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Post by cpastrick on Aug 25, 2013 18:22:43 GMT -5
How about another song that never made the Top 40, but should have: "Hold Me" by Colin Hay.
It peaked at No. 99 in 1987, but I think it never got a fair shake for 2 reasons: a.) Colin Hay was NOT Men at Work. b.) The video was almost unwatchable — a cardinal sin back in ’87
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Post by jmack19 on Sept 3, 2013 0:54:22 GMT -5
Should have made Top 40:
Carly Simon - Vengeance The Romantics - What I Like About You
Songs that I would like to have heard Casey Kasem introduce on the charts(that just missed the Top 40):
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - A Real Mother For Ya Ronnie Milsap - Get It Up
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Post by rayshae3 on Sept 23, 2013 19:26:55 GMT -5
The selections all peaked inside the Top 50 but outside the 40, mostly one per year during classic Casey’s AT40 era; and are by release date/year, not the year of the Hot 100 peak/entry:
By release year; 1970: Silver Moon-Michael Nesmith & the First National Band 1971: Mother-John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (BB#43, while CashBox #19 & Record World #16) 1972: Tiny Dancer-Elton John 1973: The Free Electric Band-Albert Hammond 1974: The Black-eyed Boys-Paper Lace 1975: I Don’t Know Why-The Rolling Stones 1976: I Thought it Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)-Diana Ross (as others previously noted) 1977: two, both peaked at #41 Bloat on-Cheech & Chong Tried to Love-Peter Frampton 1978: Sing for the Day-Styx 1979: Let Me Know (I Have a Right)-Gloria Gaynor 1980: Need Your Loving Tonight-Queen 1981: two again, both peaked at #41 But You Know I Love You-Dolly Parton Nightwalker-Gino Vannelli 1982: Secret Journey-The Police 1983: Take the Short Way Home-Dionne Warwick 1984: Hands Tied-Scandal featuring Patty Smyth 1985: two again Walking on the Chinese Wall-Philip Bailey America-Prince & the Revolution 1986: Tasty Love-Freddie Jackson 1988: Better be Home Soon-Crowded House
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Post by chrislc on Jan 26, 2014 22:24:04 GMT -5
If You Can't Give Me Love - Suzi Quatro - #45 June 1979
What a voice.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Feb 17, 2014 13:06:33 GMT -5
Into My Love, Greg Guidry #80, 1982
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Post by pointpark04 on Feb 17, 2014 14:35:58 GMT -5
Just a few off the top of my head:
"Strangelove '88", Depeche Mode, which topped out at 50 in the fall of 1988.
Also from late 1988, "As Long as You Follow", Fleetwood Mac, only reaching 43 in early '89.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 2, 2014 16:48:06 GMT -5
Juliet, Robin Gibb #104 (1983)
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Post by UnknownEric on Mar 14, 2014 13:17:25 GMT -5
1988: Better be Home Soon-Crowded House Yes, absolutely! I remember hearing that song for the first time and thinking, "That's going to be as big as Don't Dream It's Over!" And then it disappeared...
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Post by jimjterrell4210 on Jun 26, 2017 22:23:16 GMT -5
How about songs whose chart runs lasted for over 20 weeks, but we still couldn't see on AT40?
"Silent Morning" - Noel (#47, 1987, 22 weeks on the Hot 100) "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide" - The Kings (#43, 1980, 23 weeks on the Hot 100)
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Post by chrislc on Jun 26, 2017 22:41:48 GMT -5
1977 Bread Hooked On You
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Post by mkarns on Jun 26, 2017 22:54:59 GMT -5
How about songs whose chart runs lasted for over 20 weeks, but we still couldn't see on AT40? "Silent Morning" - Noel (#47, 1987, 22 weeks on the Hot 100) "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide" - The Kings (#43, 1980, 23 weeks on the Hot 100) I remember "Silent Morning". WAVA (Power 105) in Washington DC played it constantly. Another song that comes to mind related to this theme is Jaya's "If You Leave Me Now", which spent 26 weeks on the Hot 100 in 1989-90 and only hit #44. While the song was never played on AT40, I remember Shadoe mentioning it for its apparently record-setting long chart run for a single that didn't make the top 40.
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Post by Jessica on Jun 27, 2017 14:10:44 GMT -5
Payola's "Eyes Of A Stranger" (Canadian band). Had a "Police" feel to it. Great song, was included on the "Valley Girls" Soundrack but never cracked the Billboard Hot 100. It's a shame too because it's an awesome song IMO.
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Post by giannirubino on Jun 27, 2017 14:38:51 GMT -5
I listened to Canadian radio when I lived near the USA/Canada border years ago. I love Luba, Parachute Club, Payolas/Rock & Hyde, Kim Mitchell, Red Rider and so many other Canadian acts so much.
I am not sure where the disconnect was, but so many of their singles were fantastic. We really missed out on some great pop music through the years, in the states.
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Post by robert on Jun 27, 2017 15:36:00 GMT -5
For me it would be also Survivor and their CAUGHT IN THE GAME back in 1983; Chris DeBurgh with HIGH ON EMOTION peaking at number 44 in 1984; Philip Bailey and WALKING ON THE CHINESE WALL peaking at 46 in 1985; many of Queen hits, suchlike abovementioned I WANT TO BREAK FREE, but also ONE VISION peaking at number 61 and A KIND OF MAGIC peaking at 41, both in 1986, and I WANT IT ALL in 1989. Also Eurythmics rockers IT'S ALRIGHT and WHEN TOMORROW COMES and THORN IN MY SIDE and Rod Stewart's EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART in 1986. Of course, it seems pity that Madonna's INTO THE GROOVE wasn't released as a single in 1985 thus avoiding hitting Billboard Hot 100 and probably topping the AT40; Pink Floyd's LEARNING TO FLY peaking at #70 in 1987; Heart and I WANT YOU SO BAD stopping at 49 in 1988; Foreigner's HEART TURNS TO STONE peaking at #56 in 1988; Crowded House with BETTER BE HOME SOON peaking at 42 in 1988 and so on
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Post by giannirubino on Jun 27, 2017 20:55:11 GMT -5
Coming at this from the angle I assume the original poster intended:
1979 • Gary's Gang • Keep On Dancing
1984 • Chris DeBurgh • High On Emotion
Those two songs I heard SO VERY MUCH on pop radio, plus soul for the first and rock for the second. They felt like top 20 hits to me. I was near NYC for the first, and near Niagara Falls, NY/Ontario for the second.
It's so funny, some nationally #41 peaking songs, I never ever heard on the radio, and some lower peaking songs, I heard frequently, on several stations.
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