#OnNow until October 2016
The music I listen to while writing.
#OnNow Connie Francis-Someone Else's Boy 👷 international #1 recorded in 8 languages (Schöner fremder Mann), overlooked in US http://amzn.to/2e2Xw57
#OnNow Lady Gaga-Poker Face ♣ international #1, tribute to bisexuality/her rock'n'roll boyfriends & nod to Boney M-Ma Baker http://amzn.to/2dhj3FE
#OnNow Geier Sturzflug-Bruttosozialprodukt 📈 how to make GDP a German #1 and one of Neue Deutschen Welle's top songs http://amzn.to/2dhfsr9
#OnNow Peter Gabriel-Solsbury Hill 🌄 his debut single about a spiritual experience in Somerset has popular use in film http://amzn.to/2cFRVed
#OnNow Penelope Houston-Glad I'm a Girl 👸 lyrics to be learned by 💓heart by any boy dating a girl at any time http://amzn.to/2cFsVbZ
#OnNow Vicky Leandros-L'Amour Est Bleu 💙 ESC 67 #4 and caleidoscope of colors-Paul Mauriat made only French #1 on Hot 100 http://amzn.to/2dhTWzY
#OnNow Avril Lavigne-Sk8er boi 🏂 international top 10 & Grammy-nominated power pop about snobbish rejection http://amzn.to/2dbmTkJ
#OnNow Nick Lowe-Cruel To Be Kind 📏 his only Top 40 single helped by one of first music videos aired on MTV 1979 http://amzn.to/2cxuDa8
#OnNow Rolling Stones-I can't get no satisfaction 🎺 1st US #1's horn-like guitar riff sold out Gibson fuzzboxes 1965 http://amzn.to/2cwtLb0
#OnNow Udo Jürgens-Gib mir deine Angst 👺 inspiration for fearful times-in musical Ich war noch niemals in New York http://amzn.to/2d1rMJ8
#OnNow Wolfgang Petry-Sehnsucht nach Dir 😕 contradictorily uptempo German #70 full of sadness and longing
#OnNow Kendrick Lamar-i 😈😇 Grammy winner based on Isley Brothers-That Lady-sung @GlblCtzn #GCFestival 16 http://amzn.to/2cvoIHH
#OnNow Metallica-Nothing Else Matters 💓 #11 dedicated to James Hetfield's girlfriend-played at #GCFestival 2016 http://amzn.to/2dfpCJa
#OnNow Yusuf / Cat Stevens-Wild World 🌏 about end of romance to Patti D'Arbanville-sung live at #GlobalCitizenFestival 2016 http://amzn.to/2cveAi9
#OnNow Münchener Freiheit-Ohne Dich 💟 their first German top 10 & gold single, released in English as Every Time http://amzn.to/2c4eqxQ
#OnNow Gordon Lightfoot-If You Could Read My Mind 👻 vacant house after his divorce inspired his 1st international #1 http://amzn.to/2c2z5NS
#OnNow Angélique Kidjo-Tumba 💖 when love becomes a religious experience in Africa http://amzn.to/2aNh4ES
#OnNow Jethro Tull-Aqualung 👴 about lonely old man derided as dirty, homeless pedophile, took eponymous album to #7 http://amzn.to/2c0EaLx
#OnNow Moody Blues-The Voice 😘 a Mainstream Rock #1 thanks to the urgent feel of the driving beat http://amzn.to/2cqYOoN
#OnNow Stevie Wonder-Pastime Paradise 👈 original for Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise-string section by Yamaha GX-1 synth http://amzn.to/2cqXDpw
#OnNow Hilary Duff-The Math 💻 from her #1 multi-platinum 5-million-selling album 💿 you do the math http://amzn.to/2djwlBB
#OnNow France Gall-Ella, Elle L'A 💆 European hit & tribute to Ella Fitzgerald stormed charts again as Kate Ryan cover http://amzn.to/2dhhVSa
#OnNow #DieÄrzte-N 48.3 💘 the irrevent punkrockers hide a permanent erection behind the medical code for priapism #DÄ http://amzn.to/2dZIYmR
#OnNow Pet Shop Boys-I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing 💊 #2 to let it all hang out-Robbie Williams version was on Friends http://amzn.to/2cFvmv1
#OnNow Gipsy Kings-Bamboléo 🎸 worldwide hit for swaying through life adaptated from Venezuelan folk song Caballo Viejo http://amzn.to/2cFtimC
#OnNow Hooters-Boys Will Be Boys 👥 biggest hit cowritten/sung by Cyndi Lauper from violin-reinforced album http://amzn.to/2dhSyNSv
#OnNow Everly Brothers-Love Hurts 💔 Roy Orbison, Nazareth & Jim Capaldi made this evergreen topic hits http://amzn.to/2cF4Di2
#OnNow Mando Diao-Dance with Somebody 💃 international #1 featured on Dancing With The Stars-not to be confused with Whitney Houston song http://amzn.to/2cz3VTw
#OnNow Tony Christie-Las Vegas 🎰 his first UK hit 🎲 regardless, it is about #LoveVegas, enough said #NowPlaying http://amzn.to/2cwu3hU
#OnNow Pharrell Williams-Happy 😀 award-winning #1 made its 24-hour music video (Jimmy Kimmel et al) & Despicable Me 2 jump for joy http://amzn.to/2cDjYyg
#OnNow Rihanna-We Found Love 💜 her longest running #1 & best selling single-sung @GlblCtzn #GCFestival 16 http://amzn.to/2cvv5dZ
#OnNow Village People-Go West 👈 joyful melody calls you to San Francisco 🌈 Pet Shop Boys made it Top 10 internationally http://amzn.to/2cZLBAC
#OnNow Yusuf / Cat Stevens-Peace Train 🚂 his first US Top 10-played at Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2006 & #GCFestival 2016 http://amzn.to/2d860no
#OnNow Three Dog Night-Old Fashioned Love Song 💖 they took this Carpenters reject to #1 in 3 part harmony http://amzn.to/2csW05j
#OnNow Howard Carpendale-Durban, South Africa 🌍 English speaker sings Zulu & German about hometown,how international http://amzn.to/2c4cYvy
#OnNow Scorpions-No One Like You 💓 #1 and 1982 most played song on radio, originally written in German http://amzn.to/2c2E0mS
#OnNow Paul McCartney & Wings-Goodnight Tonight 🌆 made #5 in 1930s style and with a flamenco guitar break http://amzn.to/2c6RSeA
#OnNow Nena-Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann 🕚 somehow somewhere sometime they took philosophical lyrics to last top 5 http://amzn.to/2c0CWjr
#OnNow Mike Oldfield-Moonlight Shadow 🌚 his most successful single with vocals by Maggie Reilly, inspired by Houdini http://amzn.to/2cqYlmD
#OnNow Steve Miller Band-Jungle Love 🌳💚 this #23 was recorded in 30 minutes with a guitar tuned to Open http://amzn.to/2bZ77Tw