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Post by rayshae3 on Sept 17, 2013 20:46:17 GMT -5
I'll go for the obvious... One Fine Morning - Lighthouse And thanks for reminding me of “One Fine Day”-Chiffons written by Carole King who later also made the 40 with her own version. Some others: If You Don’t Know Me by now-Harold Melvin or Simply Red Time-Alan Parsons project If not for You-Olivia Newton-John Pump up the Jam-Technotronic Angie-Rolling Stones You’re My World-Cilla Black or Helen Reddy If you Could Read My Mind-Gordon Lightfoot Day in Day out-David Bowie Clair-Gilbert O’Sullivan This Is Not America-Bowie/Pat Metheny Ben-Michael Jackson If I Could Turn back Time-Cher Blue Eyes-Elton John
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Post by kchkwong on Sept 18, 2013 8:52:48 GMT -5
"Four In The Morning", although the sub-title is not sung until the chorus. "Sister Christian"
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Post by seminolefan on Sept 18, 2013 15:56:49 GMT -5
Close The Door - Teddy Pendergrass Love Come Down - Evelyn "Champagne" King Prove Your Love - Taylor Dayne Cherish - Madonna Holiday - Madonna Skeletons - Stevie Wonder Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson Lies - En Vogue Rico Suave - Gerardo This Is The Right Time - Lisa Stansfield Poison - Bell Biv DeVoe I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Sept 18, 2013 16:22:21 GMT -5
There was one example of such song that kicked off the final original run episode of AT40 in January 1995:
"Shame" by Zhane.
Flash forward to the second run of AT40...
"Have You Ever" by Brandy.
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Post by rayshae3 on Sept 18, 2013 19:09:58 GMT -5
What a Girl Wants-Christina Aguilera Give Me One Reason-Tracy Chapman Babe-Styx (barely qualifying!) Back to Life-Soul II Soul Roxanne-The Police Makin’ It-David Naughton I Like Dreamin’-Kenny Nolan Bad Girls-Donna Summer couple more Carpenters songs -It’s Going to Take Some Time -There’s a Kind of Hush- (or Herman Hermits’) Feelings-Morris Albert Shame-Evelyn Champagne King
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Post by vto66 on Sept 18, 2013 21:46:22 GMT -5
Regarding "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", the title is sung at the very beginning of the song, but that is also the only time during the entire song in which the title is sung. Going back to the subject of this thread, I thought of a couple... "I Don't Know How to Love Him" "Day by Day (from 'Godspell')
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Post by Ponderous Man on Sept 19, 2013 7:28:23 GMT -5
* "Love Is In The Air" by John Paul Jones I didn't know the bassist for Led Zeppelin did that song. I believe you mean John Paul Young.
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Post by Ponderous Man on Sept 19, 2013 7:51:21 GMT -5
More to come, with the list extending into the 1980s. For the love of God, please don't. I don't know how much bolded country songs I can take. Yes folks, Briguy bolds country songs probably because he likes them more than pop songs even though he won't actually admit why he does this. Briguy, I'm begging you! Please stop putting country songs in bold!
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Post by briguy52748 on Sept 19, 2013 8:39:07 GMT -5
From the 1980s, No. 1 country songs with the song title named first:
1980 • "Beneath Still Waters" – Emmylou Harris. • "One Day at a Time" – Cristy Lane (Written by Kris Kristofferson, his last No. 1 hit as a songwriter. Previously a top 20 country hit and top 40 pop hit by Marilyn Sellars in 1974.) • "Trying to Love Two Women" – Oak Ridge Boys. • "On the Road Again" – Willie Nelson. • "Lady" – Kenny Rogers (No. 1 country, No. 1 pop.) • "Why Lady Why" – Alabama.
1981 • "I Love a Rainy Night" – Eddie Rabbitt. (No. 1 country, No. 1 pop.) • "Are You Happy Baby" – Dottie West. • "Drifter" – Sylvia. (Kirby, that is.) • "Amy I Losing You" – Ronnie Milsap. (Remake of the 1957 country and pop smash by Jim Reeves.) • "Elvira" – Oak Ridge Boys. (Top 5 pop hit as well.) • "I Don't Need You" – Kenny Rogers. (Also a No. 3 pop hit.) • "Older Women" – Ronnie McDowell. • "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" – Hank Williams Jr.
(Just averted – "Party Time" by T.G. Sheppard. Leave out the "O-oh, it's ... " and it'd be included.)
1982 • "Lord I Hope This Day Is Good" – Don Williams. • "Any Day Now" – Ronnie Milsap. • "Redneck Girl" – Bellamy Brothers.
(Just missed ... "You and I," the crossover smash by Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle; leave off the "Just" as the first word ... .)
1983 • "Talk to Me" – Mickey Gilley. • "When I'm Away From You" – Bellamy Brothers. • "The Closer You Get" – Alabama. • "Tell Me a Lie" – Janie Frickie. (The one- time top 20 pop hit by Sami Jo in 1974.) • "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)" – Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers.
1984 • "Right or Wrong" – George Strait. • "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" – Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias. • "Someday When Things are Good" – Merle Haggard. • "I Don't Want to Be a Memory" – Exile. • "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" – Alabama. (Single edit only; the album cut includes a few bars of "The Eyes of Texas.")
(Aversons: "Elizabeth" by the Statler Brothers ("Oh, Elizabeth ..." is the first line); and "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" by Alabama ("Roll on highway, roll on along ... " if going by the exact title).
1985 • "How Blue" – Reba McEntire.
1986 • "She and I" – Alabama. • "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)" – The Judds. • "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" – Ronnie Milsap.
1987 • "To Know Him is to Love Him" – Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton. • "All My Ex's Live in Texas" – George Strait. • "I Know Where I'm Going" – The Judds. • "Snap Your Fingers" – Ronnie Milsap. • "Am I Blue" – George Strait. • "Somewhere Tonight" – Highway 101.
1988 • "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" – Merle Haggard.
1989 • "From a Jack to a King" – Ricky Van Shelton. (Remake of the old country No. 2/pop top 10 hit by Ned Miller, way back from 1963.) • "If I Had You" – Alabama. • "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" – Roseanne Cash. (To date, the only Lennon-McCartney penned song to top the Hot Country Songs chart.) • "Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That" – Dolly Parton.
(Aversion: "Song of the South" by Alabama. ("Song, song of the south, ... .")
1990s coming later.
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Post by woolebull on Sept 19, 2013 10:43:07 GMT -5
Briguy: Not a number one in the 90's, but can I get some love for my favorite country artist, Radney Foster and his first solo hit, "Just Call Me Lonesome" I think it went to 6 in 1992.
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Post by mkarns on Sept 19, 2013 11:12:03 GMT -5
1984 • " Right or Wrong" – George Strait. • " To All the Girls I've Loved Before" – Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias. • " Someday When Things are Good" – Merle Haggard. • " I Don't Want to Be a Memory" – Exile. • " If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" – Alabama. (Single edit only; the album cut includes a few bars of "The Eyes of Texas.") (Aversons: " Elizabeth" by the Statler Brothers ("Oh, Elizabeth ..." is the first line); and " Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" by Alabama ("Roll on highway, roll on along ... " if going by the exact title). 1990s coming later. "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" only counts if you drop the "This is...", so maybe it should be an "aversion". And "Elizabeth" actually hit #1 in BB in 1985, IIRC.
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Post by rayshae3 on Sept 19, 2013 14:04:51 GMT -5
1984 (Aversons: " Elizabeth" by the Statler Brothers ("Oh, Elizabeth ..." is the first line) And "Elizabeth" actually hit #1 in BB in 1985, IIRC. Actually "Elizabeth" entered the Country Chart toward the end of 1983 (on 12/10/83). But briguy was correct: It did hit number one 14 weeks later on 03/17/1984.
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Post by briguy52748 on Sept 19, 2013 14:15:02 GMT -5
And "Elizabeth" actually hit #1 in BB in 1985, IIRC. Actually "Elizabeth" entered the Country Chart toward the end of 1983 (on 12/10/83). But briguy was correct: It did hit number one 14 weeks later on 03/17/1984. FWIW, I was going on when the song peaked at No. 1.
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Post by mkarns on Sept 19, 2013 14:16:35 GMT -5
And "Elizabeth" actually hit #1 in BB in 1985, IIRC. Actually "Elizabeth" entered the Country Chart toward the end of 1983 (on 12/10/83). But briguy was correct: It did hit number one 14 weeks later on 03/17/1984. OK. I didn't remember that one correctly; I thought it hit a year later than it did. (Incidentally, for 10 years I spent my summers working as a counselor, and then area director, at a summer camp in Virginia close to the Statler Brothers' hometown of Staunton.)
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Post by briguy52748 on Sept 19, 2013 14:27:50 GMT -5
On with 1990s country No. 1 chart-toppers where the song title is the first words sang.
1990 none
1991 • "Daddy's Come Around" – Paul Overstreet. • "Brother Jukebox" – Mark Chesnutt. • "Don't Rock the Jukebox" – Alan Jackson.
1992 • "Dallas" – Alan Jackson.
1993 none
1994 • "If I Could Make a Living" – Clay Walker.
1995 none – but some edits of "I Like It, I Love It" by Tim McGraw have the title sang first; the official single version does not.
1996 • "Rebecca Lynn" – Bryan White. • "My Maria" – Brooks & Dunn.
1997 • "Longneck Bottle" – Garth Brooks.
1998 and 1999 none
Brian
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