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Post by bobbo428 on Dec 18, 2018 21:21:52 GMT -5
I have been wanting to create this thread for a while. Here is how it works:
--Gene Cotton's "Like a Sunday in Salem" peaked at No. 40 on he pop chart, 40 years ago. --Opus's "Live Is Life" peaked at No. 32 on the pop chart, 32 years ago. --I believe UB40's "Red Red Wine" reached No. 34 on the chart, 34 years ago, in its first chart run in 1984. Richie Furay peaked at No. 39, 39 years ago (this very week to be exact) with "I StillHave Dreams." Bob Seger reached No. 41, 41 years ago with "Rock and Roll Never Forgets."
The parameters to the game will change in two weeks, but I wanted to get it off the ground because Gene Cotton's 1978 hit is my all-time favorite Number-40 peaker. However, by 2019, I won't be able to call it "40 years ago" anymore. A big challenge is finding a song that, for instance, peaked at No. 60 in 1958 (or, beginning on New Years Day 2019, peaked at No. 60 in 1959).
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Post by jlthorpe on Dec 19, 2018 21:39:03 GMT -5
Do you have Record Research's "Pop Annual" book? You can look up peak positions by year. So for 1958, 4 songs peaked at #60. And in 1959, 6 songs peaked.
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Post by bobbo428 on Dec 22, 2018 22:05:12 GMT -5
I don't have that book yet, but it would definitely make things easier. However, I enjoy the longer process of serendipity. A few years ago, I liked a woman named Wendy. There was a Wendy song in 1958, but I won't be able to use that song for this thread until 2030 because it peaked at No. 72.
Others I have found:
--The Little River Band peaked at No. 35, 35 years ago with the vastly underrated "You're Driving Me Out of My Mind." --The Knack reached #38, 38 years ago with the moronic "Baby Talks Dirty" Bruno Mars's "Treasure," one of the few pop songs from recent years that I enjoy, reached No. 5, five years ago. James Brown reached No. 44, 44years ago with "Funky President." Neil Diamond reached No. 35, 35 years ago with "I'm Alive." Aerosmith peaked at No. 24, 24 years ago with "Amazing."
More to come
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Post by woolebull on Dec 22, 2018 23:36:11 GMT -5
Do you want to use strictly Hot 100 or AT/CT 40 charts after 1991? By the way, I call Buggles for #40, starting 1/1/19
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Post by woolebull on Dec 22, 2018 23:59:02 GMT -5
This is harder that it seems. Everyone I want to do, it seems that I'm off by a position or so. One that is good for eight more days: "A Shoulder To Cry On" by Tommy Page (#29, 29 years ago). In eight days, as we turn the "Page" on the year, we also turn to another "Paige": Kevin Paige, "Anything I Want" (#29, 29 years ago starting 1/1/19).
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