John Scott's Top 40 Songs from Jacksonville (Part I)

29. “WOP” – J. Dash (2011) Stanton grad J. Dash’s dance song featuring Flo Rida was a You Tube sensation with nearly 10 million hits, earning him a gold record for downloads.

28. Feudin’ and Fussin’ – Dorothy Shay (1947) Shay was born and raised in Jacksonville and started her career in New York City with a country girl comedy actress/singer act known as the “Park Avenue Hillbilly.” She sold over three million copies of her version of “Feudin’ and Fussin’ in 1947.

27. “Train, Train” – Blackfoot (1979) Blackfoot’s Ricky Medlocke took his Skynyrd roots and segued them into a harder rocking offering he called Blackfoot. This song was a staple on Classic Rock formats, with the smoking harmonica solo intro performed by Ricky’s dad, Shorty, who wrote the song.

26. “Don’t Forbid Me” – Pat Boone (1957) Boone was born in Jacksonville and moved at age 2, but for years he was one of our few claims to fame. Boone found initial fame covering R&B songs for the pop (read: white) audiences, but his chops on pop ballads kept him a superstar throughout the 1950s (second biggest charting act in the decade behind Elvis). Though he had bigger hits, this song makes the list for having what I call a Duval Double Play – the song was written by Jacksonville’s Charlie Singleton (whom we’ll see later). This song hit #1 on the pop charts in ’57.

25. “Rollin’” – Limp Bizkit (2000) The rocking rap sound of Limp Bizkit was best personified in this hit which was a mainstay on the alternative and rock charts in 2000. An interesting story comes from the video, which was filmed atop one of the World Trade Center towers. The band received a letter from the World Trade Center thanking them for featuring the towers in their video. They received the letter on September 10, 2001.