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Post by mrjukebox on Aug 14, 2011 10:10:16 GMT -5
The reason "Surfin USA" by The Beach Boys was played as an optional extra on the 8/17/74 show,was that Capitol Records had released a 2-LP collection of greatest hits called "Endless Summer".
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Post by jgve1952 on Aug 14, 2011 10:14:40 GMT -5
ahhh dukedeb, but it is such fun to find those. Again, thanks to bigal for finding that. I still think maybe Couldn't Get It Right and Ashes By Now may be the only two songs (other than #1s) that dropped from a position 2 or lower with a bullet from when you said Billboard initiated the holding of a song and not dropping with a bullet (other than of course #1s).
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Post by kchkwong on Aug 14, 2011 10:17:59 GMT -5
for bigal and dukedeb: bigal, if you think you're getting old you sure have not lost your sharpness and attention to detail--you are absolutely 100% correct. I searched Google Books for the July 5th 1980 Hot 100 and sure enough Ashes by Now did jump from 39 to 37 with a "star/bullet" and I couldn't find the July 12th Billboard Hot 100, but I did check the Top 40 on OldRadioShows.com and it was not in the Top 40 on July 12th, meaning that yes it did drop after having gotten a bullet. That is such awesome knowledge and I know dukedeb really likes to keep up with such challenges as well as I do! Thanks again bigal for that nugget of chart knowledge. I think most of our friends and families would roll their eyes that we get such thrills from finding these contradictions, but oh well....I am who I am!!!! I just checked my copy of Joel Whitburn's book of the Hot 100 chart for the 80s. Ashes By Now did not have the bullet when it moved from 39 to 37 on the week of July 5, 1980. |
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Post by dukelightning on Aug 14, 2011 10:46:11 GMT -5
The reason "Surfin USA" by The Beach Boys was played as an optional extra on the 8/17/74 show,was that Capitol Records had released a 2-LP collection of greatest hits called "Endless Summer". And it debuted that week and would make the 40. Oops, someone made a mistake on Ashes By Now! |
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Post by clockradio on Aug 14, 2011 11:07:47 GMT -5
This weeks countdown began and ended with songs where Brits seem to be writing about American places they've never actually visited. "Beach Baby" is about surfing but references San Jose (not exactly a sufer's paradise; it isn't even in Southern Cal) and Paper Lace don't seem to have a grip on Chicago geography either. Others would include Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" with its reference to "East California". Others? The Kim Wilde and Paper Lace are good ones. (I admit) I googled for some more and found a couple: "Cotton Fields" (CCR covered this) "it was down in Louisiana, just about a mile from Texarkana." Texarkana is about fifty miles from the Louisiana border. Journey has been sining A LOT lately about "Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit." That might just be Canada, according to many maps. Many fans will not stop believin' otherwise, though. |
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Post by jgve1952 on Aug 14, 2011 12:01:22 GMT -5
kchkwong--i checked Google Books for the original chart (and it was in red on that day), and the page was after page 31 in Google books and the page is sideways, but the song in question has the red star where you can see it. Now on Page 68 of the Billboard Magazine, where the Hot 100 is posted in black and white, sure enough, it does NOT have a star. So this is really strange......
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Post by jgve1952 on Aug 14, 2011 12:14:09 GMT -5
mrjukebox--the announcer said Surfin' USA was re-released and entered the chart at #84, becoming a hit again, peaking at #36.
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Post by briguy52748 on Aug 14, 2011 13:36:39 GMT -5
So, do we know for sure what this coming weekend's show (Aug. 20-21) is?
Brian
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Post by jgve1952 on Aug 14, 2011 14:13:51 GMT -5
briguy: Check Monday morning as jd usually leaves the year shortly after midnight.
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Post by mrjukebox on Aug 14, 2011 15:39:55 GMT -5
There appears to be some speculation that next weekend's show will be from 8/18/79-Therefore,that'll be my prediction.
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Post by cleary71 on Aug 14, 2011 18:59:25 GMT -5
Does anyone know what the extra songs were besides "I Honestly Love You"? Thanks!
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Aug 14, 2011 19:04:13 GMT -5
Does anyone know what the extra songs were besides "I Honestly Love You"? Thanks! "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Surfin' U.S.A." Was previously mentioned on this thread. |
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Post by pizzzzza on Aug 14, 2011 19:21:05 GMT -5
There appears to be some speculation that next weekend's show will be from 8/18/79-Therefore,that'll be my prediction. I'm 99.9% sure that is what they will play..... |
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Post by dukelightning on Aug 14, 2011 19:23:07 GMT -5
Npw pizzzza. you understand that I said the same thing once and I was wrong.....so better watch out.........
on second thought......pizzzza.....with Jimmy confirming below, you are something else!!
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Aug 14, 2011 19:26:11 GMT -5
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