Samp has a New Year's message today which includes this list of the reviews that had the most page hits in 2020.
Most Popular Reviews
A lot of these entries are to be expected – big hits, big names, big stories – but others ranged from “rather unexpected” to “completely shocking”. Here then are the Top Twenty Five Reviews as determined by page views over the last twelve months.
1. GOREE CARTER: Rock Awhile (For the third year running!)
2. ROY BROWN: Good Rocking Tonight
3. ROY BROWN: Butcher Pete (Sex… necrophilia… a boon to any website!)
4. WYNONIE HARRIS: Good Rockin’ Tonight
5. THE ORIOLES: It’s Too Soon To Know
6. JIMMY PRESTON: Rock The Joint
7. JOE MORRIS: Beans And Cornbread (A lot of hungry people around I guess)
8. JOHNNY OTIS (ft. LITTLE ESTHER & THE ROBINS): Double Crossing Blues
9. BILLY WRIGHT: You Satisfy
10. THE BLENDERS: Come Back Baby Blues (Really?!?!?)
11. FATS DOMINO: The Fat Man
12. WILD BILL MOORE: We’re Gonna Rock
13. THE RAVENS: Write Me A Letter
14. JIMMY LIGGINS: Cadillac Boogie
15. AMOS MILBURN: Chicken Shack Boogie
16. HAL SINGER: Cornbread (Sadly, many of these came after Singer’s death at the age of 100 in Sept.)
17. PAUL WILLIAMS: The Hucklebuck
18. SONNY THOMPSON: Long Gone
19. IVORY JOE HUNTER: Waiting In Vain
20. WYNONIE HARRIS: Grandma Plays The Numbers
21. FRANK CULLEY: Cole Slaw
22. ANDREW TIBBS: Bilbo Is Dead
23. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR: Mardi Gras In New Orleans
24. JOHNNY OTIS: Midnight In The Barrelhouse
25. BIG JAY McNEELY: The Deacon’s Hop (tie)
25. TUFF GREEN: Let’s Go To The Liquor Store (tie) (I can only assume this was because so many people stuck inside had this on their mind)