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Post by pb on Dec 7, 2015 18:52:13 GMT -5
"Close To You" was also a non-hit for a few people before 1970.
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Post by Michael on Dec 7, 2015 19:16:00 GMT -5
In 71' Carol King had "You've Got a Friend" which wasn't released as a single but that same year James Taylor took his version to number 1.
In 73' Slade had "Cum On Feel The Noize" which only reach 98 on the Hot 100. About 10 years later Quiet Riot reached number 5 with their version.
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Post by freakyflybry on Dec 7, 2015 23:56:13 GMT -5
While we're on the topic of the Carpenters, has anyone mentioned "Solitaire" yet? I don't think Neil Sedaka's original version charted.
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Post by at40nut on Dec 8, 2015 11:01:10 GMT -5
In 1991, The Black Crowes had a song called "Hard To Handle" hit #26 as a re-released single (hit #45 in 1990) Otis Redding's version of "Hard To Handle" did not hit the Top 40.
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Post by johnnywest on Dec 8, 2015 13:34:25 GMT -5
"The Big Bang" by Katy Tiz last year.
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Post by dukelightning on Dec 12, 2015 21:16:10 GMT -5
"Have I Told You Lately" was Rod Stewart's cover of a Van Morrison song from 1989.
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Post by 1finemrg on Dec 13, 2015 18:49:01 GMT -5
I'll jump on the Fleetwood Mac bandwagon. "Sentimental Lady" was a non-charting single for the band, but Bob Welch would have top 40 success with the song. Of course, Bob was the lead vocalist on the original version as well. Then there this one from the lost 80s thread... From December 8, 1984 this was the second Hot 100 hit from this Oakland, California based group. Debuting at #82, the original version would only crawl up 4 notches in its 4 remaining weeks in the Hot 100 peaking at #78. Journey/Santana member Gregg Rolie would record his version for his 1985 debut solo album. Late in 1986, another version would enter the Hot 100 courtesy of Eddie Money. He would chart for 21 weeks peaking at #14 in 1987. I Wanna Go Back - Billy Satellite |
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Post by freakyflybry on May 10, 2016 3:51:33 GMT -5
The Carpenters have been mentioned many times here, and there was yet another! They recorded a song called "I Just Fall In Love Again", which didn't chart... but Anne Murray's remake of it made the top 40!
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Post by giannirubino on May 10, 2016 12:32:57 GMT -5
The Captain & Tennille had big hits with three Neil Sedaka songs, Love Will Keep Us Together, Lonely Night (Angel Face) and You Never Done It Like That. Not sure that any of those were released as a single by NS.
Barry Manilow had a big hit with a C&T, no, a David Cassidy, no, a Bruce Johnston tune, I Write The Songs. I suspect only DC's version was released as a single, possibly only in the UK.
Barry also hit with a cover of a Carpenter's non-hit, Can't Smile Without You.
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Post by pb on May 10, 2016 18:50:58 GMT -5
As for Manilow I think Casey told the story at least once of the original version of "Mandy," titled "Brandy" and released as an unsuccessful single by one of the writers.
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Post by mkarns on May 10, 2016 22:09:45 GMT -5
"What I Like About You" by the Romantics missed the top 40 in 1980 (it peaked at #49). But two later versions made AT40: by Michael Morales in 1989, and 5 Seconds of Summer in 2015.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on May 11, 2016 22:19:16 GMT -5
Re: Orgy's cover of "Blue Monday" - depending on which chart you look at, but I think it peaked somewhere in the 20s in the spring of 1999 during the second run of AT40, which was using Radio & Records. (Like their version too - bought the CD single when it was out back then.) freakyflybry, do you have any AT40 shows from that timeframe? AT40 was a spot I could hear it "regularly", as I rarely heard it on the local stations. That's one of the best things about AT40 - I became familiar with songs that rarely, if ever, played on my local stations. |
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Post by jamesff on May 15, 2016 18:43:33 GMT -5
"Patches" was originally done by Chairmen Of The Board. Clarence Carter made it his own.
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" was a B side to The Band's hit "UP On Cripple Creek". Which means that it is technically not a top 40 hit, as oppose to that awful remake.
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Post by dth1971 on May 15, 2016 21:43:14 GMT -5
In 1988, Olivia Newton-John released a single from her "The Rumour" album called "Can We Talk It Over In Bed", it never made Billboard's Hot 100, but a year later, Grayson Hugh covered it as "Talk it Over" and it made the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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Post by johnnywest on Dec 23, 2021 18:05:43 GMT -5
Earlier this year there was “Put Your Records On” by Ritt Momney on both the CHR and Hot AC versions of AT40. However, the original by Corinne Bailey Rae only charted on Hot AC.
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