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Post by Mike on Apr 11, 2011 10:25:05 GMT -5
No triple play from this past week, though we were slightly closer, with the two 70s shows having a few artists in common, and the two Premiere shows having a few artists in common - just none across-the-board. If XM turns out to be 4/14/79 (or even 4/21/79), then Michael Jackson will have one this week. The Billboard chart of 4/17/71 has him singing the Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye", 4/14 and 21/79 have him singing "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", and 4/19/80 has his own "Off the Wall". Actually, if XM has 72, 73, or 74, he'll get it as well with songs on those respective charts. But with Premiere doing 71, and having read that XM tends to do late 70s when Premiere does early 70s and vice-versa, the triple play with 79 included seems most likely. EDIT: Well, so much for that. With XM being 4/12/75, once again we have no triple play.
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 12, 2011 19:24:50 GMT -5
We have a triple play of popular years this week.....in the 70s, the most played year in 2011 on the 2 networks is 1975. It's on XM. The second most played year is 1971. It's on Premiere. The most played year in the 80s is 1980. You know where to find that one. Any chance we can have the opposite next week people? PLEASE! In the 70s, it would be 1974 and 77, played once so far this year and in the 80s, it would have to be 1987, only one show in nearly 6 months. Early prediction.....that trifecta will not happen. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careless_Whisper
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Post by Mike on Apr 12, 2011 19:39:09 GMT -5
It likely won't, particularly not 87, as 4/25/87 has been aired three times already.
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 16, 2011 17:51:31 GMT -5
While Andy Gibb has his triple in one show, Michael Jackson benefits from SXM's exploits as he gets the traditional triple play with ABC in 1970, Never Can Say Goodbye in 1971 and Off the Wall in 1980. SXM also played I Want You Back as a LDD so both of the Jackson Five's singles that predated the real AT40 were played.
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Post by mkarns on Apr 17, 2011 11:51:54 GMT -5
Putting together 4/23/77 and 4/23/83 presents three possibilities: Kenny Rogers, Hall & Oates, and Frida (ABBA and solo.) But unless SXM 7 doubles down on 1977, the only potential triple plays I see are Frida and Hall & Oates if they do 1976, which was just played a couple of weeks ago. So it's pretty unlikely this week.
**Assuming SXM plays 4/21/79, as indicated, no traditional triple play this week, unless you count the "Shuckatoom" theme opening all three shows. Also, if you include the opening recap of the previous week's top hits, 4/23/83 includes three Michael Jackson plays (two "Billie Jean", one "Beat It".)
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Post by Ponderous Man on Apr 21, 2011 5:09:18 GMT -5
There is a triple play this week and it goes to Chicago with "Free" in 1971, "No Tell Lover" in 1979 and "Will You Still Love Me" in 1987. That is the biggest range in a triple play this year. There's an inside joke going around between myself and a few other members of this board about Chicago always being present on AT40... this just proves it. Started one year (2007, I think) when there were several weeks in a row on the 80's show that there was a Chicago song, and a big deal was made when they weren't on one week. Since then, whenever I've done commentary for some of the shows, I've included a "Chicago update", regardless of whether they were charting that week or not. Just ask Hervard... he knows all about it. It just so happens that their career pretty much spans the entire length of "classic" AT40... ironic that their biggest hit happened to hit in the Shadoe era! Aw man! I thought that you were actually a Chicago fan!
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Apr 22, 2011 12:44:06 GMT -5
Actually, Look Away hit #1 for 2 weeks in 1988 and was on the top 40 for 16 weeks... during the Shadoe era.
But If You Leave Me Now from 1976 hit #1 for 2 weeks and was on the top 40 for 17 weeks and Hard To Say I'm Sorry was a #1 for 2 weeks in 1982 and was on the top 40 for 18 weeks.
So, Hard To Say I'm Sorry wins that race.
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Post by Mike on Apr 23, 2011 15:48:44 GMT -5
Actually, Look Away hit #1 for 2 weeks in 1988 and was on the top 40 for 16 weeks... during the Shadoe era. But If You Leave Me Now from 1976 hit #1 for 2 weeks and was on the top 40 for 17 weeks and Hard To Say I'm Sorry was a #1 for 2 weeks in 1982 and was on the top 40 for 18 weeks. So, Hard To Say I'm Sorry wins that race. Only one of those finished as the biggest hit of any given year, however. Plus, comparing hits from the later 80s using sheer statistics alone is really an apples-to-oranges comparison when compared with hits from the earlier 80s or even the 70s.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Apr 23, 2011 16:05:43 GMT -5
Yeah, the rankings were different, that had alot to do with it. Plus in the old days the november to november thing....
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Post by Mike on Apr 25, 2011 14:46:45 GMT -5
And we have a winner for this week! America pull it off with three of their better-known hits:
4/29/72: "A Horse With No Name", #5 4/26/75: "Sister Golden Hair", #32 4/30/88: "You Can Do Magic", first LDD
Of note is that while Paul Simon only gets two-out-of-three, the other LDD from 4/30/88 is "Mother and Child Reunion". Why yes, it's #26 on 4/29/72!
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 25, 2011 15:00:11 GMT -5
America pulls it off when their 2 biggest hits of the 70s and their biggest hit of the 80s. Not bad. Paul Simon having the same song on 2 different shows is quite unique.
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Post by Mike on May 2, 2011 22:59:19 GMT -5
We have a double Triple Play of sorts this weekend. Both Stevie Wonder and The Jacksons pull it off. Not Michael Jackson, THE Jacksons - plural!
5/5/73: Stevie has "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", and the Jackson Five have "Hallelujah Day". 5/7/77: Stevie has "Sir Duke", and the Jacksons have "Show You the Way to Go".
Stevie and MJ, of course, had featured solo parts in "We Are the World" - but Michael's siblings were a part of the chorus as well, thus the Jackson clan all get credit.
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Post by dukelightning on May 3, 2011 10:19:09 GMT -5
A triple play of #1s for Stevie and his 4th triple play of the year, more than any other artist.
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Post by mkarns on May 9, 2011 10:35:24 GMT -5
This week Paul McCartney gets a triple play, with "Band On the Run" (5/11/74), "Goodnight Tonight" (5/19/79), and "Ebony and Ivory" and "The Beatles Movie Medley" (5/15/82).
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Post by dukelightning on May 9, 2011 16:39:33 GMT -5
As Pete B. pointed out recently, McCartney was in every last week of April top 40 except 1975 in the 70s. So it stands to reason since that trend continued somewhat in the 80s that he gets a triple now. He should get a couple more in June and July.
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