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Post by dukelightning on May 14, 2014 8:54:59 GMT -5
pointpark, yes you have it right for 1977. You could not go into detail about it but I will. While the turnover at #1 became more frequent starting in mid-1973(no song stayed at #1 for 3 weeks in 7 consecutive months from July 1973 to Jan. 1974, the longest such drought in the 70s and 80s), it eventually led to the stacking of #1 songs in the top 5. But not too long after the first top 5 stacking in March 1974 came the recession that led to #1 and other songs taking big drops from their peak position thus making it difficult to have stacked charts. (see the fall of 1974). Eventually the recession ended sometime in 1975 and stacking became more prevalent. There were 4 consecutive weeks at the end of 1975 and start of 1976 that the top 5 were all #1 songs although songs still took medium to big drops well into 1976. Finally by 1977 songs started taking small drops from #1 again. The turnover at #1 was still high and so 1977 is the perfect storm for stacking of #1 songs. Small drops from #1 and high turnover at #1. It did not last too long. By the second half of 1977 (the last top 5 stacking of #1 songs occurred on 7/9), the high turnover era had ended. Also note that in the first half of the year, only one song peaked at #2 while in the second half, 7 songs peaked at #2 obviously making stacking of #1 songs impossible.
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Post by jmack19 on May 14, 2014 9:35:10 GMT -5
The chart from the 9/21/74 show had the Top 7 songs all peak at the top: #1 Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe #2 Rock Me Gently #3 I Honestly Love You #4 Nothing From Nothing #5 I Shot The Sheriff #6 Then Came You #7 You're Having My Baby I'll bet that the 9/21/74 show probably sets the record, at least for the original Casey era. For a couple of months there in Fall '74, every #1 record seemed to inch up the Top 5 one spot at a time, stay #1 for just a single week, and then plummet out of the top 5, sometimes even the top 10! 7/2/1977 Top 7 singles went to #1 1 GONNA FLY NOW Bill Conti 2 UNDERCOVER ANGEL Alan O'Day 3 GOT TO GIVE IT UP Marvin Gaye 4 DA DOO RON RON Shaun Cassidy 5 LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT Barry Manilow 6 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 7 I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING Andy Gibb Also on 9/21/74 8 of Top 9 went to #1 #1 Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe #2 Rock Me Gently #3 I Honestly Love You #4 Nothing From Nothing #5 I Shot The Sheriff #6 Then Came You #7 You're Having My Baby #9 You Haven’t Done Nothin’ 5/21/77 8 of Top 9 were #1 songs 1 SIR DUKE - Stevie Wonder 2 WHEN I NEED YOU - Leo Sayer 4 I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN - KC & The Sunshine Band 5 GOT TO GIVE IT UP - Marvin Gaye 6 DREAMS - Fleetwood Mac 7 GONNA FLY NOW - Bill Conti 8 HOTEL CALIFORNIA - Eagles 9 SOUTHERN NIGHTS - Glen Campbell |
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Post by torcan on May 14, 2014 11:18:33 GMT -5
Also note that in the first half of the year, only one song peaked at #2 while in the second half, 7 songs peaked at #2 obviously making stacking of #1 songs impossible. Interestingly, 1975 is another year where very few songs peaked at No. 2. It was usually a slot for songs "passing through" either on their way up to No. 1, or down from it. |
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Post by blackbowl68 on May 31, 2015 11:40:50 GMT -5
It's interesting nobody brought up the fall of 1979, where there were several weeks in November which seven of the top 10 records would wind up being #1 hits. But what's noticeable is that despite this chart action, a record still managed to stall @ #2 for two weeks: "Dim All The Nights" by Donna Summer.
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Post by doofus67 on Jun 1, 2015 21:10:31 GMT -5
It's interesting nobody brought up the fall of 1979, where there were several weeks in November which seven of the top 10 records would wind up being #1 hits. But what's noticeable is that despite this chart action, a record still managed to stall @ #2 for two weeks: "Dim All The Nights" by Donna Summer. Yes, I brought it up in my post from May 24 on thread 143, AT40 on XM, page 231. There was a nine-week period in which it happened seven times. |
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