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Post by mkarns on Oct 17, 2023 0:37:46 GMT -5
The 10/26/74 countdown includes a montage of 1974's #1 hits located between #2 and #1. In it are pieces of six songs that Premiere completely skipped this year....including everyone's favourite, "You're Having My Baby".
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Post by SFGuy on Oct 17, 2023 4:19:34 GMT -5
On page 46 of the PDF file, there is a Rock Singles best sellers chart. Many of the songs on the chart I don't consider rock like Rick Dees, KC & the Sunshine Band, Captain & Tennille, Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkins, Jr., Brothers Johnson, Manhattans, Lou Rawls.
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 17, 2023 5:23:34 GMT -5
We dodge a bullet--the previous week's show had "Earache My Eye". The image of watching Cheech Marin live as Alice Bowie lip-synching to "Earache My Eye" always cracks me up. He was wearing a tutu and a rainbow-colored afro wig doing somersaults all over the stage. Cheech & Chong put on a great show that evening. Opening act was a reunited Beau Brummels. Played all 3 Top 40 hits, and were touring in support of a self-titled Warner Brothers album released earlier in 1975. Included a re-recording of their not often heard third Top 40 single "You Tell Me Why".
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Post by jgve1952 on Oct 17, 2023 6:49:12 GMT -5
This was the infamous episode where "Nothing From Nothing" became the biggest drop from #1 to #15. It broke the previous record when "Sounds of Silence" dropped from #1 to #12 in January 1966.
This trend would continue the following week when "Then Came You" also dropped #1 to #15.. Other songs would drop from #1 to #12 after the two above--"You Haven't Done Nothing" You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, and finally "Whatever Gets You Through The Night".
Then strangely the trend stopped and most of the songs thereafter just dropped slightly from #1.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Oct 17, 2023 6:57:16 GMT -5
On page 46 of the PDF file, there is a Rock Singles best sellers chart. Many of the songs on the chart I don't consider rock like Rick Dees, KC & the Sunshine Band, Captain & Tennille, Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkins, Jr., Brothers Johnson, Manhattans, Lou Rawls.
Oops, it is RACK not ROCK singles best sellers--racks was an industry term used to indicate singles sales at retailers like Sears (etc) that were not primarily music stores only.
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 17, 2023 7:04:56 GMT -5
On page 46 of the PDF file, there is a Rock Singles best sellers chart. Many of the songs on the chart I don't consider rock like Rick Dees, KC & the Sunshine Band, Captain & Tennille, Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkins, Jr., Brothers Johnson, Manhattans, Lou Rawls.
Oops, it is RACK not ROCK singles best sellers--racks was an industry term used to indicate singles sales at retailers like Sears (etc) that were not primarily music stores only. Would we count Walmart, Target, Kmart, Woolworth, Woolco, Zayre, Kresge, McCrory, Newberry, ShopKo, Hills, Ames, Two Guys, Korvettes, Montgomery Ward, JCPenney, Gemco, and many other past/present discount store chains too numerous to mention that used rack single sales for 45 singles back in the 1970's-1980's years pre Cassette Single era?
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Post by mga707 on Oct 17, 2023 10:29:58 GMT -5
Oops, it is RACK not ROCK singles best sellers--racks was an industry term used to indicate singles sales at retailers like Sears (etc) that were not primarily music stores only. Would we count Walmart, Target, Kmart, Woolworth, Woolco, Zayre, Kresge, McCrory, Newberry, ShopKo, Hills, Zayre, Ames, Two Guys, Korvettes, Montgomery Ward, JCPenney, Gemco, and many other past/present discount store chains too numerous to mention that used rack single sales for 45 singles back in the 1970's-1980's years pre Cassette Single era? Yes, those were exactly the types of retail store chains whose record departments were serviced by what were called 'rackjobbers' in the music biz back then. Hence the 'Rack Singles' (and 'Rack Albums') charts that 'Billboard' compiled for a number of years. And since you inadvertently put 'Zayre' in your list twice, I'll replace one of those Zayres with the 'other' 'Z' chain in the west: Zody's. And you left out one of the 'biggies': Sears.
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Post by mga707 on Oct 17, 2023 10:35:42 GMT -5
On page 46 of the PDF file, there is a Rock Singles best sellers chart. Many of the songs on the chart I don't consider rock like Rick Dees, KC & the Sunshine Band, Captain & Tennille, Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkins, Jr., Brothers Johnson, Manhattans, Lou Rawls.
Don't feel too foolish--people on Facebook groups have made the same 'Rack'/'Rock' mistake. I blame 'Billboard's' titles font, which made the 'a' and 'o' look a lot alike.
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 17, 2023 14:09:18 GMT -5
Would we count Walmart, Target, Kmart, Woolworth, Woolco, Zayre, Kresge, McCrory, Newberry, ShopKo, Hills, Zayre, Ames, Two Guys, Korvettes, Montgomery Ward, JCPenney, Gemco, and many other past/present discount store chains too numerous to mention that used rack single sales for 45 singles back in the 1970's-1980's years pre Cassette Single era? Yes, those were exactly the types of retail store chains whose record departments were serviced by what were called 'rackjobbers' in the music biz back then. Hence the 'Rack Singles' (and 'Rack Albums') charts that 'Billboard' compiled for a number of years. And since you inadvertently put 'Zayre' in your list twice, I'll replace one of those Zayres with the 'other' 'Z' chain in the west: Zody's. And you left out one of the 'biggies': Sears. Sears was mentioned, and I took out the extra Zayre.
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 17, 2023 14:25:13 GMT -5
Caldor is another long defunct retail chain that could be considered a rackjobber.
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Post by trekkielo on Oct 17, 2023 14:56:18 GMT -5
Here are some more possible past "rack jobbers" that I remember... Ayr*Way Fedco Fedmart The Treasury White Front
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 17, 2023 16:13:30 GMT -5
I'll invite Wieboldts and Goldblatts to the rackjobber party.
Also Venture (before Target)
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 17, 2023 19:10:08 GMT -5
Here are some more possible past "rack jobbers" that I remember... Ayr*Way Fedco Fedmart The Treasury White Front And don't forget: Treasure Island Fred Meyer Meijer Jamesway Bradlees TG&Y Gold Circle Hills Heck's Gee Bee and maybe...Lionel Leisure City (Lionel also owned the Play World and Kiddie City toy store chains) and Toys R Us?
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Post by rgmike on Oct 17, 2023 19:37:22 GMT -5
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Post by SFGuy on Oct 17, 2023 19:43:31 GMT -5
On page 46 of the PDF file, there is a Rock Singles best sellers chart. Many of the songs on the chart I don't consider rock like Rick Dees, KC & the Sunshine Band, Captain & Tennille, Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkins, Jr., Brothers Johnson, Manhattans, Lou Rawls.
Oops, it is RACK not ROCK singles best sellers--racks was an industry term used to indicate singles sales at retailers like Sears (etc) that were not primarily music stores only.
Makes more sense. I thought it said rock.
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