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Post by saintfan on Mar 28, 2007 20:20:39 GMT -5
I was thinking about the artists who had only two top 40 hits, with one reaching #1, and the other #40. examples:
CW McCall- Convoy, Wolf Creek Pass Timmy T-One More Try, Time After Time Exile-Kiss You All Over, You Thrill Me
Some that came close are:
Mary MacGregor-Torn Between Two Lovers #1, Good Friend #39 Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow #1, If I Said You Had A B B #39
Any others?
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Post by spt72 on Mar 28, 2007 20:55:18 GMT -5
McCall and Exile did hit the country chart MANY times though; not exactly two-it wonders. Timmy T on the other hand definately was.
What week did Mary Macgregor hit #39 with "Good Friend?" Id love to get that one... I LOVED that song... its on the "Meatballs" soundtrack and its a major part of the film.
Thanks, shawn
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Post by mstgator on Mar 28, 2007 21:20:38 GMT -5
What week did Mary Macgregor hit #39 with "Good Friend?" 10/13/79
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Post by saintfan on Mar 28, 2007 23:32:05 GMT -5
Yes I'm well aware that Exile and CW McCall hit the country chart several times, including Exile's 10 #1s. But since this is an AMERICAN TOP 40 site and we're talking about AT40, I was talking about that chart and show.
I never said they were two hit wonders.
All I said was that they hit the top 40 twice, with one going to 40 and one at #1.
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Post by spt72 on Mar 29, 2007 2:40:03 GMT -5
Oh I know. I wasnt implying a lack of knowledge on your part. I was just adding some info to the thread - a great one at that. Diddnt mean to offend if it sounded like that.
Thanks.
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Post by spt72 on Mar 29, 2007 2:40:36 GMT -5
Oh I know. I wasnt implying a lack of knowledge on your part. I was just adding some info to the thread - a great one at that. Didnt mean to offend if it sounded like that. Thanks.
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Post by saintfan on Mar 29, 2007 20:43:45 GMT -5
None taken. I just thought maybe you didn't understand the feat I was trying to point out. I don't like it either when people call artists like CW McCall One Hit Wonders, because I know they are a niche artist of another format that crossed over pop.
It always bugs me when people will call artists like Queensryche, Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead, and Frank Zappa OHW because they had one top 40 hit. We all know these artists were more known than for one fluke top 40 pop hit. Peter McCann only had one top 40 hit too, but there's a big difference between Peter McCann and Grateful Dead than just one top 40 hit apiece. One I feel would be a OHW and the other, that's not quite an accurate label.
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Post by jedijake on Mar 29, 2007 21:34:00 GMT -5
The Goo Goo Dolls almost did it. They hit #1 with NAME and #40 with NAKED (two one-word songs beginning with N).
But then of course they came out with the best song ever-Iris. And then Slide. That took care of that lol.
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Post by saintfan on Mar 30, 2007 23:35:10 GMT -5
A couple others that were close but hen.. were The Cure, "Just Like Heaven" #40, and "Love Song" #2 then came "Friday I'm In Love" etc.
Not counting Manfred Mann's hits as Manfred Mann, but just Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Blinded By The Light" #1, "Spirit In The Night" #40, but then in 1984 here came "Runner" to eliminate them in either light.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Mar 31, 2007 3:49:47 GMT -5
If we're talking about artists BEING CLOSE, here are three more.
Billy Paul and George McCrae -- both had two Top 40 hits, peaking at #1 and #37. And then there's Looking Glass -- two hits that peaked at #1 and #33. And all three artists reached #1 on the first attempt.
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Post by saintfan on Mar 31, 2007 8:06:29 GMT -5
I always thought "Jimmy Loves Maryanne" by Looking Glass was a bigger hit. Back in 1977 when I went to the library to write down and look up old BB charts, and I saw it peaked at #33 I was surprised. Our local station played it quite a bit, and years later I saw that on Radio & Records it got to like #17, that seemed more like it.
Our local station must've been pretty original back in the '70s though (they were a BB station), one of the first songs I remembered, when I started listening to top 40 radio (I was 10 in the summer of '72) was "Down By The River" by Albert Hammond. After discovering AT 40 & Joel Whitburn, I looked up a lot of these old songs I grew up with to see were they hit on AT 40, and I found out that Down By The River only hit #91. Ah the definition of a regional hit.
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Post by RNH on Mar 31, 2007 8:38:48 GMT -5
Three honorable mentions:
Allan Sherman hit #2 with "Hello Muddah ..." and #40 with "Crazy Downtown". (I know; this was before AT40 was on the air!)
Paper Lace hit #1 and just missed out with their follow-up which hit #41.
In the 80's, Club Nouveau came very close; "Lean On Me" was a big #1 hit and "Why You Treat Me So Bad" peeked at #39.
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Post by saintfan on Mar 31, 2007 18:02:10 GMT -5
Very good additions. I knew about Club Nouveau but forgot. Allan Sherman and Paper Lace I never though of though!! Thumbs Up!
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Post by RNH on Apr 1, 2007 12:53:58 GMT -5
Two more honorable mentions!
Long before AT40 The Champs hit #1 and #40 ("Limbo Rock") but had a hit in between at #30 ("Too Much Tequila").
With his group, Billy Vera (no duet with Judy Clay) and The Beaters hit #39 in 1981 with "I Can Take Care Of Myself" and #1 five years later with "At This Moment".
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Post by tarobe on Jan 18, 2010 23:53:51 GMT -5
I always thought "Jimmy Loves Maryanne" by Looking Glass was a bigger hit. Back in 1977 when I went to the library to write down and look up old BB charts, and I saw it peaked at #33 I was surprised. Our local station played it quite a bit, and years later I saw that on Radio & Records it got to like #17, that seemed more like it. Our local station must've been pretty original back in the '70s though (they were a BB station), one of the first songs I remembered, when I started listening to top 40 radio (I was 10 in the summer of '72) was "Down By The River" by Albert Hammond. After discovering AT 40 & Joel Whitburn, I looked up a lot of these old songs I grew up with to see were they hit on AT 40, and I found out that Down By The River only hit #91. Ah the definition of a regional hit. The station in my hometown played Albert Hammond's "Free Electric Band" heavily, just as much as "It Never Rains in Southern California." I was very surprised to learn later that this was not a Top 40 hit.
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