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Post by chrislc on Mar 7, 2013 7:08:11 GMT -5
I read that Sacrifice/Healing Hands was a "two-sided hit", but was anyone buying 45s in 1989?
The most recent I can remember was also by Elton but that was in 1976 with "Grow/Feel".
Were there others since then?
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Post by woolebull on Mar 7, 2013 8:36:44 GMT -5
Wasn't "Tulsa Time" and "Cocaine" considered a two-sided hit in 1980?
Also "Coming Up" by Paul McCartney and Wings...didn't it flip during its chart run?
As for buying 45's in 1989...the last 45's I bought were in early 1989, but cassette singles were really big then and would have been the same concept as a 45, for the most part.
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Post by jebsib on Mar 7, 2013 10:37:07 GMT -5
In the US, Healing Hands preceded Sacrifice by several months; They weren't two-sided hits. I believe in the UK, they were.
How were two-sided hits handled on AT40 in the 1970s? For example, did they just stop playing John Denver's "I'm Sorry" and start playing "Calypso"?
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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 7, 2013 10:48:49 GMT -5
Outkast: Hey Ya/The Way You Move
Elt: Candle In Wind/Something About The Way You Look Tonight
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Post by top40collector on Mar 7, 2013 11:07:30 GMT -5
I remember Casey Kasem talked and then played "Calypso" instead of "I'm Sorry" one week during the "I'm Sorry" run. Which radio show this happened I don't know but doing this post from my memory.
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Post by Mike on Mar 7, 2013 14:41:26 GMT -5
Outkast: Hey Ya/The Way You Move Again, not in the States. Actually, I believe that as far as Billboard goes, the "double-sided" distinction was discontinued as part of the chart changes that took place along with allowing airplay-only songs to chart for the 12/5/1998 chart and on. |
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Post by woolebull on Mar 7, 2013 15:49:54 GMT -5
I remember Casey Kasem talked and then played "Calypso" instead of "I'm Sorry" one week during the "I'm Sorry" run. Which radio show this happened I don't know but doing this post from my memory. I know it was after "I'm Sorry" went to number one and had dropped to number two. In the book of number 2's, they talk about how it technically was the highest debut to never reach number one, because it was not credited at all on the single of "I'm Sorry" until it dropped to number two. The week it happened was 10/11/75, though I have no idea when Casey talked about it. |
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 7, 2013 15:54:56 GMT -5
In the US, Healing Hands preceded Sacrifice by several months; They weren't two-sided hits. I believe in the UK, they were. How were two-sided hits handled on AT40 in the 1970s? For example, did they just stop playing John Denver's "I'm Sorry" and start playing "Calypso"? This is not your typical double-sided hit. It started out as a single-side hit but then instead of releasing another single as a followup to "I'm Sorry", the label decided to push "Calypso" as the followup and thus it became a double-sided hit. AT40 stopped playing "I'm Sorry" and started playing "Calypso" at that point. As to their policy toward double sided hits. it was inconsistent. Sometimes they would play both sides either on the same show or during the course of its chart run. But in other instances such as Chicago's "Beginnings/Colour My World", they never played the latter song. |
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Post by woolebull on Mar 7, 2013 15:55:06 GMT -5
In the US, Healing Hands preceded Sacrifice by several months; They weren't two-sided hits. I believe in the UK, they were. How were two-sided hits handled on AT40 in the 1970s? For example, did they just stop playing John Denver's "I'm Sorry" and start playing "Calypso"? Here's the quote on "Calypso/I'm Sorry" from, "The Billboard Book of No.2 Singles": "On August 16, 1975 John Denver released the single, "I'm Sorry," with "Calypso" on the flip side. In seven weeks, the song reached the top of the charts. The following week, it dropped to #2. Meanwhile, radio stations had started playing "Calypso", and it became a major radio hit, forcing the single to flip its featured side. During the week of October 11, 1975, the song was officially flipped to read "Calypso/I'm Sorry" and as such it stayed at the #2 position for four straight weeks". Just like Dukedeb said, this was one where they had not anticipated "Calypso" becoming a hit...it just morphed. I'm not sure, but I do not think that "I'm Sorry" was played again on its run after the week of October 4, 1975. Just, "Calypso". |
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Post by mstgator on Mar 7, 2013 21:09:51 GMT -5
Actually, I believe that as far as Billboard goes, the "double-sided" distinction was discontinued as part of the chart changes that took place along with allowing airplay-only songs to chart for the 12/5/1998 chart and on. You are correct that the Hot 100 became a "songs" chart after that point as opposed to a "singles" chart. (I think that Sarah McLachlan's "Angel/Adia" was the final single to chart with both songs listed in one position.) |
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Post by bandit73 on Mar 8, 2013 21:48:48 GMT -5
I read that Sacrifice/Healing Hands was a "two-sided hit", but was anyone buying 45s in 1989? 45's were all I ever purchased in 1989. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2013 12:52:22 GMT -5
With pretty much everything bought by the song now is there even such a thing as a double sided single/hit anymore?
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Post by Michael on Mar 9, 2013 16:46:11 GMT -5
As for buying 45's in 1989...the last 45's I bought were in early 1989, but cassette singles were really big then and would have been the same concept as a 45, for the most part. Weren't CD singles also popular by then? I use to have a few cassette singles. But now only have one lone survivor which is on my computer right now Weird Al's "Headline News". |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2013 16:59:59 GMT -5
I don't remember CD Singles ever really being all that popular. They cost $5-$6 and you could get the whole CD for $10-$12.
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Post by michaelcasselman on Mar 9, 2013 17:07:52 GMT -5
As for buying 45's in 1989...the last 45's I bought were in early 1989, but cassette singles were really big then and would have been the same concept as a 45, for the most part. Weren't CD singles also popular by then? I use to have a few cassette singles. But now only have one lone survivor which is on my .right now Weird Al's "Headline News". As I recall, CD singles, aside from a few dance hits, didn't start taking off until a few years later. |
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