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Post by johnnywest on Jun 27, 2012 13:00:56 GMT -5
There was the group Free in the 70s and then on AT40 HAC right there, there's "Free" by Graffiti 6 and possibly Haley Reinhart in the next couple of weeks.
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Post by pgfromwp on Jun 27, 2012 13:42:43 GMT -5
... and Chicago charted with "Free" in early 1971.
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Post by pizzzzza on Jun 27, 2012 15:51:30 GMT -5
and Deniece Williams charted with "Free".........
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Post by mkarns on Jun 27, 2012 15:54:24 GMT -5
and Deniece Williams charted with "Free"......... So did Mya in 2001. All of the hits called "Free" were different from each other. If Premiere or SXM plays 7/10/71 in a couple of weeks, you'll get to hear Chicago debut with "Beginnings" and Graham Nash debut with a song called "Chicago."
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Post by pgfromwp on Jun 27, 2012 20:41:33 GMT -5
I have three more pairings, though most of these are from the 1960's:
1. People. The group with that name hit the top 40 of Billboard's hot 100 with "I Love You" in the late spring - early summer of 1968; exactly four years earlier, Barbara Streisand debuted in Billboard's top 40 with "People."
2. Ringo. The former Beatles' drummer charted several top 40 solo hits during the 70's; in late 1964, Lorne Greene (of Bonanza fame) hit #1 on Billboard's hot 100 chart with "Ringo."
3. Mercy. In May 1969, the bubblegum group Ohio Express barely cracked Billboard's top 40 with "Mercy"; simultaneously, the soft rock group with that name placed an eventual #2 hit in Billboard's top 40 with "Love (Can Make You Happy)."
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Jun 27, 2012 23:18:23 GMT -5
2. Ringo. The former Beatles' drummer charted several top 40 solo hits during the 70's; in late 1964, Lorne Greene (of Bonanza fame) hit #1 on Billboard's hot 100 chart with "Ringo." I've gotta wonder. How many people actually bought this record thinking he was singing about Ringo Starr?!? (Hey, it was 1964 after all).
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Post by mkarns on Jun 28, 2012 0:08:58 GMT -5
2. Ringo. The former Beatles' drummer charted several top 40 solo hits during the 70's; in late 1964, Lorne Greene (of Bonanza fame) hit #1 on Billboard's hot 100 chart with "Ringo." I've gotta wonder. How many people actually bought this record thinking he was singing about Ringo Starr?!? (Hey, it was 1964 after all). We'll never know how many, but probably quite a few who evidently didn't listen to the lyrics but just reacted to the Ringo name. I wonder if the following year some people bought Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" thinking it was about Mick Jagger & Co.?
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Post by freakyflybry on Jun 28, 2012 1:33:48 GMT -5
3. Mercy. In May 1969, the bubblegum group Ohio Express barely cracked Billboard's top 40 with "Mercy"; simultaneously, the soft rock group with that name placed an eventual #2 hit in Billboard's top 40 with "Love (Can Make You Happy)." Duffy also had a top 40 hit "Mercy" in 2008.
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Post by pgfromwp on Jun 28, 2012 11:52:48 GMT -5
Also; did anyone buy the Jaggerz song from 1970 "The Rapper" thinking it was about ol' Mick?
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Post by dukelightning on Jun 28, 2012 12:28:35 GMT -5
The first and IIRC only time Casey ever introduced that song in the top 80 of 1970, he said a lot of people thought that group was the Stones because of their name.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jun 28, 2012 16:09:20 GMT -5
Also, remember the group No Mercy from back in the late 1990s? Well, the rapper T.I. had a hit called "No Mercy" at one point.
Not sure if No Mercy - the group - hit the top 40 during AT40's second run or during CT40. I know they definitely hit during CT40, but I am not certain if they had a hit on the second AT40 run.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 28, 2012 16:24:10 GMT -5
Also, remember the group No Mercy from back in the late 1990s? Well, the rapper T.I. had a hit called "No Mercy" at one point. Not sure if No Mercy - the group - hit the top 40 during AT40's second run or during CT40. I know they definitely hit during CT40, but I am not certain if they had a hit on the second AT40 run. They didn't. Their three top 40 hits were all in 1996-97, during the CT40 period.
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Post by pgfromwp on Jul 1, 2012 10:12:12 GMT -5
Another pairing from the 1960's:
Raindrops. In 1961, Dee Clark charted in Billboard's top 40 with "Raindrops." (Stretching a bit, BJ Thomas hit #1 with "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head" in 1969-70.) The group with that name hit the top 40 in 1963 with "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget."
Are there any recent Raindrops songs (title and/or artist)?
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Post by freakyflybry on Jul 1, 2012 12:21:56 GMT -5
Also, remember the group No Mercy from back in the late 1990s? Well, the rapper T.I. had a hit called "No Mercy" at one point. Not sure if No Mercy - the group - hit the top 40 during AT40's second run or during CT40. I know they definitely hit during CT40, but I am not certain if they had a hit on the second AT40 run. No Mercy made CT40 with 3 top 40 hits. Also, the band Khaleel had a top 40 hit called "No Mercy" in 1999, which made AT40.
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Post by johnnywest on Jul 5, 2012 15:03:16 GMT -5
1. The R&B group Whistle hit with "Always & Forever" in 1990. Flo Rida will debut any week now with "Whistle."
2. Gallery had "Big City Miss Ruth Ann" (among others). Mario Vasquez reached #7 in 2006 with "Gallery."
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