TERRY HOKNES - My All Time Favorite Songs and Music - Billboard magazine Hot 100 chart data plus my personal chart data plus youtube video and historical facts and trivia hoknes@hotmail.com

TERRY HOKNES - MY FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME ! hoknes@hotmail.com

2761	DAN FOGELBERG	LANGUAGE OF LOVE	1984
2762	AMERICA	VENTURA HIGHWAY	1972
2763	TERRY HOKNES	I HAVE TO LET IT OUT	2007
2764	CARRIE UNDERWOOD	LAST NAME	2008
2765	RIHANNA	DON'T STOP THE MUSIC	2008
2766	KELLY CLARKSON	I DO NOT HOOK UP	2009
2767	MILEY CYRUS	PARTY IN THE USA	2009
2768	FRAY	YOU FOUND ME	2009
2769	TAOI CRUZ	BREAK YOUR HEART	2010
2770	DRAKE	FIND YOUR LOVE	2010
2771	JENNIFER LOPEZ	ON THE FLOOR	2011
2772	TERRY HOKNES	THIS ISLAND EARTH	1992
2773	JOHN LENNON	LOOK AT ME	1970
2774	KISS	C'MON AND LOVE ME	1975
2775	KLAATU	SIR BODSWORTH RUGGLESBY III	1976
2776	KYLIE MINOGUE	COME INTO MY WORLD	2003
2777	LADY GAGA	I LIKE IT ROUGH	2009
2778	JIVA	TAKE MY LOVE	1975
2779	MIA MARTINA	BURNING	2011
2780	MICHAEL JACKSON	WORKING DAY AND NIGHT	1979

DAN FOGELBERG - THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE (1984) hit #14

Daniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007) was an American singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music. He is best known for his 1980 hit "Longer" and his 1981 hit "Leader of the Band".

After Souvenirs, Fogelberg released a string of gold and platinum albums, including Captured Angel (1975) and Nether Lands (1977), and found commercial success with songs such as "The Power of Gold." His 1978 Twin Sons of Different Mothers was the first of two collaborations with jazz flutist Tim Weisberg. 1979's Phoenix reached the Top 10, with "Longer" becoming a #2 pop hit (and wedding standard) in 1980. The track peaked at #59 in the UK Singles Chart - his sole entry in that listing. The album reached #42 in the UK Albums Chart, likewise Fogelberg's only entry there This was followed by a Top 20 hit "Heart Hotels."

The Innocent Age, released in October 1981, was Fogelberg's critical and commercial peak. This double-album song cycle included four of his biggest hits: "Leader of the Band," "Hard to Say," "Run for the Roses," and "Same Old Lang Syne," based on a real-life accidental meeting with a former girlfriend. Fogelberg drew inspiration for The Innocent Age from Thomas Wolfe's novel Of Time and the River. A 1982 greatest hits album contained two new songs, both of which were released as singles: "Missing You" and "Make Love Stay." In 1984, he released the album Windows and Walls, containing the singles "The Language of Love" and "Believe in Me".

AMERICA - VENTURA HIGHWAY (1972) hit #8

Album: Homecoming (1972)

Ventura Highway" is a popular 1972 song by the band America from its album, Homecoming.

Dewey Bunnell, the song's vocalist and writer, has said that the lyric "alligator lizards in the air" in the song is a reference to the shapes of clouds in the sky he saw in 1963 while his family was driving down the coast from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California where they had a flat tire. While his father changed the tire, he and his brother stood by the side of the road and watched the clouds and saw a road sign for "Ventura".

America is an English-American folk rock band, that originally consisted of Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. The three members were barely out of their teens, when they became a musical sensation during 1972, scoring No. 1 hits and winning a Grammy for best new musical artist. Their recording success stretched throughout the 1970s; some of the band's best known songs are "A Horse with No Name", "Sister Golden Hair" (both of which reached No. 1), "Ventura Highway", "Tin Man", "Daisy Jane", and "Lonely People". George Martin produced seven of their albums.

TERRY HOKNES - I HAVE TO LET IT OUT (2007) Opus #1100 ?? lyrics by Marcus Knuttila

As the new century began a new chapter in songwriting where the focus was more on recording polished songs but writing way less and very sporadic. I had written 500 songs by the age of 19 and had hit 1000 songs by the age of 25. But since then I can go over a year at a time without writing a song but really focusing in most cases on a more commercial type of polished song however I still venture into all possible genres. I continue to play and sing every part on all my songs and recordings.

I hired Neil Meckelborg of Audio Art to record my songs in 2001. We started out recording a full album at their location downtown behind the Bus depot but eventually worked on recordings at Neil's private studio. In total we recorded 3 full albums of material of my songs and a full length album of songs I wrote with Marilyn Parney that I produced. Neil and I also worked on a Trooper hit song karaoke CD in 2001. I spent 18 months recording with Neil and over 40 songs and over $10,000.00 in studio bills I paid at that time to record the best quality audio ever on my songs. Neil had used Sonar Cakewalk so I learned how to use it and have used that now for a decade in my own studio.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD - LAST NAME (2008) hit #19

Last Name" is the title of a song composed by country singer Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird. It is the third single from Underwood's second studio album, Carnival Ride. It was released in the United States on April 7, 2008, by which point the song had already charted. At the 51st Grammy Awards, the song won Underwood her third consecutive Grammy award for "Best Female Country Vocal Performance". It has sold 1,078,000 copies to date

The song debuted at number 46 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, nearly a month before the single's official release. For the week of June 21, 2008 it rose from number five to number one, to become her fifth straight number one on the Billboard chart, her seventh straight number one country single, and her eighth number one Billboard single overall. This marked Underwood as the first solo female artist to have five consecutive number one's on the country survey in almost twenty years, since Rosanne Cash had a string of six number one titles between 1987-89. It is the third country number one from Carnival Ride and reached the top of the chart faster than the first two singles, taking only thirteen weeks. "Last Name" has sold about 1,078,000 downloads as of August 2011.

On the Hot 100 the song has reached number nineteen, making it Underwood's fifth top twenty Hot 100 hit, and the second from Carnival Ride.

Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American country singer, songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005. Underwood has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a winner of several Grammy Awards, Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards, a Golden Globe Award nominee, a three-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Female Vocalist winner, and a two-time ACM Entertainer of the Year. She is the first-ever female artist to win back-to-back Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards for Entertainer of the Year (2009/10). Underwood was inducted into and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2008. She was also inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Billboard named Underwood Country Music's reigning Queen in 2012

RIHANNA - DON'T STOP THE MUSIC (2008) hit #3

Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna recorded for her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). It was written by Tawanna Dabney, Michael Jackson, Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen with its production helmed by the latter two under their stage-name Stargate. The song was released as the album's fourth single on September 7, 2007 worldwide. "Don't Stop the Music" is a dance-pop and techno song that features a wide variety of rhythmic devices used mainly in hip hop music. The song samples the line, "Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa" which is taken from Jackson's 1983 single "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". For using the line, both Rihanna and Jackson faced a lawsuit from the Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango, who claimed that the hook is originally from his 1972 song "Soul Makossa".

"It was nominated for several accolades, eventually winning the award for Best International Song at the 2008 NRJ Music Awards. "Don't Stop the Music" was commercial success, reaching number-one in over ten countries worldwide including Australia, Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The single peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and at number one on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The song was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling more than 3 million copies in the US.

Don't Stop the Music" reached the top-seven in more than twenty countries worldwide. It debuted at number 94 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the issue dated December 8, 2007. After two months on the chart, on February 16, 2008, the song reached its peak at number three It thus became Rihanna's fourth single to reach the top three on the chart. "Don't Stop the Music" stayed on the chart for 30 weeks, logging as Rihanna's longest charting song on the Hot 100 to date. It topped the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart, one which it became Rihanna's sixth number one single. The song peaked at number three on the US Pop Songs chart. It was certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after three million downloads of the song were sold. The single reached number two on the Canadian Hot 100 and stayed on the chart for period of 52 weeks overall. It became only Rihanna's second song to reach the top three on the Canadian Hot 100, after "Umbrella" peaked at number one

KELLY CLARKSON - I DO NOT HOOK UP (2009) hit #20

"I Do Not Hook Up" is a song performed by American singer and songwriter Kelly Clarkson, released as the second single from her fourth studio album All I Ever Wanted (2009). The song was composed by Greg Wells, Kara DioGuardi and American singer and songwriter Katy Perry. Perry had originally written the song for her own album, but following her removal from the Def Jam label, she gave the song and "Long Shot" to Clarkson for her fourth album. RCA Records serviced the song to mainstream radios in the United States on April 14, 2009. "I Do Not Hook Up" is a dance-rock song that is structured upon a muscular arrangement with lyrics about empowerment and healthy relationships.

"I Do Not Hook Up" received positive reviews from music critics, with many praising its arrangement and Clarkson's vocals. Some music critics gave different interpretations of the song's message. The song fared well domestically, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold nearly 700,000 downloads. It was also certified gold in Canada and Australia while peaking within the top 20 in both regions. The song failed make an impact in several international markets, peaking within the lower regions of the charts in countries like Austria and Germany. The accompanying music video for "I Do Not Hook Up" was released on May 1, 2009 in the United States. It portrays Clarkson in a bar in pursuit of man by attempting to draw attention to herself.

I Do Not Hook Up" was a moderate hit in North American markets. In the United States, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number eighty-eight on the week ending May 2, 2009. In the following week, the song jumped forty-two places to number forty-six. it continued to fluctuate in the top 40 until the week of June 18, 2009, where it peaked on the chart at number twenty. "I Do Not Hook Up" also charted on several Billboard charts, including Hot Digital Songs, Radio Songs and Pop Songs. The song has sold 690,000 downloads in the United States, as of February 11, 2010 In Canada, the single debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number sixty-five on the week ending May 9, 2009. It rose to number forty-four in the next week and slowly ascended the chart, reaching its peak position at number thirteen on the week ending July 18, 2009. "I Do Not Hook Up" was certified gold by Music Canada for sales of 40,000 downloads on January 5, 2010

MILEY CYRUS - PARTY IN THE USA (2009) hit #2

Party in the U.S.A."is a pop song performed by American recording artist Miley Cyrus. The song was written by Jessie J, Dr. Luke and Claude Kelly and produced by Dr. Luke. It was released on August 11, 2009, by Hollywood Records, as the lead single from Cyrus' first extended play The Time of Our Lives. The song was originally intended for Jessie J, however, they passed the song on to Cyrus, believing it was not edgy enough for herself. Once it reached Cyrus, the songwriters adjusted the lyrics to fit Cyrus' persona. Not completely identifying with "Party in the U.S.A.", she chose it for The Time of Our Lives partially due to a need for tracks. The song's music merges elements found within R&B and pop music, while the lyrics reflect her relocating from Nashville, Tennessee to Hollywood, California.

"Party in the U.S.A." was a critical and commercial success, reaching the top ten of charts in eight countries. In the United States, the song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cyrus' best-charting single to date and sixth-best-selling digital single of 2009. It was also deemed one of the best-selling singles in the United States and Hollywood Records' fastest and best-selling single to date, selling 4.9 million copies as of June 2012. The single was certified quadruple platinum by both the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Music Canada.

The music video for "Party in the U.S.A.", directed by Chris Applebaum, pays tribute to the 1978 film Grease and Cyrus' parents' courting days. It occurs mainly at a drive-in theater and won the MuchMusic Video Award for Best International Artist Video at the 2010 award show. The song was performed live for Cyrus' world tours, the 2009 Wonder World Tour and the 2011 Gypsy Heart Tour. At the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, Cyrus' use of a pole during a performance of "Party in the U.S.A.", which some interpreted to be a dance pole, caused a media uproar. "Party in the U.S.A." has been covered by various artists, including its co-writer Jessie J, and parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic

THE FRAY - YOU FOUND ME (2009) hit #7

You Found Me" is the first single by Denver-based piano rock band The Fray from their eponymous second studio album. Live performances of the song from concerts in Europe surfaced on YouTube in late 2007, when the song was titled "Amistad". The band began streaming the song on their website on November 21, 2008. The single was digitally released in the U.S., Canadian, UK, Australian and French iTunes Stores and had a physical release later on.

The song became the group's third single to sell 2,000,000 downloads in the United States, after "How to Save a Life" and "Over My Head (Cable Car)". The single was certified double platinum by the RIAA and the ARIA in 2009.

The song was nominated for a Choice Music: Rock Track award at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards.

The song was ranked #13 on the Hot 100 Songs of 2009 list and #36 on Billboard's Best Adult Pop Songs of the Decade list. It was also ranked #42 on Billboard's Top 100 Digital Tracks of the Decade list and #61 on the ARIA's list of the Top 100 Tracks of the Decade You Found Me" debuted at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's highest debut on the chart to date. On the February 7, 2009, issue of Billboard magazine, the single jumped to number eight on the strength of a 91% digital single sales increase from the previous week and steady airplay gains on several radio formats, becoming The Fray's third career Billboard Hot 100 top ten hit after "Over My Head (Cable Car)" and "How To Save A Life". It peaked at number seven, their second highest peaking song on the chart. On the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart, the song reached number one, making it their third top five hit and second number one on that chart. The song has sold over 3,000,000 downloads in the US alone as of October 2011On the Canadian Hot 100 it debuted at number 51, and jumped to number 13 the following week also based on sales strength and would go on to peak at number 12 in mid-February. In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 35.

TAOI CRUZ - BREAK YOUR HEART (2010) hit #1

Break Your Heart" is a song by English singer-songwriter Taio Cruz. The song serves as the lead single from his second studio album Rokstarr. It was written by Cruz and Fraser T. Smith and produced by Smith. It was first released in the UK on 20 September 2009, followed by a release in the United States and other markets on 2 February 2010. The official remix version features American rapper Ludacris; that version was the single released in North American countries. The song, originally penned for Cheryl Cole, is an uptempo R&B song with synthpop and dance-pop elements, accompanied by Cruz's auto-tuned vocals. The song is lyrically a warning to someone about being a heartbreaker.

The song debuted at number one in the United Kingdom becoming Cruz's first song to reach the pole position in that territory. The song remained at the top of the chart for three weeks. The song also peaked at number one in Switzerland, and in the top ten in several other countries across Europe. It also charted at number two in Australia, and peaked at the top position in the United States. With the jump from fifty-three to one on the Billboard Hot 100, Cruz also set the record for largest jump to the top of the chart by a debut act. The record was previously held by American singer Kelly Clarkson, who jumped fifty-two to one with her American Idol coronation song, "A Moment Like This" It also marked Ludacris' fifth number one song. The song eventually dominated US airplay also, peaking at number one on the Pop Songs chart. Cruz became the twelfth male artist to have his first solo single peak at the top of the chart, and was the third since October 2008, following Jay Sean and Jason Derülo. By April 2012, "Break Your Heart" had sold 3,668,000 digital copies in the United States

DRAKE - FIND YOUR LOVE (2010) hit #5

Find Your Love" is a song by Canadian recording artist, Drake. The song written by Drake, Patrick Reynolds, Jeff Bhasker, and Kanye West, and was produced by the latter two and No I.D.. The song serves as the second single from his debut album Thank Me Later. The song was released to radio on April 28, 2010, and digital download on May 5, 2010.

Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986), who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation

In June 2009, Drake signed a recording contract with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment. In November 2009, Lil Wayne released a statement announcing that Drake's first studio album, Thank Me Later, had been completed. The album was released on June 15, 2010, and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The album has since gone platinum. He released his second studio album on November 15, 2011 titled Take Care. Drake was set to release an R&B mixtape sometime in the future along with a collaboration album with Lil Wayne, however, both have been postponed for various reasons

JENNIFER LOPEZ featuring PITBULL - ON THE FLOOR (2011) hit #3

On the Floor" is a song recorded by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez featuring American rapper Pitbull. It was released by Island Records on February 8, 2011 as the lead single from her seventh studio album Love? (2011). "On the Floor" was written by Bilal Hajji, Kinda Hamid, Gonzalo Hermosa, Ulises Hermosa, Achraf Janussi and Pitbull, along with the song's producer RedOne. Its release coincided with Lopez's appointment as a judge on the tenth season of US reality TV show American Idol, as well as several other product endorsement deals. American Idol also provided a platform to debut the single's music video, as well as the stage for Lopez's first live performance of the song.

"On the Floor" is an up-tempo dance, electropop and electro house song, set in common time with a tempo of 130 beats per minute. Other elements of the song are borrowed from Eurodance, Latin American and techno music, including heavy synths and club beats. Its development was motivated by Lopez's Latin heritage and pays homage to her career-beginnings as a dancer. It interpolates recurrent elements of the 1982 composition "Llorando se fue" written by Gonzalo and Ulises Hermosa, a composition previously plagiarized by Kaoma in their 1989 single "Lambada". Taking account of the sample, and RedOne's production, Lopez described "On the Floor" as an evolution of her classic sound and as something which sounded very current

TERRY HOKNES - THIS ISLAND EARTH (1992) Opus #801

In 1992 age 21 I went and packaged up very first official release album on cassette called COOL ALL OVER. It featured all my original songs and a weird bunch of genres. It was reviewed in an issue of the SOMA newspaper in 1992 by Brent Pomeroy. He liked the musicianship but thought the vocals need work. The album was recorded primitively on a new 4 track cassette tape recorder I had bought and recorded this album while renting at 314 Cumberland Ave

I wrote my first song in 1982 at age 11 in Grade 6. I would sporadically write 18 few songs over the next 4 years. Starting with my 19th song (Opus #19) I began writing on a very regular basis starting in December 1986 in Grade 11 at Aden Bowman. This included writing over 58 songs with my best friend Nels Krauss over the period of 1986-1992. I wrote 97 songs in 1987 and then 215 songs in 1988. By the time I graduated high school at age 17 I was up to Opus #268. I wrote another 178 songs in 1989. By the time I celebrated my 19th birthday I was up to Opus #524. At that time I was in first year University living in Muenster, SK in residence at St Peters College at the monastery. I met a poet from New York named Philip Murray who I collaborated with writing music to his words 91 songs in total. I wrote my 1000th song the week I turned 25 in January 1996.

JOHN LENNON - LOOK AT ME (1970)

Album: Plastic Ono Band (1970)

I might have bought this album as early as 1981 at age 10 in Grade 5 as I think it was likely one of the first albums by John that I purchased.

Look at Me" is a song written and performed by John Lennon, from his solo debut album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.

Written during the extended White Album sessions of 1967–1968, it was shelved until its release on Lennon's 1970 debut album. A different recording of the song was later released on the John Lennon Anthology and his compilation album Acoustic.

The pattern of the song is fairly prominent throughout the song. It was built from a finger-picking technique that Lennon used while with The Beatles, including "Dear Prudence", "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", and "Julia", all of which were also written during the White Album sessions. Lennon learned the song's finger-picking guitar style (known as 'Travis-picking') from the Scottish musician Donovan who was with Lennon at the time at Rishikesh, India.

KISS - C'MON AND LOVE ME (1975)

Album: Dressed To Kill (1975)
I first bought the album "The Originals" in about 1983/1984. I had bought Kiss bubblegum cards during original release in 1978 at age 7 but never knew what they sounded like at that time.

I spent a full year playing every Kiss album in order on a year long Kiss promotion during 1999/2000 at age 28.

C'mon and Love Me" is a single by American rock band Kiss from their third album Dressed to Kill. Written by Paul Stanley, a live version exists on Alive!. Stanley was inspired by the Moody Blues song "Question" when writing the song which had been done under an hour. "C'mon and Love Me" failed to chart.

The lyrics are a playful narrative portraying a Don Juan who takes the unique tack of offering himself up to his romantic prey: "Baby, baby don't you hesitate/'Cause I just can't wait/Lady, won't you take me down to my knees/You can do what you please/C'mon and love me." "C'Mon and Love Me" became a favorite in concert and a regular part of Kiss' 1970s concerts. It remains a cult favorite with the group's fans and was later covered by Skid Row (this rendition can be found on B-Sides Ourselves).

Dressed to Kill is the third studio album by American hard rock band Kiss, released in 1975. It was produced by Casablanca Records president Neil Bogart, as the financial situation of the label at the time did not allow the hiring of a professional producer.

KLAATU - SIR BODSWORTH RUGGLESBY III (1976)

Album: 3:47 EST (1976)

I discovered Klaatu in March 1985 at age 14 in Grade 9 with the album Hope but likely quickly rushed out and bought this debut album the same month. Klaatu are definitely one of the most influential bands on my music and influence. I had listened to Klaatu originally due to the Beatles rumour connection. Roy Wood and Klaatu are the only two acts to debut at #1 on my favorite daily group chart (both in 1985) showing the instant appreciation of these two acts early on in my charts. Unfortunately I had no daily song charts during the first run of promotion in 1985.

March 27th 1988 - my #3 favorite daily song for 3 days at age 17 while in Grade 12 celebrating the 3rd anniversary of discovering Klaatu.

3:47 EST is the first album by the Canadian group Klaatu, released in August 1976. The album was renamed Klaatu when released in the United States by Capitol Records. It is regarded as one of the band's greatest albums (along with Hope), using the same kind of Beatlesque psychedelic rock (in the style of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour), with a few new additions; most notably vocal distortion, more backwards instruments, and some obscure musical instruments such as electric sitars. The Juno-nominated album cover was painted by a friend of Klaatu's members, the Canadian graphic artist, Ted Jones.

For a variety of reasons, rumours spread in the wake of the album's release that Klaatu were, in fact, a secretly reunited Beatles. Although many of the album's songs bear no resemblance whatsoever to anything in the Beatles catalogue ("California Jam" and "True Life Hero," for instance), several other numbers — particularly "Sub-Rosa Subway" — are dead ringers for the Fab Four. The album was moderately successful in the United States, largely as a result of the Beatles rumours

KYLIE MINOGUE - COME INTO MY WORLD (2003)

May 21st 2003 - my #3 favorite daily song for 38 days at age 32 while living at grandmas house while looking to buy my 1st home.

Come Into My World" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, which was released on her eighth studio album Fever (2001). It was released as the fourth and final single from the album. "Come Into My World" was written by Rob Davis and Cathy Dennis, who also written Minogue's successful single "Can't Get You Out Of My Head". It was later produced by the writers as well. "Come Into My World" is a dance-pop song, which interludes pop and house styles, with a small disco style. Lyrically, the song talks about a man Minogue likes that she would like him to come into her world. "Come Into My World" received generally positive reviews from music critics, with many liking and enjoying the lyrical content.

The song had some success throughout the world. The song had peaked at number four in her native Australia and number eight in the United Kingdom. The song also managed to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number ninety-one. The accompanying video was shot for the single, featuring duplicated Kylie's walking in Paris, France with a lot of local townspeople. It also received generally favorable remarks for the video, praising the idea. The song was later honoured with a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2004, becoming Minogue's first and, to date, only Grammy Award.

LADY GAGA - I LIKE IT ROUGH (2009)

Album: The Fame (2009)

Valerie surprised me for tickets to Lady Gaga for Xmas 2010. We saw her in New York on April 24th 2011. My wife bought scalped tickets for about $250 a ticket. We took a $120.00 cab ride from Times Square to the concert which was far south east. We had main floor seats and the show was full of theatrical and unusual performances but was the highlight of the trip for me as I had become such a fan of hers since Bad Romance and Telephone became two of my favorites the year before.

The Fame is the debut studio album by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released on August 19, 2008 through Interscope Records. After joining Kon Live Distribution and Cherrytree Records in 2008, Gaga began working on the album with different producers, primarily RedOne, Martin Kierszenbaum and Rob Fusari. Musically, The Fame is a dance-pop and synthpop album that has influences of pop music from the 1980s. Lyrically, the album visualizes Gaga's love of fame in general whilst also dealing with subjects such as love, sex, money, drugs and sexual identity. Promotion was primarily through The Fame Ball Tour and multiple television appearances. The Fame was included as a bonus disc on the deluxe edition of the extended play, The Fame Monster (2009).

JIVA - TAKE MY LOVE (1975)

Album: Jiva (1975)

I picked up this album in the 1980's possibly at a garage sale due to the connection of George Harrison and Dark Horse Records. However this album I really liked.

JIVA (pronounced "Gee-Vah")
Jiva comes from the Sanskrit root "jiv" which means "to breathe."
Jiva is "that which breathes" and is commonly used to signify the soul.

Jiva was the first American act signed to Dark Horse Records. According to Geoffrey Giuliano's George Harrison biography, Harrison signed Jiva because they were followers of the young Indian Guru Maharaji, to whom he had been introduced by his future 2nd wife Olivia. Jiva played soulful white funk rock music. They only released one LP and one single on Dark Horse Records which both failed to chart.

MIA MARTINA - BURNING (2011)

December 25th 2011 - my #4 favorite daily song for 50 days at age 40 living at Ave M South married to Valerie for 4 years and Nicholas is 5.5 years old.

Mia Martina (born Martine Johnson, January 14, 1984) is a Canadian artist signed to CP Records.

Martina grew up in Saint-Ignace, New Brunswick. At age 18, she moved to Ottawa to go to Carleton University. While at university, she saw an ad for an intern position at a local label, CP Records and after a year working, offered to perform backup dancing

She released her debut album titled Devotion, in August 2011. Her first single release was a cover version of Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina's "Stereo Love". It reached number 10 in the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 in November 2010 and also reached platinum sales. In late 2010, Don Omar collaborated with Mia Martina to release a remix version of "Stereo Love".

MICHAEL JACKSON - WORKING DAY AND NIGHT (1980)

December 19th 1989 - my #1 favorite daily song for 6 days at age 18 while home for Xmas break from living at the monastery in Muenster, SK for 1st year University.

One Day in Your Life" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson for his 1975 album, Forever, Michael. 1981 album, One Day in Your Life. Written by Sam Brown and Composed by Renée Armand it was later released as a single in 1981 due to the strong buzz that generated from the sales of Jackson's hit 1979 album Off the Wall, even though Jackson released that album on a different label. While a modest U.S. hit, it was a bigger hit in the UK, where it became Jackson's first solo recording to hit #1 on the UK Singles Chart. It was number one in the UK for 2 weeks in June 1981, succeeding "Being with You" by Smokey Robinson. This song also featured strongly on the South African singles charts. It was released on the Motown label.

It went on to become the 6th best-selling single of 1981 in the UK.

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.