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Post by mga707 on Oct 25, 2020 21:35:17 GMT -5
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) I will second you on this one--one of the best songs of the decade. And one of the last 45s I ever bought. I'll also nominate a song from one year earlier that only reached #37 at the end of '86: "Welcome To the Boomtown"--David+David. "...deals dope out of Denny's, keeps a table in the back..." is one great line of many in the song. Although I'm sure a certain 'fast casual' dining chain wasn't fond of it.  |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 25, 2020 21:45:04 GMT -5
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) I will second you on this one--one of the best songs of the decade. And one of the last 45s I ever bought. I'll also nominate a song from one year earlier that only reached #37 at the end of '86: "Welcome To the Boomtown"--David+David. "...deals dope out of Denny's, keeps a table in the back..." is one great line of many in the song. Although I'm sure a certain 'fast casual' dining chain wasn't fond of it. I'll match your Bourgeois Tagg and raise you Dare To Fall In Love which deserved better than #32. |
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Post by Michael1973 on Oct 30, 2020 13:04:08 GMT -5
I'll throw in a third vote for I Don't Mind At All. I never get tired of that one.
I'll also add Madonna's "Oh Father," one of my favorite of her songs and so naturally the one to shatter her amazing hit streak.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Oct 30, 2020 18:57:45 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) Totally agree with these two. Two more hits from the 1960's: But It's Alright by J. J. Jackson (#22/1966) Knock on Wood by Eddie Floyd (#25/1966) |
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Post by Hervard on Oct 31, 2020 6:37:50 GMT -5
You got my vote for "I Don't Mind At All" as well. If that song was released a decade later, it probably would have been more successful, since there were more songs like this on the chart, like "Time Of Your Life" by Green Day - it had the same instrumentation and everything, with an acoustic guitar being the dominant instrument. Indeed, "I Don't Mind At All" was ahead of its time, which was likely its downfall. As you said, if you didn't record a song for Dirty Dancing or weren't a teen rock star, you were at the mercy of the pop audience and, at the time, they weren't much for acoustic rock ballads.
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 31, 2020 8:04:04 GMT -5
Here are a couple of great songs that should've been bigger hits:"I Will Be In Love With You" by Livingston Taylor & "Before My Heart Finds Out" by Gene Cotton-Those were both from 1978.
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 31, 2020 14:27:02 GMT -5
I'd like to add two songs from Lulu:"Oh Me,Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)" from 1970 & "I Could Never Miss You" from 1981.
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Post by jgve1952 on Nov 3, 2020 9:41:57 GMT -5
"Letting Go" by Paul McCartney as featured on last week's 1975 AT 40 the 70's reached 39. Another recent countdown from 1975 that also peaked at #39 was the Average White Band's "If I Ever Lose This Heaven." As I am typing this, congratulations to mrjukebox on this his 6000th post!
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Post by mga707 on Nov 3, 2020 12:26:40 GMT -5
"Letting Go" by Paul McCartney as featured on last week's 1975 AT 40 the 70's reached 39. Another recent countdown from 1975 that also peaked at #39 was the Average White Band's "If I Ever Lose This Heaven." As I am typing this, congratulations to mrjukebox on this his 6000th post! Even in '75 I thought that "Letting Go" was a horrible choice as a follow-up single from "Venus and Mars". Capitol quickly realized this as well, as they quickly released 'Venus and Mars/Rock Show" once it became clear that "Letting Go" was 'stiffing'. It should have been released as the second single anyway, would've gone top 10 (instead of #12) if that had happened. |
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 7, 2020 9:12:45 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) Totally agree with these two. Two more hits from the 1960's: But It's Alright by J. J. Jackson (#22/1966) Knock on Wood by Eddie Floyd (#25/1966) "Knock on Wood" became a bigger hit in 1979 when Amii Stewart remade it taking it to #1. |
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Post by secretman on Nov 14, 2020 20:09:52 GMT -5
I'll say...
Prism - Don't Let Him Know (# 39, 1982)
Many, many years after I learned that song was co-written by Bryan Adams. Back then, i didn't even know who Bryan Adams was, since He only hit the charts on 1983.
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Post by 1finemrg on Nov 14, 2020 22:13:34 GMT -5
Like the David + David choice mga707.
I'll put a Top 10 out there...and it doesn't include One Fine Morning. The original Evolution single was so butchered for radio airplay.
Janus Records put the full version on its "Gold" series single; that's when I started to like it. Anyway in no particular order...
- Go Back - Crabby Appleton #36, 1970
- Keep Playin' That Rock And Roll - Edgar Winter's White Trash #70, Late 1971/Early 1972
- Charity Ball - Fanny #40, 1971
- A Good Feelin' To Know - Poco DNC, late 1972
- Couldn't I Just Tell You - Todd Rundgren #93, 1972
- Apple Of My Eye - Badfinger #102, 1974
- Runaway - Bonnie Raitt #57, 1977
- Star Baby - Guess Who #39, 1974
- One Simple Thing - Stabilizers #93, 1987
- Rebel Girl - Survivor #103, 1980 (#33 Poor Man's Son & #62 Summer Nights from late 1981/early 1982 would also qualify).
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 15, 2020 8:19:50 GMT -5
A song on AT40: The 80's 11/15/1980 called "Sometimes a Fantasy" by Billy Joel should have been a bigger hit than not making the top 30.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Nov 16, 2020 22:23:46 GMT -5
Took some time with this post – way too many worthy songs IMHO. In fact, quite a few great ones posted up ‘til now. It was a difficult task to ID one per year, but here goes… with artist and Billboard peak information in parentheses.
1968 – “Run To Me” (The Montanas; bubbled under peak of #121)
1969 – “Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home” (Joe South; #41)
1970 – “Our World” (Blue Mink; #64)
1971 – “Anytime Sunshine” (Crazy Paving; bubbled under peak of #103)
1972 – “Walk In The Night” (Jr. Walker & The All-Stars; #46)
1973 – “Roll Over Beethoven” (Electric Light Orchestra; #42*)
1974 – “Good Things Don’t Last Forever” (Ecstasy, Passion & Pain; #93)
1975 – “7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle)” (Gary Toms Empire; #46)
1976 – “Can’t Hide Love” (Earth, Wind & Fire; #39)
1977 – “Another Star” (Stevie Wonder; #32)
1978 – “You Really Got Me” (Van Halen; #36)
*a Billboard error likely prevented this from becoming their 1st Top 40 hit
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Post by chrislc on Nov 16, 2020 23:54:05 GMT -5
Mainstreet. #24.
Come on, man!
Chart peaks like that are why we're not allowed to have nice things.
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