Welcome to Frank Edwin's 1/16/2022 Salad Bar🥗Top 100 weekly inclusive feast where we invite you to Chow Down on a fresh variety of tasty musical artist cuisine. Romaine Calm - Turnip the Beet - Find Inner Peas.
The Top 100 has just a small sampling of the artists worldwide that have music we enjoy sharing. We literally can't keep up with the number of new songs released weekly and new to us artists we are discovering on a daily basis from a plethora of sources.
There are currently over 150 songs waiting to debut on the chart. To facilitate the opportunity of having more songs join the buffet we are delighted to give 6 songs each week the special designation of #1 Salad🥗Song.
#1 Salad🥗Song: Johnny Schaefer ft. Melissa Manchester - You Can't Hide the Light
“Imagine the world if everyone chose to see the light in everyone else instead of darkness.”
Who were your music icons as a kid? Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Johnny Schaefer shares, “GRAMMY® Award-winning legend Melissa Manchester and her music were a beacon of light to this closeted teen growing up in a small town in the 70s. I used to write songs and send them to her on cassette tape hoping she would record them. Well, after a long, wondrous journey, she graciously said “yes” to recording my song, “You Can't hide the Light.”
It is a joyful, engaging song about seeing the light in one another even if the other person forgets. With a Greek Chorus and double melody, the song is a unique world of layers weaving 55 vocal tracks in a dazzling array of sounds. It’s a modern dance music video with the vocalists’ spirits or, alter-egos represented in dance.”
It is a pleasure to present Johnny & Melissa with their first Salad🥗Bowl in honour of “You Can't hide the Light” being given the designation of a #1 Salad🥗Song in its 12th week on the chart.
Johnny’s Website:
hearjohnny.comMelissa’s Website:
melissamanchester.com/#1 Salad🥗Song: Anita Gabrielle - Avenue Louise
For 14 weeks Anita Gabrielle has taken us down memory lane on “Avenue Louise” which tells the story of her parents' meeting at the end of World War 2 in Bruxelles.
"Singer-songwriter and self-proclaimed “dyke in a hat”, she has spent her life fighting against obstacles put in her path as an artist, from being a woman to being gay and as an older woman in the music industry still finds her opportunities to be heard limited. However, for the Bedford based singer’s latest release ‘Just Neat’ she found inspiration from her brother, Michael, who lives with Parkinson’s Disease and is looking to raise both awareness and funds to assist others affected by the condition.
Resolving to bring some good from this challenging situation, she is donating funds from sales of the EP into research of the disease.
It is a joy to present Anita with her second Salad🥗Bowl in honour of “Avenue Louise” being given the designation of a #1 Salad🥗Song.
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/anita.gabrielle.7Twitter:
twitter.com/AnitaGabrielle3Just Giving Link:
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/anita-gabrielleSoundcloud:
soundcloud.com/user-739931300Apple:
music.apple.com/gb/album/just-neat-ep/1541444030Amazon:
music.amazon.com/albums/B08NZFJYPN?tag=fndcmpgns-20Youtube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UC-loV4mhu8jLucGO6Gv9ZfA #1 Salad🥗Song: Janis Ian - I'm Still Standing
“I turned 70 on April 7 (2021), am living on an island with my spouse of 32 years, and still get to earn my living as an artist. Very grateful”, exclaims icon Janis Ian who joins the other musical chefs bringing us their #1 Salad🥗Song creations.
Ann Powers wrote the following for NPR: "In 1975, 24-year-old singer-songwriter Janis Ian's beloved ballad "At Seventeen" brought an invisible figure into the light. Millions of "ugly duckling girls" who didn't fit the era's feminine ideals sobbed along with Ian's empathetic account of how those standards destroy souls.
Now, in the first single from her release The Light at the End of the Line (her final album, she says), the 70-year-old Ian answers that song from life's other side. Good-humored and unsparing, "I'm Still Standing" celebrates every line and rough patch on an older woman's face: "Hieroglyphs that tell the tale," Ian sings in her lucid alto. "You can read them in the dark through your fingertips, like Braille." The song calls for an embrace of the aging body, one upon which time writes, as Ian puts it, the lyrics of our lives. And it's the intimacy she also uncovers — touch shared by old lovers who embrace each other's imperfections – that lends "I'm Still Standing" its powerful undertone of self-respect and joy."
Website:
janisian.com/YouTube Channel:
www.youtube.com/user/janisianchannel/videos#1 Salad🥗Song: AMPERSOUNDS feat. Rufus Wainwright - Solitude Of Heart
Legendary house DJ’s and producers Fred Falke and Zen Freeman aka AMPERSOUNDS released a debut EP with vocals by GRAMMY® Award nominated artist Rufus Wainwright. “Solitude Of Heart” reaches the apex of the Top 100 feast in its 9th week on the chart.
“We were poring over poetry by Rabindranath Tagore for a few hours drinking tea and in that space we created Solitude of Heart. Wianright’s voice has such depth and feeling when we layered his vocals using a vintage modular synthesizer we were able to produce something that feels very dreamlike. The video that was created for this song takes you further into that realm, a colorful, lush and mesmerizing dream.
Speaking about the track Rufus Wainwright adds, “I love sometimes working with existing lyrics and Solitude of Heart by Rabindranath Tagore seemed incredibly fitting for our time. There is something very laid back about the track but also deep at the same time. I think it is the perfect track to listen to in the middle of the night. And we all know those can be very long so one can listen over and over again.”
Ampersounds Website:
www.ampersounds.com/Rufus Wainwright Website:
rufuswainwright.com/#1 Salad🥗Song: Michael Fairman · Better Late Than Never
“Out singer/songwriter Michael Fairman claps back at folks who might think he missed his chance at attaining his music dreams with his latest single, “Better Late Than Never.”
The song’s message is simple and universal: if you believe, you can achieve. “If you want something bad enough, isn’t it worth trying for it rather than forever wondering, ‘what if’?” Fairman asks…
“As a man in mid-life trying to get my music heard, I know about climbing mountains,” says Fairman. “I am told multiple times a week that this is a pipe dream, but I don’t let it stop me. I’m proud to be representing boomers.”
“It may have taken me an extra thirty years than it did Shawn Mendes to get to this point, but my life experience makes me more confident now in my craft as a singer-songwriter.”
Fairman recognized his passion for music early in life releasing his first recordings through a small label in Chicago as a teen. Once he graduated high school, he moved to Los Angeles and then to New York to pursue his career as a recording artist.
His story is a familiar one: he formed a band, played out in clubs, invited record label execs, but…they seldom came. Eventually, finances dictated he hit pause on music and returned to Los Angeles where he launched a successful career in entertainment journalism and TV production.
Today, Fairman is the founder and editor of the popular daytime soaps channel
michaelfairmantv.com“The time wasn’t right, but that doesn’t mean I can’t try again,” Fairman reflects. “Back then, artists were at the mercy of someone seeing them live in order to land that major label deal. In today’s digital age, artists can put out their music for the world to hear and decide if it fits their musical tastebuds.”” By Randy Slovacek for The Randy Report
We are honoured to present Michael with our Salad🥗Bowl as “Better Late Than Never” becomes a #1 Salad🥗Song in its 9th week on the chart.
#1 Salad🥗Song: Barry Manilow - Dancin' In The Aisles
“We’ve known each other for so long. We were there at the beginning of each other’s long, enduring careers and we are still devoted friends.” Melissa Manchester on Barry Manilow
Lettuce groove as “Dancin' In The Aisles” reaches the apex of the Top 100 feast in its 12th week on the chart giving Barry his first #1 Salad🥗Song at the Salad🥗Bar; an honour he shares this week with Melissa Manchester.
Website:
barrymanilow.com/12 new or returning artistes contribute their chefs-d'œuvre to the smorgasbord: Paul Diello - What It Is To Love, Venn Smyth - Come January Snow, The Moon Shells: Come Over To The Table, Mirror - Roketto Films & Studio with Léonie Pernet - Butterfly (Malik Djoudi Remix), Timothy Olson - Faithfully, Althea Talbot-Howard: Rievaulx: A Study in Memory - In Arch Form for Double Reed Quartet / Needleman, Rothman, Zdybel-Nam, Mattia Toni - Wait for me feat. Veralibera & Ste Livierato, El Sam - Hot Boy Summer, Katy Rose Bennett - Makes Me Forget, and Marshmellow - Eleanor Feels Again.
Throughout the week we will introduce you to each new Salad🥗Song and Chef on our Facebook page linked at the end of the chart.
2 (3) Tom Goss feat. Steve Solomon - Best Life
3 (4) Freddie Lewis - Growing Pains
4 (6) Virginia Ernst feat. Dorothea Ernst - Fly up High
5 (21) LIONESSES (라이오네시스) 'Show Me Your Pride'
6 (11) Placebo - Beautiful James
7 (9) Elaine Mai feat. Loah - Waiting To Breathe
8 (10) Allouche & Davis Mallory - Lifeline
9 (15) LAKY - Saving Me
10 (17) Giri Peters - fallin'
11 (19) Feathers Wise · I Am Not Afraid
12 (16) Francesca Blanchard - Loon Song
13 (18) Peter Jöback - Better Man
14 (20) Asbjørn - Be Human
15 (24) Rascal Miles - Baby Baby
16 (26) Keye Katcher - New York Blue Eyes
17 (22) Tonality - No, Child. No Child by Alex Wurman
18 (23) Adam LeBlanc - Smile
19 (29) Dan Slater & Alan Gendreau - Pieces (Andrei Stan Radio Mix)
20 (25) Cassidy Haley - WHITE NOISE
21 (27) Anjimile - "1978 (Reunion)" feat. Lomelda
22 (30) Shawnee Kish · Diagnosed Dissociative
23 (28) Supadry and Joseph Langley - Feel The Music
24 (32) Dhorin Fireheart · Tropical Viking
25 (33) The Aces - Don't Freak
26 (34) Nine Billion Spirits by Truth Bachman
27 (37) Kyle Craft - Violinist w/ Pianist John Simon - Strauss "Blue Danube" Waltz
28 (35) JORDY - South Dakota
29 (36) Tat Breezie - Born N Da Trap
30 (39) Seth Sikes & Tony D'Alelio - Arthur In The Afternoon - (Liza Minnelli Cover)
31 (42) Alexandra Hamer - The Love of Tired Swans (Dimash cover)
32 (41) Marco Mengoni - Cambia Un Uomo
33 (43) Anastasia Jane - All Because Of You
34 (44) R3id · What else might this awakening world contain?
35 (40) Tami T - Love In This Club (Usher Cover)
36 (45) Izzy Heltai - My Old Friends
37 (7) Hayden Joseph - Backwoods Bougie
38 (48) Sean O'Reilly - Blue | Joni Mitchell Harp and Vocal Cover
39 (55) Rubik's Cubed | A Poem By Gray Crosbie Francesco Brodolini - Riflessi di noi
40 (49) Jake Blount - You Can't Tell The Difference After Dark
41 (50) Jeffrey Chan - Call My Name
42 (47) Nathan Hartono - The Difference
43 (53) Keanan - Obstacle
44 (54) Dillbilly - Fray
45 (52) Oscar Zia - Nyårsvals
46 (60) Apolo - Mi Príncipe
47 (58) ÖZLEM feat. Laura Borealis - Electric Ladyland
48 (57) Shimi Goodman - Feeling Good
49 (59) Big Rooster Jeff - Lapras
50 (63) Yavin · Handsy
51 (56) Aislinn Sharp - Red Red Bike
52 (62) Jack O’Rourke - Sea Swimming
53 (64) Cameron Hawthorn - Love at First Sight
54 (65) Yani Mo - Life U Choose
55 (68) Yasmin Williams l Sunshowers
56 (72) Eric Bolton - Genesis (Let There Be Love)
57 (66) Joseph Reuben - Life In Colour
58 (79) Kaine Francesco|Turn to Grey
59 (70) Hootgun - Out From Da Boredom
60 (91) Anastasia Jane - Clara
61 (82) Ryan Lill - Ocean
62 (67) Devin Dygert - Love In The City
63 (85) BRANDEN & JAMES - Amazing Grace/Up to the Mountain
64 (69) Sarah Walk - simply
🌈 65 Morgan Moats · I'm With You (A Letter to Me)
66 (88) A Great Big World - Glowing
67 (93) Henry Fricker - Eye On The Light
68 (73) Damien Jones - Hold Me
69 (74) Afro Sensei - Elephant
70 (76) Bemti e Fernanda Takai - Quando o Sol Sumir
71 (51) Kiana Corley - Rent
72 (78) Stephanie Rainey - 13
73 (81) Alien Boy - TV Will Always Make Me Cry
74 (89) Ryan Cassata - C'mon Sarah, It's Great To Be 8
🌈 75 Kelvin Nugen ~ One Foot In Front Of The Other
76 (86) Exquisite Gender · Timeline
77 (92) Raine Hamilton - Eclipse
🌈 78 Francesco Brodolini - Riflessi di noi
79 🥗 Paul Diello - What It Is To Love
80 🥗 Venn Smyth - Come January Snow
81 (61) Russell Harvard - Heatwaves by Glass Animals: ASL Music Video
82 🥗 The Moon Shells: Come Over To The Table
🌈 83 Q Christian Fellowship - Tu Amor
🌈 84 Tommy Atkins - It Took a Woman ft. Rissi Palmer
85 🥗 Mirror - Roketto Films & Studio with Léonie Pernet - Butterfly (Malik Djoudi Remix)
86 🥗 Timothy Olson - Faithfully
87 (77) Melissa Crispo – Heal
88 🥗 Althea Talbot-Howard: Rievaulx: A Study in Memory - In Arch Form for Double Reed Quartet / Needleman, Rothman, Zdybel-Nam
89 🥗 Mattia Toni - Wait for me feat. Veralibera & Ste Livierato
🌈 90 Oscar House, FROZT & Gregory Dillon - Tan Chevrolet
91 🥗 El Sam - Hot Boy Summer
92 🥗 Katy Rose Bennett - Makes Me Forget
93 🥗 Marshmellow - Eleanor Feels Again
🌈 94 Mya Byrne - Where the Lavender Grows
95 (71) BAYWUD X DVNIEL - Last Call
96 (75) Allan Jay / 7th Heaven - Drama Queen
97 (83) Ricky Merino - El De Ayer
98 (80) Edward the First · Hungry
99 (87) Johnkeyboard · Soul Brother
🌈100 Errante - Nuotando Nelle Note
🥗 = New Salad Song
🌈 = Previous #1 Salad🥗Song
Current Salad Bar🥗Top 100 YouTube Playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbC5ZHK6WIhfIKYYHD3z2_kYz3zDEsLnThe Salad Bar Facebook page is where we highlight individual chart artists and songs and feature a Plethora of other goodies throughout the week including artist flashbacks in the BuffetMobile, live song and concert video links, behind the scenes videos, interviews, themed playlist links, and a whole lot more:
www.facebook.com/SaladBarTop100/?view_public_for=108421744405514Here’s where all the Salad Bar🥗Top 100 charts live along with other themed playlists:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCoWZG2er38KS4_ktBpF3org/playlists?view_as=subscriberCompanion Salad Bar🥗Top 100 Spotify Playlist:
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