Singer-songwriter Maria Jane Smith and producer-songwriter Victor Thell met as teenagers in their hometown of Helsingborg, Sweden. Their first major international breakthrough came in November 2018, with their hit single “Forgive Me Friend”. We have featured a number of their original songs on RadiJohan in recent years. Now they’ve covered, and applied their folk twist to, Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” The latest from Smith & Thell is new this week on RadiJohan.
Month: July 2022
American guitarist Carlos Santana turns 75 today. He rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. In 2015 Rolling Stone magazine listed Carlos at number 20 on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards and was inducted along with his band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
| TW | LW | Artist | Title |
| 10 | New | Sweet | Defender |
| 9 | 8 | The Big Deal | Sensational |
| 8 | 9 | PG Roxette | The Loneliest Girl in the World |
| 7 | 7 | Mandy Moore | Four Moons |
| 6 | 4 | Madrugada | Help Yourself To Me |
| 5 | New | FM | The Long Road Home |
| 4 | 6 | Muse | Will of The People |
| 3 | 3 | Dorothy | A Beautiful Life |
| 2 | 2 | Def Leppard | Take What You Want |
| 1 | 1 | Visions Of Atlantis | Melancholy Angel |
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Caitlyn Smith is an American singer-songwriter whose debut album Starfire was released in 2018. She has written songs recorded by, among others, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, Meghan Trainor and Avicii. In 2016 she was named one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s “10 New Artists You Need To Know”. So if you don’t know her yet, it’s now your turn. “Dreamin’s Free,” from Caitlyn Smith’s latest album High, is new this week on RadiJohan.
“Get Down” is a song by British-Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan, from his 1973 album I’m a Writer, Not a Fighter. Released as a single, it became a number one in the UK, Ireland and (West) Germany. besides making it to the top 10 in numerous other countries. Despite the line, “You’re a bad dog baby, but I still want you around,” this song is not about an actual dog, although it has long been rumored to be. Apparently Gilbert O’Sullivan has said it’s about “an over-zealous lady,” not a poorly trained pooch.
Dion Francis DiMucci, born on 18 July 1939 and better known simply as Dion, celebrates his 83rd birthday. Dion’s biggest and best known hits include “Runaround Sue” and “The Wanderer.” These classics, and others, still feature on RadiJohan, along with some great songs Dion has released in more recent years, including the awesome “Song For Sam Cooke (Here In America).”
BoDeans came to prominence in the 1980s. The band’s biggest hit to date is the 1993 single “Closer to Free”, which was used as the theme song to the hit TV series “Party of Five.” Their fourteenth album, “4 The Last Time,” has just been released and the album’s first single “Ya Gotta Go Crazy” is new this week on RadiJohan.
With over a billion streams to her name since her first hit in 2012, Gabrielle Aplin has been one of the most successful singers to emerge from the UK in the past 10 years. She returns with the release of her new single ‘Call Me,’ new this week on RadiJohan.
| TW | LW | Artist | Title |
| 10 | 9 | Elle King ft Dierks Bentley | Worth a Shot |
| 9 | New | PG Roxette | The Loneliest Girl in the World |
| 8 | 7 | The Big Deal | Sensational |
| 7 | 10 | Mandy Moore | Four Moons |
| 6 | 6 | Muse | Will of The People |
| 5 | 2 | Thunder | Dancing in the Sunshine |
| 4 | 5 | Madrugada | Help Yourself To Me |
| 3 | 3 | Dorothy | A Beautiful Life |
| 2 | 4 | Def Leppard | Take What You Want |
| 1 | 1 | Visions Of Atlantis | Melancholy Angel |
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Journey have just released their long awaited new album “Freedom.” It’s Journey’s first album of new material to be released in more than a decade. The single” You Got The Best of Me” is new this week on RadiJohan.