The Bottom Of The Charts

[dth1971]

Apr 25, 2021 19:59:39 GMT -5 jmorgan said:

4/24/76's BOTC is found on page 16.

Now, for 4/28/84:

100. 89. Bob & Doug McKenzie "Take Off" (#16)
99. 75. Foreigner "Juke Box Hero" (#26)

Now, falling from its #71 peak, is a soul group from Dayton, Ohio named Aurra. Here's "Make Up Your Mind."

For the record, jmorgan, this is what you posted for BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS last weekend for the 5/1/1982 date instead of 4/28/1984 but I did the right 4/28/1984 BOTC song.

[laura]

^ I think he gets it. No need to tell him 20 times.

[jmorgan]

5/8/71 and 4/25/87's BOTC's can be found on pages 22 and 7, respectively.

Now, it's 4/28/79, and falling from its as-close-as-it-could-get-to-the-top-40 peak at #41 to the bottom is soul singer Linda Clifford. Here's the 7" version of her rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Water." The album version runs a mind-boggling 10:20.

[pb]

May 2, 2021 19:16:53 GMT -5 jmorgan said:

Now, it's 4/28/79, and falling from its as-close-as-it-could-get-to-the-top-40 peak at #41 to the bottom is soul singer Linda Clifford. Here's the 7" version of her rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Water." The album version runs a mind-boggling 10:20.

This makes me think of that SNL sketch where Paul Simon makes a deal with the devil and gets punished by being stuck forever in an elevator playing Muzak versions of his songs.

[dth1971]

May 3, 2021 19:51:21 GMT -5 pb said:

May 2, 2021 19:16:53 GMT -5 jmorgan said:

Now, it's 4/28/79, and falling from its as-close-as-it-could-get-to-the-top-40 peak at #41 to the bottom is soul singer Linda Clifford. Here's the 7" version of her rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Water." The album version runs a mind-boggling 10:20.

This makes me think of that SNL sketch where Paul Simon makes a deal with the devil and gets punished by being stuck forever in an elevator playing Muzak versions of his songs.

I also have seen on YouTube a 1979 music video of that Linda Clifford "Bridge Over Troubled Water" song that would have made a good SCOPITONE video if SCOPITONE jukebox machines (Remember them?) and videos were still made into the 1970's: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkeNhB-QmXI

[jmorgan]

5/14/77:

100. D The Lovers "Discomania" (pg. 22)
99. D Charlene "Freddie" (pg.1)

Debuting at #98, and peaking five spots higher, is a five-man soul band from NYC named the Universal Robot Band. Here's their song called "Dance And Shake Your Tambourine."



5/7/88:

Salt-N-Pepa's top 20 rap "Push It" fell from #76 to #100. Now, here's Sting and "Englishman In New York." It fell from its #84 peak to #99.

[dth1971]

May 9, 2021 19:12:54 GMT -5 jmorgan said:

5/14/77:

100. D The Lovers "Discomania" (pg. 22)
99. D Charlene "Freddie" (pg.1)

Debuting at #98, and peaking five spots higher, is a five-man soul band from NYC named the Universal Robot Band. Here's their song called "Dance And Shake Your Tambourine."



5/7/88:

Salt-N-Pepa's top 20 rap "Push It" fell from #76 to #100. Now, here's Sting and "Englishman In New York." It fell from its #84 peak to #99.

Are the Universal Robot Band really robots?

[dth1971]

I should have done this last weekend, but I present special BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS for Shadoe Stevens AT40 shows for the first weekends in the month of May following the May 1 May Day date months...

5/6/1989:

Falling to the bottom from #86 after peaking at #63 is Robbie Nevil with "Somebody Like You":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gwAV_mhmKo

5/5/1990:

Falling to the bottom from #84 after peaking at #49 (Missing Shadoe AT40 by 9 spots, though she wouldn't finally make Shadoe AT40 until a year later in August 1991) is Bonnie Raitt with a song that appeared on the soundtrack of the movie "Heart Condition" called "Have a Heart":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQwddR94NsU

5/4/1991:

Falling to the bottom from #79 after peaking at #43 (Just missing Shadoe AT40 by 3 spots, though it did make the R&R CHR Top 40 used by Casey's Top 40 and Rick Dees Weekly Top 40) is Alexander 'O Neal with "All True Man":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc18fZ3-9tU

5/2/1992 (From the Billboard Top 40 Radio Monitor chart source era):

At #75 is previously covered "A Deeper Love" by Clivellis and Cole, and on to #74 and debuting in that spot is a rare dance track by Mocca Soul featuring SGH called "Losing You":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEWeOl3vnCg

[Michael1973]

Have A Heart is one of my favorite non-top 40 hits of the 1990s.

[jmorgan]

5/17/15:

Debuting at the bottom, and peaking at #91, is gospel singer Shirley Caesar's version of Melba Montgomery's #1 country song "No Charge."



5/17/86:

100. 68. Stevie Wonder "Overjoyed" (#24)
99. 67. Elton John "Nikita" (#7)
98. 66. Jackson Browne "For America" (#30)

Now, here's the legendary Ozzy Osbourne and "Shot In The Dark." The song fell from #71 to #97 after peaking at #68.



The BOTC for 5/20/78 can be found on page 8.

[jmorgan]

The BOTC's for 5/26/73 and 5/24/80 can be found on the 1st page of this thread.

5/22/76:

The Eagles and and their top 5 smash "Take It To The Limit" fell from #82 to #100. Now, here's The J. Geils Band and their live version of the Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go". It fell from their #69 peak to #99.



5/23/87:

100. 77. World Party "Ship Of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)" (#27)
99. 76. Europe "The Final Countdown" (#8)

Now, here's Pseudo Echo with their 1st Hot 100 song "Living In A Dream", which fell from #64 to #98. It had peaked at #57.

[jmorgan]

6/3/72:

Debuting at #100 is Daniel Boone and "Beautiful Sunday." Since that song peaked at #15, we move on to #99. There, we find Jackie DeShannon and "Vanilla O'Lay." It debuted at that spot, and would peak at #76.



As an added bonus, here's the B side of that song, "Only Love Can Break Your Heart."



The BOTC's for 5/28/83 and 5/26/79 are on pages 1 and 22 respectively.

[dth1971]

May 30, 2021 19:29:13 GMT -5 jmorgan said:

6/3/72:

Debuting at #100 is Daniel Boone and "Beautiful Sunday." Since that song peaked at #15, we move on to #99. There, we find Jackie DeShannon and "Vanilla O'Lay." It debuted at that spot, and would peak at #76.



As an added bonus, here's the B side of that song, "Only Love Can Break Your Heart."



The BOTC's for 5/28/83 and 5/26/79 are on pages 1 and 22 respectively.

"Vanilla O'lay" - That would be fitting for a new variant of Procter and Gamble's owned Olay skin care line for women (Originally called Oil of Olay, the mysterious beauty fluid that can make women look younger or something like that).

[dth1971]

Since this is Memorial Day weekend, I present special BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS for an AT40 special aired on some stations this weekend - The 1999 Y2K Countdown aired around the new year with 2 BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS with the R&R Top 50 CHR/Pop chart source for AT40 CHR at the time:

12/10/1999 - used for 12/18/1999 AT40 CHR:

At #50 is "Maria Maria" by Santana and the Product G&B, and on to #49 and we find Blaque and a song that failed to make the R&R Top 40 reaches for AT40 and Rick Dees called "808", here are two versions...

Single original version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmEO4Qp2mFw

Remix version (I used to hear this on WBBM B-96 Chicago back at the late 1999 time): www.youtube.com/watch?v=arWPD83LXWM

12/17/1999 - used for 1/8/2000 AT40 CHR:

At #50 is a rare song that failed to make the R&R Top 40 reaches by Beth Hart called "L.A. Song":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlpQ7IOlov4

[Michael1973]

I loved LA Song and wish it had done better. It did well at HAC. It also had an alternate version that removed the reference to having a gun.