Tunes : Sergei Rachmaninoff Rules!

It’s nearly New Year’s--time to get a jump on the best-of-’95 lists. Here are the year’s most popular selections at L.A. radio stations the list-makers usually overlook.

KFSG-FM/CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL

1. “Jesus”--Jon Gibson

2. “Field of Souls”--Wayne Watson

3. “Come Just As You Are”--Crystal Lewis

4. “No Doubt”--Petra

5. “Straight to the Heart”--Michael W. Smith

KKGO-FM/CLASSICAL

1. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 (“Choral”)--Ludwig van Beethoven

2. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, op. 18--Sergei Rachmaninoff

3. Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 16--Edvard Grieg

4. Scheherazade, op. 35--Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

5. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun--Claude Debussy

KLSX-FM/TALK RADIO (TOPICS)

1. Howard Stern on Jay Leno

2. “Melrose Place”

3. Can’t Be Best Friends with Member of Opposite Sex

4. Psycho Bitches

5. Spanking

KLON-FM/JAZZ

1. “Dedicated to Connie”--Modern Jazz Quartet

2. “Double Rainbow”--Joe Henderson

3. “With All the Bells and Whistles”--Bob Florence

4. “Hands on Percussion”--Hilton Ruiz

5. “The Heavyweight Champion”--John Coltrane

KCRW/PROGRESSIVE POP

1. “To Bring You My Love”--PJ Harvey

2. “Tindersticks”--Tindersticks

3. “Bjork”--Post

4. “Tricky”--Maxinquaye

5. “Lloyd Cole”--Love Story