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Post by mga707 on Dec 6, 2012 18:56:59 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. "Sgt. Pepper" movie hype. Before the movie became a synonym for 'flop'. Three singles were released from the soundtrack, in different genres: "Come Together"--Aerosmith The aforementioned "Oh Darling". "Got To Get You Into My Life"--Earth, Wind, and Fire. The most successful of the three, the only one to got top 10.
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Post by matt on Dec 7, 2012 14:48:03 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. Probably only because Bee Gees were sizzling and almost anything with the Gibb stamp was going to get played. My thoughts exactly. I don't see how else that song even makes the 40.
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Post by winfield on Dec 27, 2012 20:13:43 GMT -5
How 'bout Lamont Dozier's 'Tryin' to hold on to my woman'? #15 in '74. Also, Mac Davis' 'One h*ll of a woman', #11 in '74.
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Post by countdownmike on Dec 27, 2012 22:36:40 GMT -5
Backing up a bit to "Cheaper To Keep Her"---I bought that because I heard it on AT40 in the fall of '73. Local radio hadn't covered it yet. It eventually did, but I had seen it listed in Billboard on the Soul chart but never heard it. When I saw it creeping into the Top 40 I tuned to Casey, heard it, liked it and bought it.
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Post by pb on Dec 28, 2012 9:22:14 GMT -5
George Harrison "Dark Horse" (#15)
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Post by briguy52748 on Dec 28, 2012 9:32:24 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. Probably only because Bee Gees were sizzling and almost anything with the Gibb stamp was going to get played. The more surprising thing is, this was – even though it was apparently without Maurice's participation – not marketed as a Bee Gees' record – it was simply a "Robin Gibb" record. Same with Andy Gibb's "Desire" from 1980, which had at least big brother Barry with background vocals. If all three of his brothers were on the record providing backing vocals, then the surprising thing would be that this was not labeled as "Andy Gibb and the Bee Gees." Brian
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Post by jcs72 on Jan 6, 2013 18:18:26 GMT -5
For #1s:
"Ben" - Michael Jackson (1972) "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" - Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer (1979)
Those are the only two songs of the 1970s that went to #1 that don't ring a bell.
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