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Post by woolebull on May 11, 2014 6:33:33 GMT -5
With all of the comments on how many (or how few) number ones have been on various AT 40's over the years, I noticed something interesting that happened on 10/12 and 10/19 of 1985. On those dates, all five of the Top five were either former, current, or future number ones.
10/12 (in order from 1-5:
Oh Sheila
Money For Nothing
Take On Me
Saving All My Love For You
Part-Time Lover
10/19:
Take On Me
Saving All My Love For You
Part-Time Lover
Oh Sheila
Miami Vice Theme
Has there been other shows where the whole top five consisted of number ones? How about top six, seven, or beyond?
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Post by 80sat40fan on May 11, 2014 10:12:29 GMT -5
This week's 70's show from 5/7/77 features a Top 5 in which every song went to #1:
#1 Hotel California
#2 When I Need You (next week's #1)
#3 Southern Nights (last week's #1)
#4 Sir Duke (#1 for 3 weeks starting 5/21)
#5 Don't Leave Me This Way (#1 two weeks ago)
The chart from the 9/21/74 show had the Top 7 songs all peak at the top:
#1 Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe
#2 Rock Me Gently
#3 I Honestly Love You
#4 Nothing From Nothing
#5 I Shot The Sheriff
#6 Then Came You
#7 You're Having My Baby
The first time this happened, I believe, was before AT40 started. The Top 5 for the week ending 11/19/66:
#1 You Keep Me Hangin' On
#2 Good Vibrations
#3 Winchester Cathedral
#4 Last Train To Clarksville
#5 Poor Side Of Town
I am sure there are some other examples but those come to mind right now.
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Post by dukelightning on May 11, 2014 10:19:57 GMT -5
First time that happened in AT40 history was on 3/30/74.....
5 Dark Lady..Cher
4 Bennie and the Jets..Elton John
3 Seasons in the Sun..Terry Jacks
2 Hooked on a Feeling..Blue Swede
1 Sunshine on my Shoulders..John Denver
Oops yes I did!
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Post by 80sat40fan on May 11, 2014 10:25:25 GMT -5
I found two more examples... consecutive weeks in 1975, March 15 and 22 with these songs:
Black Water (dropped from #1 to #4)
My Eyes Adored You (moved from #2 to #1)
Lady Marmelade (moved from #3 to #2)
Have You Never Been Mellow (slipped from #4 to #5)
Lovin' You (jumped up from #5 to #3)
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2014 11:53:01 GMT -5
First time that happened in AT40 history was on 3/30/74..... 5 Dark Lady..Cher 4 Bennie and the Jets..Elton John 3 Seasons in the Sun..Terry Jacks 2 Hooked on a Feeling..Blue Swede 1 Seasons in the Sun..John Denver I'm sure you meant "Sunshine on My Shoulders" for John Denver!  |
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Post by woolebull on May 11, 2014 12:27:47 GMT -5
Here's the Top 5 from one of those infamous early 1988 charts, all number 1's: 1/16/88
1. Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
2. So Emotional - Whitney Houston
3. The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
4. Need You Tonight - INXS
5. Could've Been - Tiffany
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Post by mga707 on May 11, 2014 13:21:16 GMT -5
This week's 70's show from 5/7/77 features a Top 5 in which every song went to #1: #1 Hotel California #2 When I Need You (next week's #1) #3 Southern Nights (last week's #1) #4 Sir Duke (#1 for 3 weeks starting 5/21) #5 Don't Leave Me This Way (#1 two weeks ago) The chart from the 9/21/74 show had the Top 7 songs all peak at the top: #1 Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe #2 Rock Me Gently #3 I Honestly Love You #4 Nothing From Nothing #5 I Shot The Sheriff #6 Then Came You #7 You're Having My Baby The first time this happened, I believe, was before AT40 started. The Top 5 for the week ending 11/19/66: #1 You Keep Me Hangin' On #2 Good Vibrations #3 Winchester Cathedral #4 Last Train To Clarksville #5 Poor Side Of Town I am sure there are some other examples but those come to mind right now. I'll bet that the 9/21/74 show probably sets the record, at least for the original Casey era. For a couple of months there in Fall '74, every #1 record seemed to inch up the Top 5 one spot at a time, stay #1 for just a single week, and then plummet out of the top 5, sometimes even the top 10! |
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Post by dukelightning on May 11, 2014 13:29:20 GMT -5
^Yes the 9/21/74 chart is the record for most stacked #1 songs at the top of the chart. Here is the rundown of stacked #1s in the top 5 by year in the 70s and 80s.
1970-73....none
1974...2
1975...5
1976...2
1977...10
1978...none
1979...2
1980-84...none
1985...2
1986-87...none
1988...1
1989...none
So 1977 accounts for nearly half of all these situations. The 3 times it happened in the 80s have been posted above. The most consecutive weeks it occurred was 4...the last 2 weeks of 1975 and first 2 weeks of 1976. Only 2 of which were heard on an AT40 because of the year end special.
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Post by woolebull on May 11, 2014 16:07:31 GMT -5
Someone double check for me, because I don't have the official charts from the seventies, but did 12/1/79 have seven number ones in the Top 10, including 1-6? That's impressive!
And thank you dukedeb for the work you put in your last post...that's impressive as well!
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Post by mstgator on May 11, 2014 18:51:25 GMT -5
Someone double check for me, because I don't have the official charts from the seventies, but did 12/1/79 have seven number ones in the Top 10, including 1-6? That's impressive! And thank you dukedeb for the work you put in your last post...that's impressive as well! That is correct, 1-6 and 10 (and three more below the Top Ten) on 12/1/79. |
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Post by blackbowl68 on May 11, 2014 19:26:29 GMT -5
I'd like to know what show has this AT THE TIME THE SHOW ORIGINALLY AIRED!
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Post by dukelightning on May 11, 2014 20:14:56 GMT -5
Just going through the charts chronologically now. Several times the top 3 were all #1 songs at the time of the show meaning the #1 song and former #1 songs at 2 and 3. But then on 10/2/82, "Jack and Diane" reached #1 displacing "Abracadabra" which fell to #2 while "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" was #3 after being on top 2 weeks prior and at #4 was "Eye of the Tiger" which had been on for 6 weeks itself. These records held their positions the next week so it happened 2 weeks in a row.
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Post by matt on May 13, 2014 20:16:32 GMT -5
I'll bet that the 9/21/74 show probably sets the record, at least for the original Casey era. For a couple of months there in Fall '74, every #1 record seemed to inch up the Top 5 one spot at a time, stay #1 for just a single week, and then plummet out of the top 5, sometimes even the top 10! Not surprising it happened in 1974, given how many #1's there were that year and how many songs spent only a week at the top. It's almost more of a surprise that '74 didn't have more instances of this... The 10 occurrences in 1977 is strange though...wonder what that could be attributed to (if anything in particular)? |
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Post by pointpark04 on May 14, 2014 7:54:37 GMT -5
Wahoo, I think 1977 is that way because of how slowly songs descended the chart once hitting number one, at least in many instances.
I'd go through it more in-depth, but I'm too busy here at work to do so. That's my quick take on 1977, though, as an avid fan of that year.
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Post by briguy52748 on May 14, 2014 7:59:01 GMT -5
I'll have to thumb back through the Billboard archives for instances on the Hot Country Singles chart, but it seems there were at least a few weeks where there were as many as eight future, current or former No. 1 hits in the top 10 at one time, and multiple instances of top 5's stacked with No. 1's.
It seems like late February or early March 1982 is the time that comes to mind. I'll do a little checking and see what I can come up with.
Brian
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