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This Land Is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
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“Pretty Little Baby,” a song that Newark’s Connie Francis recorded 63 years ago, is suddenly a TikTok viral sensation, appearing on over 600,000 posts. It was never originally a hit, only a b-side, but somehow it now sits on Spotify’s global chart and enters our Hot 100 at #24.
It’s a stunning return to the spotlight for the song and its 87-year old singer who, when learning of its new hip status, told the New York Times, “I’m on top of the world and overwhelmed that a whole new generation of people know me and my music now.” She went on to say that she didn’t even remember recording it (“I had to play it to remember”).
Her label had used it as a b-side in 1962 so the rather innocuous ditty wouldn’t give the a-side (“I’m Gonna Be Warm This Winter”) any competition. But now ABBA’s Agnetha Faltskog, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and Gracie Lawrence (who plays Connie on Broadway) have all posted clips of them lip-syncing to it.
It’s a stunning return to the spotlight for the song and its 87-year old singer who, when learning of its new hip status, told the New York Times, “I’m on top of the world and overwhelmed that a whole new generation of people know me and my music now.” She went on to say that she didn’t even remember recording it (“I had to play it to remember”).
Her label had used it as a b-side in 1962 so the rather innocuous ditty wouldn’t give the a-side (“I’m Gonna Be Warm This Winter”) any competition. But now ABBA’s Agnetha Faltskog, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and Gracie Lawrence (who plays Connie on Broadway) have all posted clips of them lip-syncing to it.
2
My City Of Ruins
Bruce Springsteen
NEW
3
Sun City
Artists United Against Apartheid
▲ Last Month: 9
4
Fly Me To The Moon
Frank Sinatra
NEW
5
Talk To Me
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
▲ Last Month: 11
6
I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston
▼ Last Month: 4
7
Woke Up This Morning
Alabama 3
▼ Last Month: 5
8
Big Girls Don't Cry
The Four Seasons
▼ Last Month: 7
9
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
▼ Last Month: 8
10
Jungle Boogie
Kool & The Gang
Same as Last Month
| # | Song / Artist | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| 11 |
Good Lovin'
The Rascals
|
▼ 6 |
| 12 |
Poetry Man
Phoebe Snow
|
SAME |
| 13 |
At 17
Janis Ian
|
▲ 17 |
| 14 |
America
Simon & Garfunkel
|
▼ 13 |
| 15 |
Wanted Dead Or Alive
Bon Jovi
|
▼ 14 |
| 16 |
Bitter Fruit
Stevie Van Zandt
|
NEW |
| 17 |
Still Crazy After All These Years
Paul Simon
|
▲ 30 |
| 18 |
Because The Night
Patti Smith Group
|
▲ 26 |
| 19 |
Isn't It A Pity
Bettye LaVette
|
NEW |
| 20 |
It Might As Well Be Spring
Sarah Vaughan
|
▼ 19 |
| 21 |
You Don't Own Me
Leslie Gore
|
▼ 16 |
| 22 |
Ladies First
Queen Latifah
|
SAME |
| 23 |
Fu Gee La
The Fugees
|
SAME |
| 24 |
Pretty Little Baby
Connie Francis
|
NEW |
| 25 |
Give It To Me Good
Trixter
|
SAME |
| 26 |
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Les Paul
|
▼ 18 |
| 27 |
Peppermint Twist
Joey Dee & The Starliters
|
▼ 20 |
| 28 |
This Diamond Ring
Gary Lewis & The Playboys
|
▲ 31 |
| 29 |
Splanky
Count Basie
|
▲ 44 |
| 30 |
Mony Mony
Tommy James & The Shondells
|
▼ 29 |
| 31 |
One Way Or Another
Blondie
|
▲ 32 |
| 32 |
The Gang's All Here
Skid Row
|
▲ 37 |
| 33 |
Atomic Dog
George Clinton
|
▲ 34 |
| 34 |
Blues In The 21st
Jimmy Vivino
|
▲ 38 |
| 35 |
Bebop Of Course
Christian McBride
|
▲ 42 |
| 36 |
Brand New Key
Melanie
|
SAME |
| 37 |
Rocky Mountain Way
Joe Walsh
|
▲ 40 |
| 38 |
Funk #49
The James Gang
|
NEW |
| 39 |
Rose Colored Glasses
Mike Daly
|
▲ 43 |
| 40 |
Don't Stop Believin'
Steve Smith's Vital Information
|
▲ 46 |
| 41 |
Alfie
Dionne Warwick
|
NEW |
| 42 |
Twist And Shout
The Isley Brothers
|
NEW |
| 43 |
Mustang Sally
Wilson Pickett
|
▲ 51 |
| 44 |
Someone's Ex
Jenny Owen-Youngs
|
▲ 60 |
| 45 |
Deep In The Heart Of Jersey
Uncle Floyd
|
▲ 64 |
| 46 |
Ol' Man River
Paul Robeson
|
▲ 66 |
| 47 |
La Vida Es Un Carnaval
Celia Cruz
|
▲ 67 |
| 48 |
Crow Haired Boys
The Cynz
|
▲ 77 |
| 49 |
Better Than You
Phoneboy
|
▲ 85 |
| 50 |
Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree
Tony Orlando & Dawn
|
▲ 96 |
| # | Song / Artist | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| 51 |
Always She Calls To Me
Bruce Gladstone
|
▲ 98 |
| 52 |
Mexicali Waltz
Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools
|
NEW |
| 53 |
Rapper's Delight
Sugar Hill Gang
|
▼ 21 |
| 54 |
Pegasus
Wayne Shorter
|
▼ 27 |
| 55 |
Freedom
Richie Havens
|
▼ 28 |
| 56 |
Salt Peanuts
Dizzy Gillespie
|
NEW |
| 57 |
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Tony Bennett
|
NEW |
| 58 |
Colors
Ice-T
|
▲ 92 |
| 59 |
Spazmo Strikes Again
Lenny White
|
▼ 33 |
| 60 |
Married Men
The Roche Sisters
|
▼ 35 |
| 61 |
Majestic Dance
Return To Forever
|
▼ 41 |
| 62 |
My Old School
Steely Dan
|
▼ 45 |
| 63 |
Interstate Love Song
Stone Temple Pilots
|
NEW |
| 64 |
Do Don't
Fear Of Falling
|
▼ 47 |
| 65 |
I Feel Lucky
Mary Chapin-Carpenter
|
▼ 48 |
| 66 |
When You Walk In The Room
Steve Forbert
|
▼ 52 |
| 67 |
Old Shoes
The Cucumbers
|
▼ 53 |
| 68 |
In A Lonely Place
The Smithereens
|
▼ 54 |
| 69 |
Real
Rory D'Lasnow
|
▼ 55 |
| 70 |
Numbers With Wings
The Bongos
|
NEW |
| 71 |
You Enjoy Yourself
Phish
|
▼ 68 |
| 72 |
C'mon Caroline
Bobby Bandiera
|
▼ 70 |
| 73 |
Rhapsody In Blues (One For Jeff)
Ricky Byrd
|
NEW |
| 74 |
I'm Hip
John Pizzarelli
|
SAME |
| 75 |
I Wanna Get Better
Bleachers
|
SAME |
| 76 |
Better Off Alone
Good Damage
|
▲ 91 |
| 77 |
Broken Glass
Reece Young
|
▲ 90 |
| 78 |
Lonesome City
Doug Gatta
|
▲ 89 |
| 79 |
In The Glade
The Inquisition
|
▲ 88 |
| 80 |
The Kind Of Girl That I Raised
Todd Bailey
|
▲ 87 |
| 81 |
The Only One
Above The Moon
|
▲ 86 |
| 82 |
Short Shorts
The Royal Teens
|
SAME |
| 83 |
Hip Hip Hooray
Naughty By Nature
|
SAME |
| 84 |
I'm Not OK (I Promise)
My Chemical Romance
|
▼ 80 |
| 85 |
Brooklyn Can Wait
Jake Thistle
|
▼ 79 |
| 86 |
Run-Around
Blues Traveler
|
NEW |
| 87 |
April Kisses
Bucky Pizzarelli
|
▲ 93 |
| 88 |
All The Cash In The World
The Weeklings
|
▼ 78 |
| 89 |
Mother
Danzig
|
▲ 95 |
| 90 |
Hey Now Baby (What's Wrong With You)
J. Howard Duff
|
▲ 99 |
| 91 |
The Trouble With Sally
Glen Burtnik
|
▼ 73 |
| 92 |
Baby Should've Known Better
Palmyra Delran
|
▼ 72 |
| 93 |
One For George
Barry Miles
|
▼ 71 |
| 94 |
Second Round KO
Cannibus
|
▼ 69 |
| 95 |
What Did You See
Valley Of Salt
|
▼ 61 |
| 96 |
LGH
Inventor Ace
|
▼ 59 |
| 97 |
All Fall Down
Richard Barone
|
NEW |
| 98 |
No Traces
Karen Kuhl Band
|
▼ 58 |
| 99 |
Send It To Me
Williams Honor
|
▼ 57 |
| 100 |
Rotten To The Core
Overkill
|
▼ 56 |
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