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Post by woolebull on Oct 28, 2012 23:34:58 GMT -5
I've enjoyed reading the back forth about Lil' Wayne "dethroning" Elvis. Wherever you come out on that, records are made to be broken. However, I found one that might stand for a long, long time: Most songs in the Top 10 that begin with a car starting: 2: Weeks of 4/23 and 4/30/88- Natalie Cole's "Pink Cadillac" and Billy Ocean's "Get Out Of My Dreams, Get Into My Car"  In all seriousness, what are some records that you feel will stand...at least until Glee gets their hands on it ;-D |
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Post by woolebull on Oct 29, 2012 0:15:51 GMT -5
Elt's most consecutive years making the top 40. That's a solid one no doubt. What was it..26/27 years or so? |
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Post by bigal on Oct 29, 2012 1:53:28 GMT -5
but didn't Elton John break that record?
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Post by woolebull on Oct 29, 2012 2:11:28 GMT -5
but didn't Elton John break that record? Isn't that who is being referred to... Elt being Elton John? |
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Post by bigal on Oct 29, 2012 3:42:01 GMT -5
but didn't Elton John break that record? Isn't that who is being referred to... Elt being Elton John? oops, for some reason i thought he was talking about Elvis |
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Post by woolebull on Oct 29, 2012 8:53:31 GMT -5
Isn't that who is being referred to... Elt being Elton John? oops, for some reason i thought he was talking about Elvis That would be a very hard one to beat, no doubt. Induction into the R-n-R Hall of Fame can be less time than Elton's streak! |
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 30, 2012 7:44:35 GMT -5
^The first song to hit #1 on 4 charts was "Part Time Lover". #1 pop, soul, dance and AC for Stevie around this time in 1985.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 30, 2012 9:51:01 GMT -5
^The first song to hit #1 on 4 charts was "Part Time Lover". #1 pop, soul, dance and AC for Stevie around this time in 1985. There you go! Regardless of the type of music you preferred, you probably heard PTL. It was a true multi format hit. Nowadays, "hits" get a lot of airplay on a very limited segment of stations or they chart as a result of tons of downloads over a short period of time, but few are widely known. |
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Post by dmvden on Oct 30, 2012 10:55:27 GMT -5
^The first song to hit #1 on 4 charts was "Part Time Lover". #1 pop, soul, dance and AC for Stevie around this time in 1985. There you go! Regardless of the type of music you preferred, you probably heard PTL. It was a true multi format hit. Nowadays, "hits" get a lot of airplay on a very limited segment of stations or they chart as a result of tons of downloads over a short period of time, but few are widely known. This post led me to research Wikipedia to find the songs that were #1 pop, R&B, & AC (but not dance). There was one song in the 60s (I Can't Stop Loving You), four in the 70s, fourteen in the 80s including PTL, and seven in the 90s. To your point, there have been NO songs in the 2000s that have crossed over and hit #1 on these three charts, let alone the dance chart as well. The last song to hit #1 on the three charts is "I'll Make Love To You" by Boyz II Men, so for now Stevie Wonder's record looks safe. |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Nov 30, 2012 14:41:12 GMT -5
On this week's 1985 show, Casey mentioned that in 1 year ONJ hit the top 40 solo, with 2 different duet partners, & with a group.
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Post by briguy52748 on Nov 30, 2012 18:17:06 GMT -5
Likely, Elvis Presley and the Everly Brothers were the only artists to ever have an individual song of theirs reach No. 1 hit on the pop, country and R&B charts.
For Elvis: "Don't Be Cruel," "All Shook Up," "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" and "Jailhouse Rock."
For Don and Phil: "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Wake Up Little Susie."
What's even more amazing is that, even though (and probably because) he was a country artist, Charley Pride never, ever, ever had one song hit the R&B charts. And there were quite a few that were worthy of making that format, if only because of his cross-genre appeal. Out of 29 No. 1 country hits, not one made the R&B chart.
Nat King Cole (as with the King Cole Trio) and Louis Jordan both had individual releases top both the R&B (then known as the Harlem Hit Parade) and country charts in 1944, whereas said song fell short on the pop chart:
• Nat King Cole: "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (No. 9 pop).
• Louis Jordan: "Ration Blues" (No. 11 pop).
No one since has repeated the feat. Of course, not Charley Pride, but Ray Charles and Darius Rucker also were unable to top all three charts with the same song.
Brian
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Post by briguy52748 on Nov 30, 2012 18:24:04 GMT -5
And any of the Glee Cast's "records," IMO, are non-legit.
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Post by briguy52748 on Nov 30, 2012 18:37:13 GMT -5
As far as country records go, it's still too early to tell, but Taylor Swift is on the cusp of setting a few longevity records on the Hot Country Songs chart with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
For the moment, she has tied Connie Smith's "Once a Day" for most weeks at No. 1 – eight weeks – on the country chart by a female solo artist. The record of eight weeks for "Once a Day," set in January 1965, was thought to be invincible ... but now its been matched, and I'd not be surprised to see it become dust in the wind.
If it makes it to nine weeks at No. 1, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" becomes the first to do so in 46 years. The last? David Houston's No. 1 smash "Almost Persuaded," which did so in October 1966. If it makes it to 10 weeks, then not only am I going home, but she would join an exclusive fraternity, which no one has joined since early 1964 (10 or more weeks at No. 1 on the country chart), when Buck Owens' "Love's Gonna Live Here" notched up an incredible 16 weeks at No. 1. She still has a ways to go before she would threaten the all-time record, a three-way tie for most weeks at No. 1 (21, set last by Webb Pierce in 1955 with "In the Jailhouse Now").
Amazing. A good song as it is (hey, I love it), "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" probably the most un-country song to ever top the country charts, and now it's going to be remembered alongside the greats from Hank Williams Sr., Webb Pierce, Hank Snow, Buck Owens, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold, Ferlin Husky, Jim Reeves, Carl Smith, Lefty Frizzell, Marty Robbins, Faron Young, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and many, many others. (I think of all those 10-plus weekers, only Ray Price, Jim Ed Brown and Leroy Van Dyke, who are in their 70s or 80s, survive.)
Hey, so far, among her contemporaries, only Alan Jackson (with some help from Jimmy Buffett) and Lonestar have been able to achieve what she has.
Brian
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Post by matt on Nov 30, 2012 19:41:20 GMT -5
On this week's 1985 show, Casey mentioned that in 1 year ONJ hit the top 40 solo, with 2 different duet partners, & with a group. Yes-- that was 1980: "Magic" (solo) "Xanadu" (with ELO) "I Can't Help It" (with Andy Gibb) "Suddenly" (with Cliff Richard) Though not necessarily an unbreakable record, it was no doubt a rare feat. |
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Dec 1, 2012 7:25:15 GMT -5
Beatles top 5
Saturday night fever 6 hits on 3/25/78
Amount of hits from one album.
Elvis chart hits total. (Sorry but a featuring credit doesn't count, if so then the funk brothers playing on every Motown hit counts and they win)
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