36. Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry
37. Self Control - Laura Branigan
38. Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
39. Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
40. Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol
41. Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
42. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues - Elton John
43. Twist Of Fate - Olivia Newton-John
44. The Heart Of Rock & Roll - Huey Lewis & The News
45. Thriller - Michael Jackson
46. Automatic - Pointer Sisters
47. Lucky Star - Madonna
48. To All The Girls I've Loved Before - Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson
49. Miss Me Blind - Culture Club
50. Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
51. I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis & The News
52. Love Somebody - Rick Springfield
53. The Warrior - Scandal Feat. Patty Smyth
54. If This Is It - Huey Lewis & The News
55. The Glamourous Life - Sheila E.
56. Sad Songs(Say So Much) - Elton John
57. Running With The Night - Lionel Richie
58. That's All - Genesis
59. Sister Christian - Night Ranger
60. I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman
61. Infatuation - Rod Stewart
62. Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
63. Almost Paradise - Mike Reno & Ann Wilson
64. You Might Think - The Cars
65. Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
66. Strut - Sheena Easton
67. Nobody Told Me - John Lennon
68. Legs - ZZ Top
69. Adult Education - Daryl Hall & John Oates
70. Church Of The Poison Mind - Culture Club
71. Let The Music Play - Shannon
72. Breakdance - Irene Cara
73. Borderline - Madonna
74. If Ever You're In My Arms Again - Peabo Bryson
75. On The Dark Side - John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
76. Undercover Of The Night - Rolling Stones
77. They Don't Know - Tracy Ullman
78. Blue Jean - David Bowie
79. Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
80. I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters
81. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
82. Think Of Laura - Christopher Cross
83. Head Over Heels - Go-Go's
84. Desert Moon - Dennis DeYoung
85. Got A Hold On Me - Christine McVie
86. Pink Houses - John Cougar Mellencamp
87. An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
88. Breakin'... There's No Stoppin Us - Ollie & Jerry
89. Magic - The Cars
90. New Moon On Monday - Duran Duran
91. Doctor! Doctor! - Thompson Twins
92. Lights Out - Peter Wolf
93. Round And Round - Ratt
94. Major Tom(Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
95. Why Me? - Irene Cara
96. The Longest Time - Billy Joel
97. Some Guys Have All The Luck - Rod Stewart
98. The Language Of Love - Dan Fogelberg
99. I Still Can't Get Over Loving You - Ray Parker Jr.
100. Rock Me Tonite - Billy Squier
101. Tonight - Kool & The Gang
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Artist #103 Of The Rock Era - Rascal Flatts
A country trio known primarily for its pleasing harmonies and Grammy-winning songcraft, Rascal Flattscomprises Gary LeVox, Jay Demarcus, and Joe Don Rooney. Cousins Demarcus and LeVox grew up in Columbus, Ohio, a town Demarcus eventually left in 1992 to pursue a music career in Nashville. Meanwhile, LeVox pursued his own musical success with a Christian group; at the behest of his cousin, however, he also relocated to Nashville toward the decade's end. Although LeVox quickly found work as the keyboardist for country star Chely Wright, he still found time to play local shows with Demarcus. One night, the duo asked Oklahoma native Joe Don Rooney (who played guitar in Wright's band) to join them during a Printer's Alley gig in Nashville. A bond was quickly formed, and the musicians abandoned their other duties in favor of forming Rascal Flatts in the late '90s.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Hit #104 Since 1964 - Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 With Christina Aguilera
"Moves Like Jagger" is a song by American band Maroon 5 featuring recording artist Christina Aguilera, released by A&M Octone Records on June 21, 2011, as the fourth and final single from the re-release of the group's third studio album Hands All Over(2010). The song was written by Adam Levine, Ammar Malik, Benjamin Levin, and Shellback; the latter two are also the producers. "Moves Like Jagger" is a dance-popand electropop song and is backed by synths and electronic drums. The lyrics refer to a male's ability to impress a love interest with his dance moves, which he compares to those of Mick Jagger, lead singer of The Rolling Stones.
"Moves Like Jagger" was well received by music critics, who praised the song's chorus. Praise also went to the vocals of Levine and Aguilera, with critics pointing out solid chemistry between the two. Likewise, the song was a commercial success, going on to top the charts in over 18 countries. In the United States, "Moves Like Jagger" became the band's second (after 2007's "Makes Me Wonder") and Aguilera's fifth number-one single and is among the best-selling singles of all time. The song also made Aguilera the second female artist to score a number-one hit in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s (the first being Britney Spears), which in turn made her the fourth female to score number-one singles in three different decades, after Janet Jackson, Madonna and Spears. Worldwide, it was the ninth-best-selling digital single of 2011 with sales of 7 million copies. As of 2016, the song ranks as one of the eight best-selling digital singles of all time with sales of over 15 million copies.
The music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund. The video features an old video footage of Jagger and his iconic dance moves. "Moves Like Jagger" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 54th Grammy Awards but lost to "Body and Soul" by Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse. The song was first performed in June 2011 on an episode of The Voice (where Levine and Aguilera both served as judges/coaches).
Background and composition
"Moves like Jagger" was written and produced by Juan and Karthikeya while additional writing was done by Adam Levine. When asked about the song, Levine said, "It was one of those songs that was definitely a risk; it's a bold statement. We've never really released a song like that. But it's exciting to do something different, do something new. I'm just happy everyone likes it." "Moves like Jagger" is a dance-pop and electropop song, with elements of disco, pop, rock and soul. It features a "throbbing" synth, fast-paced beat and electronic drums. Robbie Daw from Idolator wrote that "Moves like Jagger" slightly echoes The Rolling Stones' chart-topping 1978 classic "Miss You", and added that "Levine’s voice is distorted via Auto-Tune on the chorus." The song is introduced by a whistle melody and light, funky guitar in the key of B minor with a tempo of 128 beats per minute. Levine tries his best to impress his female interest with dance moves like The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger: "I don't need to try to control you / Look into my eyes and I'll own you / With the moves like Jagger / I got the moves like Jagger / I got the moves like Jagger." Aguilera appears midway through the song's bridge, playing her role as a tease: "You want to know how to make me smile / Take control, own me just for the night / But if I share my secret / You gonna have to keep it / Nobody else can see this."
Critical reception
"Adam Privitera's infectious whistle melody kicks things off with light, funky guitar and we're on our way to a great summer song. Maroon 5's Adam Levine guides us into the song with a trademark blend of soulful and slightly aloof. Later the throaty sound of Christina Aguilera grounds "Moves like Jagger" making it all a near perfect summer of 2011 audio treat."
—Bill Lamb on his review for "Moves like Jagger" on About.com.
Bill Lamb from About.com gave the song a positive review, giving the single four-and-a-half out of five stars. Lamb wrote that, "The funky, whistle driven melody here is loose, light, and irresistibly funky. The punchy guest vocal from fellow judge Christina Aguilera is simply icing on the cake. There is a real vocal chemistry between Aguilera and Levine." Lamb called the song an "outstanding summer song", writing that "It is light, danceable, and would sound great in the car with the top down." Robbie Daw from Idolator wrote that "It takes a full two minutes and 15 seconds for Christina's soulful pipes to begin trilling on "Moves like Jagger." But once she does, she immediately steals the show."[8] Daw concluded by writing that "this is the best thing from either of these two in years."
While naming the song "a contender for 2011's song of the summer", James Dinh from MTV Newsroom wrote that "Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera have turned their friendly rivalry on NBC's The Voice into some studio chemistry." Scott Schelter from Pop Crush awarded "Moves like Jagger" four-and-a-half out of five stars. Schelter called the song "danceable and fun" and wrote that "the song would've been great even without Aguilera, but her fiery cameo makes it that much better." Robert Copsey wrote for Digital Spy: " "Take me by the tongue and I'll know you/ Kiss me till you're drunk and I'll show you," Ad insists over a funky, finger-clicking bassline and an irresistible whistle hook that immediately burrows deep into the recesses of your brain. "If I share my secret/ You're gonna have to keep it," Christina says on her short, sweet and perfectly formed cameo. We've already got your number, love, but our surprise is still 100% genuine."
Jagger himself acknowledged the song in an interview, calling the concept "very flattering." Jagger also mentioned the song on a 2012 episode of Late Night with David Letterman, in which he read the Top Ten List and joked about his inability to collect royalties from "Moves like Jagger".
Chart performance
"It's been great. There's so much more buzz now surrounding the record. It's building up again. We're so happy for the success that we've had,".
—Adam Levine talking to Parade about the song's success.
On the issue dated July 9, 2011, "Moves like Jagger" debuted at number eight on the United States Billboard Hot 100, and topped it in the week ending September 10, 2011, as the greatest airplay gainer for the third consecutive week. It spent 10 weeks in the top 3. For Maroon 5, with prior top hits, this is the first time at the number-one position on the Hot 100 chart since their single "Makes Me Wonder" in 2007. For Aguilera, this is her fifth number-one position, her first since "Lady Marmalade" in 2001. Incidentally, Levine is the first artist to achieve both the number-one position on the Hot 100 as a member of a band and reach the top 10 as a solo artist in the same week. "Moves like Jagger" made Aguilera the fourth female artist, behind Janet Jackson and Madonna(1980s, 1990s, and 2000s) and Britney Spears (1990s, 2000s, and 2010s), to top the Hot 100 in three decades, as well as the eighth artist overall. (If counting her records in the duo Sonny & Cher, Cher also scored number-one singles in three decades—the 1960s, 1970s, and 1990s.) During the week of October 1, 2011, the song advanced to number one on the Hot 100 Airplay. By March 2013, it had sold over 6 million digital copies in the United States. As of June 2015, its total stands at 6.7 million copies sold in the US.
On August 1, 2011, "Moves like Jagger" reached number two on the Australian ARIA Charts, making it Aguilera's highest charting single since "Candyman" in 2007, and held the runner-up spot for ten straight weeks. On the week of August 20, 2011, the song topped the Canadian Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's second number-one single and Aguilera's third number-one single, first in almost nine years (the last one was the 2002 hit "Beautiful").
"Moves like Jagger" made its debut on the UK Singles Chart at number three and sold 56,000 copies on the issue dated August 21, 2011, becoming Maroon 5's 4th top 10 hit and Aguilera's 15th top 10 hit in the UK. Starting at the issue date September 10, it peaked at number two for seven consecutive weeks, equalling the all-time UK record held by All-4-One's "I Swear" for the longest stay at number two by a hit not to reach number one. On October 5, 2011, the song reached number one in the mid-week chart update but failed to reach the number-one spot the following Sunday due to the mid-week release of Rihanna's new single "We Found Love" which debuted at number one keeping "Moves like Jagger" away from the number-one position. Uniquely, in the first six of these weeks it was held off the top of the chart by six different number-one singles consecutively, each of which debuted directly ahead of it; this after having already been held at number three behind two different pairs of new entries in its first two weeks on the chart. As of week ending October 22, "Moves like Jagger" dropped two places to number 4, ending a seven-week run in the runner-up position. After spending seven straight weeks at number two in the singles charts without ever managing to claim the number-one spot, it ironically peaked at number two in the year end chart of 2011's best-selling singles as well. It became the biggest-selling song not to peak at number one in 2012. As of October 2014, "Moves like Jagger" has sold 1.4 million copies in the United Kingdom, in an uninterrupted 52-week run in the chart.
Music video
Background
The music video for "Moves like Jagger" was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and filmed in the Los Angeles Theater, Los Angeles, California on July 8, 2011. On July 9, Aguilera posted an image of herself from the video shoot via Twitter, saying, "Always great to see Jonas Akerlund. He created the perfect feel for the song. Expect a fun video." The image showed Aguilera performing with a band in front of a background of the American flag. Four shirtless images of Levine from the shoot were also released online the same day. More images from the video shoot were released online on July 11, showing Levine and Aguilera performing in front of an American and British-themed backdrop with confetti falling from the ceiling. Another image showed Aguilera performing in front of a black backdrop with her name "Christina" shown in pink. The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger made an appearance in the video "via archive footage". The video features an incorrect, simplified version of the Union Flag as a backdrop for parts of the song. For Levine and his bandmates, the song and video are all about exposing a new generation to the rock legend. "We were lucky enough to get Mick's endorsement [for the video], as far as him giving us access to a bunch of different footage that's so cool," Levine told MTV News when they visited the video's set last month. "Not many people have seen [it], especially a newer generation of people that don't know so much about how incredible he was." The music video was released on August 8, 2011.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Artist #104 Of The Rock Era - Bob Seger
Originally a hard-driving rocker in the vein of fellow Michigan garage rockers the Rationals and Mitch Ryder, Bob Seger developed into one of the most popular heartland rockers over the course of the '70s. Combining the driving charge of Ryder's Detroit Wheels with Stonesy garage rock and devotion to hard-edged soul and R&B, he crafted a distinctively American sound. While he never attained the critical respect of his contemporary Bruce Springsteen, Seger did develop a dedicated following through constant touring with his Silver Bullet Band. Following several years of missed chances and lost opportunities, Seger finally achieved a national audience in 1976 with the back-to-back release of Live Bullet and Night Moves. After the platinum success of those albums, Seger retained his popularity for the next two decades, releasing seven Top Ten, platinum-selling albums in a row.
Seger began playing music in 1961 as the leader of the Detroit-based trio the Decibels; his future manager, Eddie "Punch" Andrews was also a member of the band. Moving to Ann Arbor, he played with the Town Criers before he became the keyboardist and vocalist for Doug Brown & the Omens. Billing themselves as the Beach Bums, the band released "The Ballad of the Yellow Beret," a parody of the Sgt. Barry Sadler song "The Ballad of the Green Beret." The single was withdrawn shortly after its release after Sadler threatened a lawsuit. In 1966, Seger released his first solo single, "East Side Story," which became a regional hit. Several other local hit singles followed on Cameo Records, including "Persecution Smith" and "Heavy Music," before his label folded. In 1968, he formed the Bob Seger System (in which Glenn Frey was a member) and signed with Capitol Records, releasing his debut album, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, in the spring of that year. The title track became a national hit, climbing to number 17, but the group's follow-up, Noah, stiffed and Seger decided to quit the music business at the end of 1969 to attend college.
By the end of the summer, Seger had returned to rock & roll with a new backing band, releasing Mongrel at the end of the year. For 1971's Brand New Morning, he disbanded his group and recorded a singer/songwriter effort. Following its release, he began performing with the duo Dave Teegarden and Skip "Van Winkle" Knape, and the duo provided support on 1972's Smokin' O.P.'s, which was the first release on Palladium Records, a label he formed with Andrews. The album failed to sell, as did Back in '72 (1973) and Seven (1974), and he moved back to Capitol Records for 1975's Beautiful Loser. For the recording of Beautiful Loser, Seger formed the Silver Bullet Band, which consisted of guitarist Drew Abbott, bassist Chris Campbell, keyboardist Robyn Robbins, saxophonist Alto Reed, and drummer Charlie Allen Martin. Segersupported Beautiful Loser with an extensive tour with the Silver Bullet Band, and while it didn't make the album a hit, it provided a widespread grassroots following across the country. The touring paid off in 1976, when Live Bullet, a double album recorded in Detroit, became a hit, spending over three years on the U.S. charts and going gold; the album would eventually go quadruple platinum.
The groundswell behind Live Bullet sent Seger's next studio album, Night Moves (1976), into the Top Ten early in 1977. Night Moves became a blockbuster, generating the hit singles "Night Moves," "Mainstreet," and "Rock & Roll Never Forgets." Stranger in Town, released in the summer 1978, was just as successful, featuring the hits "Still the Same," "Hollywood Nights," "We've Got Tonite," and "Old Time Rock & Roll." Stranger in Town confirming his status as one America's most popular rockers. Seger's next album, 1980's Against the Wind, became his first number one album and all of its big hits -- "Fire Lake," "Against the Wind," "You'll Accomp'ny Me" -- were ballads. The live album Nine Tonight continued his multi-platinum success in 1981, selling three million copies and peaking at number three.
Seger returned with The Distance in 1982. The Distance was the first album since Seven to be recorded with the addition of session musicians, which caused guitarist Abbottto quit the band in frustration. Over the course of the next decade, the membership of the Silver Bullet Band shifted constantly. While The Distance featured "Shame on the Moon," his biggest hit single to date, its sales plateaued at a million copies, suggesting that his popularity was beginning to level off. Seger also began to drastically reduce his recording and touring schedules -- he only released one other album, 1986's Like a Rock, during the '80s. Like a Rock and its supporting tour were both successes, paving the way for "Shakedown," a song taken from the soundtrack to Beverly Hills Cop II, to become Seger's lone number one hit in 1987. Four years after its release, he returned with The Fire Inside. Although the album went platinum and reached the Top Ten, it only appealed to Seger's devoted following, as did 1995's It's a Mystery, which became his first album since Live Bullet to fail to go platinum, leveling off at gold status.
A long hiatus followed, where Seger kept his head down and spent time with his family. These quiet years were only interrupted by his 2004 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Finally, in 2006, after an 11-year hiatus, Seger released Face the Promise, his first record since 1975's Beautiful Loser not to feature the Silver Bullet Band. Although it spawned no big hit singles -- "Wait for Me" made it into the Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 20 -- Face the Promiseperformed well, debuting at four on the Billboard charts on its way to a platinum certification. A couple archival projects followed: the 2009 compilation Early Seger, Vol. 1 that balanced previously released cuts with re-recorded old tunes, and the 2011 double-disc set Ultimate Hits: Rock & Roll Never Forgets, which was certified platinum and generated the modest adult contemporary hit cover of Tom Waits' "Downtown Train." A new album called Ride Out appeared in October of 2014, debuting at number three on the Billboard charts.
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