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Click for the Mixx 96.1 Top 20 (our newest songs), the Top 96 Soft Rock Songs of the 20th Century, Top Summer Songs, Artist Ratings (by listeners), and the Top Christmas Songs. WHAT'S THAT SONG? Need to know an artist name or song title or where to find a song? Email our program director, John Foster, with the date and approximate time heard, any lyrics or other clues to identification, and whether it was sung by a man, woman, or any combination thereof, or, if it was an instrumental, which instrument was most dominant. The Latest Hits/Top 20 New Tunes! The Band Perry "If I Die Young" (The Band Perry EP, Republic) Mixx 96.1 Top 20:
Click here for the Top 96 Soft Rock Songs of all recorded time (through the 20th Century) Click here for our Concert & Pro Sports Calendar Other Recent Mixx 96.1 Hits (alphabetical by artist): Clay Aiken of American Idol fame with "On My Way Here" from his On My Way Here CD (RCA); "A Thousand Days" from A Thousand Different Ways (RCA), "Invisible" and "I Will Carry You" from Measure of a Man (RCA), and the single "This is the Night. Kris Allen, 2009 American Idol, with "No Boundaries" Ameerah, Arab-Belgian singer-songwriter with her “The Sound Of Missing You” single (Robbins Entertainment) David Archuleta, the teen American Idol contestant from Utah, with his single "Crush" Corinne Bailey Rae from England with "Put Your Records On" from her self-titled debut CD Sara Bareilles from Northern California with "Love Song" from Little Voice (Epic) Natasha Bedingfield, the British singer-songwriter, with "Pocketful of Sunshine" from Pocketful of Sunshine (Sony Music) and "Unwritten" from her Unwritten CD (Sony Music) James Blunt, the English singer-songwriter with "You're Beautiful" (Back to Bedlam) Bon Jovi with "(You Want to) Make a Memory" from Lost Highway (Island Records) and featuring Sugarland vocalist Jennifer Nettles with "Who Says You Can't Go Home" from Have A Nice Day (Island Records) Susan Boyle, the British phenom, with "I Dreamed A Dream" from her first CD, Dreamed A Dream (Sony/Syco) Paul Brady, the songwriter from Ireland, with "The Long Goodbye" from Oh What A World (PeeBee) Jim Brickman, featuring vocalist Adam Crossley with "Beautiful World" from Beautiful (Reflections Records), featuring vocalist Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum with "Never Alone" (alternate version with Sara Evans on Escape, SLG Records) and featuring singer Geoff Byrd with "Hideaway (When It Snows)" from Escape (SLG); featuring Rush of Fools on vocals, with "Never Far Away" from Ultimate Love Songs (Time Life Records); featuring vocalist Wayne Brady (from TV's The Wayne Brady Show and Whose Line Is It Anyway?) with "Beautiful" from Brickman's The Disney Songbook CD (Walt Disney Records); and featuring singer Roch Voisine with "My Love Is Here" and Mark Schultz with"'Til I See You Again" from Jim Brickman Greatest Hits (RCA/Windham Hill) Michael Bublé (boo/BLAY), the young Canadian singer, with "Haven't Met You Yet" from his Crazy Love CD, "Lost" and "Everything" from Call Me Irresponsible, and "Home" from It's Time CD (143/Reprise) Colbie Caillat (Cal/LAY), the SoCal singer-songwriter, with "Bubbly" from Coco and "I Never Told You" and "Fallin' for You" from her Breakthrough CD (Universal Republic) The Calling with "Wherever You Will Go" from Camino Palmero Steven Curtis Chapman with "Cinderella" from This Moment: Cinderella Edition (Sparrow). Note: This version of the This Moment CD was released after the death of Chapman's 5-year-old daughter Maria. Charice, the Filipino teen now on Glee with “Note to God,” the song she performed on Oprah, from her Charice CD (Reprise) Kelly Clarkson with "Already Gone" from All I've Ever Wanted (RCA) and "Because of You," "Behind These Hazel Eyes," "Since U Been Gone," & "Breakaway" (Breakaway, RCA) Coldplay with "Viva la Vida" from the British rockers' Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends David Cook, 2008 American Idol, with “Come Back to Me” & "Light On" from his David Cook CD (19/RCA) and his "The Time of My Life" single Miley Cyrus, Disney's Hannah Montana, with "The Climb" from Breakout Daughtry, American Idol contestant, with "Life After You" and “No Surprise” from Leave This Town (RCA/RLG) and "What About Now," "Looks Like Tonight," "Over You," and "Home" from Daughtry (Sony/BMG) Celine Dion with "My Love" from My Love: Essential Collection (Columbia), "Taking Chances" from Taking Chances (Sony/BMG), "You and I," a studio recording from A New Day ... Live in Las Vegas (Epic), and "Have You Ever Been in Love" and "Stand By Your Side" from One Heart (Epic) Five for Fighting (John Ondrasik, who named his "band" after a hockey penalty) with "Chances" from Slice (Columbia), “The Riddle” from Two Lights (Columbia), “100 Years” from The Battle for Everything (Aware/Columbia), and "Superman (It’s Not Easy)" from his America Town CD (Columbia) Foreigner "When It Comes to Love" from Can't Slow Down (Rhino) The Fray, the Denver-based quartet, with "You Found Me" from The Fray (Epic), "How to Save a Life" from their How to Save a Life CD (Epic), and the acoustic version of "Over My Head (Cable Car)" not found on their How to Save a Life CD Goo Goo Dolls with "Better Days" from Let Love In and "Give A Little Bit," a studio-recorded remake of the Supertramp hit, which is ironically found on their Live in Buffalo, 4th of July, 2004 CD Josh Groban with"Awake" and "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" from Awake (Reprise) and "Remember When It Rained" and "You Raise Me Up" from his Closer CD (Reprise) Missy Higgins from Australia with "Where I Stood" from On a Clear Night (Warner Brothers) Michael Jackson dueting with Akon on "Hold My Hand" from Michael (Epic) Journey with "After All These Years" from Revelation (Legacy/RCA) Adam Lambert, from American Idol, with “Whataya Want from Me” from For Your Entertainment (RCA) Leona Lewis with "Better in Time" and "Bleeding Love" from Spirit (J Records) Lifehouse, with"Halfway Gone" from Smoke & Mirrors (Geffen/Interscope); "Whatever It Takes" and "First Time," from their fourth CD Who We Are (Geffen); and “You and Me” from their third CD, Lifehouse (Geffen) Kimberley Locke, American Idol finalist, with "I Could" (One Love, Curb) and "8th World Wonder" (Curb) Maroon
5 with "Makes Me Wonder" from It Won't Be Soon
Before Long (A&M/Octone) and "Sunday
Morning," "She Will Be Loved" and “This Love”
from Songs About Jane (Octone/J Records) John Mayer with "Say," and "Waiting on the World to Change" from Continuum (Columbia) and "Daughters" from Heavier Things (Columbia) Martina McBride with "Anyway" from Waking Up Laughing (RCA) and "In My Daughter's Eyes" and "This One's for the Girls" from Martina (RCA) Jesse McCartney, teen soap star, with "Leavin'" from Departure (Hollywood) and "Beautiful Soul" from Beautiful Soul (Hollywood Records) Jason Mraz
with "I'm Yours" from We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things
(Atlantic) Owl City, AKA Adam Young, the one-man band from rural Minnesota, with "Fireflies" from his Ocean Eyes CD (Universal Republic Records) Brad Paisley with "Then" from American Saturday Night (Arista) P!nk with “Please Don't Leave Me” from Funhouse (LaFace/Zomba) and "Who Knew" from I'm Not Dead (LaFace) Plain White T's with "Hey There Delilah" and "1, 2, 3, 4" from Every Second Counts Plumb
with "In My Arms" from Blink (Curb) Lionel Richie with "Just Go" from his Just Go CD and with "Long Long Way to Go"and "Just for You" from his Just for You CD (Island) LeAnn Rimes with “What I Cannot Change” from Family (Curb), "Can't Fight the Moonlight" and "I Need You" from I Need You (Curb), and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way" from This Woman (Curb) Rita, Israel's answer to Celine Dion and Nianell, with "Love Has Begun" from the Love Has Begun various artists compilation (Let Freedom Ring Records) Gavin
Rossdale, Gwen Stefani's husband and former Bush vocalist,
with "Love Remains the Same" from Wanderlust (Interscope) Jordin Sparks, the Arizona teen and 2007 American Idol winner, with "Battlefield" from Battlefield (Jive) and "One Step at a Time," "No Air, " and "Tattoo" from Jordin Sparks (Jive) Gwen Stefani and Akon with "The Sweet Escape" from Stefani's The Sweet Escape (Interscope) Rob Thomas, matchbox 20 lead singer, with "Someday" and "Her Diamonds" from Cradlesong (Emblem/Atlantic Records), "Little Wonders" from Little Wonders (Atlantic) and "Streetcorner Symphony," "Ever the Same," "Lonely No More," and "This is How a Heart Breaks" from his …something to be CD (Atlantic) 3 Doors Down with "Here Without You" from Away From the Sun (Universal) and "Here By Me" from Seventeen Days (Universal) Timbaland Producer Timbaland's with a remix of "Apologize" by Colorado rock quintet OneRepublic from the super-producer 's Shock Value CD (Blackground/Interscope/Mosley Music Group) Train with "Hey, Soul Sister" from Save Me, San Francisco (Columbia), and "Get to Me," "When I Look to the Sky," and "Calling All Angels" from My Private Nation (Columbia) KT
Tunstall, Scottish songwriter, with "Suddenly I See"
and "Black Horse & the Cherry Tree" from Eye to
the Telescope (Virgin) Keith Urban, the Australian country superstar, with "Kiss A Girl" from Defying Gravity (Capitol), "Tonight I Wanna Cry" and "Making Memories of Us" from Be Here, and "You'll Think of Me" from Golden Road (Capitol) Elliott Yamin, yet another American Idoler, with "Wait for You" from Elliott Yamin (RED/Sony) Nikki Yanofsky, 16-year old Canadian singer, with "Believe," theme to the 2010 Winter Olympics Top Christmas Songs "White Christmas" is the runaway winner in Mixx 96.1's poll of favorite Christmas songs. The rankings were determined by Mixx 96.1 listeners asked to list their top three. Over 100 songs were mentioned. Listings are followed by number of votes received.
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