A year after it’s release, the gorgeous throwback love ballad “Until I Found You” by adorable 19-year-old Nashville crooner Stephen Sanchez reaches the top spot on my Weekly Top 30. With it’s wonderful retro 50s doo wop vibe, highlighted by Sanchez’ beautiful jangly guitar and vibrant vocals, I cannot get enough of it! The song quickly went viral on TikTok, and has reached #1 in Malaysia, #5 in the Philippines and on the Billboard AAA chart, but only recently began climbing the Hot 100 Chart, where it currently sits at #88. The song is included on his 7-track EP Easy On My Eyes, which dropped August 19th.

For the marvelous official video, which came out in late June, Sanchez channels his inner Elvis, also pairing himself with a Marilyn Monroe lookalike as his love interest with whom he sings the song in a duet (although the layered vocals on the track are all his, from what I can tell). He told Rolling Stone “I was obsessed with the style of the 50s when I was growing up. The glamorous cars, movie theaters, mom & pop shops. I romanticized all of its visually stunning colors and sleekness. I wanted to implement all of that beauty into my dream of being a 1950s singer debuting his ‘hit’ song on the Ed Sullivan Show.”

In other chart highlights, the hauntingly beautiful “Broken Record” by British artist NAVE, and “SUPERMODEL” by Italian band Måneskin, each climb three spots to #3 and 4, respectively, and “Viva Las Vengeance” by Panic! At the Disco enters the top 10 at #9. Making their debut this week are “boy” by The Killers, at #28, and “Giants” by WALK THE MOON, at #30. As an old geezer myself, it’s heartening to see songs by veteran artists and bands over 40 like Sharon Van Etten, Jack White, Muse, Death Cab for Cutie, Jimmy Eat World, the Killers, Damon Albarn of Gorillaz, and Brian and Marc of The Star Crumbles, all of whom are still at the top of their game.

1. UNTIL I FOUND YOU – Stephen Sanchez (2)
2. CLOSER – The Frontier (1)
3. BROKEN RECORD – NAVE (6)
4. SUPERMODEL – Måneskin (7)
5. MISTAKES – Sharon Van Etten (4)
6. THE FUNERAL – YUNGBLUD (3)
7. FAILURE TO COMPLY – MISSIO (8)
8. LEMON TREE – Mt. Joy (9)
9. VIVA LAS VENGEANCE – Panic! At the Disco (11)
10. ABOUT DAMN TIME – Lizzo (5)
11. BONES – Imagine Dragons (13)
12. BREAK MY SOUL – Beyoncé (15)
13. LIN MANUEL – Onism E (14)
14. TEK IT – Cafuné (16)
15. SIDELINES – Phoebe Bridgers (17)
16. WHAT’S THE TRICK? – Jack White (20)
17. GREY – Holy Coves (18)
18. HERE TO FOREVER – Death Cab for Cutie (21)
19. COMPLIANCE – Muse (19)
20. SYNCHRONIZE – Milky Chance (10)
21. PLEASE WRITE RESPONSIBLY – Granfalloon (25)
22. PART OF THE BAND – The 1975 (26)
23. UNCONDITIONAL I (LOOKOUT KID) – Arcade Fire (12)
24. SEASICK – The Rare Occasions (27)
25. FREE – Florence + the Machine (28)
26. CRACKER ISLAND – Gorillaz featuring Thundercat (29)
27. SOMETHING LOUD – Jimmy Eat World (30)
28. BOY – The Killers (N)
29. DESPERATELY WANTING – The Star Crumbles (23)
30. GIANTS – WALK THE MOON (N)