Ken Norkin
@oldbanjoguy.bsky.social
Uh, oh. With only 14 to go we're either not going to hear Glen Campbell's "Gentle On My Mind" on the @wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown or it's going to get some well-deserved respect.
Yes, it was a cover. John Hartford, who wrote it, recorded it first on his debut album.
Yes, it was a cover. John Hartford, who wrote it, recorded it first on his debut album.
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Uh, oh. With only 14 to go we're either not going to hear Glen Campbell's "Gentle On My Mind" on the @wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown or it's going to get some well-deserved respect.
Yes, it was a cover. John Hartford, who wrote it, recorded it first on his debut album.
Yes, it was a cover. John Hartford, who wrote it, recorded it first on his debut album.
Going to guess the only reason CCR's cover of Heard it Through the Grapevine scores 100 points higher than Marvin Gaye's version (#49 vs #149) in the the
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown is that too many people thought Marvin Gaye recorded the original.
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown is that too many people thought Marvin Gaye recorded the original.
December 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Going to guess the only reason CCR's cover of Heard it Through the Grapevine scores 100 points higher than Marvin Gaye's version (#49 vs #149) in the the
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown is that too many people thought Marvin Gaye recorded the original.
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown is that too many people thought Marvin Gaye recorded the original.
Today's mistake in the @wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown is on My Favorite Things (#59 John Coltrane). The original artist was not Julie Andrews (Maria in the 1965 movie The Sound of Music). It was Mary Martin, who created the role on Broadway in 1959.
I was wrong yesterday on 'Til There Was You.
I was wrong yesterday on 'Til There Was You.
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Today's mistake in the @wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown is on My Favorite Things (#59 John Coltrane). The original artist was not Julie Andrews (Maria in the 1965 movie The Sound of Music). It was Mary Martin, who created the role on Broadway in 1959.
I was wrong yesterday on 'Til There Was You.
I was wrong yesterday on 'Til There Was You.
Today's mistake in the @wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown is #214 'Til There Was You, by The Beatles.
Nelson Riddle was not the original artist. The original artists were Robert Preston and Barbara Cook on the 1957 Original Broadway Cast recording of "The Music Man," written by Meredith Willson.
Nelson Riddle was not the original artist. The original artists were Robert Preston and Barbara Cook on the 1957 Original Broadway Cast recording of "The Music Man," written by Meredith Willson.
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Today's mistake in the @wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown is #214 'Til There Was You, by The Beatles.
Nelson Riddle was not the original artist. The original artists were Robert Preston and Barbara Cook on the 1957 Original Broadway Cast recording of "The Music Man," written by Meredith Willson.
Nelson Riddle was not the original artist. The original artists were Robert Preston and Barbara Cook on the 1957 Original Broadway Cast recording of "The Music Man," written by Meredith Willson.
Question for @wxpnfm.bsky.social or anyone who knows the inside scoop on #XPNCountdown:
How many votes did song #885 get? Was it more than 1?
And there had to be plenty of instances of multiple songs getting the same number of votes. How were ties settled? Especially at the bottom.
How many votes did song #885 get? Was it more than 1?
And there had to be plenty of instances of multiple songs getting the same number of votes. How were ties settled? Especially at the bottom.
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Question for @wxpnfm.bsky.social or anyone who knows the inside scoop on #XPNCountdown:
How many votes did song #885 get? Was it more than 1?
And there had to be plenty of instances of multiple songs getting the same number of votes. How were ties settled? Especially at the bottom.
How many votes did song #885 get? Was it more than 1?
And there had to be plenty of instances of multiple songs getting the same number of votes. How were ties settled? Especially at the bottom.
Oh, come on, @wxpnfm.bsky.social Soundgarden is not the original artist for "This Land is Your Land" (#301 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings). It's Woody Guthrie.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Oh, come on, @wxpnfm.bsky.social Soundgarden is not the original artist for "This Land is Your Land" (#301 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings). It's Woody Guthrie.
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. @wxpnfm.bsky.social Thanks for making my requested correction that cast of Threepenny Opera was the original artist for "Mack the Knife" (477 Bobby Darin). Now make same fix for #882 Ella Fitzgerald. Interesting you list Louis Armstrong as shared original. By your rules, his recording was a cover.
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
. @wxpnfm.bsky.social Thanks for making my requested correction that cast of Threepenny Opera was the original artist for "Mack the Knife" (477 Bobby Darin). Now make same fix for #882 Ella Fitzgerald. Interesting you list Louis Armstrong as shared original. By your rules, his recording was a cover.
#XPNCountdown of Covers listing Louis Armstrong as the original artist for "Mack the Knife" (477 Bobby Darin and 882 Ella Fitzgerald) is wrong. His 1955 record was a cover. The song is from the 1928 German play The Threepenny Opera. First English recording was by the original US cast in 1954.
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
#XPNCountdown of Covers listing Louis Armstrong as the original artist for "Mack the Knife" (477 Bobby Darin and 882 Ella Fitzgerald) is wrong. His 1955 record was a cover. The song is from the 1928 German play The Threepenny Opera. First English recording was by the original US cast in 1954.