LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Annie Lennox's performance on last week's "Idol Gives Back" special has propelled the former Eurythmics singer onto the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first time in almost 13 years.

Lennox entered the chart at No. 80 on Thursday with her version of reggae icon Jimmy Cliff's 1969 song "Many Rivers to Cross."

While the tune has been covered by many artists over the years, including Linda Ronstadt, UB40 and Cher, it has never appeared on the Hot 100 until now.

"Many Rivers to Cross" marks Lennox's sixth non-Eurythmics appearance on the Hot 100. Three of those have been covers, starting in 1989 with a duet with Al Green on Jackie DeShannon's "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," which went to No. 9. In 1995, Lennox went to No. 23 with a remake of the Lover Speaks' "No More 'I Love You's'."

Her 1992 solo album "Diva" yielded two hits that year, "Why" (No. 34) and "Walking on Broken Glass" (No. 14), and one in 1993, "Little Bird" (No. 49).

Eurythmics appeared 15 times on the Hot 100, beginning with the duo's 1983 chart-topper "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" (No. 1) and ending with 1989's "Don't Ask Me Why" (No. 40).

Reuters/Billboard

this is a good time for music because all my faves are out with something!

there is the annie lennox mixes of Sing
it'll be released on 1 dec and they're damn good.
if someone can tell me how to edit the track, i want to use it as my ring tone lor!

then there is the powerhouse Chaka Khan/Mary J. Blige duet - Disrespectful. another wonderful song!

i discovered sharon jones, who is quite wonderful and sultry.

and i've been doing the sidway dance to Tina Turner/Santana's version of The Game of Love. I think the song is so much better this way. and i LOVE tina!

then i read on billboard.com there are new songs from debby harry and martha wash. 
also debby holiday and even tiffany! 

like, wow, right?

and all this while waiting for the arrival of my gold ipod nano! christmas comes early to the Yeoh household! woo hoo

ok, first listen to the new annie lennox single dark road. 
omg - it is too damn good lor, and i'm not speaking as a fan!!!!! click on the photo to get to the video.
it is too too too too too good.

(photo of annie courtesy of Erin of Eurythmics Yahoo! Groups)

please remember to buy her upcoming album Songs Of Mass Destruction on 2 Oct oh, the silver line is showing itself!

Annie Lennox - Songs Of Mass Destruction, out 1 Oct 2007.

ahhhhh, at last, the music world gets another dose of class!!!!!!!!!

annie lennox, being wonderful as usual ... with lisa kudrow, miss piggy and others ...

well, mom sure had a good mother's day weekend - she struck 4D! not a lot lah, but she is happy. so phew! 
our MD eve lunch @ Holiday Inn Atrium didn't go too well cos she was not feeling well and it was a rainy day and it was slightly miserable. but the food is good, btw.
so she won last night and she is in a jolly mood today. 
sometimes choices make it so tough for the undecided. or those of us too lazy to make a decision. 
i've got some points from SQ that will expire in June so I wanted to use it. the expiring points is enough for a flight to malaysia or indonesia. bali is not my usual place, so that's out. 
so now - penang or kl? 
penang where it'll be pleasure and family but i'll be a prisoner for two days (albeit a well fed one),or kl where i'll have to review a couple of things but i'm free, can meet friends and makan a lot. 
how?
ps: 
i've had such a relaxing long weekend that i'm lethargic. all i did was sleep, eat, watch TV shows and movies (completed kinky boots (not bad), will & grace (ok), and ice age 2 (blah!) - the best is still Scary Movie 4). and i re-listened to Annie Lennox's Medusa. it's damn excellent lor.
yesterday, i actually had to literally sit down to decide if i should continue shopping or head to the gym! i shocked myself with my laziness! (for the record, i went to the gym) 
and this is how i'm deciding if i'm going to the gym tomorrow - i'll see what time i wake up. 
aiyoh. 
the only real feeling i had all weekend was from this morning when i was annoyed - opened up the papers and there was a mistake. sigh. on the one day that is vital and when i had left word upon word upon more words about how it should be. i am not looking forward to tomorrow. 
right now, i'm just going to crawl right back into bed and read my book In Cold Blood. It's taking me forever to get through it.
also, didn't managed to see baby bernadine today. she goes home tomorrow. sigh, again.