Chart Chat

Chart Chat
April 30, 2023

This is the last week of April. Lots of changes on the chart, including new Number 1s, so lets get straight to the action.
Four songs enter the Top 10 this week. Glenn Gatsby and Wolfgang Lohr give us some good advice with their new collaboration, "Don't Drink & Jive." It debuts at number 10.
High Step Society and Banshee Tree make their way to number 8 with, "Dreaming With The Fishes." And also blossoming in the Top 10 are Postmodern Jukebox and Stella Katherine Jones with the Miley Cyrus hit, "Flowers."
Top Swinging Entry in the Top 50 easily goes to Elle & The Pocket Belles. They arrive with the banger, "See You Later." It flies in at number 3.
Tia Brazda and Alex Bird slip to number 9 with, "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall."
Minimatic drops to 6 with, "The Cat Is High." It was Number 1 last week.
Mind Blowing Orchestra and Solomia take a step backwards also. Their at number 5 with, "Mr Thompson."
DJ Mibor steps up to number 4 with, "1935. DJ Mibor also just knocked Szigeti Juli's Wild & Groovy album from a six week run at Number 1 with new album Electro Swing Soundsystem.
Yabloko Moloko's "The Outsider," holds strong at number 2. And leapfrogging to Number 1 are Jamie Berry, Pisk and Octavia Rose with, "Morning Light." It jumps two spots to the throne..
Other new mentionables in the Top 50 this week are Swing City covering Nina Simone's smash hit, "My Baby Just Cares (For Me)." It stops outside the Top 10 at 11. And Flash Mob Jazz return with, "Royals," down at 29.

New on the album chart, Smokey Joe & The Kid pop in at 29 with their new Live album. Swing City's new EP, Very Nice People, comes in at 2. And dethroning Szigeti Juli from a six week run on top is DJ Mibor with, Electro Swing Soundsystem.
Jamie Berry's, Antiquity, is at 4, and OldieFans, from Postmodern Jukebox rounds off the Top 5.

Scroll back next week for your favourite chart news. Mostly come back for Lamuzgueule and DJ Mibor's chart battle for Number 1 on the album chart. And will we see Elle & The Pocket Belles waving down from Number 1 next week with their new hit,"See You Later?" I'm excited. See you later, er, next week.

Jay Banks