Ingrid Andress is an American singer-songwriter who learned to play piano and drums as a child. She released her debut Album, Lady Like, in March 2020. The album and her debut single, More hearts Than Mine, were both nominated for a Grammy award. Ingrid’s new album, Good Person, is out now and her single, Pain, is new this week on RadiJohan.
This month in 1978 Dolly Parton became the first country singer to pose for Playboy. She appeared on the cover of the October issue wearing a Playboy bunny outfit (complete with ears) but had refused to pose nude for the magazine. She did the photo shoot for a different kind of exposure as she was looking to break through to a wider audience. It worked, as two years later she starred in the movie 9 To 5 and scored a number 1 USA Hot 100 hit with the title song. As for why she didn’t “get naked,” Dolly said, “I’m not that brave, nor do I look that good.”
Beguiled is the first single to be released from the upcoming 12th studio album Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts, a concept album by “The Smashing Pumpkins.” The album will be released in three separate acts of 11 songs. Lead singer, songwriter and guitarist Billy Corgan, in an interview with Kerrang Magazine explained:
“…..there’s different characters in the musical, but Beguiled is sung from the standpoint of the authoritarian…. He’s saying, ‘Trust the message.’ At the height of the pandemic, we kept saying trust the science. Having been in public life for 35 years, anytime anyone asks you to trust them, that’s when I run. So it’s a little bit like somebody saying, if you just have faith in what we stand for, everything will be fine.”
Beguiled is new this week on RadiJohan.
| TW | LW | Artist | Title |
| 10 | 6 | James LaBrie | Am I Right |
| 9 | 10 | Dea Matrona | So Damn Dangerous |
| 8 | New | The Struts | Fallin’ With Me |
| 7 | New | Robbie Williams | Lost |
| 6 | 9 | Tuk Smith and The Restless Hearts | Ballad of a Misspent Youth |
| 5 | 5 | Ilse DeLange | Willing |
| 4 | 4 | Noiseworks | Heart & Soul |
| 3 | 3 | Goo Goo Dolls | Yeah I Like You |
| 2 | 2 | Cats In Space | Poke The Witch |
| 1 | 1 | Generation Radio | Angels |
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Shania Twain has released the first single from her forthcoming sixth studio album. It is her first release in five years since her 2017 album, Now, which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and on the Top Country Albums Chart. The new album will be released next year. Shania’s new single, Waking Up Dreaming, is new this week on RadiJohan.
Driver’s Seat is a song by British band “Sniff ‘n’ the Tears” that appears on their 1978 debut album Fickle Heart. The song, which is not really about the joys of driving, was a moderate hit in a number of countries. It is about the fragmented and conflicting emotions that occur after the end of a relationship.The band is considered a one-hit wonder as Driver’s Seat was their only hit, except in the Netherlands where they had a second Top 40 single. A 12 inch version was released on A Best Of Sniff ‘n’ the Tears in 1991. The song appeared at number 1 on the Dutch Top 40 that same year as a result of its use in a “Pioneer” commercial.
“The Night Flight Orchestra” is a Swedish Rock band formed in 2007. Their goal has been to reclaim the 70’s and early 80’s sense for classic melody. They have released six studio albums to date. The Night Flight Orchestra’s latest release is the single Black Stars and Diamonds which is new this week on RadiJohan.
Born on the 2nd of October 1951 Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner is the son of a milkman. In his young years Gordon helped his father with the milk deliveries. After leaving school in 1969, spending one term at the University of Warwick, working as a bus conductor, building labourer and tax officer, he went and got a teaching qualification. He earned a nickname when a fellow musician thought he “looked like a wasp” in his yellow-and-black striped sweater. “Sting” was working as a schoolteacher when his band “The Police” hit the big time.
Total Eclipse Of The Heart, written and produced by Jim Steinman, hit number 1 in the United States this week in 1983, making Bonnie Tyler the first Welsh singer to top the chart there. The song also went to the top of the charts in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Norway, Canada and the United Kingdom and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
“Hydra” is a new melodic rock band from Sweden. In August they released their debut album Point Break. Their first single, an arguably timely anti war song called Stop The Madness, is new this week on RadiJohan.