*** Happy birthday to Britney Spears. Jay mentioned today that it seems like Britney's been in the spotlight for a long time, despite her just turning 27 today.Well, hard to believe as it is, she's been around for over a decade.
She hit the big time with "Hit Me Baby, One More Time" in 1997. Now she's back with the inevitable comeback album, which hits stores today, and possible tour next year.
She's also on the cover of this week's Rolling Stone. Spears may be just 27, relatively young, but as I mentioned this morning, there's a lot of mileage on those tires.
Even though Britney's birthday is fairly significant in the music world, we went with a bit of a curve ball today for the musical selection.
Nelly Furtado turns 30 today, and our musical tie-in was Furtado's "Say It Right"
*** Earlier we told you about ASCAP's list of the top 25 most performed Christmas songs for the past five years, based on performance data tracked by Mediaguide, the radio airplay monitoring service.
What we didn't give you on the air was which artist's rendition was considered to be the most popular. Here's the list...
1."Winter Wonderland" - performed by The Eurhythmics
2. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" - performed by Nat "King" Cole
3. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" - performed by The Pretenders
4. "Sleigh Ride" - performed by The Ronettes
5. "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" - performed by Frank Sinatra
6. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - performed by Michael Bublé
7. "White Christmas" - performed by Bing Crosby
8. "Jingle Bell Rock" - performed by Bobby Helms
9. "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" - performed by Gene Autry
10. "Little Drummer Boy" - performed by The Harry Simeone Chorale & Orchestra
11. "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" - performed by Andy Williams
12. "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" - performed by Brenda Lee
13. "Silver Bells" - performed by Kenny G
14. "I'll Be Home For Christmas" - performed by Amy Grant
15. "Feliz Navidad" - performed by José Feliciano
16. "Frosty The Snowman" - performed by The Ronettes
17. "A Holly Jolly Christmas" - performed by Burl Ives
18. "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" - performed by Johnny Mathis
19. "Blue Christmas" - performed by Elvis Presley
20. "(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays" - performed by Perry Como
21. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" - performed by John Mellencamp
22. "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" - performed by Gene Autry
23. "Carol Of The Bells" - Performed by David Foster (instrumental version)
24. "Do They Know It's Christmas? (Feed the World)" - Performed by Band Aid
25. "This Christmas" - Performed by Gloria Estefan
*** The 80's Escape today was "I Miss You" by Klymaxx, a Top 40 hit in 1985.
