The Bottom Of The Charts

[jmorgan]

5/15/71 brings us Buddy Miles who debuted at #100 with "Wholesale Love." The song peaked at #71. The song was mentioned on page 30.

5/19/84 has Sergio Mendes and "Olympia". It fell from #79 to the bottom after peaking at #58.



The BOTC for 5/12/79 is on page 34.

[dth1971]

May 15, 2022 20:09:41 GMT -5 jmorgan said:

5/15/71 brings us Buddy Miles who debuted at #100 with "Wholesale Love." The song peaked at #71.



5/19/84 has Sergio Mendes and "Olympia". It fell from #79 to the bottom after peaking at #58.



The BOTC for 5/12/79 is on page 34.

Buddy Miles in the late 1980's was the lead singer for the California Raisins in their famous Claymation TV commercials that was designed and created by the late Will Vinton.

Was Sergio Mendes' "Olympia" (featuring Joe Pizzulo on vocals, Joe P. also sang on Sergio Mendes' "Alibis" which made the Top 40 reaches) recorded to help plug the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles that 1984 year?

[jmorgan]

The BOTC's for 5/21/77 and 5/21/83 are on pages 22 and 8 respectively.

5/27/72 brings us a debut at #100. It's a duet by Donny Hathaway and a soul singer from Houston named June Conquest. Originally recorded in 1969, but released 3 years later because of Donny's hit duet with Roberta Flack called "Where Is The Love," here's "I Thank You." The song peaked at #94.



No videos next week, because both BOTC's are found on page 8.

[dth1971]

May 22, 2022 20:19:19 GMT -5 jmorgan said:

The BOTC's for 5/21/77 and 5/21/83 are on pages 22 and 8 respectively.

5/27/72 brings us a debut at #100. It's a duet by Donny Hathaway and a soul singer from Houston named June Conquest. Originally recorded in 1969, but released 3 years later because of Donny's hit duet with Roberta Flack called "Where Is The Love," here's "I Thank You." The song peaked at #94.

I thought it would be a cover of the Sam and Dave song of the same name, but it isn't.

[dth1971]

I guess jmorgan took Memorial Day weekend off since he did BOTC for 5/29/1976 and 5/30/1987 in the past. So I guess I will fill in for jmorgan with some special BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS...

First, to tie in with the special Memorial Day 2022 airing of 1998 AT40 offered to some stations - From 5/23/1998 from the top 50 R&R CHR/Pop chart:

Debuting at #50 not making the R&R top 40 reaches is a girl group who was one of the boy group/girl group wannabes at the time of NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, and Spice Girls...this is Solid Harmonie with "I'll Be There For You" (Not a remake of the 1989 Bon Jovi song nor a cover of the theme song to the TV sitcom "Friends" as done by the Rembrants in 1995):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b98N58iYGFo

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Now, for something special, what was the BOTC for 2 months prior to the launch of AT40 in May 1970? These use the first 2 weekends of May 1970:

5/2/1970:

Entering at the bottom for its peak #100 position here are Smokey Robinson and the Miracles with "Darling Dear":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e3lhMYZ8IU&t=36s

5/9/1970:

Entering at the bottom are Brenda and the Tabulations with "And My Heart Sang Tra-La-La", this song would peak at #64:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsSz3vx8-zc

[jmorgan]

6/6/81 has a debut at the bottom. It's newly-minted Rock and Roll hall-of-famer Dolly Parton and "Don't You Know That I Love You." It peaked as close to the top 40 as you could get at #41. Two weeks later, it became her 15th #1 country hit.



6/9/84 begins with Yes' #24 song "Leave It", which fell from #94 to #100. Now, here's the legendary "Weird Al" Yankovic with his parody of The Police's "King Of Pain" called "King Of Suede." It fell from #91 to #99 after peaking at #64.



The BOTC for 6/3/78 can be found on page 17.

[dth1971]

Jun 5, 2022 20:12:13 GMT -5 jmorgan said:

6/6/81 has a debut at the bottom. It's newly-minted Rock and Roll hall-of-famer Dolly Parton and "Don't You Know That I Love You." It peaked as close to the top 40 as you could get at #41. Two weeks later, it became her 15th #1 country hit.



6/9/84 begins with Yes' #24 song "Leave It", which fell from #94 to #100. Now, here's the legendary "Weird Al" Yankovic with his parody of The Police's "King Of Pain" called "King Of Suede." It fell from #91 to #99 after peaking at #64.



The BOTC for 6/3/78 can be found on page 17.

Actually, jmorgan, "But You Know I Love You" by Dolly Parton dropped to #100 from #94 after peaking at #41 that 6/6/1981 week.

And now for something from me for the next few weeks...after hearing on Memorial Day weekend via WXXM Rewind 92.1 FM Madison, Wisconsin the first of the occassional AT40 #1 Hits of the 1970's specials, I will present for the next several weeks special BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS regarding songs from the pre AT40 1970 months when selected #1 songs from 1970 made #1 on Billboard's Hot 100, first up is...

1/31/1970 (The week "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5, the second #1 song of the 1970's decade, moved into the #1 spot):

Debuting at the bottom but peaking at that position for 2 weeks this is country singer Tammy Wynette with "I'll See Him Through":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpcGCLATOJQ

...by the way, jmorgan, welcome back after a week's absence during Memorial Day weekend.

[dth1971]

And now, for this week's BOTC involving a 1970 #1 song from the pre AT40 1970 months by me (doing this early since the 2022 Tony Awards are on TV tonight):

2/7/1970 (The week "Venus" by the Shocking Blue, the third #1 song of the 1970's decade, moved into the #1 spot):

#100) "I'll See Him Through" - Tammy Wynette (previously covered a week ago)
#99) "Call Me" - Aretha Franklin
#98) "The Bells" - Originals

...and on to #97 and debuting in that spot but peaking at that position is a song by the Byrds that would be covered and make the top 40 3 years later for the Doobie Brothers, this is the Byrds' original version of "Jesus is Just Alright":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdKrHYUZCwM

[jmorgan]

The BOTC's for 6/16/78 and 6/8/85 are on pages 17 and 23.

6/12/71 has a debut at #100. It's Stephen Stills and "Change Partners," which peaked at #43.

[dth1971]

And now for this week's BOTC involving a 1970 #1 song from the pre AT40 1970 months by me (Doing this a day early since tomorrow is Father's Day):

2/14/1970 (The week "Thank You Faletten Me Be Mice Elf Again" by Sly and the Family Stone, the 4th. #1 song of the 1970's decade, moved into the #1 spot):

Entering at the bottom is country singer Merle Haggard and his group The Strangers with "The Fightin' Side of Me" which would peak at #92:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP0K7xdM5Zk

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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING EXTRA WITH THE SUMMER SEASON COMING IN A FEW DAYS! Special BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS from selected Shadoe Stevens AT40 shows from a few days after the start of the Summer season:

6/23/1990:

Dropping to #100 from #87 after peaking at #59 is British mix master D-Mob with vocals by Cathy Dennis with "That's The Way Of The World" (And it isn't a remake of the 1975 Earth, Wind, and Fire song of the same name):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOJWiLLC2wk

6/22/1991:

Debuting at the bottom is Peabo Bryson with a song that would peak at #52 called "Can You Stop The Rain":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=17WmB74jfYc

[jmorgan]

6/14/75 has Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz" debuting at #100. Also debuting at #99, and peaking at #91 is Bobby Womack and "Check It Out." It would peak at #6 on the soul chart.



The BOTC's for 6/18/77 and 6/25/88 are on pages 41 and 17.

[dth1971]

Jun 19, 2022 20:20:57 GMT -5 jmorgan said:

6/14/75 has Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz" debuting at #100. Also debuting at #99, and peaking at #91 is Bobby Womack and "Check It Out." It would peak at #6 on the soul chart.



The BOTC's for 6/18/77 and 6/25/88 are on pages 41 and 17.

This was the second chart run for the Bobby Womack "Check It Out" song peaking at #99 for only 1 week, in April 1975 it peaked at #91 on its second week of its first chart run.

[jmorgan]

No BOTC videos this week as 6/30/73 and 6/30/84 are located on page 17, while 6/24/78 is found on page 24.

[dth1971]

Now for my entry of BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS for #1 songs on pre AT40 months for this week:

2/28/1970 (The week that "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel, the fifth #1 song of the 1970's decade, moved into the #1 spot):

Entering at the bottom and peaking there are The Clique with "Sparkle and Shine":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH85M5lBqT8

[jmorgan]

For the second week in a row, no videos this week. The BOTC's for 7/10/76 and 7/3/82 are on page 2, while 6/27/87 is on page 9.

Starting this Friday, I will be on a vacation to the Wisconsin Dells. I won't be back until sometime on Monday.