HOTDISC TOP 40 31 August 2014
This is a list of the Top 40 Most Popular Songs released on the Rush Released promotional CD. Each week DJs and media people who receive Rush Released send back their reaction sheets where they are given the chance to rate every song. This chart is exclusively for clients of the Rush Released CD. The chart is published weekly here, and also in Country Music People, Country Music & Dance, Up Country and Southern Country magazines.
To watch the video for each song (where available) click on the titles.
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03
It Ain’t All Good But It Ain’t Half Bad TONY STAMPLEY
Maybe There’s Love After You After All DAVID FRIZZELL
How’s The World Treating You JIM REEVES & BARBI FRANKLIN
04
Who Left The Door To Heaven Open DAVID WOOD
Everything Is Made In China DAVID STARR
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05
Cowboys Of The Caribbean BERTIE HIGGINS
Let’s Start A Party OWEN HOWELL
08
07
Never Really Left BRIAN COLLINS
Wake Up Drunk COREY COX
10
14
Something I Wrote CODY RILEY
11
16
Southern Drawl DAVID SHELBY
Welcome Home MIKE WARD
13
17
Put It In Your Pocket SONIA LEIGH
19
Seamus Finn REG KEYWORTH BAND
15
That’s The Sound SARABETH
12
How I Only Wish That I Could Fly CHARLIE BOSTON
09
No More Lonely THE ROYS
18
20
Wrecking My World M CALLAHAN
Good Day To Get Gone KAYLEE RUTLAND
21
Ten Thousand Ways LOST HOLLOW
Distant Drums (2014 Version) JIM REEVES
22
Walk Out Of The Rain SAWYER BROWN
23
Let Your Country Out JESSIE LEE CATES
24
27
Baby’s Got Her Boots On BRUSHVILLE
25
Fresno Silver Mine DAVID HILGENFELDT PROJECT
Jezebel GRACIA HARRISON
29
Streets Of Loneliness JANEY KIRK with JERRY DONAHUE
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30
Theme For Garth Brooks DONNY RICHMOND
This Is Me BRYAN MAYER
15 Minutes JAMIE LEE THURSTON
31
Baddest Gunslingin’ Man ACE DIAMOND
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33
One More Time NOEL BROOKE
Train Wreck JAMES HOUSE
Summer Love MOORE & MOORE
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36
As Good As It Gets! ROB ALLEN
Put That Country Song On TONY CLARKE
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39
Dreams Sometimes Come True KEITH SHAW
38
Catchin’ Fireflies MADELINE SMITH
40
Do You Recall The War To End All War TONY RENNEY
Stomp JARED BLAKE
THE HOTDISC BRITISH & IRISH INDEPENDENT TOP 10
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Streets Of Loneliness JANEY KIRK with JERRY DONOHUE
Do You Recall, The War To End All War TONY RENNEY
The Ways Of Love MIM GREY
You & Me TONY CLARKE
Crazy Love GARY CURTIS
The Hotdisc chart is compiled from DJs and industry professionals’ ratings of songs currently being promoted on the Rush Released CD. They are not airplay charts, as airplay charts cannot work in Europe because there are no terrestrial country stations. The hundreds of country programmes on air which we service are likely to play a particular song only twice at most in a three month period, therefore rendering airplay charts insignificant in Europe. It works well in America where there are plenty of non-stop country stations but it does not work here. Any Airplay Chart you may see claiming to provide this service is bogus and Hotdisc does not condone these charts at all. They are misleading at best for the reasons stated.
The Hotdisc charts are put together weekly using ratings supplied by DJs who give scores to every song on the last three months’ editions of Rush Released. The scores are averaged out per week to give an accurate guide to the songs which are being championed by the industry. The aim is to showcase the songs which the industry professionals are flagging up as quality songs. This is a very useful exercise as it is free of politics, hype and rigging and done solely on merit!
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