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Post by ivanzero on Mar 15, 2015 12:33:44 GMT -5
For March 19, 1977
Hot Streaks
Bee Gees - 6th straight top 20 hit
Paul McCartney - 20th straight top 40 hit George Harrison - 9th straight top 40 hit ABBA - 7th straight top 40 hit Barry Manilow - 7th straight top 40 hit Eagles - 5th & 6th straight top 40 hits
Most top 40 hits (as of this chart)
Paul McCartney 20 Bee Gees 19 Glen Campbell 19 The Jacksons 18 Tom Jones 18
Veterans (by date of 1st top 40)
Barbra Streisand 1964 Manfred Mann 1964 Tom Jones 1965 Bee Gees 1967 Glen Campbell 1967
Newbies (acts with their 1st top 40 hit)
Kenny Nolan, Mary MacGregor, Thelma Houston, Kansas, Jennifer Warnes, Al Stewart, Deniece Williams, Enchantment
One-hit wonders (acts with their only top 40 hit)
David Soul, William Bell, Wilton Place Street Band, Silvetti.
Highest peak ever (as of this chart)
Hall & Oates, Bob Seger, ABBA, Fleetwood Mac, Atlanta Rhythm Section
Longest droughts (as of this chart)
Bob Seger - 1st top 40 since 1968 Tom Jones - 1st top 40 since 1971 Jackson Browne - 1st top 40 since 1972
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Post by jmack19 on Mar 15, 2015 13:17:46 GMT -5
Silvetti's top 50 run:
43,41,39,42,42,40,40,46
Not unusual in the late 70s for a song to fall out of top 40 & return during the same chart run.
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Post by ivanzero on Mar 15, 2015 15:07:29 GMT -5
Silvetti's top 50 run: 43,41,39,42,42,40,40,46 Not unusual in the late 70s for a song to fall out of top 40 & return during the same chart run. Fixed. My bad for not flipping thru to see if he bounced back up. Thought I'd spotted a rare bird & got excited.
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Post by davewollenberg on Mar 15, 2015 19:46:50 GMT -5
Then there were 2 songs in '78, that entered the 40 in consecutive weeks, both peaking at #38, for 1 week. Everybody dance, by Chic, 6-17-78, then Dance across the floor, by Jimmy 'Bo'Horne, only charted on 6-24-78, at #38.
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Post by mct1 on Mar 15, 2015 22:43:46 GMT -5
Great idea for a thread! The kind of thing you would have done back when the show was new, if this type of information had only been as easily accessible....
At this point in time, Paul McCartney had released 17 post-Beatles singles. The count of 20 is coming from three B-sides that charted in some fashion: "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (B-side to "Another Day"), "Little Woman Love" (B-side to "Mary Had A Little Lamb"), and "Sally G" (B-side to "Junior's Farm). The first two were listed as "tag-along flip sides" for at least part of their respective A-sides' run. Without getting into a lengthy dissertation on Billboard's policies towards flip sides, I personally wouldn't regard these two songs as Top 40 hits. In the early '70s, Billboard would list any flip side if they felt it was getting sufficient sales and airplay attention to chart on the Hot 100. Very few of these tag-along flip sides were truly at a Top 40 level of popularity, and I don't think these two songs were.
"Sally G" is a little different. It started out as a tag-along flip side, but as "Junior's Farm" was dropping down the chart, attention began to shift to "Sally G", to the point where it was marketed more-or-less as a follow-up to "Junior's Farm". IINM "Sally G" re-entered the Top 40 for one week completely independently of "Junior's Farm". For that reason, I would consider "Sally G" a legitimate Top 40 hit.
George Harrison, meanwhile, had released 10 post-Beatles singles. Like Paul, he charted two "tag-along flip sides" in the early '70s, with "Isn't It A Pity" (B-side to "My Sweet Lord") and "Deep Blue (B-side to "Bangla Desh"). Unlike Paul's, those aren't reflected in the count of 9 shown here. Like Paul's, I personally wouldn't be inclined to count these, but if we are going to count Paul's, we should count George's as well. Actually, there would probably be a stronger argument that "Isn't It A Pity" was at a Top 40 level of popularity than any of the other tag-along flip sides discussed in this post. I believe that Casey played "Isn't It A Pity" on AT40 at least once, and in Cashbox, which still charted flip sides separately, it hit #46. While all 9 of George's 45s that had reached the Hot 100 had hit the Top 40, George had also released one single that completely missed the Hot 100. That was "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying"), released in late 1975 (Apple Records catalog# 1885), one of the last singles that came out on Apple before it shut down.
Abba had put out 8 singles at this point. Similar to George Harrison, all 7 of their singles that had reached the Hot 100 had hit the Top 40, but they had also released one single that completely missed the Hot 100. That was "Ring Ring" (Atlantic Records catalog# 3240), which came out in early 1975, after "Honey, Honey".
Barry Manilow's streak had begun with his breakthrough hit "Mandy". He had put out three singles before "Mandy" that hadn't charted. Looking ahead, Manilow extended his streak to 18 before finally missing in 1981 with "Lonely Together", which didn't miss by much (#45). After that, he reeled off another streak of 7 in a row, although none of those songs charted higher than #15, and three peaked down in the 30s. He would never even come close to hitting the Top 40 again once that streak was snapped. If "Lonely Together" had gotten just five notches higher, he would have had 26 Top 40 hits in a row over a period of about nine years.
The Eagles' streak had begun with "Best Of My Love". Their last single to miss the Top 40 was "James Dean", which is among my favorite Eagles songs. Their Top 40 streak would remain intact until their breakup in the early '80s. Every single the Eagles released in their original run hit the Hot 100; only three missed the Top 40, all from their second and third albums, in 1973 and 1974.
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Post by mct1 on Mar 15, 2015 22:51:09 GMT -5
Silvetti's top 50 run: 43,41,39,42,42,40,40,46 Not unusual in the late 70s for a song to fall out of top 40 & return during the same chart run. Fixed. My bad for not flipping thru to see if he bounced back up. Thought I'd spotted a rare bird & got excited. Another oddity with "Spring Rain" is that of the other two major trade publications of the day with 100-position pop charts, it only hit #97 in Cashbox, and missed the top 100 completely in Record World. (It didn't chart in Radio & Records, either, but as R&R had only a 30-position chart at the time, it's hard to draw much of a conclusion from that.) In the 1980s, it was basically unheard of for a song to fall out of the Top 40, then return during the same chart run. I don't believe that it happened a single time over the entire decade. Even reversing direction within the Top 40 was very rare in the '80s.
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Post by ivanzero on Mar 16, 2015 9:03:11 GMT -5
Great idea for a thread! The kind of thing you would have done back when the show was new, if this type of information had only been as easily accessible.... At this point in time, Paul McCartney had released 17 post-Beatles singles. The count of 20 is coming from three B-sides that charted in some fashion: "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (B-side to "Another Day"), "Little Woman Love" (B-side to "Mary Had A Little Lamb"), and "Sally G" (B-side to "Junior's Farm). The first two were listed as "tag-along flip sides" for at least part of their respective A-sides' run. Without getting into a lengthy dissertation on Billboard's policies towards flip sides, I personally wouldn't regard these two songs as Top 40 hits. In the early '70s, Billboard would list any flip side if they felt it was getting sufficient sales and airplay attention to chart on the Hot 100. Very few of these tag-along flip sides were truly at a Top 40 level of popularity, and I don't think these two songs were. "Sally G" is a little different. It started out as a tag-along flip side, but as "Junior's Farm" was dropping down the chart, attention began to shift to "Sally G", to the point where it was marketed more-or-less as a follow-up to "Junior's Farm". IINM "Sally G" re-entered the Top 40 for one week completely independently of "Junior's Farm". For that reason, I would consider "Sally G" a legitimate Top 40 hit. George Harrison, meanwhile, had released 10 post-Beatles singles. Like Paul, he charted two "tag-along flip sides" in the early '70s, with "Isn't It A Pity" (B-side to "My Sweet Lord") and "Deep Blue (B-side to "Bangla Desh"). Unlike Paul's, those aren't reflected in the count of 9 shown here. Like Paul's, I personally wouldn't be inclined to count these, but if we are going to count Paul's, we should count George's as well. Actually, there would probably be a stronger argument that "Isn't It A Pity" was at a Top 40 level of popularity than any of the other tag-along flip sides discussed in this post. I believe that Casey played "Isn't It A Pity" on AT40 at least once, and in Cashbox, which still charted flip sides separately, it hit #46. While all 9 of George's 45s that had reached the Hot 100 had hit the Top 40, George had also released one single that completely missed the Hot 100. That was "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying"), released in late 1975 (Apple Records catalog# 1885), one of the last singles that came out on Apple before it shut down. Abba had put out 8 singles at this point. Similar to George Harrison, all 7 of their singles that had reached the Hot 100 had hit the Top 40, but they had also released one single that completely missed the Hot 100. That was "Ring Ring" (Atlantic Records catalog# 3240), which came out in early 1975, after "Honey, Honey". Barry Manilow's streak had begun with his breakthrough hit "Mandy". He had put out three singles before "Mandy" that hadn't charted. Looking ahead, Manilow extended his streak to 18 before finally missing in 1981 with "Lonely Together", which didn't miss by much (#45). After that, he reeled off another streak of 7 in a row, although none of those songs charted higher than #15, and three peaked down in the 30s. He would never even come close to hitting the Top 40 again once that streak was snapped. If "Lonely Together" had gotten just five notches higher, he would have had 26 Top 40 hits in a row over a period of about nine years. The Eagles' streak had begun with "Best Of My Love". Their last single to miss the Top 40 was "James Dean", which is among my favorite Eagles songs. Their Top 40 streak would remain intact until their breakup in the early '80s. Every single the Eagles released in their original run hit the Hot 100; only three missed the Top 40, all from their second and third albums, in 1973 and 1974. Excellent post! I used the Whitburn '55 - '96 volume as reference, so that does unfortunately condemn singles that missed the Hot 100 to " nonexistence " as far as streaks go. Of course, it also means using his methodology when it comes to b-sides. "This Guitar" came straight to mind when looking at George's entry - it was indeed the very last single released on Apple.
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Post by blackbowl68 on Mar 16, 2015 13:42:35 GMT -5
Regarding ABBA, "Waterloo" was their single in the US under that name. The quartet had issued at least three singles on the Playboy label stateside before winning the Eurovision contest.
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Post by ivanzero on Mar 20, 2015 19:13:38 GMT -5
For March 22, 1980
Streaks*
Donna Summer 8th Top 10 in a row Andy Gibb 6th Top 10 in a row
Eagles 11th Top 20 in a row
Billy Joel 8th Top 30 in a row Anne Murray 5th Top 30 in a row Bob Seger 5th Top 30 in a row
Billy Joel 9th Top 40 in a row
*Streak does not include singles that missed the Hot 100 entirely.
Most Top 40 hits (as of this chart)
Neil Diamond 30 Spinners 16 Eagles 15 Linda Ronstadt 15 Donna Summer 11 Billy Joel 10 Anne Murray 9 Captain & Tennille 9 Dr. Hook 8 Michael Jackson 8 Bob Seger 8
Veterans (by date of 1st Top 40 hit) Spinners 1961 Wayne Newton 1963 Neil Diamond 1966 Jimmy Ruffin 1966 Peaches & Herb 1967 Bob Seger 1969 Anne Murray 1970 Ray, Goodman & Brown (The Moments) 1970 Linda Ronstadt 1970 Michael Jackson 1971 Tommy James 1971 Dr. Hook 1972 Eagles 1972 J. Geils Band 1972 Billy Preston 1972 Kool & the Gang 1973 Pink Floyd 1973
Newbies Christopher Cross Pat Benatar Air Supply The Whispers
One-hit wonders Teri DeSario Syreeta Steve Forbert Charlie Dore
Biggest hit to date Pink Floyd (also biggest ever) Dan Fogelberg (also biggest ever) Queen (also biggest ever) Shalamar (also biggest ever) Blondie (also biggest ever) Michael Jackson (“Rock With You”)
Droughts Jimmy Ruffin (1st top 40 hit since 1967) The Dirt Band (1st since 1970) Tommy James (1st since 1971) Wayne Newton (1st since 1972) Pink Floyd (1st since 1973) Billy Preston (1st since 1975) Ray, Goodman & Brown (The Moments) (1st since 1975) Spinners (1st since 1976)
Final Top 40 hit Pink Floyd Ray, Goodman & Brown (The Moments) Chuck Mangione Tommy James Captain & Tennille Billy Preston Jimmy Ruffin Peaches & Herb The Babys
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Post by ivanzero on Mar 22, 2015 13:21:52 GMT -5
For March 22, 1975
Streaks*
Ringo Starr 7th straight top 10 Olivia Newton-John 4th straight top 10
Elton John 11th straight top 20
Chicago 8th straight top 30** Helen Reddy 8th straight top 30
Jackson 5ive 17th straight top 40 Al Green 6th straight top 40***
* Singles that missed the Hot 100 completely are not counted. ** If you don't count “I'm a Man”, a b-side that went to #49, it's Chicago's 16th straight top 30. *** If you don't count the 2 cash-in Bell records, it's Al's 10th straight top 40.
Most Top 40s (as of this chart)
Elvis Presley 98 (!) Jackson 5ive 17 Chicago 16 B.J. Thomas 13 Al Green 11 Al Martino 10 Helen Reddy 9 Joe Cocker 7 Ringo Starr 7
Veterans
Elvis Presley 1956 Ben E. King 1960 LaBelle 1962 (as the Bluebelles) Al Martino 1963 Jimmy Castor 1966 B. J. Thomas 1966 Frankie Valli 1966
Biggest hit ever (as of this chart)
Frankie Valli, Doobie Brothers, Eagles
Newcomers (1st Top 40 hit)
Phoebe Snow, Styx, Electric Light Orchestra, Hot Chocolate, Freddy Fender, Blackbyrds, Leo Sayer (1st week ever), C.W. McCall (1st week ever)
Disappearing Acts (only Top 40 hit)
Minnie Riperton, Shirley and Company, Sweet Sensation, Sammy Johns, Polly Brown
Last Top 40 ever
Sugarloaf, Fanny, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Jimmy Castor, Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Droughts
Ben E. King 1st top 40 since 1960 LaBelle 1st since 1964 (as the Bluebelles) Al Martino 1st since 1967 Frankie Valli 1st solo Top 40 since 1967 Sugarloaf 1st since 1970 Fanny 1st since 1971
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Post by ivanzero on Mar 27, 2015 23:23:12 GMT -5
For March 28, 1987:
Streaks* Janet Jackson 5th top 5 in a row Genesis 4th top 5 in a row
Huey Lewis & the News 4th top 10 in a row
Huey Lewis & the News 9th top 20 in a row
Kool & the Gang 11th top 30 in a row Aretha Franklin 7th top 30 in a row
Madonna 13th top 40 in a row REO Speedwagon 11th top 40 in a row Tina Turner 11th top 40 in a row Cyndi Lauper 9th top 40 in a row
* does not include singles that missed the Hot 100 entirely
Most Top 40 hits (as of this chart) Aretha Franklin 40 Kool & the Gang 21 Linda Ronstadt 18 Starship 15 Prince 15 Madonna 13 Genesis 11 Huey Lewis & the News 11 REO Speedwagon 11 Tina Turner 11 Cyndi Lauper 9 Boston 8
Veterans (by year of 1st top 40 appearance) Aretha Franklin 1961 Starship 1967 Linda Ronstadt 1970 Kool & the Gang 1973 Boston 1976 Genesis 1978 Eddie Money 1978 Prince 1980
Biggest Hit Ever (as of this chart) None
Newcomers (1st Top 40 hit) Club Nouveau, Europe, Crowded House, Lou Gramm, Jody Watley, Beastie Boys, Cutting Crew
Disappearing acts (only Top 40 hit) Bruce Willis, Shirley Murdock, Hipsway, Robert Cray Band, Donna Allen
Last Top 40 ever Kool & the Gang, Dead or Alive, Peter Wolf, Boston
Droughts The Barbusters (aka Joan Jett / Blackhearts) 1st top 40 since 1983 Linda Ronstadt 1st top 40 since 1983 James Ingram 1st top 40 since 1984 Peter Wolf 1st top 40 since 1984
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Post by freakyflybry on Mar 28, 2015 0:11:38 GMT -5
George Michael's first solo top 40 hit was "A Different Corner" in 1986.
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Post by ivanzero on Mar 28, 2015 9:03:15 GMT -5
George Michael's first solo top 40 hit was "A Different Corner" in 1986. Fixed. Thank you.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 28, 2015 9:23:48 GMT -5
Linda Ronstadt hit with the Stone Poneys in the 60s as did Jefferson Airplane which is obviously the precursor to Jefferson Starship as they are the precursor to Starship.
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Post by Mike on Mar 28, 2015 14:41:51 GMT -5
Looking at this week's Hot 100, it's a stark indicator of that moment in time of just how fast the Hot 100 was moving for a couple of months there in 1987. What do I mean? Well...
Take songs such as "I Will Be There", "Light of Day", "Smoking Gun" just to name a few.
"I Will Be There": 5th week on the Hot 100; spent 11 on the chart "Light of Day": Exact same, except in its 6th week instead of 5th
Granted, both of those would only peak a few notches higher. But, what about...?
"Smoking Gun": 8th week on the Hot 100; spent 14 on the chart - thus, like Glass Tiger, only had 6 more to go. It also still had 11 notches to go to peak!
And, then there's...
"The Honeythief": Moving up 7 notches in its 10th week on the Hot 100; spent 15 on the chart. It had 5 more notches to go. "That Ain't Love": Up at #17, moving up 6 in its 9th week on the Hot 100; spent 14 on the chart. Granted, about to peak, but - so high up for only 5 more weeks to go...! "Respect Yourself": Up at #18, was falling 10 notches, but was in its 11th out of just 14 weeks on the Hot 100. Oh, and it fell 22 notches the following week.
Ayyye, carumba! Bruce would be out of the 40 in two weeks, REO in three, Glass Tiger, Joan Jett, and Hipsway in four, and the Robert Cray Band in five. Tina Turner, up 7 notches to #15 this week, would also be out in four weeks (also in her 8th Hot 100 week of 14).
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