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Post by classicat40fan on Jan 4, 2006 20:59:50 GMT -5
Can anyone name instances on AT40 where songs moved into
the top 10 from outside the top 20?
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Post by mstgator on Jan 4, 2006 22:50:03 GMT -5
First happened on the 11/28/70 AT40, with two songs sharing the honor... "One Less Bell To Answer" by the 5th Dimension (25-7) and "No Matter What" by Badfinger (24-8). Interestingly, that's as high as the Badfinger song got.
Others during the '70s (looks like Elton John is the clear winner in this category):
21-9 Bee Gees, "Lonely Days"
34-9 The Osmonds, "One Bad Apple"
25-10 The Jackson 5, "Mama's Pearl"
25-10 Janis Joplin, "Me And Bobby McGee"
21-10 The Bells, "Stay Awhile"
21-9 Carole King, "It's Too Late"
26-10 Tom Clay, "What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John"
24-10 Donny Osmond, "Go Away Little Girl"
28-10 Cher, "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves"
50-9 Isaac Hayes, "Theme From Shaft"
21-8 Sly & The Family Stone, "Family Affair"
25-9 Don McLean, "American Pie"
28-10 Bread, "Everything I Own"
23-10 Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, "Too Late To Turn Back Now"
26-9 The Delegates, "Convention '72"
21-10 War, "The Cisco Kid"
22-10 The Doobie Brothers, "Long Train Runnin'"
21-3 Wings, "Live And Let Die"
27-10 John Denver, "Annie's Song"
25-6 Elton John, "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
23-10 Chicago, "Call On Me"
27-7 Carl Douglas, "Kung Fu Fighting"
22-10 Harry Chapin, "Cat's In The Cradle"
36-9 Elton John, "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
21-6 Linda Ronstadt, "You're No Good"
24-9 America, "Lonely People"
22-8 Minnie Riperton, "Lovin' You"
23-5 Tony Orlando & Dawn, "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)"
21-10 Carpenters, "Only Yesterday"
29-7 Van McCoy, "The Hustle"
22-9 Wings, "Listen To What The Man Said"
22-9 Bee Gees, "Jive Talkin'"
25-6 Neil Sedaka, "Bad Blood"
24-10 Austin Roberts, "Rocky"
22-5 Jefferson Starship, "Miracles"
36-8 Elton John, "Island Girl"
21-10 The Staple Singers, "Let's Do It Again"
29-10 Diana Ross, "Love Hangover"
25-9 Starland Vocal Band, "Afternoon Delight"
23-8 Elton John & Kiki Dee, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
26-8 KC & The Sunshine Band, "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"
22-8 Rod Stewart, "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
21-7 Bill Conti, "Gonna Fly Now"
23-10 The Brothers Johnson, "Strawberry Letter 23"
21-10 Commodores, "Three Times A Lady"
37-6 Chic, "Le Freak"
22-10 Rod Stewart, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
23-10 The Doobie Brothers, "What A Fool Believes"
21-8 The Charlie Daniels Band, "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"
38-10 Commodores, "Still"
33-10 Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer, "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Also, Carly Simon soared from 37-9 with "You're So Vain", but it happened the week that AT40 aired the first half of the Top 80 of 1972. And in 1974, Bachman-Turner Overdrive's former #1 hit "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" made an amazing rebound into the Top Ten, up 34-8.
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