Category: Music

Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date July 4, 2021

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday July 04TH 2021, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate our freedom on this day – our first Independence Day here in the U.S.A. on a Sunday since 2010. Happy 245TH Birthday America !

On this 4TH Of July holiday we celebrate this great nation of ours – this free nation that we call The United States Of America. We are free today because of our Founding Fathers – great Americans like John Hancock, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Let us never forget all of those great Americans who fought – and who continue to fight to this day – for the independence and the freedom that we continue to enjoy today.

For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is – there is freedom.
(2 Corinthians 3:17)

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

Tags Bible, Blog, Christ, Christian, Church, God, Jesus, Minister, Ministry, Scripture

2000s Blogging Christian God Music Radio

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2006

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date July 2, 2021

Every Friday I post the Top 5 of one of my classic hit music charts based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from either 15, 25, 30, or 35 years ago this weekend (rotating each week).

It’s the 1ST Friday of the month, so I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday July 02ND 2006:

“Ridin'” – Chamillionaire Ft. Krazie Bone
“Promiscuous” – Nelly Furtado Ft. Timbaland
“Ain’t No Other Man” – Christina Aguilera
“Crazy” – Gnarls Barkley
“Do It To It” – Cherish Ft. Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ

“Crazy” was a good song (still is). It peaked at # 2, and it probably could have made it to # 1 had it not been for my salvation 7 weeks later.

Trust me. 2006 will soon get very interesting, as I begin looking back at the 15TH anniversary of the start of my salvation in Christ. You’ll see how the music drastically changed once my life changed. My weekly hit music chart literally flipped just like that – much like a radio station that suddenly changes its format without notice. I’ll share the start of my fantastic journey with you every 1ST Friday of the month starting this September.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 25 years ago to July 1996.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going RETRO with me !

Tags 2006, Music, Radio, Salvation

Blogging Christian God Ministry Music Radio

My Top 10 Hits – Week 228

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date June 28, 2021

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back 40+ years. Here’s this week’s chart:

COUNTUP MINISTRIES	FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY JUNE 27TH 2021	WEEK 228

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	8	Yes He Can [2ND week @ # 1]	Cain
2	2	16	Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight)	TobyMac
3	3	23	Fires	Jordan St. Cyr
4	5	4	Under Grace	Tauren Wells Ft. Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts
5	4	5	When We Fall Apart	Ryan Stevenson Ft. Vince Gill & Amy Grant
6	6	5	Be Alright	Evan Craft X Danny Gokey X Redimi2
7	7	12	Gospel Song	Rhett Walker
8	9	3	Rattle !	Elevation Worship
9	8	14	Child Of Love	We The Kingdom Ft. Bear Rinehart
10	10	2	Believe For It	CeCe Winans

# 1 This Week In:
2020 – “Keep Me In The Moment” – Jeremy Camp
2019 – “Church (Take Me Back)” – Cochren & Co.
2018 – “Do It Again” – Elevation Worship
2017 – “Home” – Chris Tomlin

Logan, Madison, and Taylor Cain remain atop my chart for a 2ND week in a row with “Yes He Can”. It’s currently # 11 at U.S. Christian radio (large market), and # 6 (small market). It registers the 4TH most – and 3RD most increased plays respectively at each market size. Needless to say it’s likely headed for the Top 5 and perhaps the Top 3 as we enter July. Not bad for a band that almost gave up before they rose up with “Rise Up (Lazarus)” last October.

“Be Alright” is the debut smash from Evan Craft. He loves his Lord & Savior Jesus Christ, and he sings about Him in both English and Spanish. “Be Alright” also features chart veteran Danny Gokey and Dominican rapper Redimi2. The song ends with a sample from the early-20TH Century standard “He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands”.

Here’s its official music video:

This blog is # 42 worldwide on the Top 60 Christian Music Blogs and Websites in 2021 chart. Thank You for including us Feedspot !

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again this upcoming weekend – with 4 new entries on Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday. I don’t blog on Saturdays. That’s my day of rest.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. I’m also on Twitter and Flickr.

Be blessed my friends ! May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Tags Blog, Christian, KLOVE, Music, Radio

1980s Blogging Music Radio

My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 1986

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date June 25, 2021

It’s the 4TH Friday of the month, so I go back 35 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday June 29TH 1986:

“Edge Of Heaven” – Wham!
“New Beginning” – Bucks Fizz
“Sun Street” – Katrina And The Waves
“Nasty” – Janet Jackson
“Mountains” – Prince And The Revolution

I estimate that I’ve attended over 150 concerts in my entire lifetime. I attended 17 during a less-than-17-month stretch over in England in 1986 and 1987 when I lived there. I’ve attended at least 88 since 2000. I have no record-keeping of my concerts and other live events from 1988 to 1999, but I estimate about 4 per year.

I came of age into the concert scene 3 weeks after turning 19. My very first concert – the final Wham! concert at Wembley Stadium in London England. It was an 8-hour Saturday event. Gates opened at 2 PM, and the show started about 2 hours later with a few opening acts and special guests making appearances. It was a hot and steamy late-June afternoon and evening in a packed stadium in London, and I was a singing and dancing (and sweating) maniac during the entire show from start to finish.

After the show was done and over with, and me and my concert buddy were heading home on the M4 I asked him “What’s our next concert, and when is it ?”

(The eventual answer was “The Art Of Noise” on August 15TH 1986.)

Reaching # 2 on my chart exactly 35 years ago was the lavishly-produced HI-NRG “New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)” from Bucks Fizz. Despite its more European (continental) sound it was only a hit in their native United Kingdom and nearby Ireland, Belgium, and The Netherlands.

Here’s the music video for “New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)”. To my Christian brothers and sisters of today this is a “feel good” positive and encouraging song that speaks of hope and love in a new world. There is a gospel choir performing back-up vocals. Feel free to get up and dance !

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going RETRO with me !