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Post by dth1971 on Mar 3, 2023 8:18:40 GMT -5
With all the variables that can influence the trajectory of a released single, to write even ONE #1 hit in an evening is remarkable. To write THREE...that is indeed next-level genius. Similarly, Dolly Parton composed two of her greatest hits, "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You", on the same day in 1972, which with nice understatement she says was "a good writing day". Although "Jolene" and the original "I Will Always Love You" were released in 1974.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 7, 2023 22:54:24 GMT -5
>And I thought Love You Inside Out might have been the best of the three. We took it for granted. But seeing these people reacting to Too Much Heaven, CRYING, I think it probably was the best. < On the other hand...I just read that Quincy Jones said Love You Inside Out was the best R&B hit of all time (or words to that effect). And now I can't find the link. It must have been a YouTube comment.
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Post by torcan on Mar 10, 2023 11:04:59 GMT -5
Truth be told, I really like the Bee Gees version of "More Than a Woman" and it's too bad it wasn't released. I read over the years that they weren't sure if it could hit No. 1, so they held off on releasing it.
It may not have hit the top, but I'm sure it would have been Top 10.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Mar 10, 2023 12:06:22 GMT -5
Truth be told, I really like the Bee Gees version of "More Than a Woman" and it's too bad it wasn't released. I read over the years that they weren't sure if it could hit No. 1, so they held off on releasing it. It may not have hit the top, but I'm sure it would have been Top 10. Made it to #21 on Radio & Records airplay chart in May, 1978--but probably would've charted higher if it had been officially released as a single.
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Post by trekkielo on Mar 10, 2023 23:52:27 GMT -5
Truth be told, I really like the Bee Gees version of "More Than a Woman" and it's too bad it wasn't released. I read over the years that they weren't sure if it could hit No. 1, so they held off on releasing it. It may not have hit the top, but I'm sure it would have been Top 10. Made it to #21 on Radio & Records airplay chart in May, 1978--but probably would've charted higher if it had been officially released as a single. While the Tavares cover version didn't chart on Radio & Records at all!
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 11, 2023 7:01:25 GMT -5
Made it to #21 on Radio & Records airplay chart in May, 1978--but probably would've charted higher if it had been officially released as a single. While the Tavares cover version didn't chart on Radio & Records at all! Maybe the Bee Gees version of "More Than a Woman" should have been released to top 40/pop and AC radio stations and the Tavares version should have been released to R&B/Soul radio stations.
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Post by LC on Mar 11, 2023 14:01:03 GMT -5
All the chart shenanigans of RSO are ironic, considering the company folded a mere 5 years after the SNF domination. They couldn't survive the end of disco. Further irony is their final release was the soundtrack of the SNF sequel, "Staying Alive."
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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 16, 2024 11:40:22 GMT -5
This week in 1978, I thought it was strange Love Is Thicker Than Water overtook Stayin' Alive.
This was about the time LVK was really starting to pay attention to radio. I realize it was a small sample size but at least in my market it seemed it was those two SNF songs and then a country mile back to Emotion and everyone else. I don't recall the number of Andy's spins being even in the top 4 or 5.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 16, 2024 17:32:31 GMT -5
With this thread back in the mix, I have to mention what may be the last example. "Love You Inside Out" hitting #1. "Hot Stuff" which had just hit #1 the previous week was displaced in the process. Then it went back to #1 the next week while the Bee Gees dropped all the way to #5. I think the real chart should have had the Bee Gees holding at #3 for a second week instead of hitting #1. Donna was hotter than hot and should have held the #1 position.
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Post by woolebull on Mar 16, 2024 17:51:14 GMT -5
With this thread back in the mix, I have to mention what may be the last example. "Love You Inside Out" hitting #1. "Hot Stuff" which had just hit #1 the previous week was displaced in the process. Then it went back to #1 the next week while the Bee Gees dropped all the way to #5. I think the real chart should have had the Bee Gees holding at #3 for a second week instead of hitting #1. Donna was hotter than hot and should have held the #1 position. Not near my charts, but didn't "Hot Stuff" jump like from 20 to 3 the week before it hit #1. Might have been the 5/26/79 chart. I absolutely think LYIO is the best song of the six that hit #1 for the Bee Gees in 1978 and 1979. But it should of never been a #1 song.
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Post by doofus67 on Mar 16, 2024 22:16:09 GMT -5
One guy's opinion: When composing the singles from Spirits Having Flown, the brothers wisely chose not to try to duplicate the SNF tracks but to go back to the Children of the World groove. "Too Much Heaven" sounded like "Love So Right"; "Tragedy" sounded like "You Should Be Dancing"; "Love You Inside Out" sounded like "Boogie Child." And now for one of my (in)famous grids, showing the movement of "Love You Inside Out" and three other important songs over May and the first part of June: Song | May 5 | May 12 | May 19 | May 26 | June 2 | June 9 | June 16 | "Love You Inside Out" | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | "Hot Stuff" | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | "Reunited" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | "We Are Family" | 53 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
What other song, or what other artist, particularly in the late '70s or early '80s, could possibly have gone 3 to 1 to 5?
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Post by at40petebattistini on Mar 17, 2024 12:13:59 GMT -5
In back-to-back weeks in June 1977… Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke” dropped from #1 to #9, as KC & The Sunshine Band’s “I’m Your Boogie Man” moved from #2 - #1 - #8. And Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” progressed from #2 - #1 - #6. Sorry, no (in)famous grid here.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 17, 2024 12:42:33 GMT -5
In back-to-back weeks in June 1977… Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke” dropped from #1 to #9, as KC & The Sunshine Band’s “I’m Your Boogie Man” moved from #2 - #1 - #8. And Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” progressed from #2 - #1 - #6. Sorry, no (in)famous grid here. But that pales in comparison to the 'revolving door' at #1 in the fall of '74, when songs would inch up to the top spot and then take a plummeting elevator out of the top 10 the very next week. Happened to seven songs between Sept. and Nov. of that year: "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe", "Rock Me Gently", "Nothing From Nothing", "Then Came You", "You Haven't Done Nothing", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", and finally "Whatever Gets You Through the Night". The last five during consecutive weeks in Oct./Nov.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Mar 17, 2024 13:22:59 GMT -5
In back-to-back weeks in June 1977… Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke” dropped from #1 to #9, as KC & The Sunshine Band’s “I’m Your Boogie Man” moved from #2 - #1 - #8. And Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” progressed from #2 - #1 - #6. Sorry, no (in)famous grid here. But that pales in comparison to the 'revolving door' at #1 in the fall of '74, when songs would inch up to the top spot and then take a plummeting elevator out of the top 10 the very next week. Happened to seven songs between Sept. and Nov. of that year: "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe", "Rock Me Gently", "Nothing From Nothing", "Then Came You", "You Haven't Done Nothing", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", and finally "Whatever Gets You Through the Night". The last five during consecutive weeks in Oct./Nov. Yes, that's an awkward time in chart history. However, I was responding to the post previous to mine... What other song, or what other artist, particularly in the late '70s or early '80s, could possibly have gone 3 to 1 to 5?
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Post by Hervard on Mar 17, 2024 17:25:36 GMT -5
In back-to-back weeks in June 1977… Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke” dropped from #1 to #9, as KC & The Sunshine Band’s “I’m Your Boogie Man” moved from #2 - #1 - #8. And Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” progressed from #2 - #1 - #6. Sorry, no (in)famous grid here. Not to mention the weeks in late 1974, when songs dropped out of the Top Ten after spending a single week at #1 (As I recall, most of these were in consecutive weeks as well).
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