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Post by chrislc on Aug 25, 2014 21:59:09 GMT -5
I was noticing that Three Dog Night had 11 Top Ten hits - and all of them were during the Nixon Presidency.
I wonder who was "Three Dog Night" for the other Presidents since 1940. I don't have a Whitburn but I know some of you do and I thought it would be interesting to know - acts that had the most Top Ten hits while someone was President - while having no other Top Ten hits before or after. Hey maybe there is someone I forgot who had more exclusively for Nixon, I don't know.
I thought it would neat if Kennedy's was Chubby Checker - since Nixon's famous dog was Checkers - but The Twist first made the Top Ten for Eisenhower. So much for that.
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Post by freakyflybry on Aug 25, 2014 23:27:46 GMT -5
Huey Lewis & the News are a possibility for the Reagan era - 12 top 10's, all while Reagan was president. They did come close with "Couple Days Off" during the George H.W. Bush administration though.
I'd say Paula Abdul for the George H.W. Bush era - 8 of them. (Going by R&R, her total goes up to 10.) "Straight Up" did debut while Reagan was president though, but by the time it hit the top 10, it was Bush.
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Post by americantop40 on Aug 26, 2014 0:24:52 GMT -5
A couple more double digit considerations off the top of my head:
Herman's Hermits:
11 top 10's during the Johnson era
Lionel Richie solo career:
13 top 10's during the Reagan era
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Post by mkarns on Aug 26, 2014 1:32:54 GMT -5
According to Whitburn, this may be the all time winner: 75 top 10 hits (including both sides of double sided hits) for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, all under Franklin Roosevelt.
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Post by renfield75 on Aug 26, 2014 16:58:25 GMT -5
Backstreet Boys may be the winners of the Clinton Era, they had 8 top ten hits from 1997 to the end of 2000. Two of those were airplay only hits, so if you discount those they're tied (at 6 top tens) with Toni Braxton (who racked up her 6 between 1993 and 2000).
The George W. Bush era is complicated by featured credits, otherwise 50 Cent and Akon would be up there (each scored a top ten hit as a featured act after Obama's administration began).
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Post by mkarns on Aug 26, 2014 18:22:06 GMT -5
Backstreet Boys may be the winners of the Clinton Era, they had 8 top ten hits from 1997 to the end of 2000. Two of those were airplay only hits, so if you discount those they're tied (at 6 top tens) with Toni Braxton (who racked up her 6 between 1993 and 2000). The George W. Bush era is complicated by featured credits, otherwise 50 Cent and Akon would be up there (each scored a top ten hit as a featured act after Obama's administration began). I don't count Backstreet Boys, as I use the Radio & Records/Mediabase charts for post-1991 data (presidentially everyone from George HW Bush's final year on), and according to that while BSB had 10 straight top 10s under Clinton (1997-2000), they got an 11th under George W. Bush, in 2005. (I also don't bother with featured credits, unless it was a full fledged duet and not just a brief cameo appearance.) If you use R&R/MB/AT40 and bend the rules a bit to include a song that was top 10 under two presidents, Lady Gaga is probably the winner for the Obama era thus far, with 12 top 10's, the first of which ("Just Dance") entered that part of the chart during Bush 43's last days (Dec 2008/Jan 2009). Katy Perry would likely be the present administration leader with 15 if she'd first hit the charts at least six months later than she did; she scored two top 10 hits in the last half of 2008, Bush's last year, and 13 so far under Obama. |
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Post by chrislc on Aug 26, 2014 18:35:27 GMT -5
A couple more double digit considerations off the top of my head: Herman's Hermits: 11 top 10's during the Johnson era Lionel Richie solo career: 13 top 10's during the Reagan era And Herman's Hermits were all within 25 months - the first 8 of them within 13 months. Wow. |
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 26, 2014 20:10:41 GMT -5
The winner for the Carter administration may be Andy Gibb. Six Top Ten hits between 1977 and 1980.
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Post by freakyflybry on Aug 26, 2014 23:26:56 GMT -5
Alanis Morissette is another possible champion of the Clinton era; going by CT40/AT40, she had 7 top 10's.
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Post by freakyflybry on Aug 26, 2014 23:41:50 GMT -5
I wonder who has the most during the Ford era. B.T. Express? Silver Convention? Gary Wright? The Sylvers? Orleans? Ohio Players? Bad Company? Average White Band? Freddy Fender?
I think Nickelback may have it for the George W. Bush era - they had 7 Mediabase top 10's that era, and none since.
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Post by chrislc on Aug 27, 2014 14:33:02 GMT -5
I wonder who has the most during the Ford era. B.T. Express? Silver Convention? Gary Wright? The Sylvers? Orleans? Ohio Players? Bad Company? Average White Band? Freddy Fender? I think Nickelback may have it for the George W. Bush era - they had 7 Mediabase top 10's that era, and none since. I was trying to think of who the Ford act would be and I didn't think of any of those! It's probably a nine-way tie. The first one I thought of was Paul Anka - then I went DOH! Maybe Odia Coates? I guess official billing on the label knocks her out of contention. I thought I had the Shirelles with 6 for Kennedy but it turned out they had the last 2 weeks of Ike. They made the Top Ten just in time for the Military Industrial Complex Speech. That and Carter's so called Malaise Speech should be required annual viewing. Hopping off soapbox now. |
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Post by chrislc on Aug 27, 2014 14:47:52 GMT -5
So far I have Gene McDaniels leading the JFK Sweepstakes with 3. Surely that can't hold up.
EDIT no not for long - Dee Dee Sharp has 4. Jimmy Dean had one about JFK but only one other about the other John.
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Post by chrislc on Aug 27, 2014 15:06:29 GMT -5
For Ike I'll open with a 7 and The Platters.
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Post by freakyflybry on Nov 13, 2016 0:17:54 GMT -5
Eddy Howard had 15 top 10's all under Truman, can anyone beat that?
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Post by freakyflybry on Nov 13, 2016 0:25:22 GMT -5
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