2-7 and 10, paced by Christopher Cross‘“Sailing” at No. 2. “Sailing,” a No. 1 hit for Cross on the Hot 100 in August 1980, scored a synch in the sixth episode of the series, as did the No. 3 song, Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street” (No. 2 on the...
49 32 I BELIEVE IN YOU –•– Don Williams (MCA)-17 (24)50 36 NEVER BE THE SAME –•– Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers)-15 (15)POWER PLAYS41 45 SHINE ON –•– L.T.D. (A&M)-10 (41)42 46 SMOKY MOUNTAIN RAIN –•– Ronnie Milsap (RCA)-8 (42)43 53 A LITTLE ...
5, SAILING, Christopher Cross6, TAKE YOUR TIME (DO IT RIGHT) PART 1, The S.O.S. Band7, EMOTIONAL RESCUE, The Rolling Stones8, CUPID/I’VE LOVED YOU FOR A LONG TIME, The Spinners9, THE ROSE, Bette Midler10, UPSIDE DOWN, Diana Ross 1981 Rank, Title, Artist1, JESSIE’S GIRL, ...
Instead of moving to Nashville and playing bars until he got a break, Zach Bryan joined the Navy and used his off-hours in his barracks to write songs and post them on YouTube, before independently releasing two albums while in active service. After an honorable discharge and a major-label...
Ronson paid homage to Kool and the Gang by using an all-horns chorus featuring Antibalas and the Dap-Kings; he also added a crucial guitar part, while producer Jeff Bhasker contributed synths. After the song became a huge cross-genre hit, its knowing riff on Eighties funk styles also ...
32. Christopher Cross, "Sailing" Texas singer-songwriterChristopher Crosswas on his way to having a huge upcoming decade as the '70s wound down. His self-titled soft-rock debut album was a Top 10 smash and its first single - theMichael McDonald-assisted "Ride Like the Wind" - peaked at...
Image by Chris Panicker When I joined Pitchfork a couple months ago as its new editor, we got to work on what you’re reading now, the Best Songs of the 2020s So Far, our first big list of the year. On the surface, there’s something a little trivial about the “Best of the 202...
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The latter includes all lyrics which I have written to music by others, although the music to such parodies, if copyrighted by their composers, are of course not included without permission of their copyright owners. The translated songs on this website may be found on YouTube in their origin...
the Beatles chose the Ronettes, the famed doo-wop trio behind such hits as “Be My Baby” and “Baby, I Love You.” By embarking on the trek, the Ronettes etched their name in the history books as the only act to ever open forboththe Beatles and the Rolling Stones (who they’d to...