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Post by mstgator on Sept 10, 2014 21:16:05 GMT -5
"Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" by Jim Steinman... I believe the vocalist on that 1981 hit was actually Rory Dodd (who was also the "turn around bright eyes" guy on "Total Eclipse of the Heart").
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Post by mstgator on Sept 8, 2014 18:25:55 GMT -5
Heard another one today... Elton John and George Michael name check a bunch of beautiful celebrities at the end of 1985's "Wrap Her Up", including Samantha Fox, whose first hit was more than a year in the future.
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Post by mstgator on Sept 4, 2014 21:22:56 GMT -5
^And in 1998, "Ray of Light" debuted at #5 and got no higher. Two examples from the Casey's Top 40 era of songs that debuted in the top 20 and failed to hit the top: "Old Man & Me" by Hootie & The Blowfish - debuted at 19, peaked at 5 "Endless Love" by Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey - debuted at 18, peaked at 6 And the song that I believe holds the record for the highest debut ever on the R&R pop chart: "If You Go" by Jon Secada, which debuted at #15 and took ten weeks to slowly climb to its peak of #5.
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Post by mstgator on Aug 28, 2014 20:15:34 GMT -5
Yes, it was originally a three-hour show, so theoretically it should be able to run with no edits (I would think that there hasn't been that much of a change in commercial load since December 1999).
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Post by mstgator on Aug 19, 2014 19:39:23 GMT -5
The actual show as originally aired was at the correct speed, blame whoever posted that youtube video for speeding/pitching up the recording. As I recall, though, they did play at least two songs that weren't the "hit" recordings ("Rock Around The Clock" and "Maybellene", which just happened to be the first two songs played).
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Post by mstgator on Aug 12, 2014 22:46:20 GMT -5
Well, yeah - that was what I meant. So yeah, I do remember the show, very vaguely, as I mentioned. But it's been 23 years, so that could be why I remember very little about it. What was #1 on the show, by the way? And how many years did they use? "She Ain't Worth It" by Glenn Medeiros and Bobby Brown was #1 (to tie in with the Hawaiian theme of that particular show). The oldest song played was "Missing You" by John Waite from 1984; the majority were from 1989-91.
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Post by mstgator on Aug 11, 2014 18:07:10 GMT -5
8/10/91 was a "Hottest Hits of Summer" special, supposedly recorded in Maui. It wasn't a rearranged current chart, but one of the specials that featured hits from the past several years. Rick's definition of "summer" hits is a bit suspect, as (for example) #21 is "Heat of the Moment" by After 7, which was a fall/winter hit in both its original release and later re-release. I guess I vaguely remember that one. Was "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff on the chart? I seem to recall that it was a Sure Shot, but I could be wrong. "Summertime" was in the leadoff position (before #40 "Simply Irresistible" was played), although Rick didn't specifically ID it as a Sure Shot that week (since it was actually approaching its peak position on the regular chart by that point).
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Post by mstgator on Aug 10, 2014 20:16:59 GMT -5
Does anyone remember the special show for the following week that Rick mentioned once during this show? Was it pretty much a rearranged version of the current chart? I honestly don't remember any special in the summer of 1991, and I was listening every week. 8/10/91 was a "Hottest Hits of Summer" special, supposedly recorded in Maui. It wasn't a rearranged current chart, but one of the specials that featured hits from the past several years. Rick's definition of "summer" hits is a bit suspect, as (for example) #21 is "Heat of the Moment" by After 7, which was a fall/winter hit in both its original release and later re-release.
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Post by mstgator on Aug 5, 2014 21:19:08 GMT -5
Sounds like blackmail, I tell ya.
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Post by mstgator on Jul 23, 2014 18:32:23 GMT -5
Paul, you'll also be pleased to hear that "Word Crimes" debuts at #39 on the Hot 100 to become Al's fourth Top 40 hit there. He's now had one Top 40 Hot 100 hit in four consecutive decades.
Edit: Oops, that was already posted in another thread, so you already heard the good news.
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Post by mstgator on Jul 22, 2014 19:51:24 GMT -5
I have to disagree re Clair -- what the child he's babysitting (his manager's daughter) is saying is a cute sign of affection from a child who doesn't know better, which Gilbert (aka Ray) finds, well, cute. The song is intended to misdirect then deliver the actual relationship as a punchline, similarly to Jim Stafford's My Girl Bill. I suppose, but in today's society, if someone were to say that to a kid, there's a certain registry they'd end up on. Sure, if you take that line out of context. Read the lyrics of the entire song and it's perfectly innocent. Speaking of Gilbert, his huge smash "Alone Again, Naturally" opens with a guy pondering suicide.
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Post by mstgator on Jul 14, 2014 19:53:18 GMT -5
Freshened look with the new song title font and the blue highlights and all, but they did not fix any of the errors from what I could see. Still have "Love Fire" by Jigsaw instead of "Get Closer" by Seals and Crofts on the summer 76 charts, for example. ...and "Please Don't Go" is still cheated out of it's week at #1! And speaking of summer 1976, Bob Marley's only US Hot 100 single, "Roots Rock Reggae", is still credited to Crystal Gayle. Crystal Gayle with dreadlocks... now that would have been a sight to see.
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Post by mstgator on Jul 12, 2014 13:28:08 GMT -5
Here's one from left field: the 2 Live Crew's "Me So Horny" (yes, it did make AT40 in fall 1989, though Shadoe usually didn't say the title) mentions "Sitting at home watching Arsenio Hall". That's what the clean version (which no doubt is what was played) said... Luther Campbell was not watching TV in the original Well, he may have been, in which case he has some pretty strong feelings for Arsenio.
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Post by mstgator on Jul 12, 2014 13:23:11 GMT -5
Yep... to-may-to, to-mah-to.
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Post by mstgator on Jul 10, 2014 22:10:08 GMT -5
I guess I don't understand all of the machinations and differences between the charts during the 1990s. How can "Candle '97" spend - what? - 14 weeks or something like that at number one in Billboard Magazine yet only reach 32 in R&R? Most likely the whole airplay vs sales thing. As we all know, the Hot 100 combined sales and airplay, while R&R was an airplay only chart. You could probably make the assumption that there was a huge surge in the sales of "Candle '97" in the aftermath of Princess Di's death, as many saddened folks felt moved by the song and went out and bought it. Meanwhile, it did get a fair amount of airplay, but maybe not a disproportionately large amount as it did in sales. Exactly. "Candle" only peaked at #21 on Hot 100 Airplay (its flip side "Something About The Way You Look Tonight" was the bigger radio hit). The 11+ million singles sold (and the fact that both sides' combined airplay was factored in) is what made it such a huge overall hit on the Hot 100.
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