The Bottom Of The Charts

[dth1971]

I have to go to some event later today, so I am doing this a little early:

First, for this weekend's BUBBLING UNDER BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS by me:

11/4/1978:

At #110 not making Billboard's Hot 100 is Tower of Power lead singer Lenny Williams with "You Got Me Running":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBdXsyuCzko

11/5/1983:

At #110 not making Billboard's Hot 100 is actress/singer Pia Zadora with "Rock it Out":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv2SOk8--Vk

AND NOW, A BOTTOM OF THE CHART BY ME FROM A SELECTED SHADOE STEVENS AT40 SHOW:

7/27/1991:

Dropping to #100 from #93 after peaking at #78 are the Rembrants (Famous for singing the theme to the sitcom "Friends" called "I'll Be There For You" - R.I.P. "Friends" star Matthew Perry, of course) with "Someone":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0GAsYpxvlo

[jmorgan]

11/4/78 and 11/5/83 can both be found on page 13.

[jmorgan]

11/14/81 can be found on page 13.

Now, hang on tight for 11/12/77:

100. 66. Dorothy Moore "I Believe You" (#27)
99. 65. Atlanta Rhythm Section "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" (#36)
98. 64. The Emotions "Best Of My Love" (#1(5 weeks))
97. 63. ELO "Telephone Line" (#7)
96. 61. Elvis "Way Down" (#18)

Finally at #95, and falling from #58, it's Pablo Cruise and "A Place In The Sun." It peaked at #42.

[dth1971]

Now for some special BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS:

First, a BUBBLING UNDER BOTC from the week of the 1971 AT40 Christmas Countdown:

12/25/1971:

At #113 not making Billboard's Hot 100 are a little known soul group called L.J. Reynolds and Chocolate Syrup with "Let One Hurt Do":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS1wXk9cQzs

Now for some BOTC from a few Shadoe Stevens AT40 shows:

6/29/1991:

Falling to the bottom from its #86 peak are the long running British progressive rock group Yes with "Lift Me Up":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzD4m17exRA

8/3/1991:

Falling to the bottom from #77 after peaking at #71 are the dance group famous for their Spring 1991 AT40 hit "How to Dance" called the Bingoboys with "Borrowed Love":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zoioxBrq7A

10/5/1991:

Falling to the bottom from #84 after peaking at #79 is a Philadelphia born dance singer named Lonnie Gordon with a song that appeared in the flop 1991 Vanilla Ice movie "Cool as Ice" called "Gonna Catch You":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIf5Zndpi9I

[jmorgan]

11/17/73 has Ray Charles debuting at the bottom with his cover of Roy Clark's only #1 country hit "Come Live With Me." Ray's version peaked at #82.



11/16/85 - page 5

[dth1971]

For this week being getting closer to Thanksgiving weekend, here are 2 BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS from 2 1992 Shadoe Stevens AT40 shows which used the Billboard Top 40 Radio Monitor chart source (75 positions) at the time:

6/6/1992:

Dropping to #75 from #65 is the "Too Blind to See It" singer Kym Sims with "Take My Advice" (I remember this song played on B96 Chicago, then home to "Casey's Top 40", back in the late Spring/early Summer 1992 time):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ_0WhZ9wLM

6/27/1992:

75) "Please Don't Go" - Boyz II Men
74) "All I Want" - Toad the Wet Sprocket

...and then we get to #73 and debuting at that position is a song by RTZ that made the top 40 of the R&R CHR chart used for Casey's Top 40 and Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 but not Shadoe AT40 despite being played as an AT40 Sneak Peak, this is "All You've Got":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAmBiQ93oPM

NOW, FOR A BUBBLING UNDER BOTC FROM THE 12/22/1973 WEEK OF THE 1973 AT40 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL:

At #117 not making Billboard's Hot 100 is Neil Young with "Time Fades Away":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBE5BRZSfs0

And from the same 12/22/1973 date there's a special Billboard Christmas Singles chart, so let's look at this BOTC for this:

At #20 is the Christmas classic of "Little Drummer Boy" by the Harry Simone Chorale which everyone knows, but at #19 on this Christmas chart is a little known Christmas song done by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen called "Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZe7cbOtetY

[jmorgan]

11/28/87 - page 5

A debut at #100 for 11/27/71, and it's by the Doors. Here's "Tightrope Ride," which peaked at #71.

[dth1971]

And now for my 2 selected Shadoe Stevens era AT40 BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS from 1992 when it used the 75 position Billboard Top 40 Radio Monitor chart source:

8/29/1992:

Dropping to #75 from #71 is a rap duo named Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth with "They Reminince Over You":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs0ou8b9GS8

10/3/1992:

Debuting at #75 but not making AT40 reaches at all is the R&B group Troop with "Sweet November":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMOgKZDbonE

[jmorgan]

Debuting at the bottom for 12/4/76 is the actor who played Ralph Malph on Happy Days, Donny Most. "All Roads (Lead Back To You)" only peaked at #97.



12/1/84 - page 14

[jmorgan]

12/6/75 - page 14

12/11/82:

100. 91. Juice Newton "Break It To Me Gently" (#11)
99. 90. Evelyn King "Love Come Down" (#17)
98. 88. Glenn Frey "The One You Love" (#15)

Now, falling from #83 to #97, we have Sheena Easton and "I Wouldn't Beg For Water." It peaked at #64.

[jmorgan]

12/12/70 has Jackie Wilson debuting at #100 with "This Love Is Real." It peaked at #56.



12/13/80 - page 20

[dth1971]

Dec 17, 2023 19:43:09 GMT -5 jmorgan said:

12/12/70 has Jackie Wilson debuting at #100 with "This Love Is Real." It peaked at #56.



12/13/80 - page 20

jmorgan: Wrong! The Jackie Wilson song was the #100 debut for 12/19/1970! The correct 12/12/1970 #100 debut was "Everything is Going To Be Alright" by Teegarden and Van Winkle which peaked at #84.:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAaxyCWs6ys

[jmorgan]

12/20/86 - page 20

12/22/79:

100. 63. Lauren Wood "Please Don't Leave" (#24)
99. 60. Frank Mills "Peter Piper" (mentioned on page 14)

Now, here's the Village People at #98 with "Ready For The 80's." It fell from its #52 peak.

[dth1971]

I would like to present BUBBLING UNDER BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS for the AT40 year ender countdown weeks:

12/23/1972 (Part 1 of the AT40 Top 80 of 1972):

At #116 is Loudon Wainwright III's top 40 novelty "Dead Skunk", and on to #115 and in that position not making Billboard's Hot 100 is Ray Charles with "Hey Mister":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIwJ3_amCVs


12/30/1972 (Part 2 of the AT40 Top 80 of 1972)

At #118 not making Billboard's Hot 100 is "Heaven Help Us" by Beverly Bremers which appears in the little known 1972 movie "Crazies" (Ever heard of this movie?):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyRmjkGAdYo

12/23/1978 - 12/30/1978 (The time of AT40's Top 100 of 1978):

At #110 is the previously covered by jmorgan "Shoot Me With Your Love" by Tasha Thomas, and on to #109 and at that position and not making Billboard's Hot 100 is (Louisiana's) Le Roux with "Take a Ride on the Riverboat":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCs1WaEHb8k

12/24/1983-12/31/1983 (At the time of the AT40 Top 100 of 1983):

At #110 not making Billboard's Hot 100 are the Carpenters with a song that was recorded prior to Karen Carpenter's early 1983 passing called "Make Believe It's Your First Time":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uUANUKtZLI

[jmorgan]

1/6/73 has a debut at #100. It's Mobile, Alabama soul singer, and former Drifters member, Johnny Williams with "Slow Motion (Part 1)." It peaked at #78.



1/14/78 - page 20
1/17/87 - page 29