The Bobby Bones Show - BOBBYCAST - Who is the Greatest All-Time Pop Star? Pop Star Draft!

Episode Date: May 13, 2026

Bobby, Eddie and Brandon Ray debate the biggest names in music with an all-time Pop Star Draft. They make their picks, defend their rankings, and argue over where legends like The Beatles, Lady Gaga, Elton John and the Bee Gees belong in the conversation. Bobby also shares stories about Lady Gaga, playing ping pong with Scott Stapp, and the time he kissed Elton John before AI weighs in with its own rankings. Watch The BobbyCast on Netflix! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast Follow on TikTok: @TheBobbyCastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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or whatever you get your podcast. Hey, it's Bobby Bones. Welcome to episode 609 of the Bobbycast. On this episode, myself, Eddie, Brandon Ray are going to draft the all-time greatest pop stars. Each of us will draft five of the greatest pop stars. And if you're

listening to this, you can go vote for who has the best team. Just go to the Bobbycast Instagram. The poll will be up there. So let's get right to it. All-time pop-star draft. We have a wheel. Let's see who goes first. Spin the wheel, please.

Come on, baby. Big money. Big money. Come on, baby. No whammies. I need this. Oh, that's stupid. Let's go.

All right. Eddie is first. Who are you taking as your first overall pop star of all time? Wow. Number one's a lot of pressure. But I'm going to go with the greatest pop star of all time, and that's Elvis Presley. Wow. I did not think after you said the greatest pop star of all time that Elvis Presley would be the answer.

I do get why you pick Elvis. I know who you're thinking of. Yeah. And it was between maybe them too. Okay. I don't know that I'm going to pick them. But Elvis Presley is number one. Elvis Presley's off the board.

All right. So Facebook's going to have to really vote for you then. Yeah. That's old. That's old. All the older people. That's not a TikTok vote. You get it.

Yeah, you get the TikTok. Okay. Brandon, you're number two. Oh, it's me now? Yeah, it goes like a clock. Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, I thought we were spending it again. No, you just go one, two.

I thought you were going to say the king of pop, Michael Jackson. Correct. Is that who you're saying? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Okay. Are you disappointed with those two picks? Did we ruin your strategy? No.

No. Okay. It just depends what you're aiming for. It is all time, but I think I'm going to pander a bit. I'm going to go Taylor Swift. Oh, that's good. That's really good. I thought Taylor would make it to the second round, but I like it.

These were pretty good errors. Like you had old school, old school. I had like our childhood and now you have current. I mean, that checks. Yeah. Older. Are you? What are you even talking about?

Wait, who's older? I'm older than Brandon. Oh, you are? Yeah. Okay. So you are pandering. I think right now people are going to vote for Taylor Swift. Very smart.

I'm going Taylor Swift is my number one. pod star of all time. Okay. All right, back over to you, Eddie. Your round two pick. Okay. I feel like she was huge. Never was a fan of hers, really.

A lot of controversy around her. Even, you know, in the last 10 years, I would say she was still controversial. So I'm going to go Madonna. Oh, that's not right. I really did not think you were going to say. Wow, man. Madonna. Okay.

So Elvis and Madonna. Yeah. Got it. Madonna's a good one. She could have easily been picked in the first round as well. Right. Did not think by your setup. That's what you were saying.

I wonder what you guys were thinking. I'm going to give the same setup. A lot of controversy. A lot of hit songs. Guys, hit me baby one more time. I'm going to go Britney Spears. I was going to go Brittany next round. My next pick was going to be Britney if it wasn't yours.

Okay. Dang. Didn't make my list, guys. Wow. Okay, it's over to me. It's tough just getting a third overall pick, by the way. I'd like everybody to know. It really is.

Yeah. So, I would have picked Britney Spears with this pick. I'm going to go with someone who has been a massive pop star for a couple of decades. And there are different versions of how popular this star. is. And I think now more popular than ever, even though when this person became a pop star was a massive force.

Any guess? Now more popular than ever. So I'm going to go with the current person again. Now more popular. Oh. Oh. You don't have to write it down. Well, well, because if I don't, if that's not who it is, I'm going to pick that one later. I don't feel like I want to guess to give somebody. I really don't want to guess it. Okay.

My second pick then will be because I'm a believer, Justin Bieber. Oh, that's good. That's good. Okay. I didn't think you were going to go that way, but I'm like, you said about both my picks. Yes, I know. Dude, that's a solid list.

And I'm going to, and the reason when Bieber was a kid, like the first YouTube massive star, the first kid that launched from YouTube massive star. But my wife, who's in her 30s, watched both full sets of him at Coachella. We watched it on the screen. Like, people are as passionate now. And like he has a real credibility as an artist. He's grown from just being, you know, pop, putting out easy to make pop songs written by other people and producers

to now he's like a real life dude. For sure. So I'm going Justin Bieber as my number two pick on my pop star team. Wow. What a list. Elvis Madonna. All right, Eddie, you have Elvis and Madonna. Anybody else dead you like to put on there?

Yeah. Madonna's not dead. Oh, why did you just kill her? Well, not dead in the physical sense. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She did do Coachella with Sprinty Carpenter. There you go. Thank you, guys. So I think that I'm going to pander a little bit here, too.

I believe that if I put her on my list, I think I will definitely get some good votes out there. Give me Queen B. Beyonce. Okay. That's a good one. Thank you. I'd probably take her in a different round, but you know what? Really? For you?

How about it? I think she fits perfect on my team. Elvis, Madonna, Beyonce? Very diverse. Yeah. That's true. Especially in decades. Yeah, exactly.

All right. Brandon. You have Michael Jackson and Britney Spears. I feel like this person will pander. She definitely will. We're all just saying pander every pick now. But she is more relevant now than ever. again.

I came in like a wrecking ball with Miley Cyrus. Oh, that's a good one. I didn't have her on my list and that is a good one. That's who I added late, thinking that you were going to pick Miley. Do you like the catchphrases like when I say the song before? Or should I just say the name? You do you, man. Okay. Yeah, you do you except everybody stops saying Pander.

I use it once and all of a sudden you guys learned a new word. I mean, I just use it once. He's the one that did it three times. That's not good. He was third. All right. For my third pick out of five, let's see. I have Taylor Swift and Justin B.

Bieber. So, don't use it. Don't use the P word. I'm torn between two. What are the two? No, because you'll take one. Exactly.

And one of them, I don't know, it's popped up on you guys' list. But one of them is also the P word. Oh. Oh, I have a P word on my list. Yep. It's not pander. Neither is.

I'm going to go with, if we're doing greatest pop stars of all time, I'm going to go with the Beatles. Wait. Does that count as a pop star? Absolutely. Brandon. Pop, popular.

Star. Pop radio. Aren't they four stars? The Beatles is an entity. I feel like the Beatles are... Oh, fine. I got you. Fine.

You want to play that game? I got you. It's not a game. I got you. Do you guys not feel like the Beatles? We can vote. No, you could do it, dude. Go for it.

No, I think, yeah. I feel like nothing to me screamed pop like them playing Ed Sullivan and watching all those teenage girls scream their faces off. That to me was Justin Bieber and Black and White. There were definitely a pop band. I just didn't know we were going to put a band in there. But you didn't ask. No, I didn't.

There were no rules. No rules. Go for it. I like it. The Beatles. But there's nobody that's going to be a bigger band that you're going to take. So you're like, oh, okay, well, now I'm going to break the rules. That's the biggest.

You're right. That's the biggest pop band that we know. For sure. That's still just as relevant today. You got Beyonce covering Beatles songs. You've got all the documentaries coming out. I mean, it's still... Man. Why am I helping you? What am I doing?

I'm thinking about my next pick and I feel like I'm doing this out of spite and I shouldn't. Count of Crows? I know what you're going to say. I'm going to write it down. Just like go with whatever I was going to do. The monkeys?

No, no. Okay, so. I know what you're going to say. You have, what are not a spite. So you have Elvis, Madonna, and Beyonce. That number four on your list is going to be who? I'm going to go with a pop star. And inspired by your last pick.

Paul McCartney, but that's not going to with Paul McCartney, but that's not going to with Paul McCartney, but that's not going to with Paul McCartney, but that's not going to with Paul McCartney, but that's not going to Paul McCartney, but that's not going to Paul McCartney, but that's not. That's not going to win. But Paul McCartney is one part of the Beatles. Right. Ebony. No. Okay, well then put Stevie Wonder on there.

Well, no, no, that's just to do what they did. I have Stevie Wonder on my list, but... That's a shit list. I feel like that strategically was a bad move by you. See, and that's what I meant by like, I'm picking this out of spite and I shouldn't have. But you know what? Pick Ringo, Brandon. Really spite me.

Yeah, do it. Do it. Do it. Brendan, to add to your team, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus. Oh, man. I am torn. and not Natalie and Brulia. That's not on my list.

I'm going to say Justin Timberlake. I had them on my list. Dang. I'm surprised that you went Timberlake over in sync. Well, I'm thinking now as well. I'm thinking career span, right?

What's in sync doing today? Nothing. waiting for Justin Timberlake to let them do a reunion tour. Yeah, please. I hear you, but I don't think, in my opinion, a massive pop career is really defined by how long you can do it. Well, that's not what I mean. You just said to rate. Didn't you said?

Well, you said span, career span. Well, with Justin Timberlake, you get in sync as well. You don't get Insync as well. And see, that's my theory too with Paul McCartney. You get the Beatles. With Timberlake, you get from Like I Love You on, because I think that was his first song. What about Mickey Mouse Club? Okay.

You can have pre. You can have Star Search. Mickey Mouse. And that changes everything. Dude. I see what you mean. You don't get insane. But there are no rules.

But there are no rules. But the rules are you have to pick them, but you don't get the Beatles because you pick Palmy Cartney. It's in the mind. It's in the voter. In the voter. However they want to see it. But they're not going to see.

They're just going to see Justinberlake. And they're going to be like, oh, my God. We'll put this up on the Bobbycast to Instagram. We'll vote on the poll there. We'll put everybody, we'll put like a picture of all of these. Love it. And they can vote one, two, or three. But I don't think Justin Timberlake or Paul McCartney by themselves evoke as much emotion as in sync or the Beatles.

Sure, in your mind. But the voter could see it. It's all in the heart of the vote. You're not getting J.C. Chaze when you put Justin Timberlake. You're not getting Lance Bass. You're not getting Fraton. You're not getting Chris Cartpatrick. You're not getting Joey Fatone.

Right. Yeah. Which I had Joey Fatone. Oh, yeah. Take them out. I'll take them out. I just pick members of all y'all's bands. Okay, number four for me with Taylor, Beber, and the Beatles.

The question is, you all know about the P-word. Oh, so Paul McCartney wasn't your P-word? No. Okay. You think I was going to pick the Beatles and then Paul McCartney? I mean, double down, dude. Oh, no. I didn't think Paul McCartney.

I know who your P-word is. I know who he's going to say, too. I thought you would have thought that originally. But then I thought of Paul McCartney. Another P-word. Okay. I'm running out of pop stars, guys. Well, I have a million, but I just, there's like tears.

I'm going, Mariah Carey. Oh, bro. That's solid. I have it. Because I think she's a solid top 10. That was. But I don't think she's anybody's top three or four. I think where we are now at number four on the list.

Mariah Carey is my four. Okay. We all have one left. Mm-hmm. Are you going to the P-word? Should I take P word? Let me look at my, okay, 1950s. We have Elvis and the 50s.

Madonna's, huh, the 60s? Elvis, yeah, 60s. 50s, got it. Madonna, 80s. Beyonce, 2000s. Because you didn't pick Destiny's Child. Right. Just be, ooh.

Should I do that? Okay, Paul McCartney, you got 1960s all the way. You don't have Beatles. You don't get Beatles with Paul McCartney. You get Paul McCartney. You know what, heck, you can have wiener. Wings. Wings jam. You can have Pulparnia and Wings.

It's awesome with his wife. Linda? Falling Linda. Okay. Gosh, what do we do here? This is my last pick. Do I go modern? Or do I go with a legend?

You really don't have, Beyonce's pretty modern. She's the only modern. Yeah, you really don't have anybody super modern. Right. But it is all time. It is all time.

And I feel like we can't go too modern because, you know, That's just like Brandon was saying, that career span isn't a lot for them to be like a huge pop star. But, how am between two? P word, E word and R word. P word. I know that one. E word.

Two names on E word? Two is one name. And R word is one name. Yes. You got my words. Yeah. I think you got my word. Place on my list.

Place on my list. Place on my list. face on my list face on my list All right All right I made my decision I'm going

with R word Rihanna Oh That's true you say Ringo Okay Rihanna That is a very good broad

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Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake, who will you put on your pop star draft? This is tough. I'm between three as well. Give us the words. I've got a B.

I've got an L. And I've got a W. Okay, I know all three of them. Not Wynona, bro. Wynonna Judd. I think yours are going to be... The B is probably going to be Bruno Mars. I don't know.

The L is probably going to be Lady Gaga. Oh, yeah. And what was the other one? Wynne. You know what? The weekend. Whalen Jennings. My number five...

Pick the weekend. And... Pick Whalen Jennings. Pick to pick Whalen. Oh, man. My number five... is Whitney Houston. Oh, that's the W.

That's the W. That's better than the weekend. It's way better than weekend. Yeah. Good job, dude. Did you guys think W. Whitney Houston? Or did you think weekend?

You didn't know? You thought weekend? Yeah. Wow, I will always love you. All right, good team. That's a solid team, Brandon. Lady Gaga solid, though, too. If you'd pick Lady Gaga, yeah.

Once, way back in my early radio days, Lady Gaga had just put out her first song. It wasn't a hit yet. and we paid her $10,000 to come do a show for us, the morning show, or my morning show. $10,000 total. And she came and was the artist at something we had called Second Chance Prom, just so adults could get back together. And we had an artist that would play, but usually it was somebody small. But she was so, so, so new.

In the time that we paid the $10,000 until the time that she got there, which was like a seven-month period, she exploded. That's insane. People were lined up outside. And you had to buy tickets ahead of time. people were lined up outside just to have a shot to hopefully get in. It was really one of the most lightning in a bottle things that's ever happened to me and my career. Because again, there was really no foresight. And I bet she's going to blow up because the pop music, who knows who's going to blow up.

But we played Lady Gaga got $10,000. And by the time, to book her then, we looked, it was like $250,000 to get her to come do anything because she had two hits, but she, you know, super pop. But yeah, I don't pick her. That show was awesome. Oh, you were there? I was there. Wow. And I remember the line.

I remember pulling up and being like, wow, everyone is trying to get in here because she had blown up. How big of a place? It was a small. A couple thousand? Yeah. Wow. And were you working for the news then? I was.

Eddie wasn't working with me. He was like a news reporter. And I'd asked you for a couple tickets. You hooked me up. A couple tickets. You're like costing $1,000. I know. How did that moment stack up?

Lady Gaga, how would you compare Lady Gaga to playing ping pong with Scott Stapp? With Scott Stapp. That's Creed. Well, playing ping pong with Scott Stapp backstage before Crete. show was free. Oh, yeah, it's true. But he whooped me. Really?

Like he was really, really, you know, with arms, like, right over nothing. Yeah. Okay, so I got one more pick here. So now I can talk mine out. So P is Prince, obviously.

Obviously. Obviously. Well, I have another P. Who else would you have had? Pink. Oh, pink's good too. She didn't make the Rock and Hall of Fame this year, did she? No.

We were right. We voted for her, right? No, we didn't only because we felt like she was too relevant and there were certain people if they didn't make it this year that we felt like they would die. Yeah. So we put some of them in. So Prince is on my list. Lady Gaga's on my list.

Bruno Mars is on my list. Katie Perry's on my list, but not a great person. So I'm going to stay away from her. I don't think you dropped her. No, thanks. I also have Usher. I have Ed Shearin. That's a good one.

I have, and I'm not going to pick it, but when I went on it, all the way through. I did pick a global dominance. Jason Derulo? Why would that come to mind? Global? Jason Derulo. Why does that mean global?

He's huge, right? Anybody. Darula's pretty big. Yeah, but you said global dominance. I was thinking Abba. Oh, that's the heck of the day. But I don't, you picked the Elvis, dude. I thought you were going to say, I know.

I thought you said you too. Oh, yeah. So. Let's not give him anymore. Well, it's over. No. It's not over. He's got to pick one.

Okay. Because you two's a good one. But Abba, I don't think people understand just how big, unless you, like, know, or you're from Europe, or you look, I don't think you know how big Abba really was. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because all over the world, they were monsters. I have one that is super legend to pick, and I don't really have an era. I have the Beatles. I don't know if I want to go double era.

Are you another band? You think you another band? Okay, you're done with bands. Yeah. Were they and we are the world? Oh, good question. No. I think Stevie Wonder is a fun one too.

Ray Charles. Well, hey, what are you doing? Got to stop giving you. I would have picked Ray Charles over Stevie Wonder, though. So once I said Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles was off. Yeah, only I'm vision impaired, so I can only have one other vision impaired person. We don't want a whole. Be too much.

Another one that I thought about, and again, I think it was like older pop. with Celine Dionne. That's a good one. He's still doing her thing. And then I thought Shakira International for 25, 30 years. Yeah.

And then I thought David Bowie. Oh, David Bowie's a good one. Yeah. Wow. You have a lot of options here for that last pick. Well, I also thought somebody that I'm friends with Lionel Richie.

Yeah, that's a great one. We are the world. The ringleader, man. And then... He was the ringleader. When I picked the Beatles, it kind of killed me from taking the Spice Girls. Because I was only going to put one band. That was my six.

Spice Girls were... You should still do the Spice Girls. I think you should. Please do the Spice. Global dominance. I think I'm going to go. Spice. Spice of your life.

I have a pick that I feel like it's so good for me to pick, but I don't think people are going to get it. What do you mean? They're not going to get it? Kind of Crows? I don't think they're going to understand how big of a pop story. I was because they're only going to remember him from a different phase in his life. Interesting.

Oh. I wonder if I'm thinking of the same person. No. Who's that? John Mayer? No. Just start with a G? Mm-mm.

Who's that? George Michael? No, but I did have him way down my list. Wham? You have Garth in there? Mm-mm. Not a pop star. Oh.

Crossed over a little bit, not a pop star. I'm sure. I'm sure. I'm sure. I'm wondering who you're thinking of. Somebody that thought was fun was Phil Collins, though. That's a good one. 80s for sure.

But like, even when he was at his most pop, he was still dressing like a banker. khakis with a button up. Skinny tie. Loafers. Okay, I'll tell you who I'm bouncing between. And I don't need any reaction. Fine. Because I've eliminated all the boy bands.

Backstreet boys were definitely going to be up there, but I feel like if I'm doing the Beatles, I've got to cut the bands out of the rest of it. Yeah, because that was cheap anyway. Yeah, so that was one, Jennifer Lopez. I thought of Jay-Lo. It's a big one. Yeah.

It was a good one. Is she still who you're trying to decide? Yeah. The one that I'm really leaning toward is Frank Sinatra. That's a good one. Because nobody in that, he's like the king. But let me tell you, man, back in the day, that he was it. But I think so many people will just know him from being old. Yeah.

I don't, I mean, I'm not going to help you, but. But man, he was the pop star back in the day. I'm going to go with. Prince. The P-word. You're going to have to go to the P-word. He's just, well, I've been enough. That's good.

He died in most people's lives who are probably watching or listening to this. I just felt like Frank Sinatra was a little too old. It's kind of like the Willie Nelson syndrome. We only remember Willie Old. Yeah. Even pictures. Willie's always been old. Even when he wasn't.

Yeah. So, okay. And he's got Elvis Madonna, Beyonce, Paul McCartney. I think that's your weakest because you just took something out of a book. No, he covers the whole Beatles, but yeah. And I think had he been ahead of the pick of the Beatles, I was just thinking that. In the fact that he's at four and the Beatles are three, it definitely looks like you ripped me on. I was just thinking that.

And Rihanna is at five on Eddie's team. Rihanna. Brandon, Michael Jackson, Brittany Spears, Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake, Whitney Houston. Brandon, that is solid. Solid. Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, the Beatles, Mariah Carey Prince. Oh, that's solid. I mean, all the, every list is really solid.

Who's the weakest of all those? Do you want to see what AI said is the weakest? I don't always trust AI, though. Yeah, but let's see what they say. What is AI? Because AI, I put them all in and it ranked everybody. AI can't give Paul McCartney the win, though. And I kind of agree with it.

You agree with the ranking. Okay. Are you scared of the Paul McCartney fight? I'll put it up there if you want to do it. Okay, let's see what AI says. Go ahead. You know what I believe in it. Oh, wow.

You know what I believe in it. I thought Bobby Woodley. would win. In third place, Brandon. This is, according to the AI, still a killer

lineup, but slightly less balanced. Everybody listening, don't just, just pause it. Just mute it. Real quick. Michael Jackson,

the greatest pop star ever, Britney Spears, pop princess, Miley Cyrus, versatile, Justin Timberlake, strong but not top tier, Whitney Houston, one of the greatest voices

ever. Why Brandon's at three? Having Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston is insane, but after that it dips slightly. Wow.

Less total catalog dominance and fewer disputed goat tier. Oh, goat tier. Across the roster. Okay. Eddie. Elvis, Madonna, Beyonce, Paul McCartney, Rihanna. This team screams icon status and longevity. You nailed it, AI.

Elvis, the original pop superstar. Madonna, the blueprint. Beyonce, elite performer and cultural force. Paul McCartney, Beatles legacy. Yes. Thank you, AI. Rihanna hit machine. While this might be the coolest team, it spans generations perfectly.

It's loaded with icons. they lose a little edge to Bobby's team in peak chart dominance and overall depth of hits across all members. Oh, the stats. Interesting. So if we go to mine, they call mine the Avengers of Pop. Wow. That's pretty good. Taylor Swift, arguably the most dominant artist of the modern era. Justin Bieber, massive global pop force for 15 plus years.

The Beatles, the most influential band of pop history. Mariah Carey, one of the best-selling artists ever, and Prince, elite talent, innovation, and cultural impact. why this team wins. Modern dominance, historic dominance with the Beatles, once in a generation artistry with prints, chart monsters. There are basically no holes here. Every category is covered at an elite level.

Good job, man. I guess let let that then. No, we will let the people vote. No, we will let the people vote. I guess it's fine. I did not think that I would win if asked by AI. I thought that Brandon would be the winner. I think, I mean,

AI is thinking about it in a different way. Like, if you look at it that way, Mike, what's the question you asked it? I just put, and put the prompt up here. So we can see exactly what Mike asked. I said, can you rank each of these popsars on who has the best and strongest team, this list?

Oh, I mean, that's what people are going to do. I think that's good. It is, it is subjective. Okay, so AI gets, what, one vote? Sure. Is it electoral college? Right. Exactly.

What about honorable mention? Can we explore? I actually listed off like 20 on my list. Everything that you were listed. Except you didn't have Elton John. I thought you picked him. I didn't. He was one of the ones that was kind of debating.

I think because you mentioned him, I didn't mention him again. I thought you were going to say cold play after Bobby brought up bands. Oh, interesting. No, when I was thinking about a possible band, it would be the Rolling Stones. I thought about leading with a boy band, but then I thought one of you guys would grab the Beatles if I did that. So I knew if I came with the Beatles first. There really was nothing else you could come with.

Aretha Franklin was on my list. That's a good one. That's good. But again, these are just historical people that I only know of from watching documentaries and listen to the old music. Like, I didn't get to experience that pop thing. And for me, the Beatles thing is the same, but I've just, that Ed Sullivan performance. Like, I can think of the Beatles doing Ed Sullivan, playing at Shea Stadium, the Mets. Yep.

Like, I've seen that a thousand times. All the girls in the crowd crying. Yeah. Yes. Okay. Biggest pop star of the 50s. Elvis. Yeah.

Let's see. Probably Elvis, right? Yeah. But so to Frank Sinatra, when, so he was 50s, right? Yeah. So that would have been up against Elvis. The biggest pop star are the 50s, Elvis Presley. Okay.

You're right there. I think of his at Sullivan Show too. Oh, yeah. Frank Sinatra at 2, Chuck Berry at 3. Oh, wow. Little Richard at 4, and then one of my favorites of all time at 5. Every day. Oh, Buddy Holly, man.

Yes, that's good. Very short run. Yeah. Yeah. But buddy, okay, let's go to the 60s. Can you guess who they're going to say is the biggest pop star of the 60s? The 60s.

The Beatles. Oh, it still could be the Beatles. Okay, let's take anybody out we've asked. It's going to be somebody new. Because Beatles are number one. They are? Yeah, they are number one. They were also the 50s.

But who do you think it would be somebody that we haven't listed? Or someone that hasn't, there wasn't the winner of the 50s. I see this one. I'm going to play the next round because I haven't looked up the next round. Okay. The 60s? I guess every, all music back then was pop. Right?

Like they didn't really separate genres. Yeah, unless it was like country and western. Yeah. Like I mean, you could say it was all pop because, yes, I agree. Like Beach Boys. Oh, what a great one. The Beach Boys. It's been a good one. Bob Dylan.

Man. The 60s. 60s, this is When I tell you, you'll go, yeah, it makes sense. What's the name start with? I would say it was, if you weren't, what's the name start with? Is it a band? Yeah, it's a band.

It's a band, and I would think most people fought. Just like Kendrick Lamar, I would think it was either the Beatles or Beach Boys. No. Oh, Rolling Stones. Oh, wow. So they do have the Beatles at number one, but they have the Rolling Stones. Stones at number two. Elvis at three, but he was the 50s guy. Aretha at four and the Supremes at five.

Wow. That's, yeah. I have not, I've not looked up the 70s yet. So who do we say? Okay, on my list, I almost picked it after you said the Beatles, but I'm just thinking of cultural and chart dominance. Led Zeppelin. The Beegis is a good one of the 70s.

The Begis are my, it would be my ABA pick. Okay. Yeah. Massive, but I don't think the significance of the BGs is really known by like people in America. they were big here. I mean, I'm thinking about this list. The AI, what it was saying?

Beasges is a great pick. I don't think I would ever got there. Yeah. I think Barry Gibb wrote ions in the stream. Yeah. And produced it. Wow. I didn't know that.

Yeah. Okay. I'm going to go. I still think David Bowie's big. So he's 70s. So that's a year. Yeah. David Bowie.

What about like Stevie Wonder? That's 70s, right? Yeah. Oh, it's good. He lived in a few generations. Mm-hmm. Because I saw him on the Cosby show in the 80s, and that's when I became.

Yeah. Because there was, like, the accident where they rear-ended Stevie Wonder. And so the Cosby Show, they go to his studio, the recording studio, and they're like, oh, it's Stevie Wonder, and he's like, I'm just going to record a little something. And I don't remember this exactly. But then he's, like, playing. I just call to say a-la. And then they have everybody up singing along with the song.

That's funny. No, dude. It's crazy because those episodes don't live long now because we can't watch the Cosby Show anymore. Right. So. Well, you just said one. You thought I was going to say Led Zeppelin. That's a good one.

That's a good. David Bowie. Billy Joel. Yes. That's a really good one. I would have put him in the 80s for me. That feels early, early Billy Joel. Yeah.

Because like piano, man, I think that's 70s, right? I'd be wrong about that. I would have guessed 80s. Okay, I haven't hit this yet, so I don't know who it is. I'm going to, I'll, it's got to be somebody we've mentioned. And I would even still keep Alba in there. Is there anybody we're forgetting from the 70s?

I got one. Is there anybody from Woodstock? That was 69, but that rolls over. I got a good one. If you were talking about 70s, Barbara Streisand. Oh, that is. I know nothing about her. That's so good, though.

Yes. I mean, not me personally, but I'm just saying like huge, you know. If you were a big fan. Yeah. Okay, are we ready? Thank you. It's Barbara. Come on.

In the 70s, it was. Oh, we missed it? Did we miss it? We missed it. We missed it. We're so stupid. Hold on. Can we?

And you know what? All of ours ended up making the list because at number two was Abba. And number three was Stevie Wonder. At number four with the Bejys, great, great pitch there. Number five was David Bowie. We missed it. No way. I'll read you a little.

Oh, Elton John? Yes. Elton John. Huge. They're so stupid. Huge. You know, that's stupid. Did you feel that? Elton John, hit machine.

Your song, Rocket Man, Crocodile Rock, Bidon, the Jets. Don't go break in my heart. Multiple albums a year at times back then. Crazy. Huge in the U.S. and internationally. His outfits, his longevity. Oh, yeah. Also, the only dude I've ever kissed on the mouth.

The only one? Mm-hmm. Wow. The Bobbycast. We'll be right back. Pride month, Toronto. Pride is an opportunity for you to create your own space. to celebrate your existence.

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I'm almost certain the only did ever kiss on the mouth. Yeah, when did that happen again? A charity event, and he was that main performer. I was hosting it and telling jokes. So we were sitting together. It was right whenever him and his husband had adopted a child and he had his iPad out and he was showing his pictures of his baby. He was so happy.

And we had dinner. And there's like eight of us sitting around this table. It was in a big room. And so the whole time, like, it's freaking crazy. I'm sitting next to Elton John having dinner. And so I go up and do my thing and tell a few jokes and do some of the lifting. Like, this is how you donate. And you had to pay a decent amount to get into this place to watch a show.

It's a private Elton John show. and so I didn't because I was hosting it for the record I shouldn't say that should be like yeah I also paid for the record so everyone knows and how much did you donate and so he goes up and it's just him on a piano and he has so many songs he has a prompter

of all his lyrics and so he's playing them all and at the end of every song he would stand up and get a standing ovation it was like built in that's funny so he'd get a standing ovation every song he'd sit back down and play another one and at the very very end he would go down and he was like shaking everybody's hand

and he grabs him by hitting on, plant that big one on me and this keeps walking. Nice, dude. That's so cool. Yeah, it's really cool. What a great memory. It is really cool.

Yeah, Elton John. Wow. Okay. I think the 80s is easily going to be Michael Jackson. It has to be Michael Jackson. Who's going to be number two? Madonna.

Oh, Madonna. Madonna's huge. Madonna's got to be two. After you mentioned bands, I mean, in the 80s, that's a good one. Oh, wow. I think of like Cindy Lopper.

Oh, that's a good one, Cindy Lopper. But then, you know, we could talk about like 80s hair bands, but like the cultural impact, Kiss. Would that be? Kiss didn't have. They like one, two songs. Couple songs. What are they just face paint? You sure?

Are you sure? Yeah. Well, what about like Ozzy? Ozzy is good. I think Aussie is 60s, though, 70s. Okay. Because, like, Black Sabbath. Because Ozzy would be like 80s.

I think there's no chance. if I said give me top 50 of the 80s, kiss wouldn't be on the list. Top 50. Top 50 pop. Yeah. Yeah. You think they would be... But I mean, to have cultural significance, I think that makes you pop.

I think they would be in the top 25. I think they would. Top 50, maybe wrong, top 25. Okay, let's go to 80s. Okay, what you think it's gonna be Michael Jackson? Madonna. Madonna. See if I can pull the whole top five here.

Okay. Prince. Yes, Prince. George Michael. I don't know. No. Or was that Wham? What was Wham?

What do you mean? Was early 80s? 80s. I'm thinking of Lionel Richie. Lionel Richie, too. Okay, let's see. Guys, where was Queen? 70s?

Okay, so it must have been. All right. All right, here we go. From the 80s, top five, Michael Jackson at number one. Okay. Obviously. Number two, Madonna. Okay.

Number three. Kiss. Prince. Kiss. Jesus. So we got four. of the five. Okay.

Number five was George Michael. Okay. So it wasn't there. Okay. Good. Number four was Whitney Houston. Ah, we forgot. So it was M.J.

Madonna, Prince, Whitney Houston, and George Michael. Okay. 90s? It's got to be boy bands, right? Bernie Spears, it's got to be number one. Yes. Brittany Spears, boy bands, Christina Aguilera. Okay.

So the boy bands will be Backstreet Boys and Inc. Those will be the two. Okay. I say it's Brittany. At one. Why? Who do you think? That's, is it, how, how late 90s was, was Brittany and, like, insane? That was that, like, 96, 97?

No, it was later than that. Okay. There you go. So I'm thinking, like. If you say Nirvana. Yeah, I'm thinking, like, Kirkobane, like, the grunge era. I still say Brittany. Oh, for sure.

But I'm thinking for the other ones, like, I mean, you could even say Cheryl Crow. What about, like, MC Hammer? Oh, Vanilla. That's one of a lot. Has Hammer had a little more. Okay, but we're predicting what they're going to say. My prediction is going to be Brittany. Oh, you're right about the 2000s, though, because that's boy bands.

Yeah. It's going to be Brittany, a couple boy bands, Nirvana. Okay, with the early 90s. And Tupac. Oh, I forgot about the rappers. Oh, yeah. I'm going to add one for 90s, Celine Dion. Yeah, that's a good one.

Slond Jeanne. Slendian always felt like old person pop. For sure. Yes, yes. She did. You know, the mixed station, the 80s, 90s, and today. Easy listens on it. It was like the three songs from today that they would play in their 80s, 90s, and today with Celine Dion.

So who's our number one in the 90s? I think, I don't have an answer here. I think it's going to be Brittany. I do too. But it's so late. I remember 98, 99 playing that baby one more time for the first time. I was in radio as a teenager. I mean, Christine Aguilera is massive too, but again, that's going to be 2000s.

Yeah. You want 90s? You want it? Hit it. Top five. the number one is voice to men can't be because it's Madonna

oh okay and although she came back and had Ray Alight which was a jam I don't feel like it's Madonna I don't know no no no

unless you're going like 901, 91 92 and that does count but man she did hit hard again remember the song music when it came out? Oh yeah that was awesome

in the music I don't know what you're doing How did that song go music yeah that's it Is that? Yeah. Ray, like, okay, here we go.

Top five. So this is, there's only, Michael Jackson's on the list. So it had to be early 90s. Whitney Houston's on the list. Had to be early 90s. Bodyguard. I'm going to ask for some extras here because our list we couldn't have repeats. Mariah Carey.

Yes. So. Janet Jackson? Madonna. Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston were the top three. We're going to knock them off. Okay. Their list here, Mariah Carey, number one,

hit machine of the decade. Makes sense all through the 90s. For sure. Number two, Celine Dion. Oh, here we go. Number three, Britney Spears,

Backstreet Boys, because they were a little before in sync and Spice Girls. Very cool. Spice Girls. Yes. Does Spice Girls have other songs other than...

Want to become one. When two become one. I do remember that. Oh, that's a jam. Spice of your life. So they have wannabe. They have wannabe. Spice Up Your Life? Spice Up Your Life. Was that for the movie?

I'm giving you everything. All that joy you bring. This I swear. They go. This I swear. That was sporty. She brought it. She was actually the talent. Oh, was she really? Yeah. Best singer. Everything. Yeah. Spice Girls. Top stream songs, wannabe. Say you'll be there. Say you'll be there. That was that one, right? Yeah. I bought the I bought the single on a CD at Hastings in Pampa, Texas. Wow. Two become one. Two become one.

I don't know Viva forever. Hmm. But spice up your life. Okay. Okay. And then let's do 2000s? 2000s. That's got to be.

Brittany. If we're not putting Brittany and Backstreet Boys in there, it's got to have to be like insane. It's in sync for sure. I'm going to say 2000s, but no. I feel like this is. This is also where the rap comes. Back Street or Spice Girls. Big time.

Like the Biggie and the... Yeah. We're going in sync and Will Smith, Fresh Prince. Oh, no, that'd be 90s. That'd be 90s. That'd be 90s. Is this like... P. Diddy?

Yeah. This was his time. He's like, it was... Puff Daddy, R. Kelly. I mean, that was the time. That was Cosby. Hmm. Hmm. I'm going...

sync in 2000s. It's just a weird era because I don't know that... It's Janaya? Possibly. Okay, here we go. Pink? Oh, pink's a good one. Pink was starting to dominate or was that 2010s?

Whoa, whoa, what? What you see? Beyonce. Oh, Beyonce. There you go. Oh, here's a good one. Eminem. Perfect.

Usher. Usher. Rihanna, Justin Timberlake. Okay. Add 2010. Now it's like, is it Bieber? Oh, gosh, who knows. Nigel back.

2010 Clead, Nickelback Taylor Swift is number one and then we have Drake, Rihanna, Adele, Kanye. I was thinking about

Adele for your pop star for my, yeah, for my list but 2020s Taylor Swift, Ed Shearan.

Oh, that's good. Bad Bunny, the weekend, Drake, Olivia Rodriguez. Oh, nice. Post Malone in the Honorable mention,

Billy Elish. So there you go. We did a lot of pop talk, Darren. It was a lot of pop talk about that. Yeah, man. That feels good being the champ. Oh, are we still voting? No, no, you're not the champ.

You're not the champ. According to AI. So at, is it the Bobbycast or Bobbycast? The. Okay, at the Bobbycast. We will put it up. Go vote. And, hey, if I lose, I'll still say I was the winner.

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