Print ArticleThe second half of John Scott's Top 40 songs from Jacksonville. Jacksonville’s contributions to pop music are enormous and sadly, mostly overlooked. This list of Jacksonville’s Top 40 hopes to end the overlooking and start the appreciating. John Scott is part of Jacksonville's Big Show on 99.1 WQIK on from 5:30AM - 10AM.
13. “Flirtin’ with Disaster” – Molly Hatchet (1979) The title track to the band’s second album is a thundering Southern Rock anthem. Danny Joe Brown’s gruff vocals and Dave Hlubek’s blisteringly tight solos put Hatchet square on the rock and roll map, helping take the album double platinum.
12. “Tootsee Roll” – 69 Boyz (1994) “to the left, to the left” this ubiquitous dance classic comes from a group of Ribault High School guys whose Miami sound was THE sound of hip hop in ’94, it went platinum.
11. “That Ol’ Black Magic “– Billy Daniels (1950) Many versions of this song have been recorded, but few can lay claim to it like Jacksonville’s Billy Daniels. Daniels left Jacksonville to attend Columbia University and made his mark in the nightclubs of New York, Vegas and worldwide. His version of the Arlen/Mercer tune sold in the millions making Daniels one of the first African American stars to crossover to the mainstream.
10. “C’Mon and Ride It (The Train)” – Quad City DJs (1996) The guys who brought us “Whoot, There it Is” as 95 South show up as the Quad City DJ’s, giving us this double platinum single that can still be heard at sporting events around the world.
9. “Traces” – Classics IV (1969) Lead singer Dennis Yost had one of the most recognizable voices in pop music and his “tear-in-the-eye” vocals were perfect to this sentimental gem that is one of the top 20 most played songs in radio history.
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