Miley Maintains the Top Spot; Brittany Howard, WBL Top Debuts (Playlist for 11/15/2020)

 A bit late again with this edition, so it's just going to be a few words on what I'm listening to this week.  

Miley Cyrus maintains the top spot this week with "Midnight Sky", the emotional pop song that has been going through my head the last several weeks.  It's her third week at the top, two weeks short of her other blog #1, "Malibu" which held the top spot for five weeks in the summer of 2017.   While it's a comfortable lead, there are two songs that could challenge for playlist supremacy next week:  Devon Gilfillian's "Good Life" and Surfer Blood's "Karen".  Any of the three have a shot next week.   Further down the list are two big movers that debuted last week:  The Fleshtones' "Alex Trebek", a tribute to the recently passed Jeopardy! host, with a big jump from 54 to 19, another song I can't get out of my head; and Bakar's "1st Time" (65-34).   The Fleshtones' song may suffer from quicker burnout  in the long run, but that remains to be seen.

Brittany Howard, whose latest release "You'll Never Walk Alone" is from a 1945 Broadway show, Carousel.

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY:  I always scour my Facebook News Feed for anything new, and one of my friends, Gail Bradley posted the latest from Brittany Howard.    The Alabama Shakes frontwoman, whose solo "Stay High" went top 10 blog late last year, is back covering the standard "You'll Never Walk Alone", a perfect vehicle for her soulful voice.  The oft-covered song dates back to 1945 and it's inclusion in the Broadway musical Carousel, via its authors Rodgers and Hammerstein.   The list of artists who have covered the song is endless, but the first big version to hit the charts was by R&B artist Patti Labelle who scored a #34 pop hit in 1963 with the song.  British Invasion group Gerry & the Pacemakers, in 1965 took the song to #48 on the Billboard Hot 100, Elvis Presley's version in 1968 got to #48, followed by Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge's #51 placement a year later. Earlier this year, Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons recorded the song, and now Ms. Howard has done so as well.   Also of note is that this was the closing song sung by Jerry Lewis on his annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon that ran from 1966 to 2010. 

Next on the debut list is the latest from Winnetka Bowling League, "Congratulations", from their new, third EP of the same name.   This is the band's sixth appearance on the SNS 100 playlist this year alone, with three of those songs going to #1.   This one is their best since "Kombucha", and probably their most rocking since.   It's a steady beat, with Matthew Koma's voice holding sway.   It should take them back to the upper reaches.   It would be nice if alternative or Triple-A radio would embrace this one like they did with "Kombucha" or to an extent with "CVS".

Next is "Pixie Dust" by local Jersey artist Elise Farnsworth, following her #1 "In the Morning Light", also from her debut Turn Her Up.   She had released a version of the song as a video earlier this year with members of her very musical family and loads of school kids joining in.  In contrast, the version from her album is more of a rocker, almost in the punk range and keeps on moving.  Needless it say, a third straight blog hit is on the way.   

Also added is the latest from Jade Bird, "Headstart".  The English singer-songwriter has two top 20 blog hits to her credit:  2018's "Uh Huh", and "I Get No Joy" from the following year.   A little raw, much emotion effort is another winner for her....Arlo Parks is another from across the pond, has her first blog entry with "Hurt".  She is of Nigeran, Chadian and French descent, and has been named a "breakthrough act'" of 2020 by the BBC.  Her voice and style is reminiscent of that of Phoebe Ryan's....Lake Street Dive, best known here for 2016's "Call off Your Dog", returned with the socially-aware "Making Do".....Donna Missal releases her fourth song from Lighter, "Just Like You" is a mid-tempo rock song....finally The Strokes' "The Adults Are Talking" which should top their recent "Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus".

As I am not sure when my next blog will go off, I want to wish all my friends and readers (both of you...lol), a happy and especially safe Thanksgiving.

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist

November 15, 2020

This Week	Last Week	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	1	NUMBER ONE: MILEY CYRUS "Midnight Sky" Album: Plastic Hearts (3 weeks at #1)	10
2	3	Devon Gilfillan - The Good Life	10
3	4	Surfer Blood - Karen	11
4	2	Shannon Marsyada - A Love That Doesn't Hurt	16
5	6	Animal Island - Tonight	12
6	5	Real Estate - The Main Thing	11
7	10	Elle King - The Let Go	11
8	8	Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar	13
9	7	David F. Porfirio - Driving at Dusk	14
10	13	Fleet Foxes - Can I Believe You	7
11	12	Pickwick - Never Gonna Be Enough	11
12	14	Dan Croll - Away From Today	11
13	16	Black Pumas - Black Moon Rising	9
14	15	Iration - Right Here Right Now	12
15	11	The Mystery Lights - 21 & Counting	14
16	19	Mabel - Mad Love	8
17	9	Michael Kiwanuka - You Ain't The Problem	14
18	18	The Backseat Lovers - Kilby Girl	18
19	54	TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: THE FLESHTONES "Alex Trebek" Album: Face of the Screaming Werewolf	2
20	26	Tennis - Superstar	6
21	21	Morgan Wallen - 7 Summers	9
22	28	Bright Eyes - Mariana Trench	7
23	17	Winnetka Bowling League - Come to the Beach	15
24	25	Pretenders - Didn't Want to Be This Lonely	9
25	27	The Blue Stones - Let It Ride	5
26	22	Christina Alessi & the Toll Collectors - Whatever Gets You Through	7
27	30	Phoebe Ryan - Ring	8
28	20	Screen Age - Blue Eyed Addiction●	27
29	36	Cage the Elephant - Skin and Bones	4
30	24	Guards - So It Goes	19
31	35	Christina Alessi & the Toll Collectors -  Where the River Flows	4
32	32	Tame Impala - Is It True	12
33	38	New Order - Be A Rebel	5
34	65	MOVER OF THE WEEK: BAKAR "1st Time" (Single Only)	2
35	23	My Morning Jacket - Feel You	17
36	41	The Avalanches - Wherever You Go	4
37	50	Chris Stapleton - Cold	3
38	43	Phoebe Ryan - Try It Sober	6
39	29	Sea Wolf - Blood Pact	15
40	33	Eliza and the Delusionals - Pull Apart Heart	25
41	42	Black Pumas - I'm Ready	5
42	45	Django Django - Spirals	6
43	31	The Jayhawks - This Forgotten Town	17
44	49	Of Monsters and Men - Visitor	5
45	37	Karen Wallo - Rain Away My Sorrow	14
46	34	Elise Farnsworth - In the Morning Light	18
47	56	Deep Sea Diver ft. Sharon Van Etten - Impossible Weight	4
48	39	The Regrettes - What Am I Gonna Do Today	20
49	68	David F. Porfirio - Evening At the Pier	2
50	40	Bakar - Hell N Back	20
51	61	The Shins - The Great Divide	3
52	55	Eliza and the Delusionals - Sentimental	5
53	64	Caamp - Officer of Love	3
54	73	Fitz - Head Up High	2
55	44	Delta Spirit - How About It	18
56	47	Donna Missal - Let You Let Me Down●	26
57	58	All Time Low ft. Black Bear - Monsters	7
58	---	TOP DEBUT: BRITTANY HOWARD "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Single Only)	1
59	48	Bebadoobee - Care	6
60	51	Delacey  - Chapel●	30
61	46	James Bay - Chew  On My Heart	12
62	71	Meg Myers - Any Way You Wanna Love	2
63	---	Winnetka Bowling League - Congratulations	1
64	60	The Regrettes - I Love Us	6
65	62	Bon Jovi -ft. Jennifer Nettles - Do What You Can	5
66	70	Middle Kids - R U 4 Me	3
67	66	Dermot Kennedy - Giants	4
68	52	The Beths - I'm Not Getting Excited	8
69	---	Elise Farnsworth - Pixie Dust	1
70	59	Ava Max - Kings and Queens	6
71	53	The Rolling Stones ft. Jimmy Page- Scarlet	9
72	75	Lana Del Rey - Let Me Love You Like a Woman	2
73	67	Kathleen Edwards - Hard on Everyone	5
74	63	Pepper - Change●	29
75	---	Jade Bird - Headstart	1
76	74	AJR -Bummerland	4
77	---	Arlo Parks - Hurt	1
78	69	The Go-Go's - Club Zero	8
79	---	Lake Street Dive -Making Do	1
80	80	Royal Blood - Trouble's Coming	4
81	57	The Strokes - Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus	7
82	79	Kurt Vile ft John Prine - How Lucky	3
83	---	Donna Missal - Just Like You	1
84	---	The Strokes - The Adults are Talking	1
85	72	Nothing But Thieves - Real Love Song	9
86	77	Gary Clark Jr -Feelin' Like a Million	13
87	76	Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine	9
88	78	Saint Motel  - Preach	9
89	83	Donna Missal - How Does It Feel	21
90	87	Fuhm - Send Out the Clown	3
91	81	Tennis - How To Forgive	16
92	82	Walk Off the Earth - Further We Go	7
93	84	Dreamers - Heat Seeker	18
94	85	Christina Alessi - So In Love With You	19
95	86	Billie Eilish - My Future	10
96	90	Best Coast - Everything Has Changed	31
97	88	Milky Chance and Jack Johnson - Don't Let Me Down	21
98	89	Chicano Batman - Blank State	14
99	91	Colony House - Original Material	24
100	95	The Outcrops - Lost Days●	34

 

Songs with the greatest increase in favorite points over the prior week.   ● Songs with 25 or more plays on iTunes/iPods ▲   Songs with 50 or more plays.