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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 4, 2009 20:14:25 GMT -5
It was exactly 45 years ago today that The Beatles accomplished something that no other artist or group had ever done before-They had the top five singles on the Billboard "Hot 100"-At #5 was "Please Please Me",At #4 was "I Want To Hold Your Hand",At #3 was "She Loves You",At #2 was "Twist & Shout" & at #1 was "Can't Buy Me Love"-The previous week,that song had debuted at #27-The only other group in the rock era that displayed chart supremacy was The Bee Gees & we'll hear several examples of that on the "AT40" countdown of 4/8/78,which is airing on terrestrial radio this weekend.
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Apr 5, 2009 12:43:53 GMT -5
I did hear Casey mention this on AT10 this weekend (in addition to AT40 and likely his Westwood One programs, how many times has Casey Kasem noted this chart success?).
Also, Scott Shannon spotlighted the Beatles' 1964 success as part of his True Oldies Channel "Time Machine" feature yesterday.
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 5, 2009 14:12:02 GMT -5
When Rob Durkee came out with his book on "AT40" ten years ago,he appeared on a radio station somewhere in California & told the host that the Beatles' chart domination of 4/4/64 is one of Casey's favorite bits of trivia.
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Post by dougray2 on Apr 5, 2009 14:27:08 GMT -5
If anyone has the AT40 show from 4/13/74, Casey spotlights this amazing chart feet by playing a piece of each of the 5 songs. It's between #28 and 27 at the end of hour 1.
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 6, 2009 12:44:37 GMT -5
Perhaps we'll hear the 4/13/74 show on XM-Sirius or terrestrial radio this month.
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Post by tarobe on Jan 22, 2010 1:42:22 GMT -5
Although the Beatles' domination of the top five on April 4, 1964 is widely publicized, it was actually somewhat anti-climactic. They had occupied the top slot since February 1, the top two notches since February 22, the top three since March 14, and the top four since March 28. What's one more?
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Post by number39 on Jan 27, 2010 1:23:59 GMT -5
Also amazing that week - the Beatles had 12 records on the chart that week. AND, they were on 5 different labels (4 different labels within the Top 5 alone!!!).
"Can't Buy Me Love" (Capitol), "Twist & Shout" (Tollie), "She Loves You" (Swan), "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (Capitol), and "Please, Please Me" (Vee-Jay). The other label The Beatles were on on the Hot 100 that week? Capitol of Canada ("All My Loving", "Roll Over Beethoven").
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Post by number39 on Jan 27, 2010 2:51:49 GMT -5
AND, the next week (4/11), the Beatles would place 14 songs on the Hot 100. Could you imagine how many charted hits The Beatles would've had if Billboard had charted LP tracks back in the '60's? Lot's of local stations would chart LP tracks - it's fun to look at local radio charts from the '60's and see some of the stranger tracks that charted (itself a cool subject for a thread here!). www.las-solanas.com/arsa/surveys_item.php?svid=8273 |
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Post by number39 on Jan 27, 2010 3:41:02 GMT -5
Trivia question: How many weeks were ALL FOUR SOLO BEATLES on the chart at the same time?
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Post by mkarns on Jan 27, 2010 14:01:57 GMT -5
AND, the next week (4/11), the Beatles would place 14 songs on the Hot 100. Could you imagine how many charted hits The Beatles would've had if Billboard had charted LP tracks back in the '60's? Lot's of local stations would chart LP tracks - it's fun to look at local radio charts from the '60's and see some of the stranger tracks that charted (itself a cool subject for a thread here!). www.las-solanas.com/arsa/surveys_item.php?svid=8273AT40 experimented with something like that on its 8/5/72 show, when Casey counted down the top albums instead of the top singles, playing one track (not necessarily a hit single) from each of the week's top 40 albums. Unfortunately this experiment went no further; it would have been very interesting if they'd continued it. (How about this one as a summertime special presentation from Premiere?) |
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on Jan 27, 2010 14:18:24 GMT -5
However, that AT40 special may have influenced a short lived album based countdown. In the mid 1970s (most likely 1976-when I was in the 11th grade) I remember a show called "The National Album Countdown" that was broadcast on Memphis's WMC FM 100-I'd listen to it while doing my Geometry homework.
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Post by mstgator on Jan 27, 2010 19:51:19 GMT -5
Trivia question: How many weeks were ALL FOUR SOLO BEATLES on the chart at the same time? I'm thinking three, but that's probably too low. |
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Post by mkarns on Jan 31, 2010 14:52:33 GMT -5
Trivia question: How many weeks were ALL FOUR SOLO BEATLES on the chart at the same time? Four? (12/14/74, and 1/11, 1/18, and 2/1/75.) |
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Post by mrjukebox on Jan 31, 2010 16:04:31 GMT -5
The host of "The National Album Countdown" was "Humble Harv" Miller,a Los Angeles radio legend who filled in once for Casey on "AT40"-I believe that was in July 1974.
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Post by number39 on Feb 1, 2010 18:25:04 GMT -5
I'd love to hear those album countdowns!!!
By the way - mkarns - 4 is all I could find as well. As mentioned before on other posts - the 12/14/74 chart is suspicious! "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" is in freefall - after peaking at #1, it went: 1-12-21-40-40. That 2nd week at 40 was strange - giving a chance for "Dark Horse" (George Harrison) to debut and give all 4 solo Beatles a single on AT40 at once for the first time. Also suspicious - "#9 Dream" (John Lennon) peaking at.....guess!
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