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Post by chrislc on Nov 30, 2012 21:58:09 GMT -5
How about Cheaper To Keep Her? I was 17 then, and I don't even remember hearing it on AT40 then, let alone anywhere else, then or since then. And I listened to AT40 every week.
Any other nominees?
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Post by vto66 on Dec 1, 2012 1:41:26 GMT -5
"Speak To The Sky"--Rick Springfield (No. 14 in 1972). How often do you hear that one these days?
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Post by woolebull on Dec 1, 2012 1:47:01 GMT -5
I think that some of the most obscure songs were top of the pops back in the day. I think "Disco Duck" will always be up there. I've never heard it on the radio since I've been listening (July 82 - Present).
How about "Mr. Jaws"? Is that played? A song that I ran into the other month just listening to an old Top 40 was "Smoke From A Distant Fire" I loved that song when I heard it...is that played? Actually asking about the last two..."Disco Duck" I'm pretty sure about.
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Post by mrjukebox on Dec 1, 2012 5:03:58 GMT -5
"Eighteen With A Bullet"-Pete Wingfield (1975).
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Dec 1, 2012 7:19:51 GMT -5
I've heard stations play disco duck and smoke from a distant fire.
How about How Do You Do by Mouth & MacNeal?
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Post by pgfromwp on Dec 1, 2012 10:31:19 GMT -5
"Amazing Grace" by Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (#11 in 1972). Absolutely don't hear it outside of AT40 rebroadcasts.
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Post by donwa001 on Dec 1, 2012 15:02:23 GMT -5
From 1974:
"Americans" - Bryon MacGregor
"The Lord's Prayer" - Sister Janet Mead
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Post by mga707 on Dec 1, 2012 15:40:52 GMT -5
I've heard stations play disco duck and smoke from a distant fire. The Sanford-Townsend Band hit gets a lot of airplay on 70s-heavy oldies radio. Dees, no, because his song suffers the fate that novelty hits always have: No recurrent airplay. Now there's a great example of a non-novelty Top 10 hit that gets virtually no oldies radio airplay. Why I don't know. Another example from that same summer (72) would be "Motorcycle Mama" by Sailcat. |
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Post by pizzzzza on Dec 1, 2012 15:49:43 GMT -5
Personally, I think novelty songs RARELY are heard after their initial release.
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Dec 1, 2012 19:13:15 GMT -5
"Bobbie Sue," The Oak Ridge Boys (#12, 1982)
"The Curly Shuffle," Jump 'N The Saddle (#15, 1984)
"Elvira," The Oak Ridge Boys (#5, 1981)
"Hooked On Classics," The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. (#10, 1982)
"Love in the First Degree," Alabama (#15, 1982)
"Should I Do It," The Pointer Sisters (#13, 1982)
"Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight," Eddie Rabbit (#15, 1982)
"Step By Step," Eddie Rabbit (#5, 1981)
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Post by Michael on Dec 1, 2012 19:44:36 GMT -5
Even though it only hit #16 on the Hot100 what about Rubber Duckie by Erine. Because I don't a song from a kids show would get airplay on the radio.
Did The Streak get any airplay when it hit #1?
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Post by tarobe on Dec 5, 2012 12:30:20 GMT -5
I've heard stations play disco duck and smoke from a distant fire. How about How Do You Do by Mouth & MacNeal? Played heavily in 1972. I remember it well. |
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Post by tarobe on Dec 5, 2012 14:08:05 GMT -5
Did The Streak get any airplay when it hit #1? "The Streak" was all over the radio in 1974. All the stations played it. Everybody was talking about it, and everybody seemed to be buying a copy. |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Dec 5, 2012 16:41:24 GMT -5
This is tough. Oldies radio today doesn't venture much outside the safe top 10. And they rarely play Urban Cowboy Country, TV themes, or instrumentals, regardless of how high they charted.
Excluding novelity records (Cheech & Chong) and event records (King Is Gone) here are a few:
Tom Jones; Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow
Robin Gibb; Oh Darling!
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr; Your Love
Elt; Grow Some Funk Of Your Own
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Post by matt on Dec 6, 2012 15:37:31 GMT -5
Robin Gibb's "Oh Darling" is definitely toward the top of the list. Every time I hear that song, I wonder how it ever even made the top 40.
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