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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 26, 2022 19:47:24 GMT -5
As of the printing of Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2018, this was the only version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" to hit the Hot 100 (although a version by Mary J. Blige "Bubbled Under" in 2010). Produced by Frank Farian, the group Far Corporation took their version to #89; on the October 25, 1986 chart it descended to #92 before stepping off the following week.
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Post by mga707 on Oct 26, 2022 20:20:51 GMT -5
As of the printing of Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2018, this was the only version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" to hit the Hot 100 (although a version by Mary J. Blige "Bubbled Under" in 2010). Produced by Frank Farian, the group Far Corporation took their version to #89; on the October 25, 1986 chart it descended to #92 before stepping off the following week. Three Toto members on this, per Whitburn: Vocalist Bobby Kimball (doing a decent Plant imitation here), guitarist Steve Lukather, and keyboardist David Paich.
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 26, 2022 20:37:37 GMT -5
As of the printing of Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2018, this was the only version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" to hit the Hot 100 (although a version by Mary J. Blige "Bubbled Under" in 2010). Produced by Frank Farian, the group Far Corporation took their version to #89; on the October 25, 1986 chart it descended to #92 before stepping off the following week. Was there even a disco version of Stairway to Heaven in the late 1970's? I remember Casey playing a piece of that disco Stairway to Heaven on a June 1988 AT40 show to tie in with the Pet Shop Boys' remake of country singer Willie Nelson's "Always on My Mind" in a stretch story tying in with dance/disco versions of certain songs.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Oct 26, 2022 20:54:22 GMT -5
As of the printing of Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2018, this was the only version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" to hit the Hot 100 (although a version by Mary J. Blige "Bubbled Under" in 2010). Produced by Frank Farian, the group Far Corporation took their version to #89; on the October 25, 1986 chart it descended to #92 before stepping off the following week. I'm sure I'm in the minority on this, but I really liked their cover. I remember first hearing it on a local station in late September 1986, and it piqued my interest. Said station would play it several times throughout October, then didn't hear it after that. Just another faded song from the past...nice pick!
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 26, 2022 22:39:15 GMT -5
Three Toto members on this, per Whitburn: Vocalist Bobby Kimball (doing a decent Plant imitation here), guitarist Steve Lukather, and keyboardist David Paich. I wasn't sure if that was Bobby Kimball as the vocalist; the singer sounded almost German. Robin McAuley from McAuley Schenker Group was apparently on the record as well, although he's Irish. And of course it was produced by Frank Farian, so who knows who's really doing the singing. I'm sure I'm in the minority on this, but I really liked their cover. I remember first hearing it on a local station in late September 1986, and it piqued my interest. Said station would play it several times throughout October, then didn't hear it after that. Just another faded song from the past...nice pick! Thanks! I heard this song played during XM's IT back in the 2000s. Very similar to the Zeppelin version but with more of a world music sound during the bridge.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 30, 2022 11:09:24 GMT -5
I recently posted a song from Billboard's first Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Rock Tracks chart from 1988, and I mentioned the first #1 on that chart was "Peek-a-Boo" by Siouxsie and the Banshees. Since "Banshees" seemed appropriate for Halloween, I'm posting that song today. On the October 29, 1988 Hot 100, it was climbing up to #73, and would reach #53 in early December.
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 2, 2022 19:28:31 GMT -5
A double dose of Kiss this week: In the 90s thread, I posted 1998's "Psycho Circus" on Sunday, and today I'm posting a song from their unmasked era. On the November 3, 1984 Hot 100, "Heaven's on Fire" climbed from #58 to #52, reaching its peak of #49 two weeks later.
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 6, 2022 9:18:28 GMT -5
Among the musical acts such as Living in a Box, Yellow Balloon, and Kool and the Gang who charted with self-titled hits, is a band who was peaking at #75 on the Hot 100 from today's date in 1982. A year and a half before hitting the Top 40 with "It's My Life", Talk Talk was on the chart with... "Talk Talk".
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 9, 2022 7:17:22 GMT -5
Dance trio Pajama Party had four songs hit the Hot 100 or Hot 100 Airplay chart from 1989-1991, none of which hit the Top 40. This one got the highest. Debuting at #88 on the November 11, 1989 Hot 100, "Over and Over" managed to reach #59 before the decade's end.
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 9, 2022 8:31:59 GMT -5
Dance trio Pajama Party had four songs hit the Hot 100 from 1989-1991, none of which hit the Top 40. This one got the highest. Debuting at #88 on the November 11, 1989 chart, "Over and Over" managed to reach #59 before the decade's end. It's 3 songs that made Billboard's Hot 100 for Pajama Party, not 4. The other 2 for Pajama Party besides "Over and Over" are "Yo No Se" (I remember this song on then Casey's Top 40 affiliate WBBM B96 Chicago around the start of Summer 1989) and "Hide and Seek".
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 12, 2022 19:43:04 GMT -5
You're right. The fourth song, "Got My Eye on You", made the airplay chart only. I corrected the original post.
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 13, 2022 10:38:44 GMT -5
Debuting on the November 14, 1981 Bubbling Under chart at #105, "Beautiful World" by Devo only climbed to #102.
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Post by mga707 on Nov 13, 2022 13:07:40 GMT -5
Debuting on the November 14, 1981 Bubbling Under chart at #105, "Beautiful World" by Devo only climbed to #102. I remember seeing this video on a 'Gerry Todd Show' bit that fall on "SCTV Network 90" late on a Friday night on NBC. 'Gerry Todd' was Rick Moranis' recurring DJ character.
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 16, 2022 20:35:08 GMT -5
Parodying "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen as well as "I Love L.A." by Randy Newman, Cheech and Chong returned to the Hot 100 after an almost eight year absence with a song that inspired the 1987 film of the same name starring Cheech Marin - "Born in East L.A." On the November 16, 1985 Hot 100, the #48 peaker was down from #74 to #79.
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Post by trekkielo on Nov 17, 2022 6:04:26 GMT -5
Parodying "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen as well as "I Love L.A." by Randy Newman, Cheech and Chong returned to the Hot 100 after an almost eight year absence with a song that inspired the 1987 film of the same name starring Cheech Marin - "Born in East L.A." On the November 16, 1985 Hot 100, the #48 peaker was down from #74 to #79. Casey Kasem played a portion of "Born in East L.A.", then had this to say on American Top 40 from January 18, 1986, "Now a tale plucked from the pages of rock history back before the boss was the boss, it's Clarence Clemons story of his first official performance as a member of Bruce Springsteen's band, it was in November of 1972 in York, Pennsylvania, Bruce Springsteen and his band were newcomers, and they'd just gotten their first booking as opening act for one of the hottest acts of the early 70's, the comedy duo of Cheech & Chong, and Clarence Clemons remembers that there'd been a misunderstanding with the promoters, they thought Bruce Springsteen was a solo act, a folk singer, well at that performance Clarence says quote, they're expecting a folk singer and Bruce walks in with a 5-man band, electric guitar, organ, bass, drums and sax, full blown rock and roll, next thing you know Cheech & Chong's manager backstage says, if this guy ain't off the stage by the next song, I'm taking Cheech & Chong out of here, so we played two and a half songs, and that was the first real show Bruce and I played together, end of quote from saxman Clarence Clemons, Clarence told us recently he ran into Cheech of Cheech & Chong and they laughed about the whole thing, and ironically just a few months ago Cheech & Chong were on the Hot 100 chart with Born in East L.A., their parody of Born in the U.S.A., by the man who 13 years ago was their opening act, Bruce Springsteen, what comes around goes around or something like that, this week Bruce Springsteen and Clarence Clemons are both in our countdown, we heard the big man at #18 with You're a Friend of Mine, now here's the boss at #11 with My Hometown" PS-It reminds me of the Bob's Country Bunker scene in The Blues Brothers from 1980!
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