Rose Radio Top 30 Chart - 1/12/09

Remember, the song ranks are determined by you... the listener. All you need to do is click on the thumbs up or thumbs down next to the song while you are listening to register your vote on whether you like the song or not. Thank you!

Top 30 Songs:
1. These Open Arms - Clay Aiken
2. Mr. Bellamy - Paul McCartney
3. Right To My Head - Constantine Maroulis
4. Falling - Clay Aiken
5. Addicted - Ace Young
6. Fading Into You - Constantine Maroulis
7. On The Road - Kurt Nilsen
8. Turn To Grey - Jon Peter Lewis
9. Billie Jean - David Cook
10. Push Push - Kurt Nilsen
11. Ever Present Past - Paul McCartney
12. Who Knew - P!nk
13. Love Story - Katharine McPhee
14. Lost Highway - Bon Jovi
15. Broken & Beautiful - Suzie McNeil
16. You Are The Best Thing - Ray Lamontagne
17. Deepest Secret - Jessica Sierra
18. Light On - David Cook
19. (You Want To) Make A Memory - Bon Jovi
20. Sway - Melinda Doolittle
21. I Dream of Spring - k.d. lang
22. Play On - Amanda Overmyer
23. Be Still - Kelly Clarkson
24. Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
25. Broken - Lifehouse
26. Beating My Heart - Jon McLaughlin
27. Viva La Vida - Coldplay
28. Homeward Bound - William Joseph
29. Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Faire
30. Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth

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Melinda Doolittle "Coming Back You"

I have added Melinda Doolittle's single Coming Back To You to the playlist. She is now offering a free download of the song on her official website where you can also preorder her album "Coming Back To You" which drops February 3.

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New Radio Adds: 1/7/2009

I switched out the Eva Cassidy songs and you will now hear her versions of Songbird and Autumn Leaves. 

I also switched out the Clay Aiken songs and among the selections you will hear Falling, Something About Us and These Open Arms.

In the Oldies category I have added More Than a Feeling by Boston and We Just Disagree by Dave Mason.

I have also added Shattered [Turn The Car Around] by O.A.R.; You Are The Best Thing by Ray Lamontagne; and The Man Who Can't Be Moved by the new Irish band called The Script.

Biography excerpt from the official website:

The Script are an Irish trio whose music boasts the kind of artful twists sure to turn all preconceptions on their head. This is a whole new brand of Celtic Soul, blending hip hop lyrical flow with pop melodiousness, state-of-the-art R'n'B production with anthemic rock dynamics, classic song construction with gritty contemporary narratives. It's got all the emotion and passion you would expect from across the Irish sea, but it is glittering in its modernity, universal in its singalong addictiveness and global in its syncopation, music for the feet, heart and head. Think U2 versus Timbaland, Van Morrison remixed by Teddy Riley. "Irish people have soul," according to Danny. "It comes from generations of pain, and generations of understanding emotion to be able to physically get that in a solid sound."

[...]The trio's debut single, We Cry, was released by Phonogenic / SonyBMG in April 2008 and reached #9 in the Irish charts the following month. And it is something special, a soulful anthem of everyday struggle that manages to be simultaneously bleak and uplifting. "There is not a lot of hope in the song, cause not everybody's life is full of hope," explains Danny. "There's not always roses at the end. But out of all these things that have gone wrong in our lives and everybody else's lives, the message is 'together we cry'. Because as long as we're here together then we can find a way to share the burden."

"The Man Who Can't Be Moved" was released in July and this time they broke the top 2 of the Irish Chart. As Mark comments, "I had an idea of a guy who'd broke up with his girl and lost total contact with her. What would he do? I thought he would just go back to the corner where they first met and wait till she returned. The rest just flowed as a story and we made a song from it".

Their debut album The Script, was released on August 8th, it too promising to be something really special. "There is a whole lifetime in these songs," says Mark. "We don't write them in ten minutes. A song takes nurturing, it is an evolving thing. This is a journey, we are in constant change, constant motion. I can't ever put my finger on what exactly The Script is, I don't even think I should, all I know is that it is something that touches me deep inside, and seems to touch other people when we play."

The album spent five weeks at the Number One spot in Ireland upon it's release.

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Rose Radio Top 30 Chart - 1/6/09

Top 30 Songs:
1. Solitaire - Clay Aiken
2. Addicted - Ace Young
3. Right To My Head - Constantine Maroulis
4. Lonely No More - Clay Aiken
5. On The Road - Kurt Nilsen
6. Fading Into You - Constantine Maroulis
7. As Long As We're Here - Clay Aiken
8. Baby Doll - Eli Mattson
9. Turn To Grey - Jon Peter Lewis
10. Billie Jean - David Cook
11. Ever Present Past - Paul McCartney
12. Who Knew - P!nk
13. Deepest Secret - Jessica Sierra
14. Love Story - Katharine McPhee
15. Empty Me - Chris Sligh
16. Push Push - Kurt Nilsen
17. Sway - Melinda Doolittle
18. Light On - David Cook
19. New Soul - Yael Naïm
20. Homeward Bound - William Joseph
21. Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Faire
22. The One - Vanessa Olivarez
23. Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth
24. Madly - Tristan Prettyman
25. Africa - Toto
26. What's Love Got to Do With It - Tina Turner
27. When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees
28. Wherever I Lay My Hat - Taylor Hicks
29. Broken & Beautiful - Suzie McNeil
30. Cinderella - Steven Curtis Chapman

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Rose Radio Top 30 Chart - 12/28/08

Top 30 Song:
1. Everybody Loves - Constantine Maroulis
2. Fading Into You - Constantine Maroulis
3. On The Road - Kurt Nilsen
4. Solitaire - Clay Aiken
5. Right To My Head - Constantine Maroulis
6. No More Sad Song - Clay Aiken
7. Addicted - Ace Young
8. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Clay Aiken
9. Billie Jean - David Cook
10. Baby Doll - Eli Mattson
11. Turn To Grey - Jon Peter Lewis
12. Deepest Secret - Jessica Sierra
13. Who Knew - P!nk
14. Love Story - Katharine McPhee
15. Ever Present Past - Paul McCartney
16. These Hard Times - Matchbox Twenty
17. Empty Me - Chris Sligh
18. Sway - Melinda Doolittle
19. Be Still - Kelly Clarkson
20. Push Push - Kurt Nilsen
21. Break The Silence - Jon Peter Lewis
22. All I'll Be - Eli Mattson
23. Light On - David Cook
24. New Soul - Yael Naïm
25. Homeward Bound - William Joseph
26. Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Faire
27. The One - Vanessa Olivarez
28. Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth
29. Madly - Tristan Prettyman
30. Africa - Toto

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Rose Radio Top 30 Chart - 12/22/08

Top 30 Songs:
1. Blood Will Never Lose Its Power - Clay Aiken
2. Everybody Loves - Constantine Maroulis
3. Fading Into You - Constantine Maroulis
4. Addicted - Ace Young
5. Right To My Head - Constantine Maroulis
6. No More Sad Song - Clay Aiken
7. On The Road - Kurt Nilsen
8. Lonely No More - Clay Aiken
9. Billie Jean - David Cook
10. With Arms Wide Open - Creed
11. Who Knew - P!nk
12. Baby Doll - Eli Mattson
13. Deepest Secret - Jessica Sierra
14. Turn To Grey - Jon Peter Lewis
15. Ever Present Past - Paul McCartney
16. Love Story - Katharine McPhee
17. Empty Me - Chris Sligh
18. Sway - Melinda Doolittle
19. These Hard Times - Matchbox Twenty
20. Be Still - Kelly Clarkson
21. Break The Silence - Jon Peter Lewis
22. Push Push - Kurt Nilsen
23. Light On - David Cook
24. All I'll Be - Eli Mattson
25. New Soul - Yael Naïm
26. Homeward Bound - William Joseph
27. Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Faire
28. The One - Vanessa Olivarez
29. Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth
30. Madly - Tristan Prettyman

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New Radio Adds: 12/18/08

I've added a few more holiday tunes to the playlist. You will want to listen for Jason Castro's version of White Christmas (which you can download for free!); Michael Bublé singing Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow; Frank Sinatra crooning Jingle Bells; and the Johnny Mathis version of Sleigh Ride.

I have also added Josh Gracin's new single Telluride.

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