![]() The best and most memorable songs will be remembered, while the more trendy/novelty stuff that didn’t age well goes forgotten. The other reason is more of a practical one, time is a filter. If it’s a top 100, over 5,000! That’s tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of songs I need to look at if I were being complete. If it’s a top 40, that’s over 2,000 songs a year I need to look at. There’s 52 weeks in a year and multiply that by 30 and that’s 1,560 weeks I need to look at. And there isn’t enough time because I want to talk about other things. I’m not paid enough to look at the complete charts for every week for two countries ( Donations are very much appreciated though, thank you!). First one is going to sound silly and we’ll get that out of the way. Why am I only looking at #1s? Two reasons. If that sounds like something interesting, keep on reading! I’m a big numbers/statistics geek and I love looking at infographics. Obviously, ethnicity isn’t just black and white and focusing only on one group obviously doesn’t tell the whole story and it’s certainly not the extent of diversity (if you read my blog, I talk about musicians from all ethnic backgrounds, nationalities, sexual orientations, and with disabilities too), but I thought this would be interesting to do and look at the trends in music while we’re at it and see the differences between the American and British charts. ![]() But it’s awesome and it’s not “Let’s Stay Together.To celebrate Black History Month on my blog, I’m going to be looking at music charts and doing one of my favourite things, an analysis! This time of how many songs on the charts were by Black musicians and make infographics and writing my observations down and providing a list of songs, which will be compiled into a playlist at the end. Came across it through the Joe Strummer documentary on Netflix (“The Future is Unwritten”).Īnd maybe you’ve already got this one. ![]() Ok, maybe you’ve heard of this one - but it’s new to me. Which is a shame cuz she’s got so many great tunes. Lotsa people play the same ole Aretha tunes over and over. I’m not sure which I like better - her version or The Temptations version.Īretha Franklin - You’ll Lose a Good Thing “Well I’m glad you found out / just like I knew you would / that a sip of your own medicine / it don’t taste so good.” This track’s famous, but I just discovered it recently for some reason. Johnny Guitar Watson – Ain’t that a Bitch ![]() “How can we stop the changes goin’ in America today / Come back to the golden rule” Wilson Pickett - Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won’t Do)ĩ9.5% = uh uh! Probably one of my favorite “songs you’ve never heard of” of all time. ![]() I love songs about guys who go see gypsies to get their fortunes read.įrom the soundtrack to The Fighter. Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside - Danger Sounds like it coulda been recorded 30 years ago, in a sweatier sexier Motown. Got more? Please leave em in the comments! Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin’ (“My Girl” anyone?) Here’s a buncha soul or r&b tracks I love that I’d never heard of til recently. The problem with soul is that people play the same Motown oldies over and over which (while great) no one really needs to hear again. It’s like tea or a nice chianti - you’re never sorry to have a little. I’ve been listening to a lot of soul music lately, new and old. ![]()
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