Charlotte Stays at Top; Deb Browning has a "Hand" at the Top Debut (SNS week of 3/17/2024)

STILL A BIT behind, so again, this is brief.

Charlotte Sessions' "I've Fallen For a Dragon" stays at the top position on the Scenes 'n' Soundwaves 100 for a third week and continues to hold off Teddy Swims' "Lose Control" which holds at #2.  Both songs are still gaining points, although not enough for a bullet.   "Lose Control" had been #1 for two weeks before Ms. Sessions captured the spot.    Swims' is also still in the runner-up position on the Billboard Hot 100.   It would have been at the top finally, except that Ariana Grande's new album dropped, with 12 songs entering the big chart, including the #1 debut of "We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)".   Last week's Billboard chart-topper, "Carnival" by Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign, drops to #4.

Back to the SNS 100, The Black Keys' "Beautiful People (Stay High)", and Black Pumas' "Sauvignon" hold at #3 and #4, respectively, but are closing the gap on the top two.     In the hunt are Rick Strickland's "Joined at the Heart" (#5), Karen Clayton and Mike Taylor's "I'm Your Puppet" (#6), and Cage the Elephant's "Neon Pill" (#7).    Strickland tops one of the beach charts, while the Keys' head the alternative airplay, with CTE heading up the Triple-A listings this week.

New to the top ten is Juliet Callahan's "She Was Me", sneaking into the top 10 for her second entry in that portion of the chart (11-9), while, with Spring Break in full swing, Starbuck jumps 16-10, doing the "Spring Break Shake".

In the second ten are new entries, headed by the Impact winner, The Six Piece Suits' "I Thought You Knew" (31-17); Nadia Shutkufski's "Top Down" (25-18), Vacations' "Next Exit (28-19) and "Finger Wave" by Sadie Leigh (32-20). . Billy Joel also enters, albeit without a bullet, with "Turn The Lights Back On" (22-16). 

Further down the list is the Mover of the Week, Anna Lavigne's "Butterfly" (67-56), and last week's Top Debut, "Murder on the Dance Floor" by Royel Otis, goes 65-52.

Deb Browing's take on the gospel-pop classic, "Put Your Hand in the Hand", from her Give Me Gospel set, enters Mitch Harb's beach chart at #25, and the SNS 100 at #48.

TOP DEB-UT:  Deb Browning's version of "Put Your Hand in the Hand" grabs Top Debut honors at #48.  I mentioned last week that Deb sat down for an interview with beach music DJ Don Mark to discuss the song, along with her new gospel album release Give Me Gospel.     While Canadian  singer Anne Murray originally recorded the song in early 1971, as a B-side to her single "It Takes Time", it did not chart on the Hot 100.  However, another Canadian outfit, Ocean, recorded it, and it peaked at #2 on the Hot 100.  The song was written by another Canadian, Gene MacLellan, who also wrote Ms. Murray's breakout hit "Snowbird".    "Put Your Hand in the Hand" is an oft-covered song, spiritual in nature, and I remember my grandmother, who was a devout churchgoer back then, sing that song, as I presume it was sang frequently in church.

As for Deb's take, while the lead single off Give Me Gospel, "Chain Breaker" (#37 this week) was aimed at Contemporary Christian stations, "Put Your Hand in the Hand" is marketed to her beach music fans.  One listen and you'll know why.    Deb makes the song all her own, changing the tempo drastically to a beach/shag beat that you can easily dance to.     Excellent Tim Sidden production makes this a recording to be recognized with.  The song is already on some beach charts, including Mitch Harb's Top 25 and a hitbound on Eric Bowman's The Wave survey.  Nice groove here, and Deb seems to have a great time singing this.

Other debuts include a duet with Gwen Stefani and husband Blake Shelton, entering with "Purple Irises".  These two seem to have the greatest success when they duet, and you can see that when you hear this song.     It might take a couple of listens to really get into it.   Listening to the lyrics, it seems it might even be autographical, with certain years mentioned.    It's slow to get off the ground, but once it does, it flies high.

It's been a busy time for Internet band Orbis Max.  While "Something About You" is still climbing my blog chart, and waiting in the wings is the next Tim Izzard duet, "You Know What You're Doing", I add the current single "Not This Time".  The versatile e-band headed by Jerseyan Dw Dunphy, rocks out on this one. Starting off with a great Don Baake guitar intro, Dunphy's Jersey Shore-esque vocal takes over.  Heck, this one can transport the listener to Asbury Park's Stone Pon".  This band means business!

Before Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, even before Britney and Christina, we had Debbie Gibson, who as a teenager, had several hits in the 1980's.  I've seen a lot of pages devoted to Ms. Gibson lately, thus I checked out a song off her most recent studio album, "Love Don't Care".   I've added Debbie before, mostly recently a song of her 2022 holiday album, but her 2021 album The Body Remembers, yielded this new, danceable song that is persistent.   This is actually the third track I've added from that album: "Girls Night Out" peaked at #93 in 2020, while "Me Not Loving You" got to #69 in 2022.  "Love Don't Care" was originally released as a single in June 2023, but with some key posts by and about her (she was recently on and performed on an 80's cruise, and she is currently celebrating the 45th anniversary of her hit album Electric Youth), it can make some noise here.    Now in her fifties, she sounds better than ever.

Also entering is the English female alt-rock trio HotWax, with "Phone Machine", definitely in the alternative arena; Yune, a project of David Dean Burkhart, a rather eclectic outing; New Jersey artists (Bergenfield) Bleachers with "Tiny Moves", an indie-pop confection; and legendary beach music group The Tams, with "Our Love Will Grow", a cover of a song originally done by New Orleans group The Showmen back in 1961.    Has potential!!!

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist

March 17, 2024

This Week	Last Week	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	1	NUMBER ONE: CHARLOTTE SESSIONS "I've Fallen For A Dragon"▲² (Single Release) (3 Weeks at #1)	8
2	2	Teddy Swims - Lose Control	10
3	3	The Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High)●	9
4	4	Black Pumas - Sauvignon●	13
5	7	Rick Strickland - Joined At the Heart	9
6	9	Karen Clayton and Mike Taylor - I'm Your Puppet	8
7	10	Cage the Elephant - Neon Pill	8
8	8	Rev. Bubba D. Liverance and the Cornhole Prophets - Something In the Water	10
9	11	Juliet Callahan - She Was Me	7
10	16	Starbuck - Spring Break Shake	4
11	6	Varsity - Runaway	16
12	5	Colorjoy - Cigarettes and Vanilla●	11
13	17	Rivermist - Everything's Changed●	12
14	20	Suki Waterhouse - OMG	6
15	18	Beyonce - Texas Hold Em	5
16	22	Billy Joel - Turn the Lights Back On	7
17	31	MOVER OF THE WEEK: THE SIX PIECE SUITS "I Thought You Knew" (Single Release)	5
18	25	Nadia Shutkufski - Top Down	6
19	28	Vacations - Next Exit●	7
20	32	Sadie Leigh - Finger Wave	5
21	14	Gary Lowder and Smokin' Hot - Sitting In the Park	19
22	15	Richard Swift - Would You●	16
23	27	Cayucas - Punch Bowl	6
24	33	Jalen N'ganda - If You Don't Want My Love	4
25	12	Starbuck - Coldest Night of the Year	10
26	13	Anna Lavigne - Edge of the World	14
27	29	Molly Lewis and Thee Sacred Souls - Crushed Velvet	7
28	23	Thee Sacred Souls - Easier Said Than Done▲	17
29	24	Gary Alexander - There's Always Beach Music	16
30	36	Jaime Wyatt - Feel Good	5
31	43	SZA - Saturn	3
32	19	Orbis Max with Tim Izzard - Here And Now	10
33	21	Say She She - Never Say Never	7
34	35	Sleater-Kinney - Hell	7
35	26	Real Estate - Water Underground●	9
36	37	Carolina Blue Dots - Coolin' Out	10
37	40	Deb Browning - Chain Breaker	4
38	30	Duran Duran - Black Moonlight	11
39	39	Sheryl Crow - Alarm Clock	9
40	38	M83 - Mirror	7
41	34	Everybody Loves An Outlaw - I See Red▲	20
42	47	Mumford and Sons ft Pharrell Williams - Good People	4
43	44	The Palms - Ready or Not	11
44	56	The Decemberists - Burial Ground	3
45	50	Orbis Max - Something About You	4
46	54	The Castaways - Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me	4
47	63	Say Sue Me - 4 AM	3
48	---	TOP DEBUT: DEB BROWNING "Put Your Hand in the Hand" Album: Give Me Gospel	1
49	41	Marlisa Kay Small - No Matter Where You Go	16
50	62	Portugal. The Man - Grim Generation	3
51	49	Laura Jane Grace - Hole In My Head	6
52	65	Royel Otis - Murder on the Dance Floor	2
53	45	Charlotte Sessions - Should I Be The Man●	25
54	52	Benson Boone - Beautiful Things	6
55	53	Winnetka Bowling League  - Sha-La-La	4
56	67	MOVER OF THE WEEK: ANNA LAVIGNE "Butterfly" Album: Guillemot Days	2
57	42	Dua Lipa - Houdini	15
58	58	Love Fame Tragedy - Don't You Want To	7
59	59	Cannons - Crush	4
60	46	Black Pumas - Ice Cream (Pay Phone)	7
61	48	Jaime Wyatt - World Worth Keeping	16
62	60	Stephen Sanchez - High	5
63	61	Foo Fighters - The Glass	7
64	70	Knox - Not the 1975	3
65	57	Carolina Blue Dots - Under The Moonlight▲	21
66	71	Rivermist -Don't Walk Away	2
67	73	Paramore - Burning Down the House	3
68	74	David F. Porfirio - Ninja Assasins	3
69	---	Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton - Purple Irises	1
70	55	Sia - Gimme Love	17
71	66	Brittany Howard - Prove It To You	4
72	69	Gary Lowder and Smokin' Hot - It's Over	3
73	78	X Ambassadors - No Strings	2
74	51	The Vaccines - Heartbreak Kid	15
75	72	Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust	4
76	82	Lucius - Stranger Danger	2
77	86	Girls Who Care - You'll Never Know That	2
78	80	Vampire Weekend - Capricorn	2
79	---	Orbis Max - Not This Time	1
80	---	Debbie Gibson - Love Don't Care	1
81	88	Dua Lipa - Training Season	2
82	85	Green Day - Dilemma	5
83	64	Blur - Barbaric	17
84	---	HotWax - Phone Machine	1
85	76	Deb Browning - Think I Found Forever▲	49
86	81	Kings of Leon - Mustang	3
87	---	Yune - Cake	1
88	68	Blonde Redhead - Snowman●	21
89	---	Bleachers - Tiny Movves	1
90	89	The Rolling Stones ft Lady Gaga - Sweet Sounds of Heaven	3
91	75	Einsteins Dad - Rolling Indie	18
92	77	The Beatles - Now and Then●	18
93	---	The Tams - Our Love Will Grow	1
94	79	U2 - Atomic City	18
95	87	The Struts - Pretty Vicious	7
96	83	Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine	18
97	84	Lainey Wilson - Wildflowers and Wild Horses	6
98	92	SZA - Snooze	32
99	90	Sir Prize and the Twomorrow Knightz - Arthurian Rhapsody	20
100	91	Pete Yorn - Someday Someday	4

Murmurs:

Kasey Musgraves - Deeper Well

Lainey Wilson - Country's Cool Again

Cigarettes After Sex - Tejano Blue

Sylvia Johns Ritchie - Good Love Don't Come Easy

Randy Clay Band - Party Street

Leslie Chapman - Every Time I Roll the Dice

K.Flay - Carsick

The Rolling Stones - Mess It Up

Catfish and the Bottlemen - Showtime

Bon Jovi - egendary

Guster - Keep Going

Mt. Joy - Highway Queen

St. Vincent - Broken Man

Murmurs: Songs which are in the queue for future adds onto the Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist.

 

Songs with the greatest increase in favorite points over the prior week ▲Song garnered most plays on Spotify, for the  month, with a superscript following the symbol if most played for multiple months; or if a song was among the top 5 most plays for two months. ● Song among top 5 most plays on Spotify.  Awards given during the last blog of each month.  To qualify, the song must be currently or have peaked in the top 40.

 

Songs on the SNS 100 are included on the following public Spotify playlists

 

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves Top 40:  Contains songs in positions 1-40 on the SNS 100

Scenes Up and Coming:  Songs below #40 that are moving up the chart.

Scenes Recurrents: Songs which have dropped below the top 40 but are still on the SNS 100