Tag: Lead vocalist

Artist Countdown: Hank Ballard Top 25 Hits 12pm ET

Hank BallardHank Ballard (November 18, 1927 – March 2, 2003), born John Henry Kendricks, was a rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of Hank Ballard and The Midnighters and one of the first rock ‘n’ roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s. He played an integral part in the development of the genre, releasing the hit singles “Work With Me, Annie” and answer songs “Annie Had a Baby” and “Annie’s Aunt Fannie” with his Midnighters. He later wrote and recorded “The Twist” which spread the popularity of the dance and was notably covered by Chubby Checker. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. – Wikipedia

1 Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go
2 Finger Poppin’ Time
3 The Twist
4 Work with Me, Annie (The Midnighters)
5 The Hoochi Coochi Coo
6 The Switch-A-Roo
7 The Continental Walk
8 Let’s Go Again (Where We Went Last Night)
9 Nothing But Good
10 Kansas City
11 Teardrops On Your Letter
12 Annie Had a Baby (The Midnighters)
13 Sexy Ways (The Midnighters)
14 The Float
15 Get It (The Royals)
16 Annie’s Aunt Fannie (The Midnighters)
17 It’s Love Baby (24 Hours A Day) (The Midnighters)
18 Henry’s Got Flat Feet (Can’t Dance No More) (The Midnighters)
19 How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven’t Cut Your Process Yet) 
20 The Coffee Grind
21 From the Love Side (Hank Ballard and the Midnight Lighters)
22 Keep On Dancing
23 Do You Know How to Twist
24 Cute Little Ways
25 Sugaree

RadioMax Special: The Music of Keith Richards 6pm ET @officialKeef

KeithRichardsWe celebrate Keith Richards the 70th Birthday today as we featuring his music with and without the Rolling Stones.

Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and founding member of the English rock band The Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine credited Richards for “rock’s greatest single body of riffs” on guitar and ranked him 10 on its list of 100 best guitarists. Fourteen songs Richards wrote with the Rolling Stones’ lead vocalist Mick Jagger are listed among Rolling Stone magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time“.

 

Artist Countdown: Mick Jagger Top 20 Hits 9pm ET

 

Sir Michael Philip “Mick” Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead vocalist and a founder member of The Rolling Stones.

Jagger’s career has spanned over fifty years. His performance style has been said to have “opened up definitions of gendered masculinity and so laid the foundations for self-invention and sexual plasticity which are now an integral part of contemporary youth culture”. Allmusic has described Jagger as “one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock & roll”. His distinctive voice and performance, along with Keith Richards‘ guitar style, have been the trademark of The Rolling Stones throughout the career of the band. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with The Rolling Stones.

Mick Jagger Top 20 Hits

1 Dancing in the Street (with David Bowie)
2 Just Another Night
3 Let’s Work
4 Lucky in Love
5 Sweet Thing
6 State of Shock (with The Jacksons)
7 Ruthless People
8 T.H.E (The Hardest Ever) (with will.i.am & Jennifer Lopez)
9 Throwaway
10 Don’t Tear Me Up
11 Visions of Paradise
12 Don’t Look Back (with Peter Tosh)
13 Wired All Night
14 Lonely at the Top
15 Charmed Life
16 God Gave Me Everything
17 Memo from Turner
18 Say You Will
19 Old Habits Die Hard (with Dave Stewart)
20 Miracle Worker (with SuperHeavy)