So this week, I have two new songs in the M10- one is off a new lp but has been hanging out in the "bottom 5" I never show you; the other is from a 2017 unplugged lp and it bypasses the "bottom five" entirely! Also, just two more years left until our feature returns to the 70's, and this year is packed full of great hits! Let me kick things off with that first song, at #10 after a 5-week tour of the lower end. (Which, by the by, is likely a record, but since you never see it, why would you care?) It's by a young man named Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, known world wide as Hozier. Now he had a big alt hit in 2014 with Take Me To Church, which hit big everywhere (well, except for Romania, where it tanked). This year he put out 2 albums, the second featuring more of his Irish roots, called UnReal UnEarth. From that disc comes this song, in which he is helped by Brandi Carlile ( who has made a habit of being a guest-star on M10 hits).
Our feature year is 1956, and this week the US and Canada both had the Every Brothers on top with Wake Up Little Susie. Australia was in what I call a "Cashbox situation", as their top Song was a combination of the sales of two acts doing the same tune- which is ironic, because it is on the Cashbox charts here this week (at #42 and dropping) by two completely different acts! The two sharing credit here are the orchestras of Mantovani and of Victor Young; but the two sharing kudos for the song Around The World in Australia are Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole! Apparently, Bing got it to #25 here at some point, but Nat didn't chart here... and the fact that he did in Australia frankly surprises me. Black artists didn't seem to translate as well from here to there, and the 2 soul acts what were in my Song I Wouldn't Turn Off list this week- The Rays doing Silhouettes, and Sam Cooke doing You Send Me- didn't chart there at all! Combine that with our earlier story of Johnny O'Keefe having to do boomerang exhibitions to get a listen over here, and music was a bit messy back then. Thank God for Spotify nowadays!
Anyway, that list of Songs I Wouldn't Turn Off this week started with six, which for your convenience I whittle down to 3; and then pick the top. That top 3:
The aforementioned Sam Cooke and You Send Me is my #3- an eventual #1 in both Canada and the US that was #16 this week.
#2 is Debbie Reynolds and Tammy- one of my top 3 all time favorite songs from the 50's, #1 here but peaking at #2 in both our friendly musical neighbors. It was #11 on this week's CB chart.
And at #1 on my list- another of my top 3 1950's songs as it turns out; Canada put it at the top at some point, Australia #6, But CB peaked it at 8 in a couple of weeks, it sits at #17 this week...
...Bobby Helms and My Special Angel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(If anyone wants to think up what that 3rd song from the 50's was... it was topping the charts in May of 1958, the act has already been mentioned in this post, and Elvis won't let me have them on the show anymore...)
Debut #2 I discovered on a post on Best Classic Bands discussing it. I never knew about it till last week, and I found it amazing. From an MTV Unplugged lp from 2017... here is our #9 song this week...
And without further ado, the remaining top 10...
8- one more week for Whitney and Kansas, down 3.
7- Holding at the spot, Dan + Shay and Neon Cowgirl.
6- Up 3 for Duran Duran and Black Moonlight.
5- Down one for Buck Meek and Didn't Know You Then.
4- Her chart performance the opposite of the song, Amira Elfeky up 4 with Coming Down.
3- The rest is going to sound familiar: Holding, Aiden Bissett's Ultraviolet.
2- Holding, Jason Isbell's Save The World.
...and a second week at the top for...
...Talk, and Wasteland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's it for this week!
Elvis... Psst! Is he gone? Lissen, I need some help here... I got ta get some ideas for that Christmas show I big mouthed my way inta doin'... I promise ah'll consider any suggestions! Okay... I'm outta here....
