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Artist Countdown: Jewel Top 30 Hits 8pm ET
Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974), professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress and poet. She has received four Grammy Award nominations and has sold over 27 million albums worldwide.
Jewel’s debut album, Pieces of You, released on February 28, 1995, became one of the best-selling debut albums of all time, going 15 times platinum. One single from the album, “Who Will Save Your Soul“, peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100; two others, “You Were Meant for Me” and “Foolish Games“, reached number two and seven respectively on the Hot 100, and were listed on Billboard’s 1997 year-end singles chart. She has crossed multiple genres throughout her career. Perfectly Clear, her first country album, was released on The Valory Music Co. in 2008. It debuted atop Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and featured three singles, “Stronger Woman“, “I Do”, and “Til It Feels Like Cheating“. Jewel released her first independent album Lullaby in May 2009.
Jewel is the co-host, as well as a judge, with Kara DioGuardi on the songwriting competition reality television series Platinum Hit, which premiered May 30, 2011 on the cable network Bravo. Jewel has the vocal range of a lyric soprano. (Source: Wikipedia)
| 1 | You Were Meant for Me |
| 2 | Hands |
| 3 | Foolish Games |
| 4 | Intuition |
| 5 | Who Will Save Your Soul |
| 6 | Standing Still |
| 7 | Down So Long |
| 8 | Stand |
| 9 | Again and Again |
| 10 | Jupiter (Swallow the Moon) |
| 11 | Break Me |
| 12 | Only One Too |
| 13 | 2 Become 1 |
| 14 | Satisfied |
| 15 | Stronger Woman |
| 16 | Serve the Ego |
| 17 | That’s the Way Love Goes (with Merle Haggard) |
| 18 | Good Day |
| 19 | Stay Here Forever |
| 20 | This Way |
| 21 | I Do |
| 22 | Ten |
| 23 | Till It Feels Like Cheating |
| 24 | You Make Loving Fun |
| 25 | Goodbye Alice In Wonderland |
| 26 | Stephenville, TX |
| 27 | No Good in Goodbye |
| 28 | Last Dance Rodeo |
| 29 | Life Uncommon |
| 30 | Morning Song |
Artist Countdown: Little River Band Top 30 Hits 6pm ET
Little River Band or LRB is an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in early 1975.
The band chose its name after passing a road sign leading to the Victorian township of Little River, near Geelong, on the way to a performance. Little River Band enjoyed sustained commercial success not only in Australia, but also in the United States. They have sold more than 25 million records and achieved 13 U.S. Top 40 hits, besides many music awards gained in Australia.
The band’s original members were: lead vocals Glenn Shorrock, acoustic guitar and vocals Graeham Goble, rhythm guitar and vocals Beeb Birtles, lead guitar Ric Formosa, bass guitar Roger McLachlan, and drums Derek Pellicci. Goble was the only original member born in Australia. The music and lyrics for most of the group’s compositions were primarily written by Goble and Shorrock, with contributions from Birtles, Briggs and Pellicci.
In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th Anniversary celebrations, named “Cool Change”, written by Shorrock, as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time. The classic line-up of Birtles, Goble, Pellicci, Shorrock, guitarist David Briggs, and bass guitarist George McArdle, were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame at the 18th Annual ARIA Music Awards of 2004.
| 1 | The Other Guy |
| 2 | Lonesome Loser |
| 3 | Reminiscing |
| 4 | The Night Owls |
| 5 | Lady |
| 6 | We Two |
| 7 | Help Is on Its Way |
| 8 | Cool Change |
| 9 | Take It Easy on Me |
| 10 | Love is a Bridge |
| 11 | Man on Your Mind |
| 12 | It’s a Long Way There |
| 13 | If I Get Lucky |
| 14 | Down on the Border |
| 15 | Curiosity (Killed the Cat) |
| 16 | Happy Anniversary |
| 17 | Shut Down Turn Off |
| 18 | Playing to Win |
| 19 | Emma |
| 20 | Everyday of My Life |
| 21 | Witchery |
| 22 | You’re Driving Me Out of My Mind |
| 23 | St. Louis |
| 24 | Soul Searching |
| 25 | I’ll Always Call Your Name |
| 26 | Son of a Famous Man |
| 27 | Home on Monday |
| 28 | Broke Again |
| 29 | Blind Eyes |
| 30 | Time For Us |
Artist Countdown: Cher Top 50 Hits 6pm ET
Cher, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20, 1946 is an American singer and actress with a career spanning five decades. Recognized for having brought the sense of female autonomy and self-actualization into the entertainment industry, she is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in various areas of entertainment, as well as for continuously reinventing both her music and image which has led to her being called the Goddess of Pop.
Cher became prominent in 1965 as one-half of the folk rock husband–wife duo Sonny & Cher, who popularized a particular smooth sound that successfully competed with the dominant British Invasion and Motown sounds of the era. From 1965, she had established herself as a successful solo artist with million-selling singles such as “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)“, “Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves“, “Half-Breed”, and “Dark Lady”, songs that deal with subjects rarely addressed in American popular music. Goldmine magazine’s Phill Marder described her as the leader of an effort in the 1960s to “advance feminine rebellion in the rock world [and] the prototype of the female rock star, setting the standard for appearance [and] attitude”.
After the duo’s drug-free lifestyle had lost its popular appeal in the United States owing to the drug culture of the 1960s, she returned to stardom in the 1970s as a television personality with her shows The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and Cher, both of which attained immense popularity. She became a fashion trendsetter with her daring outfits. After Cher and Sonny divorced in 1975, Cher experimented with various musical styles, including disco and New Wave, before becoming a top-earning live act in Las Vegas.
In the early 1980s, Cher made her Broadway debut and starred in the film Silkwood, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1983. In the following years, she starred in films such as Mask, The Witches of Eastwick, and Moonstruck, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1988. At the same time, she established herself as a “serious rock and roller” by releasing platinum albums such as Heart of Stone (1989) and successful singles such as “I Found Someone” and “If I Could Turn Back Time”.
In the 1990s, she made her directing debut in the film If These Walls Could Talk and released the biggest-selling single of her career, “Believe”, which featured the pioneering use of Auto-Tune, also known as the “Cher effect”.
In the 2000s, she embarked on the successful Living Proof: The Farewell Tour and signed a $60 million per-year deal to headline the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for three years.
The only person to have received each of these honors, Cher has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Her other ventures have included fashion designing, writing books and managing the film production company Isis. Recognized as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, she has sold more than 100 million solo albums and over 40 million records as Sonny & Cher worldwide. She is the only artist to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in each of the past six decades. (Source: Wikipedia)
| 1 | Believe |
| 2 | The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss) |
| 3 | Strong Enough |
| 4 | I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher) |
| 5 | Little Man (Sonny & Cher) |
| 6 | If I Could Turn Back Time |
| 7 | Love and Understanding |
| 8 | Just Like Jesse James |
| 9 | The Music’s No Good Without You |
| 10 | Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves |
| 11 | Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) |
| 12 | I Found Someone |
| 13 | Save Up All Your Tears |
| 14 | One by One |
| 15 | All or Nothing |
| 16 | After All (Cher and Peter Cetera) |
| 17 | Heart of Stone |
| 18 | The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher) |
| 19 | Dov’è l’amore |
| 20 | Half-Breed |
| 21 | We All Sleep Alone |
| 22 | Dark Lady |
| 23 | A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done |
| 24 | Song for the Lonely |
| 25 | Take Me Home |
| 26 | The Way of Love |
| 27 | Living in a House Divided |
| 28 | All I Really Want to Do |
| 29 | Train of Thought |
| 30 | A Different Kind of Love Song |
| 31 | Walking in Memphis |
| 32 | Love Can Build a Bridge (Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry With Eric Clapton) |
| 33 | Don’t Hide Your Love |
| 34 | You Better Sit Down Kids |
| 35 | Where Do You Go |
| 36 | Love One Another |
| 37 | Alfie |
| 38 | Dead Ringer for Love (Meat Loaf ft. Cher) |
| 39 | Wasn’t It Good |
| 40 | Skin Deep |
| 41 | Carousel Man |
| 42 | You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me |
| 43 | I Got You Babe (Cher with Beavis and Butt-head) |
| 44 | Behind the Door |
| 45 | For What It’s Worth |
| 46 | Am I Blue? |
| 47 | Pirate |
| 48 | Bad Love |
| 49 | It’s Gonna Rain (Sonny & Cher) |
| 50 | Hell On Wheels |
Artist Countdown: Joe Cocker Top 35 Hits 6pm ET
John Robert “Joe” Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944) is an English rock and blues singer, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of the Beatles.
He is the recipient of several awards, including a 1983 Grammy Award for his #1 hit “Up Where We Belong“, a duet he performed with Jennifer Warnes. He was ranked #97 on Rolling Stone’s 100 greatest singers list.
| 1 | With a Little Help From My Friends |
| 2 | When the Night Comes |
| 3 | Up Where We Belong with Jennifer Warnes |
| 4 | Unchain My Heart |
| 5 | Summer in the City |
| 6 | Cry Me a River |
| 7 | High Time We Went |
| 8 | N’Oubliez Jamais |
| 9 | The Simple Things |
| 10 | The Letter |
| 11 | (All I Know) Feels Like Forever |
| 12 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood |
| 13 | Pardon Me Sir |
| 14 | Night Calls |
| 15 | Delta Lady |
| 16 | You Can Leave Your Hat On |
| 17 | Feeling Alright |
| 18 | Could You Be Loved |
| 19 | She Came In Through the Bathroom Window |
| 20 | Now That You’re Gone |
| 21 | What Are You Doing With A Fool Like Me |
| 22 | Fire It Up |
| 23 | Shelter Me |
| 24 | Hymn 4 My Soul |
| 25 | A Woman Loves A Man |
| 26 | Edge Of A Dream |
| 27 | You Can’t Have My Heart |
| 28 | You Are So Beautiful |
| 29 | It’s a Sin (When You Love Somebody) |
| 30 | Two Wrongs |
| 31 | Midnight Rider |
| 32 | Woman to Woman |
| 33 | Put Out The Light |
| 34 | Something |
| 35 | Tonight |
Artist Countdown: The Ramones Top 30 Hits/Tracks 8pm ET
The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was a major influence on the punk rock movement in both the United States and, perhaps to a greater extent, in the United Kingdom.
All of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname “Ramone”, although none of them were related. They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band played a farewell concert and disbanded. Only a little more than eight years after the breakup, all three of the band’s founding members—lead singer (and, at the time of founding, drummer) Joey Ramone, guitarist Johnny Ramone, and bassist Dee Dee Ramone—had died.
Their only record with enough U.S. sales to be certified gold was the compilation album Ramones Mania. However, recognition of the band’s importance built over the years, and they are now cited in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as the Rolling Stone list of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time and VH1′s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. In 2002, the Ramones were ranked the second-greatest band of all time by Spin magazine, trailing only The Beatles. On March 18, 2002, the Ramones—including the three founders and drummers Tommy and Marky Ramone—were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2011, the group was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. (Source: Wikipedia)
| 1 | Baby, I Love You |
| 2 | Rock ‘n’ Roll High School |
| 3 | Sheena Is a Punk Rocker |
| 4 | Poison Heart |
| 5 | Pet Sematary |
| 6 | I Don’t Want to Grow Up |
| 7 | Swallow My Pride |
| 8 | Don’t Come Close |
| 9 | Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio? |
| 10 | Rockaway Beach |
| 11 | Somebody Put Something in My Drink |
| 12 | Bonzo Goes to Bitburg |
| 13 | Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La) |
| 14 | Do You Wanna Dance? |
| 15 | Blitzkrieg Bop |
| 16 | I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend |
| 17 | I Remember You |
| 18 | Needles and Pins |
| 19 | She’s the One |
| 20 | I Wanna Be Sedated |
| 21 | We Want the Airwaves |
| 22 | She’s a Sensation |
| 23 | Psycho Therapy |
| 24 | Time Has Come Today |
| 25 | Chasing the Night |
| 26 | Something to Believe In |
| 27 | Substitute |
| 28 | Spiderman |
| 29 | R.A.M.O.N.E.S. |
| 30 | Little Bit O’ Soul |
Artist Countdown: ZZ Top Top 30 Hits 6pm ET
ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. The band consists of guitarist and lead vocalist Billy Gibbons, bassist and co-lead vocalist Dusty Hill, and drummer Frank Beard. ZZ Top is the only American rock band to have the same members for 40 or more years . The band and its members went through several reconfigurations throughout 1969, achieving their current form when Hill replaced bassist Billy Etheridge in February 1970, shortly before the band was signed to London Records. Etheridge’s departure issued primarily from his unwillingness to be bound by a recording contract.
Since the release of the band’s debut album in January 1971, ZZ Top has become known for its strong blues roots and humorous lyrical motifs, relying heavily on double entendres and innuendo. ZZ Top’s musical style has changed over the years, beginning with blues-inspired rock on their early albums, then incorporating New Wave, punk rock and dance-rock, with heavy use of synthesizers.
ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. As a group, ZZ Top possesses 11 gold records and 7 platinum (13 multi-platinum) records; their 1983 album, Eliminator, remains the group’s most commercially successful record, selling over 10 million units. ZZ Top also ranks 80th in U.S. album sales, with 25 million units. (Source:Wikipedia)
| 1 | Viva Las Vegas |
| 2 | Sleeping Bag |
| 3 | Doubleback |
| 4 | Legs |
| 5 | Gimme All Your Lovin’ |
| 6 | Sharp Dressed Man |
| 7 | Pincushion |
| 8 | Stages |
| 9 | Rough Boy |
| 10 | Velcro Fly |
| 11 | Give It Up |
| 12 | Gun Love |
| 13 | My Head’s in Mississippi |
| 14 | She’s Just Killing Me |
| 15 | La Grange |
| 16 | What’s Up with That |
| 17 | Breakaway |
| 18 | TV Dinners |
| 19 | Tush |
| 20 | Tube Snake Boogie |
| 21 | Concrete and Steel |
| 22 | Can’t Stop Rockin’ |
| 23 | Decision or Collision |
| 24 | Delirious |
| 25 | Got Me Under Pressure |
| 26 | Woke Up with Wood |
| 27 | Girl in a T-Shirt |
| 28 | Pearl Necklace |
| 29 | I Thank You |
| 30 | It’s Only Love |
