Other #1's

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 4/30/1988 are on page 5, and for 5/01/1976 on page 28.

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 5/10/1980 are on page 28, for 5/10/1986 and 5/06/1978 on page 49, and for 5/11/1974 on page 13.

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 5/19/1984 are on page 13, for 5/12/1979 on page 35, and for 5/15/1971 on page 21.

[dukelightning]

May 18, 2012 17:28:18 GMT -5 Mike said:

May 19, 1984:
#1 on the Country chart: "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" by Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson
#1 on the Soul chart: "Hello" by Lionel Richie
#1 on the Dance & Disco chart: "Let's Hear it For the Boy" by Deniece Williams
#1 on the Album chart: The Footloose soundtrack

Can anyone think of another week where the #1 Country, Soul, and Dance songs all were songs also in that week's 40? Making this week even more notable is the fact that all of these are also in this week's Top 5.

We think alike Mike! When I just heard the #1s as Casey said them, I thought just that about them all being in the top 5.

[Mike]

And just think: After this week, the presence of a #1 Country song in the countdown would fall off the proverbial cliff.

A #1 Country song being in the countdown at the time it was #1 Country would not happen again under Billboard - at least, not as performed by the same act.

On 10/11/86, #1 Country was "Friends and Lovers" - but on the Country chart, it was titled "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)", and as I recall, Casey played a piece of the Eddie Rabbitt & Juice Newton recording that week (which was also the week that the Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson original fell from its #2 peak in the countdown).

Twice more, a #1 Country song would later turn up in the countdown - "I'll Still Be Loving You" (#1 on 3/21/87, hitting AT40 in June) and "Achy Breaky Heart" (#1 on 5/30 and the entire month of June 1992, hitting AT40 in July). And "I Swear", of course, also had two versions - the original Country at #1 there for the entire month of February 1994 with All-4-One's cover hitting AT40 at the end of April.

In total, it wouldn't happen again until shortly after AT40 returned in 1998, on 4/25 - though Casey didn't even mention it that week. (Actually, he seemed to rarely, if ever, read Country #1s on AT40 itself during his second run - instead that one would be relegated to at least one of the AC countdowns.) The song in question, BTW, was "You're Still the One".

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 5/21/1983 are on page 42, and for 5/21/1977 on page 13.

For 5/27/1972:

#1 Soul: "I'll Take You There" - The Staple Singers
#1 Country: "(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date" - Conway Twitty
#1 Album: First Take - Roberta Flack

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 5/30/1987 are on page 29, and for 5/29/1976 on page 43.

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 6/06/1981 is on page 13, for 6/03/1978 on page 14, and for 6/09/1984 on page 21.

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 6/08/1985 are on page 14, and for 6/12/1971 and 6/16/1979 on page 21.

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 6/25/1988 are on page 50, for 6/14/1975 on page 29, and for 6/18/1977 on page 73.

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 6/30/1984 and 6/24/1978 are on page 29, and for 6/30/1973 on page 22.

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 7/03/1982 are on page 14, for 6/27/1987 on page 6, and for 7/10/1976 on page 36.

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 7/12/1980 are on page 22, for 7/09/1988 on page 36, for 7/08/1972 on page 6, and for 7/14/1979 on page 15.

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 7/12/1986 are on page 50, and for 7/15/1978 on page 37.

[seminolefan]

The #1s for 7/23/1983 are on page 44, and for 7/23/1977 on page 30.