Annie Lennox on U.S. singles chart after 13 years

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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

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