SHABOOZEY'S "A Bar Song (Tipsy)", holds at #1 for an 8th week on the Billboard Hot 100, while Post Malone & Morgan Wallen's "I Had Some Help", which had six weeks at the top earlier in the summer, drops to #5 (thanks to Sabrina Carpenter's album bomb which enables her to take positions 2, 3 and 4). But despite all this, "I Had Some Help" just holds on to take Billboard's 2024 "Song of the Summer" honors.
 |
| Post Malone (R) and Morgan Wallen's "I Had Some Help" is Billboard's "Song of the Summer" for 2024. |
Billboard's measurement of the "Song of the Summer" chart, ended with its September 7th chart. I wasn't sure if it would continue for another week, since the September 7th chart encompassed airplay, sales and streaming through August 29, and the chart technically "ended" on Labor Day, but given the date (being after Labor Day), the metrics indeed ended this week. That means that for the second year in a row, Morgan Wallen has a hand in the summer award; last year's "Last Night" which was in and out of the top spot for sixteen weeks, a record for a solo artist with no featured performers, and now shares this year's top seasonal billing with Post Malone. In a way it was surprising, given Shaboozey's command of the top spot; seven of the eight weeks are consecutive, but perhaps it was "too little, too late" to overtake Malone and Wallen.
Meanwhile, my own "Song of the Summer" has another week to go, after this week. The week of September 8 is my cutoff date for consideration. Neither of these two songs will be a factor, however. "I Had Some Help" only peaked here at #35 and is now at #92. Meanwhile, "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" is doing much better, it currently sits at #2, but unfortunately, I had added it too late, as it took a while to appreciate how excellent the song is. Future performance on the Billboard Hot 100 will most likely guide its chances on the SNS 100; if it does hit #1 soon, it would be the third song this year to hit the top spot both on Billboard and my blog chart.
Before I head to my chart, I also want to acknowledge Sabrina Carpenter's feat. As her album Short 'n' Sweet enters at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, her "Taste" debuts at #2, while her former #1 "Please Please Please" moves back from 9 to 3, and "Espresso" moves back from 7 to .4. As these songs were her first Top 10's on the Hot 100, it puts her in the company of none other than The Beatles, who also scored several songs in the top five as a new artist in 1964 (other artists who recently dominated the top five, like Drake and Taylor Swift, were already established by the time they accomplished this).
In addition, "Feather" had topped John Hook's Beach Music Top 40 for a couple of weeks and is still top 3 there. On the SNS 100, both that song and "Espresso" had made my top 10, while "Please Please Please" moves 52-44 this week.
DEFINITELY 'GOOD': Moving to the SNS 100, Gotts Street Park featuring Pip Millett's "Got to Be Good" hits #1 in only its fourth week on the chart. Shaboozey's "A Bar Song", as mentioned earlier moves to #2, while Cage The Elephant's "Rainbow" advances 6-3. It appears that these three songs are breaking out of the pack that has resulted in a logjam at the top in recent weeks. Royel Otis' "Foam", #1 for the prior two weeks, drops to #4 despite still gaining points. Billie Eilish's "Lunch" and The Holiday Band's "I Got It Bad For You" drop to #5 and #6. Two other big movers into the top 10 include Post Malone and Blake Shelton's "Pour Me A Drink" (12-7) and Jalen Ngonda's "Here to Stay" (11-8). The Tonez' "I Hear You Knockin'", though still gaining points, get pushed back to #9, as does Kings of Leon's "Nowhere To Run" from 9 to 10.
There is going to be some tough competition in the next few weeks, as two other very strong songs head the second ten. Michael Kiwanuka's "Floating Parade" moves 16-11, followed closely by "Takes One to Know One" by The Beaches, garnering the Impact award (30-12). In fact, with the exception of Sylvia Johns Ritchie's former blog topper "Good Love Don't Come Easy" (8 to 15), all of the second ten are movers with most entering the region. Dustin Ahkoui and Sharon Woodruff's "Back By Popular Demand" (19-14) are joined by newcomers Anna Lavigne, Einsteins Dad, Donny Trexler and Steve Cheek. Those artists were held back by traffic a couple weeks ago but are moving nicely. Rounding out the top 20 is Jitwam's "Open Doors" (39-20).
Further down, it doesn't let up, either. Marsha Morgan's "Knockin' Down Doors" (33-22), Public's 'Make You Mine" (34-24) and Starbuck's "Jones About You" (43-28) make impressive moves outside the 20. Then we have last week's Top Debut, "Die With a Smile" by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (61-52, and #6 on the Hot 100); and the pair of Black Keys songs, "Don't Let Me Go" (62-46) and "I Forgot To Be Your Lover" (67-47, Mover of the Week).
 |
| The Pozers, featuring Jim Richey, have the Top Debut this week with "Missing You (Missing Me)". |
OLDIE NEWBIES?: Listen to the top two debuts, you could have sworn they were released over sixty years ago.
The Top Debut goes to "Missing You Missing Me" by The Pozers, making their first appearance on SNS. It's the third release from their 2023 effort, Something Pop. One listen to this song, and you swear you're back in the spring of 1964 in the middle of the throws of Beatlemania. The video just adds to it; I wouldn't be surprised if some of that was taken from those early Ed Sullivan performances (much of the footage cuts off the musicians' heads). This is vintage pop but still sounds fresh today. The song topped the Indie Alliance chart last fall and is now a single. While it's the band's first appearance on SNS, its lead singer, Jim Richey, is also featured on Orbis Max's "Learning To Love" which moves 59-50 this week.
MOVING FROM RICHEY TO RITCHIE: Now, if we go back several more years to the initial era of rock 'n' roll, we have "Burnin' It Up For Your Love" by Sylvia Johns Ritchie. One of the biggest and best beach music singers out there (who is also an awesome songwriter, by the way; she co-wrote Marsha Morgan's current "Knockin' Down Doors") has been on my chart for quite some time, but finally broke through to the #1 spot with "Good Love Don't Come Easy". In contrast to that song, this one is a rockin' piano-pounding tour de force, aided by J.K. Loftin's production. Starting off with a "Twist and Shout" vibe, Ms. Ritchie, looks back to the start of rock 'n' rock with references to Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Ray Charles and many others. The sax work is excellent as well. If anyone was having a blast doing this song, it's Sylvia. The song is the title track from her compilation album which also includes "Good Love...", 'Not Tonight (I Have a Heartache)", 'Boys Will Be Boys", 'When I Wish for You" and her other hits. I also want to thank her for the complimentary copy of her CD. Thanks, Sylvia!!!
 |
| Dani Zanoni performs at the Diamond Spring Brewery in Denville NJ on August 30. |
This past Friday (August 30), a friend of my wife's invited us to the Diamond Spring Brewery in Denville NJ to catch her niece and her band's gig there. Thus, I got to check out the talents of Dani Zanoni, a pop singer-songwriter from North Jersey. And while much of the material, as you'd expect, were covers of well-known songs, she did perform some of her original material, which is very introspective. Dani received her first guitar at the age of 17, and in 2017 released her first single "Facing Reality". Inspired by the likes of Kelly Clarkson (when she won the first American Idol) as well as Colbie Caillat, Sara Bareilles, and Carole King, Dani perfected her musical craft while attending New Jersey's Ramapo State University.
This year, Ms. Zanoni released her debut EP, 20 Something. The track, "I Know" was the first single off the EP, and is a well-executed tender ballad that does echo her influences, but with an original touch to it. The production and instrumentation is top-notch, along with her awesome voice. This blog as always championed the up-and-coming local artists, and of course, I will be following Dani's journey.
You can catch Dani performing at Hopatcong's The Beacon on September 15 (as part of the duo "DnA"), and Jersey Girl Brewing in Hackettstown on September 20, as well as in places like Warwick NY, and Branchville NJ sometimes solo and sometimes with her duo or band. Check out her website here: https://danizanoni.com/#home-section
With her performance on Gotts Street Park's current #1, it's time to look at Pip Millett's solo performance. I add "Hard Life", a single from 2021. While the song has a hip-hop-ish beat, the ambience of the song as well as the harmonies add to Ms. Millett's solo voice. This is one of the most appealing voices in music right now, in my humble opinion. Her current EP, Tell Jimmy I'm Fine was released this year, and hopefully I will be featuring music from it, as well.
When I added Dani Zanoni's music based on catching her performance last weekend, I thought about the last local talent that I saw from New Jersey, that being Nikki Briar, a country singer from these parts, that played the 'Music Under the Stars" series at Lake Hopatcong's Windlass last year. However, with no new music out from her at the time, I shelved it. However, it appears she does have new music out; thus, I add "Free Fallin". This is a cover of the Tom Petty hit from 1989, but Ms. Briar changes a lot of the lyric to make it Jersey-centric (she substitutes "Mulholland" with "Weehawken", for example). Her voice is powerful; she is adept as what she does. It's not so much country as it is very cool singer-songwriter pop/rock. It's a winner.
Finally, we have the latest from David F. Porfirio, who continues his cool instrumental jams with exotic themes. "Nero's Fiddle" is another jazzy-prog-rock jam with his distinctive guitar work. As I wrote on his YouTube video page, somebody please discover this guitar talent. I swear, sometimes I think this guy was born decades too late, because this is great, thoughtful, imaginative guitar work.
Two new songs debut on the Tremors list, "Whoops", by Meghan Trainor, in her typical light-hearted pop mode, and Glass Animals' "A Tear in Space (Airlock)", which starts off as a cosmic intro similar to Cream's "White Room", but then goes into more of a simpler pop mode. It's a bit more artful compared to their longevity-breaking "Heat Waves", but I've heard better from them. Still, this has a chance.
FINALLY, as of this writing, the annual nominations of the Carolina Beach Music Association awards were in the process of being announced; I will have them in a future blog.
Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist
September 1, 2024
|
This Week |
Last Week |
ARTIST-Title |
Weeks on List |
|
1 |
4 |
NUMBER ONE:  GOTTS STREET PARK featuring PIP MILLETT Album: On the Inside |
4 |
|
2 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
3 |
6 |
6 |
|
|
4 |
1 |
11 |
|
|
5 |
2 |
12 |
|
|
6 |
3 |
11 |
|
|
7 |
12 |
6 |
|
|
8 |
11 |
5 |
|
|
9 |
7 |
11 |
|
|
10 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
11 |
16 |
6 |
|
|
12 |
30 |
TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK:  (Single Release) |
3 |
|
13 |
15 |
8 |
|
|
14 |
19 |
5 |
|
|
15 |
8 |
21 |
|
|
16 |
24 |
7 |
|
|
17 |
23 |
10 |
|
|
18 |
22 |
9 |
|
|
19 |
28 |
10 |
|
|
20 |
39 |
3 |
|
|
21 |
29 |
8 |
|
|
22 |
33 |
6 |
|
|
23 |
10 |
13 |
|
|
24 |
34 |
8 |
|
|
25 |
14 |
Deb Browning and Marlisa Kay
Small -Sunshine and Summertime● |
20 |
|
26 |
13 |
13 |
|
|
27 |
25 |
10 |
|
|
28 |
43 |
3 |
|
|
29 |
18 |
15 |
|
|
30 |
17 |
16 |
|
|
31 |
36 |
7 |
|
|
32 |
21 |
14 |
|
|
33 |
26 |
10 |
|
|
34 |
20 |
15 |
|
|
35 |
32 |
13 |
|
|
36 |
37 |
11 |
|
|
37 |
40 |
Whiskey-Chitto Ramblers - Radio On |
11 |
|
38 |
45 |
8 |
|
|
39 |
47 |
5 |
|
|
40 |
27 |
15 |
|
|
41 |
31 |
11 |
|
|
42 |
42 |
13 |
|
|
43 |
49 |
9 |
|
|
44 |
52 |
7 |
|
|
45 |
56 |
4 |
|
|
46 |
62 |
2 |
|
|
47 |
67 |
MOVER OF THE WEEK:  Album: Ohio Players |
2 |
|
48 |
51 |
8 |
|
|
49 |
38 |
18 |
|
|
50 |
59 |
7 |
|
|
51 |
35 |
20 |
|
|
52 |
61 |
2 |
|
|
53 |
53 |
7 |
|
|
54 |
55 |
6 |
|
|
55 |
60 |
4 |
|
|
56 |
57 |
4 |
|
|
57 |
58 |
6 |
|
|
58 |
70 |
3 |
|
|
59 |
41 |
11 |
|
|
60 |
46 |
40 |
|
|
61 |
48 |
10 |
|
|
62 |
44 |
9 |
|
|
63 |
89 |
2 |
|
|
64 |
66 |
5 |
|
|
65 |
90 |
2 |
|
|
66 |
--- |
TOP DEBUT:  Album: Something Pop |
1 |
|
67 |
85 |
2 |
|
|
68 |
64 |
5 |
|
|
69 |
50 |
14 |
|
|
70 |
65 |
5 |
|
|
71 |
71 |
5 |
|
|
72 |
54 |
19 |
|
|
73 |
77 |
4 |
|
|
74 |
96 |
Rev. Bubba D. Liverance and the
Cornhole Prophets - Down With That |
2 |
|
75 |
--- |
1 |
|
|
76 |
73 |
5 |
|
|
77 |
79 |
8 |
|
|
78 |
68 |
12 |
|
|
79 |
72 |
8 |
|
|
80 |
63 |
25 |
|
|
81 |
97 |
2 |
|
|
82 |
69 |
8 |
|
|
83 |
84 |
14 |
|
|
84 |
--- |
1 |
|
|
85 |
--- |
1 |
|
|
86 |
81 |
Winnetka Bowling League ft
Medium Build and Dawes - This Is Life |
3 |
|
87 |
94 |
2 |
|
|
88 |
83 |
4 |
|
|
89 |
86 |
9 |
|
|
90 |
91 |
3 |
|
|
91 |
76 |
6 |
|
|
92 |
82 |
12 |
|
|
93 |
87 |
29 |
|
|
94 |
93 |
3 |
|
|
95 |
99 |
2 |
|
|
96 |
--- |
1 |
|
|
97 |
74 |
9 |
|
|
98 |
80 |
16 |
|
|
99 |
75 |
7 |
|
|
100 |
--- |
1 |
Tremors:
101. Benson Boone - Slow It Down
102. Meghan Trainor - Whoops
103. The Holiday Band - Does Your Mama Know About Me
104. Glass Animals - A Tear in Space (Airlock)
105. Tommy RIchman - Million Dollar Baby
106. Rivermist - Everything's Changed
Tremors: Songs which have
steady or increasing points but not enough to chart on the SNS 100.
Murmurs:
Calypso Joe and the Coconuts - Beacha' Didn't Know
Orbis Max - Tuesday Too/We Shall Rise Again
Royel Otis - Linger
Hippo Campus - Paranoid
Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather
Beabadoobee - Beaches
The Holiday Band - Fool If You Think It's Over
The Dust-Ups - What Getting Over You Looks Like
Juliet Callahan - (TBD)
Dana Jones and the Bruce Caldwell Project - Mohair Son
Hozier - Nobody's Soldier
bby - Kinky
The Wheelgunners - Devil'sTrain
Amplifier Heads - They Come to Rock
Doyle Wood and Terri Gore - Feels Like Love To Me
Lucius - Old Tape
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 From 41-100 that are moving up the
chart or former songs in the top 40 that dropped below but still on the SNS
100.
Scenes
Recurrents: Songs which had been in
the top 20 and/or songs on the chart 25 weeks or more, that have dropped off
the SNS 100.
No comments:
Post a Comment