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Post by pgfromwp on Nov 27, 2012 8:37:39 GMT -5
Posted by chrislc on Today at 7:27am Only my opinion, of course, but The Streak is A Day In The Life compared to Mr Custer. How in the world did Mr Custer make #1? That says a lot about the state of pop music in 1960. It's as weird as "Ringo" by Lorne Greene hitting #1 in late 1964, during the inception of the British invasion pop music era (IMHO).  |
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Post by pgfromwp on Nov 27, 2012 13:43:58 GMT -5
Although this is an AT40 board, I'm offering #1 songs from the five years preceding the '70s that I rarely hear anymore (outside of retro shows such as Dick Bartley's classic countdown): 1969 - "Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet" by Henry Mancini; 1968 - "Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela; 1967 - "Somethin' Stupid" by Nancy & Frank Sinatra; 1966 - "Ballad of the Green Berets" by SSgt Barry Sadler; 1965 - "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire.  |
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Post by mga707 on Nov 27, 2012 15:53:33 GMT -5
Posted by chrislc on Today at 7:27am It's as weird as "Ringo" by Lorne Greene hitting #1 in late 1964, during the inception of the British invasion pop music era (IMHO). Well, there was the title! Had to say it...  |
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Post by mga707 on Nov 27, 2012 15:57:03 GMT -5
Although this is an AT40 board, I'm offering #1 songs from the five years preceding the '70s that I rarely hear anymore (outside of retro shows such as Dick Bartley's classic countdown): 1969 - "Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet" by Henry Mancini; 1968 - "Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela; 1967 - "Somethin' Stupid" by Nancy & Frank Sinatra; 1966 - "Ballad of the Green Berets" by SSgt Barry Sadler; 1965 - "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire. I would definitely add "Winchester Cathedral" to the above list. Again, maybe my local "Familiar Favorites" station (KGVY-AM/FM, Green Valley/Sahuarita [Tucson suburbs]) just has a more eclectic playlist than most, but they play Frank and his little girl Nancy quite a bit! |
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Post by mga707 on Nov 27, 2012 16:01:27 GMT -5
Only my opinion, of course, but The Streak is A Day In The Life compared to Mr Custer. How in the world did Mr Custer make #1? That says a lot about the state of pop music in 1960. The sheer cheesiness and total political incorrectness of "Mr. Custer" makes it a hoot to hear today. Right up there with "Ahab the Arab" and "Speedy Gonzales".  |
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Post by matt on Nov 27, 2012 18:51:58 GMT -5
Although this is an AT40 board, I'm offering #1 songs from the five years preceding the '70s that I rarely hear anymore (outside of retro shows such as Dick Bartley's classic countdown): 1969 - "Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet" by Henry Mancini; 1968 - "Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela; 1967 - "Somethin' Stupid" by Nancy & Frank Sinatra; 1966 - "Ballad of the Green Berets" by SSgt Barry Sadler; 1965 - "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire. Isn't "Eve of Destruction" actually a pretty well remembered song? As for "Grazing In the Grass", the Friends of Distinction version with the vocal from 1969 is the one that seems to be much more memorable...but it was only a #3 hit I think? |
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Post by matt on Nov 27, 2012 19:00:41 GMT -5
Paul Anka and Odia Coates have the most forgotten song of 1974 with "You're Having My Baby" with 50% of the vote. 35 songs to choose from but it's pretty clear to me. I would pick this song as the most unknown song of the 70 overall. I have never heard it up til a few years ago and besides AT40 and my own collection of #1 songs not once has it played. My vote goes to "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" by Freddy Fender. That's a tough one, because in some ways that song is hard to forget, simply from the total over-the-top melodrama of it. Add to it that '74 had so many #1's that there are few others that would seem to easily qualify for that list (e.g. Andy Kim, Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, Billy Swan, etc.). |
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Nov 27, 2012 20:26:04 GMT -5
1980: "Do That To Me One More Time" by Captain and Tennille - I rarely hear that song nowadays. I heard it once since the original 1987 broadcast of the "Top 40 Songs of the 80s So Far" special, and that was in Second Life. Haven't heard it since.
1981: "The One That You Love" - Ugh! How I can't stand Air Supply!
1982: "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Heard a lot up until the late-80s/early-90's but now I seem to hear it quite less now.
1983: "Baby Come To Me" by Patti Austin and James Ingram - again, a smooth upbeat love song, and I just want it off the face of the earth once and for all!
1984: A lot of songs were equally great in 1984. I can't pick one that I rarely hear nowadays. But if there is a song from that year I rarely hear now, it's "Out of Touch" by Hall & Oates.
1985: "Separate Lives" by PHil Collins and Marilyn Martin. I was really surprised that song went to #1 to begin with! No wonder it's forgotten nowadays, though it will be played when Premiere airs a rerun of December 7, 1985 this coming weekend.
1986: "Stuck With You" by Huey Lewis & The News - it's a good song, but the video was awful! Either way, it's rarely played on the radio nowadays, at least where I live.
1987: "Jacob's Ladder" by Huey Lewis & The News - even more rarely played than "Stuck With You". Personally, I like it 5 times more than "Stuck With You".
1988: "Look Away" by Chicago. It's surpising that song was the #1 song of 1989 (because it peaked within the realm of the chart year of December 1, 1988 to November 30, 1989), though it was a great song. Hardly ever played on the radio nowadays.
1989: "I'll Be Loving You Forever" by New Kids on the Block and "Satisfied" by Richard Marx. The latter is a great song, and the former is not my cup of tea. I'd rather the former remain unplayed over Richard Marx.
1990: "Close To You" by Maxi Priest. This was a #1 song that occurred after the resurgence of reggae's popularity in 1988. I didn't like that song, end of story. I don't even remember the last time I heard that song anywhere, to be quite honest.
1991: "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)" by Hi-Five. I was very shocked that it went to #1 (though only for one week, needless to say). I was kind of expecting this song to peak at #3, at most. Though I would take this song over any of the stuff by New Kids on The Block any day.
1992: "Jump" by Kris Kross. Words cannot express how much a lot of people hated that song, and still do. It's a wonder it's hardly played on the radio nowadays. Where were Van Halen when you needed them most? Oh, yeah - they charted with "Right Now", but not on AT40.
1993: "That's The Way Love Goes" by Janet Jackson. To me, it was the beginning of Janet's downfall. Her stuff was getting worse by that time. Her videos, her music, her image. My taste would reach rock bottom when she released The Velvet Rope album a few years later. And don't get me started on the Super Bowl flap.
1994: "Baby I Love Your Way" by Big Mountain. The second remake of a Peter Frampton hit (though Peter Frampton's version didn't make the top ten) - both remakes went to #1 and during Shadoe's run on AT40 as well. Big Mountain's version was one of many reggae songs that would be popular during that year. We would have Andru Donalds hit the top 40 towards the end of AT40's original run, and UB40 hit #1 in 1993, plus Inner Circle would have a top ten hit in 1993 with the theme to the longest running reality show still on TV to this day. Maxi Priest would hit #1 in 1990 with "Close To You", and after the original AT40 was cancelled, the reggae artists would still be coming with the evolving popularity of Shaggy. Plus Maxi Priest would come back to the charts one more time, even as a duet with Shaggy. Thankfully, reggae's popularity started to fizzle out since (except for Rihanna, though I do enjoy Rihanna's music greatly).
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Post by mkarns on Nov 27, 2012 20:50:31 GMT -5
1992: "Jump" by Kris Kross. Words cannot express how much a lot of people hated that song, and still do. It's a wonder it's hardly played on the radio nowadays. Where were Van Halen when you needed them most? Oh, yeah - they charted with "Right Now", but not on AT40. That song wasn't #1 on AT40, though it was on the Hot 100. Even so, it still got enough airplay to last anyone's lifetime. And I dislike it as much as anyone (though Shadoe liked it.) |
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Post by seminolefan on Nov 27, 2012 22:15:20 GMT -5
Janet's been out of the public eye for a while, but this song isn't all that forgotten. I still hear fairly often on the Urban AC stations in my area. The janet. album is a classic IMO, along with Control, Rhythm Nation 1814, and The Velvet Rope. It all went downhill from there, especially after the Super Bowl.
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Post by JMW on Nov 27, 2012 23:22:46 GMT -5
For 1993, I would say "Freak Me" by Silk. I have no memory of that song at all unlike the other #1s from that year.
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Post by bottlerocket on Nov 28, 2012 7:02:43 GMT -5
Lassoing 50% of the vote, Freddy Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls".
Another year for me of many possibilities. I had a friend of mine who is in his 20s listen to all these songs and there were about a half dozen he had never heard. I feel like "Convoy" is the obvious choice but they did make a movie from the song so it's possible it might receive more exposure because of it. I'm going to go with the "Theme from S.W.A.T." It's from a show that's been completely forgotten, by a band no one remembers and is an instrumental, an art form that been mostly abandoned.
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Post by tpanther775 on Nov 28, 2012 10:13:56 GMT -5
1976- Convoy, C.W. McCall. I actually heard this song on Sirius XM 70's on 7 the other day. First time I heard it on air in forever. I can see why. I always thought the song was awful but I understand why it went to number 1 because of the cb radio craze. The song is different to say the least.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Nov 28, 2012 10:40:00 GMT -5
That song wasn't #1 on AT40, though it was on the Hot 100. Even so, it still got enough airplay to last anyone's lifetime. And I dislike it as much as anyone (though Shadoe liked it.) The only reason why it got a lot of radio airplay was, and this is just my guess, that it probably appealed to a lot of younger viewers, many of them being under 13 years of age. Then again, I could be dead wrong. Janet's been out of the public eye for a while, but this song isn't all that forgotten. I still hear fairly often on the Urban AC stations in my area. The janet. album is a classic IMO, along with Control, Rhythm Nation 1814, and The Velvet Rope. It all went downhill from there, especially after the Super Bowl. Janet did have at least one hit on AT40 since Ryan Seacrest took over. I believe I heard it debut at #40, though needless to say, it most likely didn't go much further. In my opinion, her Control album had her best songs ever. Didn't really care for much of her material after that. For 1993, I would say "Freak Me" by Silk. I have no memory of that song at all unlike the other #1s from that year. "Freak Me" actually peaked at #3 on AT40. Though it may have hit #1 on the Hot 100. |
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Post by mga707 on Nov 28, 2012 10:53:03 GMT -5
Ditto to that. Pretty hard to top "My first name ain't baby, it's Janet...Miss Jackson if ya nasty!" ;D
I'm getting old and memory's getting foggy: What was the name of the Janet song that ripped off, er, sampled, the rhythm track of America's "Ventura Highway"? I always thought that was pretty brazen, since she had already copied the melody line of "Daisy Jane" for "Let's Wait Awhile" (IMHO, of course).
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