The B-52’s are an American band formed in 1976. This week in 1989 they released Cosmic Thing, their mainstream breakthrough and their first album following the death of guitarist and band co-founder Ricky Wilson. The second single released from the album, Love Shack, is considered the band’s signature song and has been a concert staple since its release. Commercially, the single topped the charts in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand, reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100. Rolling Stone magazine named Love Shack the best single of 1989.
This week in 1990 “Nelson” released their debut album After the Rain, which sold over 2 million copies in the USA thanks to their number 1 single (Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection. The band was founded by twins Matthew and Gunnar Nelson. Their Father, Ricky Nelson, was an actor who also had a long and successful recording career, with hits including Hello Mary Lou (1961) and Garden Party (1972), before he died in a plane crash in 1985.
Robert Jon & the Wreck is an American five-piece blues rock band formed in 2011. In 2021 the title track from their most recent studio album, Shine a light on Me Brother, spent three weeks at number one in the RadiJohan Top 10. The band has recently announced a new album is on its way. Ride Into The Light, their seventh studio album, will be released in August.
To celebrate the announcement, Robert Jon & The Wreck have released the album’s newest single, West Coast Eyes, which is new this week on RadiJohan.
Little Rock, Arkansas based duo joan has been known by their followers for creating an infectious blend of pop music from inside their bedrooms in deepest Middle America. Apart from that they seem to have a thing for not using capitals for their name or their titles. They formed in 2017 and released their first EP, called portra, in 2019. Three more EPs have followed, and now, in 2023, their first full album is a fact.
superglue, the title track from joan’s debut album, is new this week on RadiJohan.
| TW | LW | Artist | Title |
| 10 | New | Matchbox Twenty | Don’t Get Me Wrong |
| 9 | 6 | Mecca | Falling |
| 8 | 5 | Chris Janson ft Dolly Parton & Slash | 21 Forever |
| 7 | 9 | Winger | Tears of Blood |
| 6 | 10 | Crazy Loop | Love Maria |
| 5 | 8 | Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds | Dead To The World |
| 4 | 3 | McFly | Where Did All The Guitars Go |
| 3 | 2 | Texas | After All |
| 2 | 4 | DMA’s | Forever |
| 1 | 1 | Shinedown | A Symptom of Being Human |
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This week in 1979 the Charlie Daniels Band released The Devil Went Down to Georgia from the album Million Mile Reflections. The song tells the story of a young man named Johnny, who makes a deal with the devil. It was the band’s biggest hit, reaching number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and prevented from a higher peak by After the Love Has Gone by “Earth, Wind and Fire” and My Sharona by “The Knack.
The song begins as a disappointed Devil arrives in Georgia, apparently “way behind” on stealing souls, when he notices a young man named Johnny who is playing a fiddle, and quite well. Out of desperation, the Devil, who claims that he also is a fiddle player, bets a fiddle of gold against Johnny’s soul to see who is the better fiddler. Although Johnny believes taking the Devil’s bet might be a sin, he fearlessly accepts, confidently boasting that he’s “the best that’s ever been.”
Listen below to hear how the story ends.
“The Teskey Brothers” are an Australian blues rock band from Melbourne, named after Sam and Josh Teskey, who formed the band in 2008 and began by performing in the street and at parties. The brothers take influence from iconic soul men Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett and prove how timeless music that appeals directly to the human spirit endures.
Success came in 2017 with the release of their debut album, Half Mile Harvest. Their second album, Run Home Slow, followed in 2019 and made it to number 2 on the Australian album chart. Their highly anticipated third album, The Winding way, has just been released.
The latest single by The Teskey Brothers, Remember The Time, is new this week om RadiJohan.
| TW | LW | Artist | Title |
| 10 | New | Crazy Loop | Love Maria |
| 9 | New | Winger | Tears of Blood |
| 8 | New | Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds | Dead To The World |
| 7 | 4 | Uriah Heep | Golden Light |
| 6 | 7 | Mecca | Falling |
| 5 | 5 | Chris Janson ft Dolly Parton & Slash | 21 Forever |
| 4 | 6 | DMA’s | Forever |
| 3 | 3 | McFly | Where Did All The Guitars Go |
| 2 | 2 | Texas | After All |
| 1 | 1 | Shinedown | A Symptom of Being Human |
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This week in 1972 David Bowie released his fifth studio album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The concept album introduced us to Bowie’s alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, a fictional rock star who is sent to Earth as a saviour to bring a message of hope to humanity before an impending apocalypse. The album peaked at number 5 in the UK and remains on that chart for two years, bolstered by Bowie’s performance of “Starman” on “Top of the Pops” in July 1972.
“The Defiants” are a band whose music recalls the glory days of the hair metal era of the eighties and early nineties. Formed in 2015 by former members of hair metal band “Danger Danger,” The Defiants’ 2016 self-titled debut album contained hard rock anthems full of guitar solos and singalongs and was considered a glorious return to the “in your face” melodic hard rock that enraptured millions of fans back in the ’80s and ’90s. A second album, Zokusho, was released to critical acclaim in 2019 and now, after another four year wait, they have returned with their third release, Drive, which could turn out to be their greatest musical achievement so far.
The Defiants’ single 19 Summertime is new this week on RadiJohan.