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Post by jlthorpe on May 22, 2022 16:38:39 GMT -5
It reached #75 on the Hot 100, and in its last week on the chart this week in 1983, it was at the bottom at #100. Sharing the same or a similar name with later Top 40 hits by Prince and Harry Styles, here's "Sign of the Times" by The Belle Stars.
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Post by jlthorpe on May 25, 2022 19:15:51 GMT -5
At #84 in their second week on the Hot 100 this week in 1985, the band named after a keyboard harmonica (as opposed to a euphemism for cleavage), The Hooters, would eventually reach #58 with "All You Zombies".
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Post by jlthorpe on May 29, 2022 15:37:01 GMT -5
The follow-up to "Weird Al" Yankovic's Top 40 hit "Eat It" was at #91 on the Hot 100 this week in 1984, after peaking at #62 for two weeks. Parodying The Police's "King of Pain" and turning it into a song about a clothing store owner, here's Yankovic with "King of Suede".
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 1, 2022 20:31:09 GMT -5
The title song from the movie Pretty in Pink came so close to hitting the Top 40, peaking at #41 on the Hot 100. Originally released in 1981, the Psychedelic Furs' re-recorded version was down to #48 this week in 1986.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 5, 2022 15:47:01 GMT -5
Down to #53 on the Top Tracks/Mainstream Rock chart this week in 1982, after peaking at #31 the previous week, is The Jam with a song they took to #1 in the UK for three weeks - "Town Called Malice".
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 8, 2022 19:47:29 GMT -5
In its last week on the Hot 100, "Only a Memory" by The Smithereens was at #97 this week in 1988, down from its peak of #92 the previous week.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 12, 2022 15:27:54 GMT -5
On its way to a #53 peak on the Hot 100, Joe Dolce's novelty song "Shaddap You Face" was only up to #59 this week in 1981. The song did much better in the UK, staying at #1 for three weeks.
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Post by retrodaddy on Jun 12, 2022 21:25:11 GMT -5
On its way to a #53 peak on the Hot 100, Joe Dolce's novelty song "Shaddap You Face" was only up to #59 this week in 1981. The song did much better in the UK, staying at #1 for three weeks. I remember hearing this song a lot on one of the Top 40 stations in South Florida, Y-100. Loved the song and would sing along when I heard it in the car with my mom. Was surprised to find out it was not a big hit nationally.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 15, 2022 19:08:15 GMT -5
The Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk" has been covered by a number of artists including the Rolling Stones and John Mellencamp, but one of the more noteworthy acts to cover the song is actor Bruce Willis. This week in 1987, his version was in its second week on the Hot 100 at #77 on its way to peaking at #59. The song did much better in the UK, peaking at #2 and becoming his biggest hit over there, outdoing the #7 peak of "Respect Yourself".
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Post by trekkielo on Jun 16, 2022 23:59:04 GMT -5
The Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk" has been covered by a number of artists including the Rolling Stones and John Mellencamp, but one of the more noteworthy acts to cover the song is actor Bruce Willis. This week in 1987, his version was in its second week on the Hot 100 at #77 on its way to peaking at #59. The song did much better in the UK, peaking at #2 and becoming his biggest hit over there, outdoing the #7 peak of "Respect Yourself". The Temptations back up Bruce Willis on that song! I remember watching this when it had its HBO premiere 35 years ago, then got the VHS... The Return of Bruno is a 1987 comedic film, originally aired as a one-hour special on HBO and later released on VHS. It is a mockumentary starring Bruce Willis as his fictitious alter-ego "Bruno Radolini," a legendary blues singer/musician who influenced, as the story goes, a number of other famous musicians. Phil Collins, Elton John, Ringo Starr, Jon Bon Jovi, Freddie Garrity, Brian Wilson, Grace Slick, Joan Baez, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Melvin Franklin, The Bee Gees, Paul Stanley and Bobby Colomby appear in the film as themselves, paying tribute to Radolini. It also features Bill Graham, Wolfman Jack, Michael J. Fox, Clive Davis, Henry Diltz and Don Cornelius. It is narrated by Dick Clark. It was written by Paul Flattery, Bruce V. DiMattia, and Kenny Solms. It was produced by Paul Flattery and directed by Jim Yukich. All the film's songs are taken from Willis' musical album The Return of Bruno except "No One's Home" by Bruce V. DiMattia and "Peter Gunn" by Henry Mancini. The film was nominated for a 1988 ACE award (Award for Cable Excellence) (now known as CableACE Awards) in the category "Writing a Musical Special or Series."
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Post by trekkielo on Jun 17, 2022 0:04:48 GMT -5
On its way to a #53 peak on the Hot 100, Joe Dolce's novelty song "Shaddap You Face" was only up to #59 this week in 1981. The song did much better in the UK, staying at #1 for three weeks. I remember hearing this song a lot on one of the Top 40 stations in South Florida, Y-100. Loved the song and would sing along when I heard it in the car with my mom. Was surprised to find out it was not a big hit nationally. Had its 45 when I was 8 years old!
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 18, 2022 20:58:38 GMT -5
The Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk" has been covered by a number of artists including the Rolling Stones and John Mellencamp, but one of the more noteworthy acts to cover the song is actor Bruce Willis. This week in 1987, his version was in its second week on the Hot 100 at #77 on its way to peaking at #59. The song did much better in the UK, peaking at #2 and becoming his biggest hit over there, outdoing the #7 peak of "Respect Yourself". The Temptations back up Bruce Willis on that song! I remember watching this when it had its HBO premiere 35 years ago, then got the VHS... The Return of Bruno is a 1987 comedic film, originally aired as a one-hour special on HBO and later released on VHS. It is a mockumentary starring Bruce Willis as his fictitious alter-ego "Bruno Radolini," a legendary blues singer/musician who influenced, as the story goes, a number of other famous musicians. Phil Collins, Elton John, Ringo Starr, Jon Bon Jovi, Freddie Garrity, Brian Wilson, Grace Slick, Joan Baez, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Melvin Franklin, The Bee Gees, Paul Stanley and Bobby Colomby appear in the film as themselves, paying tribute to Radolini. It also features Bill Graham, Wolfman Jack, Michael J. Fox, Clive Davis, Henry Diltz and Don Cornelius. It is narrated by Dick Clark. It was written by Paul Flattery, Bruce V. DiMattia, and Kenny Solms. It was produced by Paul Flattery and directed by Jim Yukich. All the film's songs are taken from Willis' musical album The Return of Bruno except "No One's Home" by Bruce V. DiMattia and "Peter Gunn" by Henry Mancini. The film was nominated for a 1988 ACE award (Award for Cable Excellence) (now known as CableACE Awards) in the category "Writing a Musical Special or Series." Sounds like what Garth Brooks did 12 years later with his Chris Gaines alter ego, but Brooks' was viewed more poorly. Maybe because Willis' was more comedic, in keeping with his role in Moonlighting at the time (before he became primarily an action star).
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 19, 2022 17:24:24 GMT -5
A week away from peaking at #55, Van Halen's "And the Cradle Will Rock..." was hanging at #57 for the second straight week on the June 21, 1980 Hot 100.
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Post by trekkielo on Jun 19, 2022 22:27:14 GMT -5
The Temptations back up Bruce Willis on that song! I remember watching this when it had its HBO premiere 35 years ago, then got the VHS... The Return of Bruno is a 1987 comedic film, originally aired as a one-hour special on HBO and later released on VHS. It is a mockumentary starring Bruce Willis as his fictitious alter-ego "Bruno Radolini," a legendary blues singer/musician who influenced, as the story goes, a number of other famous musicians. Phil Collins, Elton John, Ringo Starr, Jon Bon Jovi, Freddie Garrity, Brian Wilson, Grace Slick, Joan Baez, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Melvin Franklin, The Bee Gees, Paul Stanley and Bobby Colomby appear in the film as themselves, paying tribute to Radolini. It also features Bill Graham, Wolfman Jack, Michael J. Fox, Clive Davis, Henry Diltz and Don Cornelius. It is narrated by Dick Clark. It was written by Paul Flattery, Bruce V. DiMattia, and Kenny Solms. It was produced by Paul Flattery and directed by Jim Yukich. All the film's songs are taken from Willis' musical album The Return of Bruno except "No One's Home" by Bruce V. DiMattia and "Peter Gunn" by Henry Mancini. The film was nominated for a 1988 ACE award (Award for Cable Excellence) (now known as CableACE Awards) in the category "Writing a Musical Special or Series." Sounds like what Garth Brooks did 12 years later with his Chris Gaines alter ego, but Brooks' was viewed more poorly. Maybe because Willis' was more comedic, in keeping with his role in Moonlighting at the time (before he became primarily an action star). His starring role in Moonlighting, opposite Cybill Shepherd, helped to establish him as a comedic actor. During the show's five seasons, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy. Willis had his first lead role in a feature film in the 1987 Blake Edwards film Blind Date, with Kim Basinger and John Larroquette. Edwards cast him again to play the real-life cowboy actor Tom Mix in Sunset (1988). However, it was his unexpected turn in the film Die Hard (1988) as John McClane that catapulted him to movie star and action hero status. PS-Bruce Willis is among my all-time favorite all around actors, especially on Moonlighting, then in Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990), also I've always liked his cover of "Respect Yourself" along with that Spinal Tap–like rockumentary parody!
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 22, 2022 19:45:35 GMT -5
On the pop song chart this week in 1989, R.E.M.'s "Pop Song 89" was at its peak position of #86; the song was in its third of four weeks on the Hot 100. WARNING: NSFW due to nudity.
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