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Post by jmorgan on May 26, 2015 20:17:02 GMT -5
This thread is for the songs at #100. Starting this week, I'll tell you the song that was at the bottom of the Hot 100. If there were songs that debuted at #100 and later became top 40 songs or songs that were in the 40 and were falling down, then I'll look at the song at #99 and so forth. Basically, this is like the lost classics thread, but is done a little differently. Now, the #100 song for 5/28/77: "Freddie" by Charlene (the "I've Never Been To Me" lady). This was a tribute to the late Freddie Prinze Sr. The song was dropping from its peak at #96. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmA04P_jaWAThe #100 song for 5/28/83 was "Sign Of The Times" by The Belle Stars, who were an all-female London band. The song fell from its peak of #75. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOKJfQpbsL0 |
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Post by matt on May 27, 2015 12:03:58 GMT -5
This thread is for the songs at #100. Starting this week, I'll tell you the song that was at the bottom of the Hot 100. If there were songs that debuted at #100 and later became top 40 songs, then I'll look at the song at #99 and so forth. Basically, this is like the lost classics thread, but is done a little differently. The #100 song for 5/28/83 was "Sign Of The Times" by The Belle Stars, who were an all-female London band. The song fell from its peak of #75. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOKJfQpbsL0I noticed that--the same Belle Stars that hit the 40 around this time in 1989 with "Iko Iko", which was from the movie Rainman if I remember correctly... |
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Post by rgmike on May 27, 2015 15:09:50 GMT -5
I used think, back in the day, that some enterprising syndicator should've packaged a countdown of the "bottom 40".  And iirc, there *was* a short-lived syndicated show (and hour long I think) that featured newly charted/up & coming singles each week. |
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Post by adam31 on May 27, 2015 17:14:59 GMT -5
This thread is for the songs at #100. Starting this week, I'll tell you the song that was at the bottom of the Hot 100. If there were songs that debuted at #100 and later became top 40 songs, then I'll look at the song at #99 and so forth. Basically, this is like the lost classics thread, but is done a little differently. The #100 song for 5/28/83 was "Sign Of The Times" by The Belle Stars, who were an all-female London band. The song fell from its peak of #75. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOKJfQpbsL0I noticed that--the same Belle Stars that hit the 40 around this time in 1989 with "Iko Iko", which was from the movie Rainman if I remember correctly... Yes, I just listened to the AT40 from May 27, 1989 and "Iko Iko" was on the show headed down the charts after a peak at #14. It was recorded back in 1982, so the Belle Stars had been broken up for three years by the time it hit the charts. It was included on the soundtrack of "Rainman", being a favorite of Dustin Hoffman. A good trivia question would be is this the longest period of time from a song being recorded and then hitting the chart (7 years)? Sheriff's "When I'm With You" also took seven years to hit #1 (also in 1989) but it had already charted in 1983 peaking at #63. The song first became popular in 1965 by the female pop group The Dixie Cups, that version only peaked at #20. |
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Post by ivanzero on May 27, 2015 20:33:17 GMT -5
Great topic idea! I'm sure you've already noticed that records that peaked right at #100 basically dried up after '72. What's weird is before that you'd regularly see 10 or so "peaks at the bottom" annually.
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Post by doofus67 on May 27, 2015 20:40:44 GMT -5
I used think, back in the day, that some enterprising syndicator should've packaged a countdown of the "bottom 40". And iirc, there *was* a short-lived syndicated show (and hour long I think) that featured newly charted/up & coming singles each week. Do you mean "Future Hits" with Joel Denver? It ran from 1984 from 1995, and was distributed through Westwood One. For most of that time, Joel was Contemporary Hit Radio editor for Radio & Records magazine. |
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Post by jmorgan on May 27, 2015 22:40:22 GMT -5
Just for the heck of it, here are the songs at the bottom of last week's shows (5/26/73 and 5/24/80, respectively.) 5/26/73: Debuting at #100,and only reaching #98, is an English rock group called Slade with a song that would later become a big hit for Quiet Riot. This is "Come On Feel The Noize." (Yes, I know I spelled "Come" a bit different than what was on the record.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTEGxVDHpGUThe #100 song on 5/24/80 was Michael Jackson' "Off The Wall" which fell from #70. However, since it was a top ten song, I'll move to #99, which was the Babys' "Midnight Rendezvous", which fell from its peak of #72. www.youtube.om/watch?v=gIl9XS3u9Kc |
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Post by mga707 on May 27, 2015 22:58:08 GMT -5
Just for the heck of it, here are the songs at the bottom of last week's shows (5/26/73 and 5/24/80, respectively.) 5/26/73: Debuting at #100,and only reaching #98, is an English rock group called Slade with a song that would later become a big hit for Quiet Riot. This is "Come On Feel The Noize." (Yes, I know I spelled "Come" a bit different than what was on the record.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTEGxVDHpGU This would also fit in the "Across the Pond" thread as it was a huge British hit--pretty sure it was #1--as were many Slade records at that time. |
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Post by rayshae3 on May 27, 2015 23:45:04 GMT -5
The #100 song for 5/28/83 was "Sign Of The Times" by The Belle Stars, who were an all-female London band. The song fell from its peak of #75. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOKJfQpbsL0In the early 80s there were Go-Go’s in the US, and the Belle Stars in the UK: an eight member band with attitudes as sharp as female counterparts of Madness in their performances. |
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Post by jlthorpe on May 28, 2015 5:40:04 GMT -5
A good trivia question would be is this the longest period of time from a song being recorded and then hitting the chart (7 years)? Sheriff's "When I'm With You" also took seven years to hit #1 (also in 1989) but it had already charted in 1983 peaking at #63. "Shaving Cream" beats that record by over twenty years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaving_Cream_%28song%29 |
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Post by jmack19 on May 29, 2015 12:14:06 GMT -5
While looking at a site(worldcharts.co.uk) which shows the Hot 100 at 5,10,15... year ago intervals, I noticed a group & a song that fits the bottom of the chart. #100 song 40 years ago this week was "Remember The Rain" by 21st Century. It only spent one week on the chart. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA4CVjSXtGc #100 song 45 years ago this week was "I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top" by The Hollies. It peaked at 82. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QhAxpubFXY |
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Post by pb on May 29, 2015 13:16:02 GMT -5
If I recall right, they used a session pianist named Elton John on that song. |
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Post by torcan on Jun 1, 2015 20:55:20 GMT -5
I always wondered about songs that were in those low positions and how many sales/airplay points they really picked up. Between 1977 and 1988 there were no debuts at the exact bottom - No. 100 - so there were always songs dropping to or holding there for those years. Even songs that fell into the '90s (as most did before they fell off), you wonder who was still reporting them enough to keep them on. Case in point: the last nine weeks of "Tainted Love's" incredible run were spent between No. 96 and No. 99.
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Post by jmack19 on Jun 2, 2015 22:18:15 GMT -5
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Post by jmorgan on Jun 4, 2015 16:43:21 GMT -5
Here are the 70's BOTC: 6/5/71: A "gruet" (short for group duet) between The Supremes and The Four Tops called "You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart." It debuted at #100, and despite that star power, only peaked at #55. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGt0QWIWYWQ6/5/76: Debuting at #100, and only going as high as #98, is a six-member soul group from NYC named Ecstasy, Passion & Pain. Their hit was called "Touch And Go." www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqWwZwNFGA8I'll be back tomorrow with the 80's BOTC. |
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And iirc, there *was* a short-lived syndicated show (and hour long I think) that featured newly charted/up & coming singles each week.
