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Post by dougbroda on Apr 13, 2014 20:26:26 GMT -5
Just a few that initially come to mind from the 80s:
Holiday by The Other Ones (#29, 1987)
Help Me! by Marcy Levy and Robin Gibb (#50, 1981)
Frankie by Sister Sledge (#75, though #1 UK, 1985)
Teardrops by Womack & Womack (did not chart in US, #3 UK, 1988)
You're The Voice by John Farnham (#83, 1987)
And as the OP had a soft spot for novelty records, here's a fave of mine:
Meaningless Songs (In Very High Voices) by The HeeBeeGeeBees (did not chart in US, 1980)
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Apr 17, 2014 7:31:53 GMT -5
"Never Say Goodbye" by Bon Jovi (1987; peaked at #22 on R&R, I think, but should have at least made it to AT40 even if it just peaked at #40) This one didn't chart on the Billboard Hot 100 because it wasn't commercially released as a single in the U.S. It did hit #28 on Billboard's Airplay chart (one of the first non-singles to appear on that chart; strange as it seems today, when this chart was first launched, songs that weren't commercially released as singles were ineligible). For some reason, after the first three singles from Slippery When Wet had all hit the Top 10, no further singles were released. I've heard rumors that "Never Say Goodbye" was slated to be the fourth single at one point but its release was cancelled. I guess that in the absence of an official fourth single, radio gave it some airplay anyway. With full promotion as a single, I think this would have gone Top 20 easily, maybe even Top 10. Always felt that Let It Rock (shortened) would have been a great choice. |
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Post by lasvegaskid on May 10, 2014 23:58:21 GMT -5
Dionne Warwick...Easy Love #62 1980
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Post by bobbo428 on May 13, 2014 9:51:11 GMT -5
About four years ago, I was looking for an obscure early-1970s instrumental (probably a MOR-only hit) whose title I could not recall. I had no luck finding that one, but I did come across a mellow, disco-tinged record from 1973-74 that I enjoyed but had completely forgotten about. The song was "Astral Trip," by Mystic Moods. I was very disappointed that it had failed to make the Hot 100. It should have made the top 40--or even the top 20. I then discovered that it came out in 1973. It sounded like a 1976 sound to me, so it was likely ahead of its time. I heard it on the local MOR station (or possibly on TV) sometime in the mid-'70s. It has a late spring cruising vibe. I was wondering if anybody knows about this song or if it made the Easy Listening (AC) chart or bubbled under the Hot 100. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Post by lasvegaskid on May 23, 2019 16:40:42 GMT -5
Nobody Loves Me Like You Do (Anne Murray) came out at the beginning of the big country freeze out and only reached #103. But I still hear it a fair amount today, more than a lot of other 1984 records that charted much higher.
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Post by mga707 on May 23, 2019 18:14:19 GMT -5
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Post by mrjukebox on May 23, 2019 21:05:15 GMT -5
I thought of another record that should've been a bigger hit-"Mainstreet" by Bob Seger-It only got up to # 23 in the spring of 1977.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 14, 2020 15:18:06 GMT -5
Everybody Loves A Rain Song...BJ Thomas #43
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Post by bobbo428 on Oct 15, 2020 9:54:34 GMT -5
When I saw “Twenty years ago,” I thought of “Buy Me a Rose,” a big country hit and a top-40 pop success on the Hot 100–20 years ago, in 2000. I enjoyed Rogers’ “They Don’t Make Em,” which struggled on the adult contemporary chart in the fall of 1986. |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 25, 2020 16:27:48 GMT -5
The mid-late 1990s was a dark era in American music. One of the few bright spots was New Radicals You Get What You Give. Today I hear it as much if not more than any song from that regrettable period. It definitely punches way above its tepid #36 peak.
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Post by slf on Oct 25, 2020 17:35:34 GMT -5
The mid-late 1990s was a dark era in American music. One of the few bright spots was New Radicals You Get What You Give. Today I hear it as much if not more than any song from that regrettable period. It definitely punches way above its tepid #36 peak. My sentiments exactly! "You Get What You Give" is one of my favorite songs of that decade, as well. It's a shame that the group (actually consisting of solo artist Gregg Alexander) never had another hit. |
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Post by at40nut on Oct 25, 2020 17:40:19 GMT -5
The mid-late 1990s was a dark era in American music. One of the few bright spots was New Radicals You Get What You Give. Today I hear it as much if not more than any song from that regrettable period. It definitely punches way above its tepid #36 peak. Funny thing about that song. When I first heard that song, I thought it was ELO's Jeff Lynne singing on it. I would say that Jeff Lynne and Gregg Alexander have one thing in common-Both were great producers. |
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Post by slf on Oct 25, 2020 17:45:26 GMT -5
The mid-late 1990s was a dark era in American music. One of the few bright spots was New Radicals You Get What You Give. Today I hear it as much if not more than any song from that regrettable period. It definitely punches way above its tepid #36 peak. Funny thing about that song. When I first heard that song, I thought it was ELO's Jeff Lynne singing on it. I would say that Jeff Lynne and Gregg Alexander have one thing in common-Both were great producers. I originally thought that it was by the Rolling Stones. To me, Gregg Alexander sounds like Mick Jagger. |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Oct 25, 2020 17:55:22 GMT -5
On AT40 2.0 (using R&R), "You Get What You Give" peaked at #12 on 1/30/1999. And, yep, he's got the voice like Jagger.
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Post by at40nut on Oct 25, 2020 21:15:25 GMT -5
I'll go one from each decade (60's-90's)
1966-The Knickerbockers "Lies" #20 (I'm a little surprised that a Beatles soundalike didn't at least hit the Top 10 albeit during the height of Beatle Mania)
1978- Bill Withers "Lovely Day" #30 (this song has far more popularity in TV commercials over the years than it ever did on the charts)
1987- Bourgeois Tagg "I Don't Mind At All" #38 (maybe one of the greatest chart travesties of the 80's. At the time, we had Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and Dirty Dancing bombarding the airwaves)
1995- Edwyn Collins "A Girl Like You" #32 Soundscam chart (the last cassette single that I ever bought. It had a nice 60's sound to it, and it was from the movie Empire Records)
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