Rolling Stone Magazine Cover of the Week

February 20th 2003

Rolling Stone Magazine Cover of the Week

Johnny Cash 

October 2003

Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Top 100 Singles of 2003

Original vs Remake #23

Last week on December 6th the music world lost Dobie Gray after a long battle with cancer.  Well tonight we give him the "O vs R" treatment for his trademark song "Drift Away" from 1973.
Dobie's original peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #5 and became a center piece for classic hits, oldies and classic rock stations ever since.

The most successful cover of "Drift Away" came in 2003 with a version by, of all people, Uncle Kracker. It reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 but set a record on the Adult Contemporary chart by staying at #1 for 28 nonconsecutive weeks, June to December of 2003.   Dobie made a special appearance and sang along with the last verse on the Uncle Kracker version.

Happy Birthday Ozzy!

Happy Birthday to John Michael Osborne or Ozzy as he known to the world.

Born on this day in 1948 he would become a legend in rock n roll and was a pioneer in heavy metal with his band Black Sabbath.

Here is Ozzy's biggest charting solo single on the Billboard Hot 100:
"Close My Eyes Forever" with Lita Ford.
Peaking at #8 in 1989.



Ozzy's biggest singles chart success without Black Sabbath came in 2003. He and daughter Kelly sang a duet of "Changes", the Black Sabbath song from 1972. They reached #1 in the UK on December 14th and spent one week at the top.