Brandon's Buzz

If you missed any of last week’s tunes, below is a quick recap:

MONDAY: Blake Shelton — “Ol’ Red”
(from Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton) —

TUESDAY: Daniel Bedingfield — “Blown It Again”
(from Gotta Get Thru This) —

WEDNESDAY: Cyndi Lauper — “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”
(from She’s So Unusual) —

THURSDAY: Zac Brown Band — “Colder Weather”
(from You Get What You Give) —

FRIDAY: Natasha Bedingfield — “Little Too Much”
(from Strip Me) —

SATURDAY: Kenny Loggins (with Stevie Nicks) —
“Whenever I Call You Friend” (from The Essential Kenny Loggins) —

SUNDAY: Dolly Parton — “Think About Love”
(from The Essential Dolly Parton) —

Dolly Parton — “Think About Love”
(from The Essential Dolly Parton) —

A took a trip to San Antonio yesterday afternoon to see Miss Dolly’s musical 9 to 5, and he requested that I make what I assume to be one of the show’s songs today’s dispatch from the hive. I, however, was not familiar with the tune he chose, but having literally grown up with Parton’s music, it wasn’t at all difficult to pick one I did know. Coming as it does from Dolly’s often-underrated pop-leaning years — long before Shania ever even knew what a midriff was, Parton and Juice Newton practically invented the notion of the megasmash country crossover, honey — this gem sometimes gets overlooked when compilers set out to assemble Dolly best-ofs, but I say you’ll be hard-pressed to find a catchier ringer in her repertoire.