M10 show week # 62

 

This week, I've got a special to bring you- Rolling Stones came up with their 200 greatest singers of all time- and I thought we might go through the ones I actually know and played somewhere near the Martin Era time frame, or that may have hit or sniffed the M10.  That said, I have two debuts- one is an M10 newbie, and the other a vet (though not a 'superstar'-yet).  The vet is at # 10, and it's brand new from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit...

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Okay, so once again, this is a big list, and I thought I would mention 10 at a time until we get to the top ten (or RS pulls the article, whichever), so starting at the bottom...

194- Kelley Clarkson- Let me be serious, I know her more for her Wayfair ads than her songs.  But the only other ones I even thought of knowing to this point were Billie Ellish (whom I've never listened to yet) and the singer from that X-Ray Specs band that Morrissey mentions at the end of his song.

193- Brandy- Whom I mention only because she won Time Machine's first Beauty Contest.

189- Joan Baez- Our first actual Martin Era act.  I loved Diamonds And Rust.  But, I heard a live version of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and it just didn't do it for me without the backing chorus.

187- Bonnie Raitt- Not a bad choice, considering how low we are.  But as an actual singer, I prefer smooth to gravel.

185- Alicia Keys- If it wasn't for that credit card commercial, I might not know her, either.

181- Bob Seger- There you go, a bona fide star, a great entertainer, and like Bonnie, there are different definitions of great singer. (I'd have still put him higher...)

177- Patty Loveless- In the realm of country crossover ladies, I have my doubts Patty would have crossed my mind.

176- Iggy Pop- Of course, RS would have him in here.

174- Buddy Holly- With one to go, my favorite pure singer on the list.  I'd still go to Seger's concert, though.

173- Marianne Faithful- While I have no problem with her voice, she's better known to me as bedmate to a large share of the Rolling Stones (Thanks to a former bodyguard's tell all from a couple of decades back).  She'd beat out Brandy for this week's beauty contest, though.

Okay, that's the first ten I pulled out.  This is going to take a while, but considering that there were another 16 I didn't know (plus Lana Del Ray, who I didn't mention), we're skipping about a third of their acts, so this should only take us... oh, about 17 weeks more...

Anyway, before I hit you up with our "Won't turn off the radio" song, here's that other debut- and it's the first time both the #s 1 and 2 of the alt chart are also on my top ten!  At #9 on the M10, and #2 on Radiowavemonitor, here's one of KC's faves, Fall Out Boy...

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Well, that wasn't quite what I was expecting... but tres cool, anyway!  Now as for our song I wouldn't change the station on, this week in 1987 makes it easy on me- because it's in its fifth and final week at #1....

 

...Bon Jovi's Living On A Prayer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now for an M10 in which I almost made it a top 15 for the first time...

8- The Arcs slide 3 spots with A Man Will Do Wrong...

7- Aiden Bissett Trips up 2 with Trippin' Over Air...

6- Out of the top spot for Lauren Daigle's Look Up Child...

5- Let's just say everything from here on had a shot at the top this week, starting with Two Door Cinema Club, up 5 with Everybody's Cool....

4- And holding for Tennis and Forbidden Doors...

3- And holding for Cafune and Reconsider...

2- And holding for Linkin Park and Lost...

And the new # 1 this week...

...Imagine Dragons and Follow You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a great weekend, time to eat!