Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Breakfast Show with William Price King and Sally Cronin – Chart Hits 2000s Part Two – Lone Star, Savage Garden, Anastacia, The Corrs

Welcome to our show and we are excited to share decades of music with you in 2022.

Here is my second selection of top 2000 hits which I hope you will enjoy.

Lone star – Amazed

“Amazed,” from the album “Lonely Girl,” was the band’s longest-lasting #1single and their biggest hit. It spent eight weeks atop the Billboard country chart. A pop remix of the song reached #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and #2 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart .

July 10th Coldplay release their debut album “Parachutes” (Grammy Award Best Alternative Album 2002) 

Savage Garden – I knew I loved you

“I knew I loved you,” the second single from the album “Affirmation,” hit #1 upon release on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the last song to reach #1 by an Australian artist in 12 years. The song also reached #1 in Canada and Romania, #3 in New Zealand and Sweden, #4 in Australia, and the top 10 in Norway and the UK. The music video, filmed by director Kevin Bray on a New York City Subway set that had previously been used on the sitcom Seinfeld, features then teen actress Kirsten Dunst.

September 10th Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Cats” closes on at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 7,485 performances; won 7 Tony Awards, 3 Drama desk Awards, and a Grammy Award 

Now time for my second picks from 2000 and I hope you will enjoy my selection.

Anastacia – I’m Outta Love

“I’m Outta Love” is the debut single of American singer Anastacia. Written by Anastacia, Sam Watters, and Louis Biancaniello and produced by the latter two, it was released on February 29, 2000, as the lead single from her debut album, Not That Kind (2000). The song became a major hit in Europe and Australia, reaching number one in Wallonia, Australia and New Zealand; it was the most successful song of 2000 in the latter two regions. It additionally reached the top five in several others, including France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.  Anastacia

September 17th Farm Aid 13 held in Bristow, Virginia; performers include Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, CSN&Y, Arlo Guthrie, Sawyer Brown, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, North Mississippi Allstars, Barenaked Ladies, and Tipper Gore 

The Corrs – Breathless

“Breathless” is a song by Irish pop rock group the Corrs. It was released in June 2000 as the first single from their third studio album, In Blue (2000). “Breathless” was co-written and produced by famed music producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange, who produced for Shania Twain, Bryan Adams and Def Leppard, among others.

“Breathless” reached number one in the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom—their only British chart-topper to date. It was the 33rd-highest-selling single in the United Kingdom in 2000. It also reached the top five in Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, and Sweden, as well as number seven in Australia. In the United States, it peaked at number 34 in March 2001, giving the Corrs their only US top-forty hit. In 2001, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group. The Corrs 

November 14th Geddy Lee releases his first solo album, “My Favourite Headache”

Additional sources: On This Day – Music – Hits of the 2000s: Playback FM – Wikipedia

Your Hosts for The Breakfast Show

William Price King is an American jazz singer, crooner, and composer.

His interest in music began at an early age when he studied piano and clarinet in high school. At Morehouse College in Atlanta where he grew up, he sang in the Glee Club and studied classical music. After graduation he went off to the Yale School of Music where he earned a Masters degree. From there he journeyed to New York where he created a jazz trio ‘Au Naturel’ which performed in some of the hottest venues in Manhattan including gigs on Broadway and the famous ‘Rainbow Room.’ These gigs opened doors for performances in Montreal and a European tour.

While touring Europe he met a lovely French lady, Jeanne Maïstre, who, a year later became his wife. King left the group ‘Au Naturel’ and settled in the south of France where he started a new life on the French Riviera, opening his own music school – the “Price King Ecole Internationale de Chant.” He has had the pleasure over the years of seeing many of his students excel as singers on a professional level, and some going on to become national celebrities. He continues to coach young singers today, in his spare time.

Blog– IMPROVISATION – William Price King on Tumblr – Buy William’s music: William Price King iTunes – Facebook – William Price King – Twitter – @wpkofficial
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Sally Cronin is an author, blogger and broadcaster who enjoyed four years as part of the team on Onda Cero International’s English speaking morning show in Marbella and then for two years as a presenter on Expressfm the local radio station in Portsmouth. She co-presented two ‘Drive Time’ shows a week with Adrian Knight, hosted the live Thursday Afternoon Show and The Sunday Morning Show guests including musicians and authors. Following this she became Station Director for a local internet television station for two years, producing and presenting the daily news segment, outside broadcasts and co-presenting the Adrian and Sally chat show live on Friday evenings.

She and her husband David have now returned to Ireland where they live on the Wexford Coast where she blogs and continues to write books.

Books :Amazon US – And: Amazon UK – More reviews: Goodreads – blog: Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Twitter: @sgc58 – Facebook: Sally Cronin – LinkedIn: Sally Cronin

Next week 2001 Part One- We hope you will tune in.. as always we love to hear from you.. thanks William and Sally.