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Post by LC on Mar 17, 2024 17:33:21 GMT -5
Given that the charts in those days were based on self-reported airplay and sales, which in many cases were probably "best guesses," it's more remarkable that such moves didn't happen regularly.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 17, 2024 17:46:53 GMT -5
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). I mentioned that a few replies back. And you're right, happened two weeks straight--9/28 and 10/5--and then for five weeks straight a month later, 10/26 through 11/23.
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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 17, 2024 17:57:39 GMT -5
I suspect that Bill Wardlow might be responsible for these shenanigans.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 18, 2024 11:15:17 GMT -5
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? Two in a row during that 'awkward time', right at the end of '74: "Cat's In the Cradle", 4-1-5, followed by "Angie Baby", 3-1-6.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 18, 2024 12:34:54 GMT -5
Yes, that's an awkward time in chart history. However, I was responding to the post previous to mine... Two in a row during that 'awkward time', right at the end of '74: "Cat's In the Cradle", 4-1-5, followed by "Angie Baby", 3-1-6. I think you have to disregard the mid 70s because the chart was still volatile after the 1974 activity for a couple years. From the late 70s to the mid 80s, no other hit went 3-1-5 and the only one that came close was "Miss You" which went 3-1-4. However, it not only held at #4 a second week but moved back up to #3 the following week. "Love You Inside Out" not only dropped to 5 but the following week, it dropped all the way out of the top 10. Contrasting that with "Miss You" is revealing. The next hit to make a 3-1-4 move was "Oh Sheila" which is well over 6 years after the Bee Gees hit when the charts had become a bit more volatile, though not as much as the mid 70s.
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