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March 27, 2026      —–     Chart #343 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we’re headed to the islands—no passport required, no checked bags, and absolutely no risk of sitting in 27B next to a guy eating tuna out of a Tupperware. Today’s song is “Jamaica Farewell”—made famous by Harry Belafonte, and later done beautifully by Jimmy Buffett and Don Williams. This one is a vacation and… Read more: JAMIACA FAREWELL

March 20, 2026      —–     Chart #342 Hello Music Friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we’re waving the flag, cranking the amp, and taking a joyride through the American jukebox with “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60’s Rock)” by John Mellencamp. This song is basically a three-and-a-half-minute history lesson that somehow never feels like homework. It’s loud, proud, and built like a pickup truck: not aerodynamic, not… Read more: R.O.C.K. IN THE USA

March 13, 2026      —–     Chart #341 Hello music friends, welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we’re going straight to the heart of 1980s country gold with “Forever and Ever, Amen” by Randy Travis. If you grew up anywhere near a radio dial (or you’ve ever been to a wedding where the DJ owned at least one pair of cowboy boots), you know this song. It’s one of those rare… Read more: FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN

March 6, 2026      —–     Chart #340 Hello music friends—welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. Today we’re heading straight into the political tropics with “Banana Republics,” performed by Jimmy Buffett — a song that somehow manages to be funny, smart, and just slightly dangerous… while still sounding like it should be served with a lime wedge. And here’s the twist that makes this one even more fun: Jimmy didn’t write it. “Banana… Read more: BANANA REPUBLICS

February 27, 2026      —–     Chart #339 Hello Music Friends, Welcome back to another edition of Chart of the Week. This week we’re grabbing the acoustic, loosening the shoulders, and heading out on the open road with “Take It Easy” by The Eagles. I’ve played this one a whole bunch of times on stage myself. Now, have I ever sounded as good as the original Eagles? Not even close. Those guys set a bar that’s basically… Read more: TAKE IT EASY

February 20, 2026      —–     Chart #338 Hello Music Friends, Welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Today’s selection is “Rocket Man” by Sir Elton John — the tune that somehow manages to be both a stadium sing-along and a quiet, lonely conversation with yourself at 2:00 a.m. It’s spacey without being sci-fi, emotional without being mushy, and it has that rare superpower of making you feel nostalgic for a life you never actually… Read more: ROCKET MAN

February 13, 2026      —–     Chart #337 Hello Music Friends, Welcome to another edition of Chart of the week. There are two kinds of people in this world: Jimmy Buffett was firmly in Camp #2, and he wrote a song about it. “Volcano” came out on Buffett’s 1979 album, also called Volcano, recorded on the island of Montserrat. The album (and the title track) were inspired by the then-dormant Soufrière Hills—which, as it turned out, was… Read more: VOLCANO

February 6, 2026      —–     Chart #336 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Some songs don’t begin — they arrive. Into the Mystic sweeps in like a warm wind off the Irish Sea, carrying a little salt, a little soul, and a whole lot of something you can’t quite name. The first few notes feel like a door opening to a place you’ve somehow been before, even if… Read more: INTO THE MYSTIC

January 30, 2026      —–     Chart #336 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Let’s just admit something right up front: there are days when life feels complicated, messy, and about as clear as Dallas traffic during a rainstorm. And then a song like Black and White comes along — cheerful, confident, and absolutely convinced the world is simpler than we make it — and suddenly you can’t help… Read more: BLACK AND WHITE

January 23, 2026      —–     Chart #335 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Before we go any further, let me offer a lighthearted apology for today’s selection. Yes, yes… I know — Dance With Me isn’t exactly in the same historic league as Van Morrison, Paul Simon, Rodney Crowell, or the Rolling Stones. Nobody’s writing doctoral dissertations about Orleans. But what can I say? Every now and then,… Read more: DANCE WITH ME

January 16, 2026      —–     Chart #334 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Every once in a while, a song shows up that feels like a deep breath of clean Texas air — the kind you only get standing somewhere between Houston humidity and Hill Country limestone. Oh, What a Beautiful World is one of those rare tunes that doesn’t just land in your ears… it straightens your… Read more: OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD

January 9, 2026      —–     Chart #333 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. There are songs that drop you straight into a memory you didn’t even know you still had. Night Moves doesn’t ask permission — it just reaches into the glovebox of your past, pulls out a half-forgotten summer night, and hands it back to you like a postcard from your younger self. The opening guitar alone… Read more: NIGHT MOVES

January 2, 2026      —–     Chart #331 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Some songs feel like they know something about your life that you haven’t admitted yet. Slip Slidin’ Away is one of those — Paul Simon in full philosopher-poet mode, humming in your ear like a wise friend who always tells the truth, but gently. The tune is warm and sweet, the lyrics are a little… Read more: SLIP SLIDIN’AWAY

December 26, 2025      —–     Chart #330 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week, another Christmas edition. Some songs are Christmas. You can string a million lights, bake a hundred cookies, and play every carol ever written… but the moment Nat King Cole starts singing “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…” you know the holiday has officially arrived. Nat didn’t just record this song — he defined it.His voice… Read more: THE CHRISTMAS SONG

December 19, 2025      —–     Chart #329 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week, A Christmas edition. There are Christmas songs that gently usher in the holiday spirit… and then there’s Let It Snow, which kicks open the door, pours you a drink, steals your mistletoe, and leans on your fireplace like it owns the place. Dean Martin didn’t write this song — but he sure as tinsel made… Read more: LET IT SNOW