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Post by Big Red Machine on Mar 22, 2011 10:54:43 GMT -5
I am really pumped for the 3/25/78 show. Anyway, I am curious to know how you feel about the 3 Bee Gees records in the countdown, and which one was more impressive and/or more popular. It's really tough to choose. As you all know: "How Deep Is Your Love" spent only 3 weeks at #1, but spent an amazing 17 weeks in the top 10 and 26 weeks in the top 40, which were then records. But why didn't it hit platinum if it was so successful? "Staying Alive" spent 4 weeks at #1, spent an amazing 6 additional weeks at #2, and spent 13 weeks in the top 10 and 22 in the top 40. And finally, "Night Fever" spent the most with 8 weeks at #1, but spent the fewest weeks in the top 40 with 18. If you HAD to pick just one, which do you think is the most popular. I know it's like choosing who is your favorite child? lol and why did "How Deep Is Your Love" only reach gold where the others hit platinum easily? That always confused me. My pick is "Staying Alive." I remember this way more as a kid than "Night Fever." But after asking a few co-workers right now, everyone of them either picked "Night Fever" or "How Deep is Your Love" Go figure.  |
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Mar 22, 2011 17:07:39 GMT -5
XM played 3-18-78 this past week wth the same line up of their songs.
They prob picked thembecause its overplayed still! However the biggest hit from them of all time is Night Fever. 8 Weeks at number one vs 4 is a no brainer, even if the other one gets more play now.
Personally How Deep Is Your Love and the 2 older ones are my favorites from the soundtrack. (Jive Talkin & You Should Be Dancing).
Also, I'm sure this week KC's Boogie Shoes debuts. With that song's success as the flip to Shake Your Booty and (I believe it had it's own 45 when released from the soundtrack) plus being on the soundtrack. That one song, Boogie Shoes was sold to more people than anything else they ever recorded.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 22, 2011 19:52:35 GMT -5
If you consider an artist's biggest hit that which spent the most weeks at #1, yes their biggest hit is Night Fever. However in the top 50 of the 70s on AT40, How Deep was highest followed by Stayin Alive and Night Fever. The Hottest HOT 100 hits book concurs ranking How Deep is.. at #13, Stayin Alive at #42 and Night Fever at #47. All those weeks in the top 10/top 40 trumps all those weeks at #1.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 22, 2011 19:53:52 GMT -5
Those last rankings were for the rock era.
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Post by vto66 on Mar 22, 2011 20:28:00 GMT -5
Of those three songs, "How Deep"was my favorite, with a close second going to "Night Fever'. Never really cared for "Stayin' Alive."
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Post by jgve1952 on Mar 23, 2011 1:08:27 GMT -5
"Night Fever" was my favorite! Also I think it was admirable of the Bee Gees not to want to compete with Tavares' version of "More Than a Woman." Does anyone think they would have had a fourth #1 song from "SF? " I guess we'll never know, but could have fun speculating! I say it would have hit the Top 5, but four #1s would be unlikely IMHO.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Mar 23, 2011 5:06:01 GMT -5
For as hot as they were and with their next 2 singles from their next album (Tragedy and Too Much Heaven) both hitting #1, I am sure More Than A Woman would have as well!
I don't care about weeks on the chart. If thats the case, I Go Crazy by Paul Davis should have been #1 for 1978! 8 weeks at #1 trumps 4 weeks, period!
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 23, 2011 8:15:21 GMT -5
bme, don't forget Love You Inside Out from their next album also hit #1 giving them 6 straight. But as to weeks on the chart, it doesn't work for I Go Crazy because it did not come close to hitting #1. When you combine weeks at #1 and a lot of weeks on the chart as is the case with How Deep, then you have something that trumps a lot of weeks at #1. On a related subject, what did people think after hearing the top 40 of 1973 on XM New Year's weekend of Why Me being the #2 song of the year? bme, you must not have liked that. It only peaked at #16 but its then HOT 100 record 38 weeks on the chart almost made it the #1 song of the year.
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Post by Big Red Machine on Mar 23, 2011 10:20:48 GMT -5
"Night Fever" was my favorite! Also I think it was admirable of the Bee Gees not to want to compete with Tavares' version of "More Than a Woman." Does anyone think they would have had a fourth #1 song from "SF? " I guess we'll never know, but could have fun speculating! I say it would have hit the Top 5, but four #1s would be unlikely IMHO. Great point jgve1952, "More Than a Woman" (the Bee Gees version) was my favorite!! I think it would have hit #1 if it were released. It was also admirable that the Bee Gees gave full credit to Samantha Sang with "Emotion." Then they would have officially had the top 3 songs that week. Oh yeah, and I do remember an AT40 Show when Casey revealed that Boz Scaggs' manager refused to have "Lowdown" to be part of SNF. To say that was a mistake is an understatement.  |
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 23, 2011 10:35:30 GMT -5
FYI, this will be the 7th AT40 of the last few months in which How Deep... will be played....11/5/77 on XM, 11/12/77 on Premiere, 1/7/78 on Premiere (at #1), Top 50 of the 70s on XM, 1/21/78 on XM, 3/18/78 on XM, 3/25/78 on Premiere. Unless it was a LDD at some point, it won't be heard again until at least October.
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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 23, 2011 12:39:51 GMT -5
No doubt The Bee Gees were the hottest group on the planet in 1978-Too bad RSO Records never released their version of "More Than A Woman"-It's far superior to the Tavares rendition.
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Post by easye on Mar 23, 2011 12:48:40 GMT -5
I liked "How Deep Is Your Love". To me though, "Night Fever" was a generic Bee Gees song that you listened to only if you like their typical disco sound. Like the other person, I never cared for "Staying Alive".
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Mar 23, 2011 14:10:12 GMT -5
No doubt The Bee Gees were the hottest group on the planet in 1978-Too bad RSO Records never released their version of "More Than A Woman"-It's far superior to the Tavares rendition. I think the Bee Gees were going to release their version of "More Than A Woman" before the Tavares single came out. Afterwards, the Bee Gees decided not to release their song. I think Casey told this story on AT40. |
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 23, 2011 17:41:33 GMT -5
We all know Billboard changed their policy and now allows album cuts to chart. Back in the day of course they could not. Does anyone of an unofficial listing that projects how songs such as More Than a Woman or Stairway to Heaven would have fared on the HOT 100? In my opinion, I think More was a definite top 5 song but not necessarily Stairway. I did not hear that much at the time almost certainly because of the length. But that did not stop a similarly long song at the time from hitting #1...American Pie.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Mar 23, 2011 18:00:28 GMT -5
I think How Deep Is Your Love is a beautiful love song. Heard it on the radio today. Still stands up! Love the high range notes at the end especially!
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