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Post by chrislc on Sept 28, 2013 20:55:37 GMT -5
Barry White and his Orchestra were back to back with Satin Soul and What Am I Gonna Do for two weeks in a row in March of 1975. Other than the Beatles in 1964 and the Bee Gees in 1978, I wonder how many times that has happened?
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Post by mikeyt on Sept 28, 2013 21:34:11 GMT -5
Donna Summer in 1979 with Bad Girls and Hot Stuff. On June 30 Bad Girls was #3 and Hot Stuff was #2 and then the next week they switched positions.
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Post by woolebull on Sept 28, 2013 22:23:09 GMT -5
Donna Summer in 1979 with Bad Girls and Hot Stuff. On June 30 Bad Girls was #3 and Hot Stuff was #2 and then the next week they switched positions. Donna Summer, five months later, went back to back again in the top 3 with "Dim All The Lights" and her duet with Barbara Streisand "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", but by the next week "Lights" had dropped to 4 and "Tears" had gone to 1. Linda Ronstadt just missed doing it. She went back to back at 4 and 5 with, "Blue Bayou" and "It's So Easy" on 12-10-77. However on 12-17-77 "Bayou" would inch up a notch while "Easy" would hold at 5. For the next three weeks she would hold down the 3 and 5 slots. As someone who only knew Linda Ronstadt singing duets with James Ingram or Aaron Neville, I found that to be one of the most interesting facts of the charts before my time. |
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Post by chrislc on Sept 28, 2013 23:09:36 GMT -5
Donna Summer in 1979 with Bad Girls and Hot Stuff. On June 30 Bad Girls was #3 and Hot Stuff was #2 and then the next week they switched positions. Donna Summer, five months later, went back to back again in the top 3 with "Dim All The Lights" and her duet with Barbara Streisand "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", but by the next week "Lights" had dropped to 4 and "Tears" had gone to 1. Linda Ronstadt just missed doing it. She went back to back at 4 and 5 with, "Blue Bayou" and "It's So Easy" on 12-10-77. However on 12-17-77 "Bayou" would inch up a notch while "Easy" would hold at 5. For the next three weeks she would hold down the 3 and 5 slots. As someone who only knew Linda Ronstadt singing duets with James Ingram or Aaron Neville, I found that to be one of the most interesting facts of the charts before my time. I had forgotten about Linda doing that. It's also a case of two remakes of songs both at least 14 years old in the Top 5 at the same time, by the same singer, which must be the only time that has happened (?) |
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Post by woolebull on Sept 29, 2013 6:34:25 GMT -5
Donna Summer, five months later, went back to back again in the top 3 with "Dim All The Lights" and her duet with Barbara Streisand "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", but by the next week "Lights" had dropped to 4 and "Tears" had gone to 1. Linda Ronstadt just missed doing it. She went back to back at 4 and 5 with, "Blue Bayou" and "It's So Easy" on 12-10-77. However on 12-17-77 "Bayou" would inch up a notch while "Easy" would hold at 5. For the next three weeks she would hold down the 3 and 5 slots. As someone who only knew Linda Ronstadt singing duets with James Ingram or Aaron Neville, I found that to be one of the most interesting facts of the charts before my time. I had forgotten about Linda doing that. It's also a case of two remakes of songs both at least 14 years old in the Top 5 at the same time, by the same singer, which must be the only time that has happened (?) Seriously Unless Michael Bolton or UB40 pulled it off, I think Linda's record might stand forever  Seriously, just an outstanding feat. |
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Post by jimmyg on Sept 29, 2013 10:04:18 GMT -5
Madonna almost did this in '85. Material Girl was number 3 and Crazy for You was at number 4 on April 6. The next week, Crazy for You climbed to number three while Material Girl fell to number 5. Considering how much movement there was on the chart in the mid-eighties, this was a pretty impressive feat.
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Seriously, just an outstanding feat.