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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 6, 2017 14:52:20 GMT -5
Kim Carnes would have tied the classic era record of 10 weeks at #1 if not for a one week interruption by the largely forgotten Stars On pushing aside her BDE.
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Post by bobbo428 on Aug 12, 2017 11:51:08 GMT -5
Forty years ago this past February, I enjoyed a song by Parker McGee called "I Just Can't Say No to You." It moved 52-42 the week of 2/19/77, and I tried to find the 45 at a local record store a few days later. The clerk said that there were no copies left. I surmised that the record musty be so popular that it was sold out. The following week, on AT40, I was looking forward to its debut. Unfortunately for McGee, several strong songs--ARS's "So Into You," Natalie Cole's "I've Got Love on My Mind," and Jennifer Warnes' "right Time of the Night"--all future top-10 singles--jumped over him. McGee stalled at 42 and would never make the top 40 as an artist.
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Post by chrislc on Aug 13, 2017 21:17:05 GMT -5
And this gives me three threads on Page One. I feel like a Gibb!
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Post by doofus67 on Aug 15, 2017 0:08:44 GMT -5
And this gives me three threads on Page One. I feel like a Gibb! Sounds like Good Timing to me.
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Post by doofus67 on Aug 15, 2017 0:41:42 GMT -5
Her song moved from #13 to #2 in one week. The only problem for Lesley Gore was that she did it in February 1964. Any other examples of really bad timing? Sticking with the 60s, the Beach Boys zoomed from #15 to #2 the last week in January, 1966, with "Barbara Ann." Then, as they stalled at #2 the following week, Petula Clark's "My Love" leapfrogged #9 to #1 to shut them out of the top spot. Of course, the dudes from Hawthorne weren't done riding the crest of the chart wave.
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Post by doofus67 on Aug 15, 2017 1:47:04 GMT -5
Her song moved from #13 to #2 in one week. The only problem for Lesley Gore was that she did it in February 1964. Any other examples of really bad timing? Flash forward to the summer of 1968. "The Horse" by Cliff Nobles & Co. jumped #15 to #2 as well. Then it would stay in the place position for two more weeks, stuck behind "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert.
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Post by lasvegaskid on May 20, 2018 13:41:02 GMT -5
No reason Christopher Cross debut shouldn't have Riden all the way to the top but Blondie was blocking the way with the year and their career biggie. Interestingly enough I still hear this one today much, much more than his future Sailing and Arthur #1s.
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Post by burcjm on Nov 14, 2018 14:35:58 GMT -5
"Bad" timing caused a "Commotion" for Madonna on October 24 and October 31, 1987.
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Post by johnnywest on Nov 14, 2018 16:23:59 GMT -5
^Not Just that, but she didn’t release a video for it. In fact, none of her singles that didn’t have an official video ever hit #1, so that was partially her own fault.
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Post by chrislc on Feb 6, 2019 1:49:59 GMT -5
53 years ago this week Stevie Wonder jumped from #16 to #3 with Uptight.
Everything was not alright however, thanks to Nancy Sinatra (15 from 28 and headed for 2 next week) and Sgt. Barry Sadler (51 from 87 and headed to 10 next week and 3 the following week).
Lots of big movers in the Top Ten that winter, as mentioned earlier in the thread with Barbara Ann and My Love.
01/01 #11-#2 We Can Work It Out 01/08 #16-#3 She's Just My Style #12-#4 Flowers On The Wall (slipping to #7 the following week!) #18-#10 Day Tripper 01/15 #24-#8 The Men In My Little Girl's Life (!) (it stalled there) 01/29 My Love and Barbara Ann (My Love was 17-9-1) 02/05 #20-#5 Lightnin' Strikes 02/12 Uptight #19-#10 Don't Mess With Bill 02/19 Sinatra and Sadler (debuting at #10 - Sadler would keep The Beatles The Stones Herman's Hermits and California Dreamin' out) 02/26 #16-#8 California Dreamin' #20-#9 Elusive Butterfly 03/05 #13-#4 Listen People 03/12 #25-#7 Nowhere Man #12-#6 19th Nervous Breakdown 03/19 #25-#10 Daydream
A great season for pop hits.
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Post by mga707 on Feb 6, 2019 15:29:06 GMT -5
53 years ago this week Stevie Wonder jumped from #16 to #3 with Uptight. Everything was not alright however, thanks to Nancy Sinatra (15 from 28 and headed for 2 next week) and Sgt. Barry Sadler (51 from 87 and headed to 10 next week and 3 the following week). Lots of big movers in the Top Ten that winter, as mentioned earlier in the thread with Barbara Ann and My Love. 01/01 #11-#2 We Can Work It Out 01/08 #16-#3 She's Just My Style #12-#4 Flowers On The Wall (slipping to #7 the following week!) #18-#10 Day Tripper 01/15 #24-#8 The Men In My Little Girl's Life (!) (it stalled there) 01/29 My Love and Barbara Ann (My Love was 17-9-1) 02/05 #20-#5 Lightnin' Strikes 02/12 Uptight #19-#10 Don't Mess With Bill 02/19 Sinatra and Sadler (debuting at #10 - Sadler would keep The Beatles The Stones Herman's Hermits and California Dreamin' out) 02/26 #16-#8 California Dreamin' #20-#9 Elusive Butterfly 03/05 #13-#4 Listen People 03/12 #25-#7 Nowhere Man #12-#6 19th Nervous Breakdown 03/19 #25-#10 Daydream A great season for pop hits. Love this post. 'Hot 100s' from the '60s are fun to look at, as there was so much up-and-down action.
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Post by caseyfan100 on Feb 6, 2019 18:16:36 GMT -5
Her song moved from #13 to #2 in one week. The only problem for Lesley Gore was that she did it in February 1964. Any other examples of really bad timing? Sticking with the 60s, the Beach Boys zoomed from #15 to #2 the last week in January, 1966, with "Barbara Ann." Then, as they stalled at #2 the following week, Petula Clark's "My Love" leapfrogged #9 to #1 to shut them out of the top spot. Of course, the dudes from Hawthorne weren't done riding the crest of the chart wave. Hal Blaine celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday. He played on both songs,the drums on My Love and "his famous ashtrays" on Barbara Ann. I hope that qualifies as trivia.
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Post by chrislc on Feb 6, 2019 21:32:57 GMT -5
Sticking with the 60s, the Beach Boys zoomed from #15 to #2 the last week in January, 1966, with "Barbara Ann." Then, as they stalled at #2 the following week, Petula Clark's "My Love" leapfrogged #9 to #1 to shut them out of the top spot. Of course, the dudes from Hawthorne weren't done riding the crest of the chart wave. Hal Blaine celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday. He played on both songs,the drums on My Love and "his famous ashtrays" on Barbara Ann. I hope that qualifies as trivia. The Greatest. I was just listening to Woman, Woman. Hal always had that very slight delay. It made so many hit songs just a little bit better.
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Post by doofus67 on Feb 7, 2019 10:52:52 GMT -5
In late summer / early fall of 1989, Martika's remake of "I Feel the Earth Move" was looking top 15 bound, maybe top 10, when the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 11, 2019 13:09:15 GMT -5
Hall and Oates just Missed Opportunity to introduce their then current hit on the show they guest hosted. The guys would debut the very next week at #38 on Commentary Casey's final show.
Apparently the guys didn't appreciate the significance of their appearance. From Rob Durkee American Top 40: Darryl Morden recalled Hall and Oates were terrible. You'd think guys like that would be friendly and nice, but they were neither, which was kind of a disappointment. They has a 'let's get this over with' kind of attitude.' Matt Wilson, who directed the duo, perceived a possible failure to communicate. 'I don't blame them. They had a show that night at the Hollywood Bowl. I believe they were misled into thinking they'd be in and out in 20 minutes. It was partly ABC and partly their manager though I could be wrong. I know this...you can't voice a full length countdown in 20 minutes'.
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