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Post by Mike on Jan 23, 2012 14:34:27 GMT -5
Well, while we'e waiting for the XM show to make itself known, we can already go with one Triple so far this week:
John Lennon scores a self-contained triple on 1/31/81 - his own "Woman" and "(Just Like) Starting Over" (the latter of which falls from #1 this week), and he & Paul McCartney share lead vocals on The Fab Four's Archive song, "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
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Post by mkarns on Jan 23, 2012 23:22:00 GMT -5
For this week, we get a triple play from Steely Dan: "Do It Again" (1973); "Peg" (1978); and "Hey Nineteen" (1981).
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Post by mkarns on Jan 30, 2012 11:31:58 GMT -5
One triple this week, from Michael Jackson, solo and group: "Mama's Pearl" (1971); "Enjoy Yourself" (1977); and "The Way You Make Me Feel" (1988).
George Harrison and Elton John are in both the 1971 and 1988 shows, but miss 2/5/77 by a week. In Elton's case, it was because "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" slipped out of the top 40 that week; but the song does appear as an LDD in the 2/6/88 countdown.
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Post by Mike on Feb 6, 2012 16:19:34 GMT -5
We have another instance of a self-contained triple, again while waiting for the XM show to be known.
This time, it's The Bee Gees on 2/10/79: "Tragedy" is #29, "Too Much Heaven" is #9, and "Stayin' Alive" is the second LDD.
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Post by mkarns on Feb 6, 2012 20:20:50 GMT -5
We have another instance of a self-contained triple, again while waiting for the XM show to be known. This time, it's The Bee Gees on 2/10/79: "Tragedy" is #29, "Too Much Heaven" is #9, and "Stayin' Alive" is the second LDD. Now that XM has disclosed 2/9/74, we have a triple from Olivia Newton-John: "Let Me Be There", "A Little More Love", and "Physical".
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Post by freakyflybry on Feb 20, 2012 20:44:06 GMT -5
Looks like there are two triple plays this week.
Linda Ronstadt had "You're No Good" at #8 on 2/22/75 and "How Do I Make You" at #20 on 2/23/80, plus "Tracks Of My Tears" on Sirius XM's 1976 show.
Similarly, Barry Manilow had "Mandy" at #36 on 2/2/75 and "When I Wanted You" at #22 on 2/23/80, plus "I Write The Songs" on the 1976 show.
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Post by mkarns on Mar 5, 2012 1:31:04 GMT -5
Looks like there are two triple plays this week. Linda Ronstadt had "You're No Good" at #8 on 2/22/75 and "How Do I Make You" at #20 on 2/23/80, plus "Tracks Of My Tears" on Sirius XM's 1976 show. Similarly, Barry Manilow had "Mandy" at #36 on 2/2/75 and "When I Wanted You" at #22 on 2/23/80, plus "I Write The Songs" on the 1976 show. You missed the Eagles, with "Best of My Love" (1975), "Take It To the Limit" (1976), and "The Long Run" (1980). For this week Michael Jackson is represented in all three, with "I Am Love" (Jackson 5-1975), "Enjoy Yourself" (Jacksons-1977), and "Man In the Mirror" (solo-1988). (Interestingly, just five weeks ago MJ had a triple which also included 1977 and 1988.)
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 5, 2012 8:10:45 GMT -5
It is worth noting that among the top 5 artists in songs played on these series(who are the only artists I keep track of) this past week, only one artist had ANY songs and that was Barry Gibb/Bee Gees who had 4 songs (3 on the 3/4/78 show alone) and none of the other 5 had any songs. Elton John, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and MJ were all shutout. In 2+ years of keeping track of the top 5 artists, there had never been a week when 4 out of the 5 were shutout.
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Post by freakyflybry on Mar 19, 2012 3:19:31 GMT -5
Looking at this week's shows...
Aretha Franklin has a triple play; "Master Of Eyes" on the 1973 show, "Until You Come Back To Me" on the 1974 show and "Another Night" on the 1986 show.
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Post by freakyflybry on Mar 26, 2012 1:43:30 GMT -5
This week:
Hall & Oates have a triple play: "Sara Smile" is #39 on 4/3/76, "Rich Girl" #1 on 3/26/77 and "Kiss On My List" on 3/28/81.
ABBA also has a triple play: "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" is #26 on 4/3/76, "Dancing Queen" #3 on 3/26/77 and "The Winner Takes It All" #12 on 3/28/81.
So does Barry Gibb: 2 songs with the Bee Gees ("Fanny" #23 on 4/3/76 and "Boogie Child" #20 on 3/26/77), plus one song with Barbra Streisand ("What Kind Of Fool" #10 on 3/28/81).
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Post by freakyflybry on Apr 2, 2012 0:21:03 GMT -5
While we're waiting for Sirius XM's show to be known, let's see what triple plays are possible.
First up, the double plays from the Premiere shows:
- Billy Joel (Just The Way You Are - on both shows!/The Longest Time) - KC (Boogie Shoes/Give It Up)
If the show is 1973 or earlier, there will be no triple play. 1974's show was a special, but if Sirius XM skips ahead to 4/13/74, Billy Joel has "Piano Man" on there. 1975 also had a special, but the nearest weekly show gives no triple plays. 1976 would give no triple play regardless. 1977 has KC & the Sunshine Band at #25 with "I'm Your Boogie Man". 1979 has "Big Shot" by Billy Joel
A few near-misses on the 1984 show that have songs on 1978 (Paul McCartney, Olivia Newton-John, Barry Manilow all had songs recently make the top 40).
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Post by Mike on Apr 9, 2012 13:02:05 GMT -5
Quite a few doubles this week, but there's only one Triple that I can see, and it's another one from one of the usual suspects - Paul McCartney:
4/10/71: "Another Day", #5 4/15/78: "With a Little Luck" with Wings, #12 (I assume this will be the week XM plays) 4/18/87: "Band on the Run" with Wings, AT40 Extra
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Post by freakyflybry on Apr 16, 2012 11:24:02 GMT -5
Let's see what we have this week:
Elton John has a triple play this week: "Friends" on the 1971 show, "Philadelphia Freedom" on the 1975 show and "Empty Garden" on the 1982 show.
John Lennon also has a triple play: "Power To The People" on 1971, "Stand By Me" on 1975 and he's also part of the "Beatles Movie Medley" on the 1982 show.
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Post by freakyflybry on Apr 23, 2012 11:36:14 GMT -5
This week we have a triple play from Michael Jackson: with his brothers he has "Dancing Machine" in 1974 and "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)" in 1979, plus the solo "Off The Wall" in 1980.
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Post by freakyflybry on Apr 25, 2012 0:43:21 GMT -5
This week we have a triple play from Michael Jackson: with his brothers he has "Dancing Machine" in 1974 and "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)" in 1979, plus the solo "Off The Wall" in 1980. Actually, make it a quadruple play, as "Rockin' Robin" was on the Dick Clark guest-hosted show.
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