Bee Gees 3/25/78

[jdelachjr2002]

Apr 1, 2011 9:21:37 GMT -5 marv101 said:

Barry Gibb was the hottest songwriter on the planet back then, as evidenced by the fact that he wrote or co-wrote eight songs which hit #1 that year. breaking the record of seven set by (who else?) John Lennon & Paul McCartney in 1964.

I thought I heard Casey say that 'How Deep Is Your Love?' spent nineteen weeks in the top ten, breaking the record set by 1959's #1 single of the year, 'Mack The Knife'.

I also recall that the 'SNF' soundtrack came out well before the movie was released on 12-16-77, and immediately shot to #1 where it stayed for six months until it was dethroned in the summer of 1978 by either 'Some Girls' by the Rolling Stones or Gerry Rafferty's scintillating 'City To City'.

I remember purchasing another humungous-selling double LP in 1976, 'Frampton Comes Alive', and I don't believe that I paid more than $6.00 for it, so I'm inclined to think that the 'SNF' soundtrack didn't cost much more than that when it was released.

"City To City" took over the #1 spot from "Saturday Night Fever" on 7/8/1978. "Some Girls" was at #1 the next two weeks then the "Grease" soundtrack would take over the #1 spot for 12 of the next 14 weeks with two of the weeks (9/16) and (10/7) interrupted by Boston's "Don't Look Back".

[dukelightning]

How Deep is Your Love did break the record set by Mack the Knife for most weeks in the top 10 but it was for 17 weeks. Mack was in the top 10 for the last 16 weeks of the 50s. Incidentally, the next record to spend 16 weeks in the top 10 was John Mellancamp's "Hurts so Good". Those would be the top 3 in that category when the Soundscan era began in 1991.