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Post by DJ Particle on Mar 20, 2017 21:25:41 GMT -5
Yes she is part of that club of artists who had an entire decade between hits....the 90s. Yeah...1988-89 with "I Should Be So Lucky", "Locomotion", and "It's No Secret"...then nothing until "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" in 2001.
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Post by renfield75 on Mar 21, 2017 15:52:48 GMT -5
Boyz II Men seemed to go from red-hot to ice-cold over night after nearly a decade on top.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Mar 24, 2017 18:15:00 GMT -5
Backstreet Boys was loved by many millennials for several years, but after 2002, they faded into obscurity.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Mar 24, 2017 18:15:56 GMT -5
Did Kylie Minogue have a long hiatus from AT40 after having 3 top 40 hits in 1988-1989? She returned to the charts in 2002. And disappeared for good after that.
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Post by DJ Particle on Mar 24, 2017 19:58:48 GMT -5
Backstreet Boys was loved by many millennials for several years, but after 2002, they faded into obscurity. Similarly NSYNC, save for Justin Timberlake.
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Post by mbme on Apr 1, 2017 16:23:25 GMT -5
Someone who no one has mentioned yet: Andy Gibb. As hot as could be from 1977 to 1980 (three #1s to start, including AT40 # 1 hit of 1977, "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" and AT40 # 1 hit of 1978, "Shadow Dancing,", then three more top tens, then just missed the top ten with the duet "I Can't Help It" with Olivia Newton-John in 1980). Then he still had two top 40 hits in 1981 (including the Billboard # 100 hit of the year, "Time Is Time"). But after his last (barely) top 40 hit in April 1981, "Me (Without You)," he released a duet with Victoria Principal (a cover of "All I Have To Do Is Dream") that stalled at # 51 (although it reached # 25 on the Billboard AC chart), and then he stopped recording altogether. He had just signed a contract with Island Records when he died in 1988.
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Post by lasvegaskid on May 6, 2018 18:37:02 GMT -5
John's kid looked on his way after three very quick hits from his debut album. But following 1 more from his soph effort, Julian pretty much vanished.
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Post by trekkielo on May 6, 2018 19:31:03 GMT -5
Same here, count me in as liking/enjoying Xanadu, the feature film along with its RIAA Multi-Platinum Motion Picture Soundtrack and that was around 1980, 6 years before I became a big Electric Light Orchestra fan circa 1986! Speaking of ELO, from Beethoven to disco to as mentioned above, movie soundtracks, they were lighting up the charts from the mid 70s-early 80s. And then poof, like somebody turning off the electricity, the lights went out. Jeff Lynne
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Post by lasvegaskid on May 13, 2018 18:56:10 GMT -5
Jan Jackson was All For the charts 1986-2001. But Michael's 'lil sis was already Missing them much by the time of her ill fated 'Bowl show w/J Timberlake.
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Post by bobbo428 on May 13, 2018 23:09:50 GMT -5
In the late 1970s, Gene Cotton made the top 40 four times in less than two years, including three top-40 hits in 1978 alone. Unfortunately, he did not chart until a minor hit in 1982. By this time, he was seen as an adult contemporary act and never made the pop chart again. That three and a half-year layoff probably killed his momentum. If only they had rereleased "Like a Sunday in Salem" by fall 1982--it might have become a big one--like Charlene's "I've Never Been to Me" (late-'70s flop, 1982 smash).
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Post by mga707 on May 13, 2018 23:52:31 GMT -5
In the late 1970s, Gene Cotton made the top 40 four times in less than two years, including three top-40 hits in 1978 alone. Unfortunately, he did not chart until a minor hit in 1982. By this time, he was seen as an adult contemporary act and never made the pop chart again. That three and a half-year layoff probably killed his momentum. If only they had rereleased "Like a Sunday in Salem" by fall 1982--it might have become a big one--like Charlene's "I've Never Been to Me" (late-'70s flop, 1982 smash). Or if Gene had only been able to record another duet with Kim Carnes (as he did with "You're a Part Of Me" in '78) around or just after 'Bette Davis Eyes' he might very well have had another hit.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on May 14, 2018 4:59:29 GMT -5
Someone who no one has mentioned yet: Andy Gibb. As hot as could be from 1977 to 1980 (three #1s to start, including AT40 # 1 hit of 1977, "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" and AT40 # 1 hit of 1978, "Shadow Dancing,", then three more top tens, then just missed the top ten with the duet "I Can't Help It" with Olivia Newton-John in 1980). Then he still had two top 40 hits in 1981 (including the Billboard # 100 hit of the year, "Time Is Time"). But after his last (barely) top 40 hit in April 1981, "Me (Without You)," he released a duet with Victoria Principal (a cover of "All I Have To Do Is Dream") that stalled at # 51 (although it reached # 25 on the Billboard AC chart), and then he stopped recording altogether. He had just signed a contract with Island Records when he died in 1988. And Andy Gibb would be the last teen singer to score a top ten record until Debbie Gibson nearly a decade later. Plus, Andy Gibb would be the last teen singer to score a #1 hit until Tiffany nearly a decade later. Debbie and Tiffany were big in the late 80s, but due to New Kids on the Block becoming the new obsession among young teens then, Debbie and Tiffany faded into obscurity. It's a shame that Andy Gibb was about to record a new album in the late-80s, only to die shortly afterwards. Ironically, one of his newly recorded songs "Arrow Through My Heart" contains the lyric "I'm too young to die." And look at what happened - he died young, after just turning 30 five days before.
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Post by lasvegaskid on May 14, 2018 16:22:00 GMT -5
Glass Tiger had three very quick hits from their debut. They went Searching for more with their soph effort, but after one additional top 40, they went MIA.
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Post by djjoe1960 on May 14, 2018 18:10:05 GMT -5
There were two artists in the 1960's that dominated the charts for several years and then --poof--.
I am thinking of the Dave Clark 5--who had over 10 Top 10 hits (1964-67) and then disappeared
& the other one is:
Herman's Hermits, who dominated the pop charts from 1965-68 (with about a dozen Top 10 hits).
While both groups certainly receive lots of airplay on oldies stations--some of their Top 10 hits are rarely ever played--and you owe it to yourself to search them out and give them a listen (IMHO).
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Post by mga707 on May 14, 2018 19:11:22 GMT -5
There were two artists in the 1960's that dominated the charts for several years and then --poof--. I am thinking of the Dave Clark 5--who had over 10 Top 10 hits (1964-67) and then disappeared & the other one is: Herman's Hermits, who dominated the pop charts from 1965-68 (with about a dozen Top 10 hits). While both groups certainly receive lots of airplay on oldies stations--some of their Top 10 hits are rarely ever played--and you owe it to yourself to search them out and give them a listen (IMHO). The really odd thing about the DC5 (one of my all-time favorite groups, BTW) is that the end of their chart success in the US in '67 coincided with the start of their biggest period of chart success in the UK, from '67 until Dave Clark dissolved the group in 1970. If you've never hear it, you owe it to yourself to listen to "Everybody Knows" (not to be confused with their 1964 single "Everybody Knows (I Still Love Her)"), their final chart single in the US--it reached #43 as '67 turned into '68, but was the first of their #1 British singles. Their later UK hits definitely had an 'older', more AC-type sound than their early US hits. In this respect the DC5 were somewhat similar to Elton John, who had more British hits later in his career than when he was ruling the US charts in 1973-76.
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