There was an awards show on a weekend ago. And no, I'm not talking about the American Music Awards. Yes, that was on as well, but when you promote it as a showcase of hip-hop, I'm not interested. I'm not interested in such an unimaginative genre that has repeated itself for three decades, but probably only interests' teens to rebel against their parents (much like we did with rock back in the day).
Oops, sorry about the rant, but I was actually talking about the Carolina Beach Music Awards, affectionally known as the "Cammys". In case you've been under a rock much of the year, this genre, rooted in the R&B and classic soul music of the 1950's and sixties, has taken much of my blog playlist by storm, and I have friended several performers and deejays who work in that beach music scene.
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| Rick Strickland (L) welcomes Lesa Hudson onto the stage during the 2022 Carolina Beach Music Awards. |
With the mark that beach music has made this year, I was very interested in these awards, because unlike the above-mentioned AMA's....or the CMA's and Grammy's for that matter, much of the nominees I actually listened to this year. In fact, in the Female Vocalist category, of the six nominated, five of them have graced my Top 20 and all are Facebook friends.
And then I had a deja vu moment going back to the days when I watched the AMA's or the Grammys and the songs and artists, I rooted for didn't win. More on that below.
On Sunday night, November 13, the latest awards were announced, with a slew of pre-events taking place in the days leading up to the "big night", which was held at North Myrtle Beach's Alabama Theatre.
Going back to that Female Vocalist Category, where Deb Browning, with two blog #1's, Sharon Woodruff, with both a #2 and #11 song with The Main Event Band; Lesa Hudson, with a #5 and #11; Rhonda McDaniel, another who hit #1 here with the Carolina Coast Band, and "Original Carolina Girl" Terri Gore, with the #13 "Summer's Gonna Last", all were nominated, the winner was......none of them!
That honor would go to Karen Clayton of the Castaways. Well, a few months ago, when the nominees were announced, I said I would have to check them out. Now I really have to.
Still, it was nice to see the nominees and even the winners were for songs and/or artists I do recognize and have charted here. Some of the other winners were: Male Vocalist Chuck French of the Band of Oz. (The other nominees also were bands that made my playlist).
Song of the Year honors went to Wayne Free's "Tequila on Ice" which topped many beach music charts and peaked here at #26 (and still hangs in here at #95). The National Dance Song was awarded to The Zac Brown Band's "Old Love Song", another #26 peaker; The "Smoothie/Ballad" award went to "That You Hear in A Song" by Too Much Sylvia, which also made the playlist, and also won Video of the Year.
Congratulations to all of the winners, not just the ones mentioned here, but those who perhaps will make my SNS 100 chart in the future! And a big thanks to those on Facebook who posted pictures of the proceedings as well as many of the artists experiences not only that evening, but at the events of the prior days leading up to it. Long live beach music!
HOT 100: It seems to be getting repetitive, but another dominating Top Ten occurred this past week. This time it was by an artist familiar with that territory: Drake. The Canadian rapper, who last year set a record with nine songs in the Top 10 (broken just two weeks ago by Taylor Swift), enters eight songs this time around, mostly in duets with 21 Savage. While Swift's "Anti-Hero" remains at #1 there for a third week, Drake and 21 Savage take positions two through nine. The #10 song is Sam Smith and Kim Petras' "Unholy". Drake also placed seven entries between 11 and 20, giving him fifteen of the twenty positions.
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| A tweet by Drake showing his eight debuts in the Hot 100's Top 10, with Taylor Swift's #1 "Anti-Hero", emojied out. |
Perhaps to rub it in, Drake posted a list of the Top Ten, but in doing so, blocked Taylor's #1 position with a bunch of emoji. Whether or not it was a friendly rivalry isn't known but as I stated up front, I am not a fan of Drake or his genre. While my opinion of Taylor Swift has varied over the years, at least her music is diversified.
But between Drake's domination, Taylor's before that, and "Heat Waves" breaking the longevity record, is the Billboard Hot 100 even fun to look at anymore? The chart, the bible of sorts in the music industry, is 64 years old, but because of the recent methodology, which no doubt benefitted from advanced technology, records are being shattered left and right.
I mentioned this last year when Drake placed all those debuts on the top of the list, but, while this is actually a more accurate chart showing what actually is popular, I loved the old method, where songs debuted low, radio station airplay would lead the way, then fans would go to the record store and started buying the 45-rpm vinyl single record. The song would gradually move up the chart. In the 1970's, the "American Top 40" radio show, hosted by Casey Kasem, each week would count up the forty biggest hits. You would tune in to follow your favorite song as it made its way up the chart, hoping that it would peak at number one.
But now, songs debut at the top as soon as they are released, often flooding the top spots as we've seen recently. Some of them fall off the whole chart within just a few weeks. And conversely, some of them hang around for a year, almost two. However, radio stations add songs the old-fashioned way, starting with a few plays, then increasing it week to week, resulting in a gradual rise to the top of those airplay charts. But who really listens to terrestrial radio these days? On the Internet and in the social media age, artists pages alert fans of a new release. Back in the sixties, radio had "hot prospects", the eighties had MTV. Nowadays, songs (or a portion of them) are debuted on the TikTok app. Terrestrial radio now seems to follow the trends and not set them.
SNS 100: Turning to my list, which I list the old-fashioned way--debut low then move them up, because it takes several listens to determine whether I like the song--Juliet Callahan's "Burning" logs a third week at the top, holding off new beach music titans. Right behind at #2 is Rick Strickland's "You're the One For Me" and at #3 is Deb Browning and the Six Piece Suits' "It Don't Get Better Than This". Starbuck's "You're the Reason", still moving up John Hook's Beach Music Top 40 list, drops a notch here to #4. Steve Lacy's "Bad Habit", a former #1 is still strong in the #5 position, while Jennifer Cintron's "Run" moves 8-6. There are no new entries in the top ten.
In the second ten, Roselle Park's Ryan Chatelain moves 18-13 with "Static", and there are two new entries here. Garnering the Impact award is beabadoobee's "The Perfect Pair", her second straight top 20; and Blake Shelton's "No Body", The Voice coach's fourth sojourn into the top 20.
Some big movers on the SNS 100 include King Tappa's "9 to 5" the title track from the reggae artists' new album, grabbing Mover honors (77-36); Maneskin's power ballad "The Loneliest" (86-39); and Belleville New Jersey's Sharon Van Etten's "Mistakes" (87-58).
HERE COMES DEB AGAIN: We have our first holiday song of the season, and not only is it the Top Debut this week, but it's also from the hottest artist on the chart this year. Deb Browning's "Here Comes Amazon" breaks onto the chart at #59. The song, a parody of "Here Comes Santa Claus", actually came out in 2020 before I "discovered" this awesome singer/songwriter. Similar to The Bryan Hansen Band featuring Kim Boyko's take on The Waitresses' "Christmas Wrapping" which came out the same year, the lyrics are more modern and up to date, factoring in the pandemic which wreaked havoc that year. Deb is in fine form on this one, detailing the convenances of ordering online and having it delivered to your door. I could see Jeff Bezos' company making a commercial with this one!
While the song came out in 2020, this year it will be available commercially when Ms. Browning's holiday album Here Comes Christmas is released. There will be other new songs on it, and don't be surprised if more songs debut on the SNS 100. Move over, Mariah!!!
Also debuting is Local Natives' "Just Before The Morning". The Silver Lake, California indie rockers have charted here before ("Heavy Feet" in 2013; "When Am I Gonna Lose Ya" in 2019), but this one may be their best. A rather dreamy rock song with poppish overtones (but not too much) should give the band their first top 20 here.
THE BOSS IS BACK: Next, we have Bruce Springsteen's "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)". A slight departure for The Boss, but not really too much of one. This is a cover, but not the Ronettes' song (nor the Cole Porter one for that matter), but Bruce covers an obscure 1965 Motown song originally done by Frank Wilson. In typical 2022 fashion, he's since released three other singles from it (even HE discounts radio taking time to break a song), but right now, we will focus on this one. While, as I alluded above, his music had always been influenced by R&B and soul, he jumps straight into the current here. It's attracting buzz at the beach, but Carolina, not the Jersey Shore, although, the recent Bubba D. Liverance song proves that the Jersey and North Myrtle styles can complement each other. The song is from Bruce's new album Only the Strong Survive. The title track, also a single was a hit for Jerry Butler in 1969 and he covers songs by Tyrone Davis, Ben E. King, Temptations, The Four Tops, and even Frankie Valli. He made some appearances this on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show to promote the album. Then of course there is Bruce and the E Street Band tour set for next year (which earlier attracted controversy for initial outrageous ticket prices).
Other debuts include the blog debut for Giant Rooks, from Hamm Germany, with "Morning Blue", a rhythmic pop oriented but definitely in the alt-rock lane; Veteran alternative rockers Blink-182, back with "Edging" which retains that vintage "edge" of their pop-punk heyday. The song has topped some alt rock charts already. P!nk deguts with "Never Not Gonna Dance Again" a good song with a less controversial video than the prior "Irrelevant"; "Weird Goodbyes" from The National, and Spoon's 'My Babe"
Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist
November 13, 2022 (Week ending November 19)
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This
Week |
Last
Week |
ARTIST-Title |
Weeks
on List |
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1 |
1 |
NUMBER ONE:  "Burning" (Single Only) (3 Weeks at #1) |
12 |
|
2 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
3 |
6 |
Deb Browning and Six Piece
Suits - It Don't Get Better Than This |
5 |
|
4 |
3 |
9 |
|
|
5 |
2 |
10 |
|
|
6 |
8 |
8 |
|
|
7 |
4 |
19 |
|
|
8 |
9 |
Doyle Wood and Sylvia Johns Ritchie - Not Tonight (I Have a
Heartche) |
10 |
|
9 |
7 |
9 |
|
|
10 |
10 |
9 |
|
|
11 |
11 |
10 |
|
|
12 |
13 |
12 |
|
|
13 |
18 |
8 |
|
|
14 |
12 |
12 |
|
|
15 |
14 |
Carolina Coast Band ft Rhonda McDaniel - The Thing About You● |
20 |
|
16 |
24 |
TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK:  Album: Beatopia |
9 |
|
17 |
30 |
7 |
|
|
18 |
19 |
12 |
|
|
19 |
15 |
13 |
|
|
20 |
17 |
26 |
|
|
21 |
25 |
8 |
|
|
22 |
28 |
8 |
|
|
23 |
29 |
7 |
|
|
24 |
22 |
26 |
|
|
25 |
33 |
7 |
|
|
26 |
16 |
Rev. Bubba D. Liverance and the Cornhole Prophets - In My '64 |
19 |
|
27 |
31 |
25 |
|
|
28 |
32 |
8 |
|
|
29 |
20 |
14 |
|
|
30 |
27 |
7 |
|
|
31 |
34 |
9 |
|
|
32 |
23 |
19 |
|
|
33 |
37 |
8 |
|
|
34 |
21 |
16 |
|
|
35 |
40 |
5 |
|
|
36 |
77 |
MOVER OF THE WEEK:  "9 To 5" Album: 9 to 5 |
2 |
|
37 |
26 |
30 |
|
|
38 |
39 |
Orbis Max with Tim Izzard and
Martin Holt - Infatuated With Your Love |
7 |
|
39 |
86 |
2 |
|
|
40 |
44 |
5 |
|
|
41 |
48 |
4 |
|
|
42 |
46 |
5 |
|
|
43 |
47 |
7 |
|
|
44 |
38 |
9 |
|
|
45 |
36 |
26 |
|
|
46 |
35 |
12 |
|
|
47 |
53 |
6 |
|
|
48 |
43 |
21 |
|
|
49 |
52 |
6 |
|
|
50 |
55 |
6 |
|
|
51 |
65 |
3 |
|
|
52 |
45 |
7 |
|
|
53 |
41 |
11 |
|
|
54 |
64 |
3 |
|
|
55 |
69 |
3 |
|
|
56 |
61 |
5 |
|
|
57 |
42 |
10 |
|
|
58 |
87 |
2 |
|
|
59 |
--- |
TOP DEBUT:  Album: Here Comes Christmas |
1 |
|
60 |
63 |
5 |
|
|
61 |
--- |
1 |
|
|
62 |
59 |
22 |
|
|
63 |
51 |
13 |
|
|
64 |
68 |
6 |
|
|
65 |
56 |
33 |
|
|
66 |
57 |
23 |
|
|
67 |
62 |
12 |
|
|
68 |
76 |
3 |
|
|
69 |
54 |
22 |
|
|
70 |
58 |
24 |
|
|
71 |
72 |
4 |
|
|
72 |
75 |
4 |
|
|
73 |
81 |
3 |
|
|
74 |
90 |
2 |
|
|
75 |
49 |
14 |
|
|
76 |
73 |
4 |
|
|
77 |
85 |
6 |
|
|
78 |
50 |
15 |
|
|
79 |
--- |
1 |
|
|
80 |
71 |
13 |
|
|
81 |
94 |
2 |
|
|
82 |
66 |
15 |
|
|
83 |
60 |
11 |
|
|
84 |
99 |
2 |
|
|
85 |
67 |
13 |
|
|
86 |
70 |
20 |
|
|
87 |
93 |
3 |
|
|
88 |
--- |
1 |
|
|
89 |
--- |
1 |
|
|
90 |
79 |
15 |
|
|
91 |
98 |
2 |
|
|
92 |
97 |
2 |
|
|
93 |
78 |
22 |
|
|
94 |
91 |
5 |
|
|
95 |
84 |
21 |
|
|
96 |
89 |
5 |
|
|
97 |
--- |
1 |
|
|
98 |
74 |
16 |
|
|
99 |
100 |
4 |
|
|
100 |
--- |
1 |
Tremors:
101. Spoon, "My Babe"
102. Ed Sheeran and Elton John, "Merry Christmas"
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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.
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Holiday
Songs
Tremors:
Songs which have steady or increasing points but not enough to chart on the SNS
100.
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