Scenes 'n' Soundwaves: Main Event Tops SNS 100; Lesa, Bubba Grab Top Debuts (SNS week of 6/11/2023)

THIS ONE will be quick as I will be going away for a couple of days, to a geocaching event (I'm sure many of you are still wondering what that actually is!).

In a competitive chart once again this week, The Main Event Band featuring Sharon Woodruff's take on "Love Makes the World Go Around" holds off a charge from another cover, Marlisa Kay Small and Jerry West's "Love Really Hurts Without You", to stay at #1 on the SNS 100 for a second week. Close by at #3 is Orbis Max's "R U OK", and Thee Sacred Souls' "Love Is The Way". But closing in on the top group is Colorjoy's "Blue Eyed Addiction (Renewed Version)" (9-5), and "Don't You Dare Stop" by Say She She (20-6). Conceivably, any of these six songs could make it to the top next week.

The rest of the Top 20 is pretty quiet with the exceptions of Jerry Powell's "One More Summer Night" grabbing the Impact Award (25-16), and The Tonez' "Caught Up" (30-20) entering the region. John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band's "Day In The Sun" gets the Mover of the Week award (69-43).

JAM UP: Although there are eight adds to the playlist this week, only three of them actually make the SNS 100, as the plethora of songs are causing an overload on the playlist. The reason for this is in part due to the ease in adding songs from Spotify, as well as many awesome songs that have come out this year, and thus there is no room for it. The nine songs on the "Tremors" list (my version of the "bubbling under" for songs that don't have enough points to enter the main chart), are the most in several years.

Four songs did manage to make it to the SNS 100. The Top Debut this week is Lesa Hudson's "Count On Me". Ms. Hudson is coming off her duet with Rick Strickland's "Got It Right (The First Time)", which logged five weeks at #1 earlier this year and is still strong at #14. The new song was culled from their joint album Power of Two. Sort of a change of pace from her prior singles, this is a sentimental, mid-tempo assurance that "you've got a friend in me". Ms. Hudson sings with emotion and should result in another blog (and beach) hit. A winner.

Rev. Bubba D. Liverance and the Cornhole Prophets follow their #1 "Ti Ta Ti Ta Ti Ta Ta" with "Dreamsicle", a new recording which will be included on a new album, Expect No Mercy, due in 2024. In the meantime, singles will be released from it, and this is the first one. It's a worthy follow-up to the #1 blog hit; it combines a great pop hook with horns and is reminiscent of bands like vintage John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, and Southside Johnny, but with the Carolina beach stamp on it. Should make it three in a row for Bubba and the gang.

Harry Styles had one of the biggest songs of 2022 with "As It Was", and the new single "Satellite", also from his Harry's House set, is a bit of a change of pace as it starts very slow, picks up a bit and is rather uneven, but that is its appeal. It does build up a bit towards the end and rather explosive, thus it may make a mark on the charts for a while.

New songs added to the Tremors list include Sylvia Johns Ritchie's "When I Wish For You", a soulful and emotional, moving song with horns that gets better with repeated listening; Highwind, making its blog debut is another attempt in adding local New Jersey bands to the playlist; "Never Sitting Pretty". The song is a chugging rock confection that is melodic enough to be catchy. The duo is based in Asbury Park. The Cat 5 Band, featuring Tim Sidden, returns with "What Is Love Got To Do With You", a rather jazzy thing complete with horns and keys; Paramore's "This Is Why" spent a few weeks on the chart last year, gets a second chance; Finally, Kelly Clarkson's "Mine" is a ballad that showcases the soulfulness of her voice. Could make some noise.

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist

June 11, 2023

This Week	Last Week	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	1	NUMBER ONE: THE MAIN EVENT BAND featuring SHARON WOODRUFF "Love Makes The World Go Round" (Single Only) (2 Weeks at #1)	7
2	2	Marlisa Kay Small and Jerry Thomas West - Love Really Hurts Without You	6
3	3	Orbis Max with Lisa Mychols ft. Ed Ryan - R U OK	11
4	4	Thee Sacred Souls - Love Is The Way	6
5	12	Colorjoy - Blue Eyed Addiction (Renewed Version)	6
6	20	Say She She - Don't You Dare Stop●	3
7	6	Deb Browning - Think I Found Forever▲	13
8	5	The Carolina Queens - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)	11
9	9	Jimmy Ogburn's Salt Luvs Pepper ft. David Cornelius - Love Me Like I Love You	15
10	16	Hannah Goodall - The Girl Who Once Loved You	9
11	14	Colorjoy - Drops of Honey▲	9
12	7	Drugdealer - Valentine	9
13	10	Goldie Boutiiler - Cowboy Gangster Politician	13
14	11	Rick Strickland and Lesa Hudson - Got it Right (The First Time)●	20
15	8	Marlisa Kay Small - Anyway	9
16	25	TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: JERRY POWELL "One More Summer Night" (Single Only)	7
17	13	The Heavy - Hurricane Coming	12
18	17	Say She She - In My Head●	15
19	15	Colorjoy - Beautiful People●	12
20	30	The Tonez - Caught Up	4
21	24	Miya Folick - Bad Thing	10
22	18	Colorjoy - Golden Age▲	14
23	19	Beck - Thinking About You	15
24	32	I-42 Band - Beach Fever On My Mind	9
25	22	Devon Gilfillian - All I Really Wanna Do●	16
26	33	The Heavy Heavy - Go Down River	7
27	35	Hanna Jadagu - What You Did	5
28	21	Depeche Mode - Ghosts Again	15
29	23	Juliet Callahan - Depth of Soul	9
30	27	SZA - Kill Bill	14
31	38	Tennis - Forbidden Doors	7
32	39	Tim Izzard - Alice Pearl	8
33	48	Einsteins Dad - Anytime Blues	3
34	41	Allison Ponthier - Hollywood Forever Cemetary	5
35	42	Colorjoy - Vacant Side	6
36	50	Miley Cyrus - Jaded	4
37	54	Say She She - Reeling	3
38	51	Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed	8
39	26	The Castaways - Mr. Dream Merchant	14
40	57	Orbis Max - No Hero	3
41	55	Rhonda McDaniel - Say A Prayer	4
42	43	Metric - False Dictotomy	8
43	69	MOVER OF THE WEEK: JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN BAND "Day In the Sun" (Single Only)	2
44	36	Arlo Parks - Weightless▲	17
45	28	The Arcs - Keep On Dreamin'	10
46	29	Rev. Bubba D. Liverance and the Cornhole Prophets - Ti Ta Ti Ta Ti Ta Ta▲	21
47	49	TYTILLIDIE - Body On Me	10
48	37	Allie Privette - Ain't Nobody	16
49	34	Steve Lacy - Helmet	13
50	53	The Beths - Watching the Credits	7
51	31	Pink Slips Band - Ought To Be A Song	12
52	45	Deb Browning and Six Piece Suits - It Don't Get Better Than This	31
53	59	Wayne Free - Our Paradise	6
54	66	Too Much Sylvia - It Still Is	3
55	63	Isn't It Always - Laced Love	7
56	40	Hannah Jadagu - Say It Now	17
57	44	The National - Tropic Morning News	12
58	75	Sunny War - No Reason	3
59	47	Inhaler - Love Will Get You There	14
60	56	Lizzo - Special	9
61	76	Cannons - Loving You	2
62	46	Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Wolf	13
63	68	The Gaslight Anthem - Positive Charge	4
64	74	boygenius - Not Strong Enough	6
65	60	Jenny Lewis - Psychos	8
66	52	Grouplove - Hello	8
67	80	Pageants - Worse	3
68	---	TOP DEBUT: LESA HUDSON "Count On Me" Album: Power of Two	1
69	58	Michigander - Superglue	13
70	62	Edie Bens - Don't Love You Anymore	15
71	84	Jim Quick and Coastline - Those Summer Days	3
72	87	Morgan Wallen - Last Night	9
73	61	The Blue Stones - Don't Miss	14
74	65	JW Francis - Swooning	8
75	88	Foo Fighters - Rescued	4
76	---	Bubba D. Liverance and the Cornhole Prophets - Dreamsicle	1
77	71	Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You●	21
78	70	Say She She - Trouble●	29
79	78	The Cowsills - Rhythm Of the World	8
80	82	What's Left? - Do It To Me	5
81	83	Moon Taxi - Classics	5
82	92	Phoenix ft Clairo- After Midnight	4
83	81	Milky Chance - Living In a Haze	10
84	64	Portugal. The Man - Dummy	10
85	89	Wednesday - Quarry	4
86	86	The Hold Steady - Grand Junction	5
87	90	Tame Impala - Wings of Time	12
88	93	Dua Lipa - Dance The Night	2
89	94	K.Flay - Raw Raw	2
90	85	Miley Cyrus - Flowers▲	21
91	97	Prairie Fire - Death of An Artist	2
92	99	The Arcs - Heaven Is a Place	2
93	79	Linkin Park - Lost	14
94	91	Gary Lowder and Smokin Hot - I'll Be Loving You Always	6
95	72	Tim Izzard - Walk the Walk	19
96	67	Hozier - Eat Your Young	11
97	73	Sam Fender - Spit of You	16
98	77	Death Cab For Cutie - Pepper	18
99	---	Harry Styles - Satellite	1
100	101	Yes - Cut From the Stars	1