Frankie Valli Redux & The Academy of Country Music Awards Are on TV Tonight.
"You're just too good to be true/can't take my eyes off of you" ... 53 years ago Frankie Valli made made musical history with the enduring "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You"' which is, as we speak, being introduced to a new generation of Top 40 listeners via electronic...
Getting To Know Miley Cyrus
If you're even slightly tuned into pop-culture, you are aware of the publicity juggernaut that's Miley Cyrus--maybe seen her on TV or in the tabloids-- she's just released "Midnight Sky," her new and "highly anticipated" single (nearly seven million You-tube hits...
What the World Needs Now…Is a Feel-Good Song
"Savage Love," an international hit by Jawsh 685, a17-year old New Zealand high school student/song producer, and American hit-maker Jason Derulo, has the pop-reggae flavor and feel good vibe that you hear in Jimmy Cliff's early 70's classic "You Can Get It If You...
A Love Song from Maroon 5 and Adam Levine
Paul McCartneys' "My Love," his tribute to first wife, Linda, is an honest, sincere, well-crafted love song, as is Adam Levine and Maroon 5's "Nobody's Love," the band's follow-up to "Memories," which was one of last year’s biggest pop successes. You could make a...
A Country Singer, A Hip Hop Artist, and A Pop/R&B Superstar Walk Into a Bar…
..actually, they go into a recording studio, and create a Top 40 hit, as the lines between musical genres continue to blur. In the newly released "Be Like That," Country singer Kane Brown (who also sings R&B) has teamed up with hip-hop artist Swae Lee and ...
“Ur So CoOl”
Everybody's talkin' 'bout sex Everybody's talkin' 'bout ex Like no one really wants to find a genuine connect Before they even look at you, they move on to the next Last Nov., we raved about 19-year old Australian phenom Toni Watson, also known as Tones and I, who...
It’s the Frutti, Not the Tutti
Harry Styles’ “Adore You” was one of the year’s biggest pop hits, and his follow-up, "Watermelon Sugar,” looks bound for summer smash-hood. The former One Direction star co-wrote the song, inspired by Richard Brautigan’s 1968 novel “In Watermelon Sugar.” "Watermelon...
Exuberant Christian Song Crossing Over to Other Formats
Togetherness, 2020 style, has taken on new meaning, exemplified in the new single from Australian brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone, who go by the name for King & Country. “Together” features guests Kirk Franklin, a Gospel star, and Pop...
Let’s Sizzle Together!
"X," as in "kiss me like your ex is in the room," by the Jonas Brothers is a hot, sultry and sexy dance track a la 1999's "Waiting For Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez. Featured in the Amazon concert film "Happiness Continues," the Latin inspired "X" gets a boost from...