Music: Country: Top 15 Country Songs on USA cable TV preceding week

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of May 31-June 6. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses. Hat Tip: Canada Press, via Sympatico.ca, my ISP provider. The list:

1. Movie: "ICarly Movie: IPsycho" (Friday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 4.98 million homes, 7.51 million viewers.

2. "Burn Notice" (Thursday, 9 p.m.), USA, 4.65 million homes, 6.61 million viewers.

3. "Royal Pains" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), USA, 4.11 million homes, 5.83 million viewers.

4. "Victorious" (Friday, 9 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.94 million homes, 5.95 million viewers.

5. Auto Racing: "Sprint Cup/Poconos" (Sunday, 1 p.m.), TNT, 3.61 million homes, 5.09 million viewers.

6. Movie: "ICarly Movie: IPsycho" (Saturday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.43 million homes, 5.241 million viewers.

7. "Big Time Rush" (Friday, 9:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.309 million homes, 4.71 million viewers.

8. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.305 million homes, 4.69 million viewers.

9. "2010 MTV Movie Awards" (Sunday, 9 p.m.), MTV, 3.27 million homes, 4.61 million viewers.

10. Movie: "ICarly Movie: IPsycho" (Sunday, 7 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.2 million homes, 4.77 million viewers.

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11. "NCIS" (Monday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.18 million homes, 4.14 million viewers.

12. "NCIS" (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.13 million homes, 4.12 million viewers.

13. "ICarly" (Friday, 7:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.12 million homes, 4.34 million viewers.

14. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.09 million homes, 4.37 million viewers.

15. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.04 million homes, 4.25 million viewers.

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Nickelodeon and MTV are owned by Viacom Inc. USA is owned by General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal. TNT is owned by Time Warner Inc.
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Aesthetics: Music: Top pop songs that changed the world, says Rolling Stone mag

Here's the Top 10 of Rolling Stone mag's just released list of the 40 pop songs that 'changed the world.'

1. Elvis Presley, "That's Alr+t"
2. Ray Charles, "I Got a Woman"
3. Chuck Berry, "Maybelline"
4. Bob Dylan, "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall"
5. The Kingsmen, "Louie Louie"
6. The Ronnettes, "Be My Baby"
7. Beatles, "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
8. Martha and the Vandellas, " Dancing in the Streets"
9. Rolling Stones, "Satisfaction"
10. Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"