It’s time for another edition of Mr. Romance’s Top 10 Countdown Show, a look back at the 10 most popular songs on the Adult Contemporary chart for the week of May 29, 2004. Click here if you missed last week’s show featuring 1976.
Get ready for pop culture, trivia and all your lite hits that might just bring back some memories or maybe you’ll discover some new soft rock favorites.
Top 10 Countdown Show Pop Culture
2004 was the year Ken Jennings first appeared on Jeopardy with an unprecedented 74-game victory streak worth $2.52 million.
At the movies, you were watching
Spider-Man 2
The Polar Express
The Bourne Supremacy
On television:
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
M*A*S*H
And after ten successful seasons, the series finale of Friends was watched by over 52 million viewers, making it the fifth most watched tv series finale in U.S. history as well as the most watched episode from any series in the early 2000s.
Top 10 Countdown Show Trivia Question
Film critic Roger Ebert’s top pick in 2004 was Million Dollar Baby, with Kill Bill 2 and Vera Drake at the #2 and #3 spots. Absent from his Best of 2004 list is an action-adventure film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer he said was “so silly that the Monty Python version could use the same screenplay, line for line.” Can you guess our mystery film? Take a listen to the show below for the answer.
Song Spotlight
You might remember our next artist as the third place winner of the second season on American Idol in 2003. That was the year Clay Aiken came in second place with Ruben Studdard winning it all. But third place turned out pretty well for Kimberley Locke as her debut single from her first album would end up being her highest charting song ever peaking at #6. This week up 2 to #18: 8th World Wonder.
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Sit back, relax and enjoy your favorite love songs from the week of May 29, 2004.
An avid record collector, lover of all desserts and sometimes seen wearing multiple Swatch watches, Dave has been lending his voice for over 20 years heard on such prominent brands as Intel, RCA, Eddie Bauer, Kellogg‘s, Pizza Hut, Lexus, and infomercial giants Guthy-Renker and Beachbody. His narration projects include Japan’s preeminent automobile series Best Motoring International and Hot Version, along with GTChannel, QVC, Universal Music Enterprises, and ViSalus Sciences.