Thursday 11/5/2020 12pm ET: Feature Artist – Chilliwack

Chilliwack is a Canadian rock band centered on the singer and guitarist Bill Henderson, which started off with a more progressive rock sound that incorporated elements of folk, indigenous, jazz and blues, before moving towards a more straight-ahead hard rock/pop rock sound by the mid-70s. They were active from 1970 to 1988. Henderson reformed the band in 1997. Their six best-selling songs were “My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)”, “I Believe”, “Whatcha Gonna Do”, “Fly at Night”, “Crazy Talk”, and “Lonesome Mary”. The band’s lineup has changed many times while they have continued to tour across Canada.

Monday 12pm: Across The Tracks – Canada

Today we feature music featuring Canada in the title and other tracks about the country.

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world’s second-largest country by total area. Canada’s southern border with the United States is the world’s longest bi-national land border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. As a whole, Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Consequently, its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, many near the southern border. Canada’s climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the southern regions, with four distinct seasons.

Various indigenous peoples have inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Statute of Westminster of 1931 and culminated in the Canada Act of 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament. – Wikipedia

Feature Artist: The Fray (Singles) 9:30am ET

The Fray is an American rock band from Denver, Colorado. Formed in 2002 by schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King, they achieved success with the release of their debut album, How to Save a Life in 2005, which was certified double platinum by the RIAA and platinum in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. The Fray achieved national success with their first single, “Over My Head (Cable Car)”, which became a top ten hit in the United States. The release of their second single, “How to Save a Life”, brought the band worldwide fame. The song charted in the top three of the Billboard Hot 100 and was a top 5 single in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

The group’s self-titled, second album, released in 2009, debuted at number-one on the Billboard charts and was certified gold in the United States, Australia and Canada. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2010. While both the albums were commercially successful, critical reception was mixed. The Fray was ranked No. 84 on Billboard‍ ’​s “Artists of the Decade” list. Their third album Scars & Stories, released in 2012, achieved moderate commercial success; debuting and peaking at number four on the Billboard 200. The album again received mixed reviews from critics. The band’s fourth and latest album, Helios, was released in February 2014.

Artist Countdown: Nelly Furtado Top 20 6pm ET @NellyFurtado

Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. She has sold 20 million albums worldwide and more than 20 million singles, bringing her total sales to over 40 million records around the world. Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, which spawned two successful singles, “I’m Like a Bird” and “Turn Off the Light“. “I’m Like A Bird” won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2003, Furtado released Folklore, which produced three international singles— “Powerless (Say What You Want)“, “Try” and “Força”. Three years later she released Loose, a worldwide commercial success. The album spawned four number-one hits: “Promiscuous”, “Maneater”, “Say It Right” and “All Good Things (Come to an End)“. After a three-year break, she released her first full-length Spanish album, Mi Plan, and Furtado received a Latin Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In 2012, Furtado’s fourth English-language studio album, The Spirit Indestructible was released. Furtado’s work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including 2 Grammy Awards, 10 Juno Awards, 3 MuchMusic Video Awards and a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.  (Source: Wikipedia)

1	Say It Right
2	Promiscuous (featuring Timbaland)
3	Maneater
4	Turn Off the Light
5	I’m like a Bird
6	All Good Things (Come to an End)
7	Powerless (Say What You Want)
8	Shit On the Radio (Remember the Days)
9	Do It
10	Try
11	Força
12	Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)
13	In God’s Hands
14	Night Is Young
15	Explode
16	Manos al Aire
17	Spirit Indestructible
18	The Grass Is Green
19	Parking Lot
20	Waiting for the Night

 

Artist Countdown: Bryan Adams Top 35 Hits 6pm ET @bryanadams

Bryan Guy Adams, OC OBC (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, producer, actor and photographer. Best known for hit singles including “Summer of ’69“, “Run To You”, number one single “Everything I Do (I Do It For You)” and “18 Til I Die” album. His latest studio album ’11’ was released in 2008.

For his contributions to music, Adams has garnered many awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations, 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1992. He has also won MTV, ASCAP, American Music awards, two Ivor Novello Awards for song composition and has been nominated for several Golden Globe Awards and three times for Academy Awards for his songwriting for films.

Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world.

Adams was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with the 2,435th star in March 2011 and Canada’s Walk of Fame in 1998, and in April 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at Canada’s Juno Awards. In 2008, Bryan was ranked 38 on the list of All-Time top artists by the Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts. On 13 January 2010, he received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career, and on 1 May 2010 was given the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for his 30 years of contributions to the arts.  (Source: Wikipedia)

1	(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
2	All for Love (with Rod Stewart & Sting)
3	Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?
4	Please Forgive Me
5	Can’t Stop This Thing We Started
6	I Finally Found Someone (with Barbra Streisand)
7	It’s Only Love(with Tina Turner)
8	Heaven
9	When You’re Gone (with Melanie C)
10	The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You
11	Summer of ’69
12	Let’s Make a Night to Remember
13	Heat of the Night
14	Here I Am
15	There Will Never Be Another Tonight
16	Thought I’d Died and Gone to Heaven
17	Run to You
18	Cloud Number Nine
19	Open Road
20	Back to You
21	Do I Have to Say the Words?
22	Somebody
23	On a Day Like Today
24	This Time
25	The Best of Me
26	I Thought I’d Seen Everything
27	Cuts Like a Knife
28	Hearts on Fire
29	Straight from the Heart
30	Kids Wanna Rock
31	Victim of Love
32	All I Want Is You
33	18 til I Die
34	I’ll Always Be Right There
35	Inside Out

Artist Countdown: Bachman Turner Overdrive Top 20 6pm ET @BachmanTurner

The Anthology (Bachman–Turner Overdrive album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bachman–Turner Overdrive is a Canadian rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that had a series of hit albums and singles in the 1970s, selling over 7 million albums in that decade alone. Their 1970s catalog included five Top 40 albums and six U.S. Top 40 singles (ten in Canada). The band has sold nearly 30 million albums worldwide, and has fans affectionately known as “gearheads” (derived from the band’s gear-shaped logo). Many of their songs, including “Let It Ride“, “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet“, “Takin’ Care of Business“, “Hey You” and “Roll On Down the Highway“, still receive play on classic-rock stations.

After the band went into a hiatus in 2005, Randy Bachman and Fred Turner reunited in 2009 to tour and collaborate on a new album. In 2010, they played the halftime show at the Grey Cup in Edmonton, AB.  (Source: WIkipedia)

1	You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
2	Hey You
3	Roll On Down the Highway
4	Takin’ Care of Business
5	Let It Ride
6	Down To The Line
7	Take It Like A Man
8	Blue Collar
9	Lookin’ Out For #1
10	Gimme Your Money Please
11	My Wheels Won’t Turn
12	Heartaches
13	Life Still Goes On (I’m Lonely)
14	Shotgun Rider
15	Down The Road
16	Jamaica
17	The House of the Rising Sun
18	Welcome Home
19	Rollin’ Along
20	Blown

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Artist Countdown: Shania Twain Top 40 Hits – 6pm ET @ShaniaTwain

Shania Twain, OC (born Eilleen Regina Edwards; August 28, 1965) is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her 1995 album The Woman in Me brought her fame, and her 1997 album Come On Over became the best-selling studio album of all time by a female act in any genre and the best-selling country album of all time, Come On Over sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. Her fourth and last studio album to date, Up!, was released in November 2002 and has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.

Twain has won 5 Grammy Awards and 27 BMI Songwriter awards. She has had three albums certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America and is the second best-selling artist in Canada, behind Céline Dion, with three of her studio albums certified double diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. She is the first (and currently only) female artist in history to have 3 consecutive albums reach diamond status, certified by the RIAA.

Sometimes referred to as “The Queen of Country Pop”, she has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide and is ranked 10th best-selling artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era. She was also ranked 72nd on Billboard’s “Artists of the decade” (2000–10). Most recently, Twain has her own TV series, Why Not? with Shania Twain, that premiered on the OWN on May 8, 2011. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 2, 2011.   (Source: Wikipedia)

1	You’re Still the One
2	That Don’t Impress Me Much
3	Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
4	From This Moment On
5	I’m Gonna Getcha Good!
6	Forever and for Always
7	Ka-Ching!
8	You’ve Got a Way
9	Party for Two (with Mark McGrath)
10	Up!
11	Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)
12	Don’t!
13	When You Kiss Me
14	(If You’re Not in It for Love) I’m Outta Here!
15	Thank You Baby! (For Makin’ Someday Come So Soon)
16	Love Gets Me Every Time
17	Any Man of Mine
18	When
19	You Win My Love
20	Come On Over
21	It Only Hurts When I’m Breathing
22	Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
23	The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)
24	Today Is Your Day
25	I’m Holdin’ On to Love (To Save My Life)
26	No One Needs to Know
27	Honey, I’m Home
28	God Bless the Child
29	Party for Two (with Billy Currington)
30	Rock This Country!
31	Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore)
32	She’s Not Just a Pretty Face
33	What Made You Say That
34	Dance with the One That Brought You
35	Shoes
36	I Ain’t No Quitter
37	Coat of Many Colors (with Alison Krauss & Union Station)
38	If It Don’t Take Two
39	Endless Love (with Lionel Richie)
40	You Needed Me (with Anne Murray)

Artist Countdown: Debarge (Family) Top 30 Hits 6pm ET @ElDeBarge @kristinia

DeBarge was a sibling music group of American origin whose repertoire included R&B, soul, funk, pop, adult contemporary, and gospel. Active as a professional recording group from 1979 to 1989, the group was one of the few recording acts to bring success to the Motown label during the 1980s.

Eldra Patrick “El” DeBarge[1] (born June 4, 1961) is an American R&B/pop singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the R&B/Soul family group DeBarge throughout the early to mid-1980s. As a solo artist, he is best known for the hits “Who’s Johnny” and “Love Always” and for his collaborations with Tone Loc, Quincy Jones, Fourplay and DJ Quik. DeBarge is a three-time Grammy nominee.

Etterlene “Bunny” DeBarge (born March 15, 1955) is an American soul singer-songwriter, best known as the lone female sibling of the Motown family group DeBarge. She is also best known as the lead vocalist behind the classic R&B ballad, “A Dream” from the group’s In a Special Way album and is also the co-writer of the group’s 1982 breakthrough hit, “I Like It” and the number-one hit, “Time Will Reveal“.

Jonathan Arthur “Chico” DeBarge (born June 23, 1966, Detroit, Michigan) is an American R&B singer and a younger brother of the members of the Motown family act DeBarge. Unlike the rest of his DeBarge siblings, Chico is the only male DeBarge that does not sing in the falsetto range that is well known in his family; he sings tenor.

Kristinia Jamie DeBarge (born March 8, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. She first appeared on national television in 2003 as a contestant on the American Idol spin-off, American Juniors. In 2009, DeBarge signed a contract with the Island Records department Sodapop, releasing her debut album, Exposed, in July of the same year. The first single, “Goodbye”, reached the top 20 in the US and Canada. The lead single (“Cry Wolf”) from her untitled sophomore album was released on September 27, 2012. (Source: Wikipedia)

1	Rhythm of the Night (Debarge)
2	Who’s Holding Donna Now (Debarge)
3	Who’s Johnny (El Debarge)
4	All This Love (Debarge)
5	Time Will Reveal (Debarge)
6	Goodbye (Kristinia Debarge)
7	You Wear It Well  (Debarge)
8	Love Always (El Debarge)
9	Real Love (El Debarge)
10	Love Me in a Special Way (Debarge)
11	Give You What You Want (Fa Sure) (Chico Debarge)
12	Talk to Me (Chico Debarge)
13	The Heart Is Not So Smart (Debarge)
14	Someone (El Debarge)
15	I Like It (Debarge)
16	Dance All Night (Bunny Debarge)
17	You Know What I Like (El Debarge)
18	Rainy Night (Chico Debarge)
19	Where Is My Love (El Debarge)
20	Lay With You (El Debarge) (featuring Faith Evans)
21	Can’t Get Enough (El Debarge)
22	Somebody Loves You (El Debarge)
23	Slide (El Debarge)
24	Second Chance (El Debarge)
25	Listen to Your Man (Chico Debarge)
26	Stop! Don’t Tease Me (Debarge)
27	My Heart Belongs to You (El Debarge)
28	Oh No (Chico Debarge)
29	Where You Are (El Debarge)
30	Future Love (Kristinia Debarge)

Artist Countdown: Guess Who Top 30 Hits 4pm ET @burtoncummings @BachmanTurner

The Guess Who is a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, the group also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including “No Time”, “American Woman”, “These Eyes” and “Share the Land“. Several former members of The Guess Who, notably Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman (of Bachman–Turner Overdrive), have also found considerable success outside the band.

This countdown listing features two hits from Burton Cummings as a solo act.

The band was inducted into The Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1987.  (Source: Wikipedia)

1	American Woman
2	No Sugar Tonight
3	No Time
4	Clap for the Wolfman
5	Albert Flasher
6	Share the Land
7	Rain Dance
8	Hand Me Down World
9	These Eyes
10	Undun
11	Laughing
12	Dancin’ Fool
13	Heartbroken Bopper
14	Star Baby
15	Hang on to Your Life
16	Sour Suite
17	His Girl
18	Broken
19	Follow Your Daughter Home
20	Runnin’ Back to Saskatoon
21	Believe Me
22	Stand Tall (Burton Cummings)
23	Guns, Guns, Guns
24	Orly
25	This Time Long Ago
26	Life in the Bloodstream
27	Rosanne
28	Clock on the Wall
29	My Own Way To Rock (Burton Cummings)
30	Bus Rider

 

Artist Countdown: Billy Dean Top 25 Hits 8pm ET

William Harold “Billy” Dean, Jr. (born April 2, 1962, in Quincy, Florida) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Billy Dean first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition Star Search. Active as a recording artist since 1990, he has recorded a total of eight studio albums (of which the first three have been certified gold by the RIAA) and a greatest hits package which is also certified gold. His studio albums have accounted for more than twenty hit singles on the Billboard country charts, including eleven Top Ten hits. Although he never reached the top of the Billboard country charts on his own, he reached Number One in 2000 as one of two guest vocalists on Kenny Rogers‘ “Buy Me a Rose“, and had two Number Ones on the RPM country charts in Canada. He resides in Liberty, Tennessee. – Wikipedia

1	Buy Me a Rose (with Kenny Rogers and Alison Krauss)
2	If There Hadn’t Been You
3	Only Here for a Little While
4	Somewhere in My Broken Heart
5	You Don’t Count the Cost
6	Only the Wind
7	Billy the Kid
8	Tryin’ to Hide a Fire in the Dark
9	That Girl’s Been Spyin’ on Me
10	We Just Disagree
11	It’s What I Do
12	I Wanna Take Care of You
13	Cowboy Band
14	I’m Not Built That Way
15	Let Them Be Little
16	I Wouldn’t Be a Man
17	Real Man
18	Thank God I’m a Country Boy
19	Once in a While
20	Keep Mom and Dad in Love (with Suzy Bogguss and Jillian)
21	I’m in Love with You
22	This Is the Life
23	Men Will Be Boys
24	Innocent Bystander
25	Race You to the Bottom

In Memoriam: Sammy Johns (1946 – 2013)

Sammy Johns’ song about a chance encounter with a girl sat on the shelves of a record company for nearly two years before it was released in 1975.

That song, “Chevy Van,” went on to sell 3 million copies and was called “The Song of the Seventies” by Rolling Stone magazine. It reached No. 5 on the charts in the United States and Canada.

Johns, who was born in Charlotte but spent most of his life in Gaston County, died Friday January 4, 2013 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was 66.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/01/07/3771015/sammy-johns-writer-of-chevy-van.html#storylink=cpy

 

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