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Post by jgve1952 on Dec 21, 2019 15:43:53 GMT -5
Now for the next pursuit please--the biggest drop out of the Top 40 on the CB chart. I couldn't find anything faster that dropped out of the Top 40 in the 60's, but on 6-2-73, Stevie Wonder's "You Are The Sunshine of My Life" dropped from 5 to 42, so could that qualify as the biggest drop out of the Top 40? Interestingly enough, the song was Number 1 before it dropped to #5. So is that also a record for the song that fell the fastest off the Top 40 after reaching #1--that being two weeks. Second time to mention--Happy Holiday Blessings to all!
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 21, 2019 18:57:08 GMT -5
Now for the next pursuit please--the biggest drop out of the Top 40 on the CB chart. I couldn't find anything faster that dropped out of the Top 40 in the 60's, but on 6-2-73, Stevie Wonder's "You Are The Sunshine of My Life" dropped from 5 to 42, so could that qualify as the biggest drop out of the Top 40? Interestingly enough, the song was Number 1 before it dropped to #5. So is that also a record for the song that fell the fastest off the Top 40 after reaching #1--that being two weeks. Second time to mention--Happy Holiday Blessings to all! Just to clarify, are you looking for the biggest drop, or are you looking for the highest position from which a song dropped out? If it's the latter, your example looks pretty tough to beat. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Dec 21, 2019 22:31:47 GMT -5
Now for the next pursuit please--the biggest drop out of the Top 40 on the CB chart. I couldn't find anything faster that dropped out of the Top 40 in the 60's, but on 6-2-73, Stevie Wonder's "You Are The Sunshine of My Life" dropped from 5 to 42, so could that qualify as the biggest drop out of the Top 40? Interestingly enough, the song was Number 1 before it dropped to #5. So is that also a record for the song that fell the fastest off the Top 40 after reaching #1--that being two weeks. Second time to mention--Happy Holiday Blessings to all! Good Catch! I am not really a Cash Box chart expert, as I only started using their charts when I began to record the shows 4 years ago (and then mostly just the Beatles years/1964-70). One of the things that I found interesting is comparing Cash Box to Billboard when some of the 'funny' stuff was going on between 1973-82 at Billboard. Most of the Top 10 hits on Cash Box exited the charts more naturally--although dropping from #5 to out of the Top 40 is pretty dramatic (especially for a #1 hit).
One other number one hit from 1974 also took a dramatic nose dive. The Americans by Byron MacGregor went from #1 to #6 and the following week dropped to #44, However, that is a little more understandable than one of Stevie Wonder's best known songs (Sunshine Of My Life) and it's big fall down the chart.
Joe
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jan 1, 2020 11:47:15 GMT -5
Happy New Year--welcome to 2020.
If you haven't listened to the Top 100 of 1967, which was posted during the Summer of 2019, you are missing a set of 100 plus tunes (a few extras are thrown in for good measure)--
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Post by 1finemrg on Jan 2, 2020 6:31:43 GMT -5
Thanks, Joe. Looking forward to listening to your latest offering.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jan 3, 2020 9:52:03 GMT -5
As we reach the first week end of the new year (2020)--it's time to enjoy songs from the second week end of 1966 (week ending January 8), as taken from the Cash Box Magazine charts. The countdown features a song from 1921, the last Top 40 hit by Connie Francis, two hits by the 4 Seasons, and a hit by a TV talk show host.
As someone once said--Let The Countdown Begin...
Joe
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Post by skyseth on Jan 4, 2020 11:26:07 GMT -5
Happy new year Joe and thank you for this new show.
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Post by 1finemrg on Jan 19, 2020 18:28:02 GMT -5
As always, thanks for your new entry Joe.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jan 20, 2020 8:28:27 GMT -5
And now all the countdowns from January 1964-1970 are uploaded. Here is the Top 40 from Cash Box for the week ending January 21, 1967--
If you haven't listened to the other shows from the month of January be sure to do a search for them.
Thanks,
Joe
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Post by chrislc on Jan 20, 2020 15:44:44 GMT -5
And now all the countdowns from January 1964-1970 are uploaded. Here is the Top 40 from Cash Box for the week ending January 21, 1967-- If you haven't listened to the other shows from the month of January be sure to do a search for them. Thanks, Joe
Wow Joe that was an amazing chart discrepancy for It Takes Two. #14 in Billboard and I think you said #43 in Cashbox? I wonder what happened. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 3, 2020 16:02:10 GMT -5
Going back to February 5, 1966--Batman was the hottest new show on TV and the 40 best selling pop singles on the Cash Box chart included a Beatles remake, two songs by the Fab Four and a chart topper by a group out of California (that didn't reach #1 in Billboard)--
In addition to this countdown, you can search the site for the Top 40 from both January and two from March of 1966.
Joe
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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 25, 2020 10:55:15 GMT -5
This Saturday is a leap day (2/29/20) and here is a countdown from 2/29/1964--Leap Day 1964. The Beatles have 4 songs in the Top 40 (up from just one from 5 weeks ago--the last week of January 1964)--and a few more British acts make the Top 40, as well. Check out the 'bonus' songs and the unique way I tied it into the fact that this countdown was from Leap Day, 1964.
Joe
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Feb 25, 2020 13:02:20 GMT -5
Thank you, djjoe1960. Really looking forward to this one.  Been listening to another Leap Day show, Casey's Top 40 from 1992. This year is only the second time since AT40 began that the show date falls on Leap Day. And I knew that happened in 1964 also. (Which also occurred in 1960, as BB issue dates were on Mondays then.) |
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Post by chrislc on Feb 29, 2020 16:29:58 GMT -5
Listening right now to 05/25/68. Great, great countdown. Soul may never have been better. Aretha, Wilson, Otis. Temps, Four Tops, etc etc. And Herb Alpert and Richard Harris debuting. And this is all before getting to the Top 20.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Mar 1, 2020 15:01:27 GMT -5
Listening right now to 05/25/68. Great, great countdown. Soul may never have been better. Aretha, Wilson, Otis. Temps, Four Tops, etc etc. And Herb Alpert and Richard Harris debuting. And this is all before getting to the Top 20. Chris,
My favorite song on that show is the one by Robert John (If You Don't Want My Love)--because it was his first Top 40 hit on any national chart (and the hardest one to find for the show). In addition, I did one countdown from each year (1964-69)--as I tried to find the format the show(s) would take.
Oh yeah, and as you suggest some great tunes, too.
Joe
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