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Post by vince on Dec 23, 2016 21:44:23 GMT -5
DJ Joe,
BB's methodology in the 1960's and 1970's, what I am referring to as reverse rank favors longevity over rank. Without bonus points one week at #1 is worth 100 points while two weeks at #51 is also worth 100 points. An example of favoring longevity over peak is "Days of Wine and Roses" by Henry Mancini peaked at #33 and made into top 50 of 1963. Better methodologies were used in the 80's by both BB and AT40. Here I am just trying to show what BB did.
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Post by vince on Dec 24, 2016 15:17:03 GMT -5
Next is my attempt to match BB’s official ranking for 1972. The methodology was reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1. This was the first year BB included part of the previous year in the survey period. The survey period is 12/4/1971 to 11/18/1972. There were a lot of flaws with BB’s official ranking. Not all #1 songs got bonus points and there was no position #89 on the originally published version. Both “Family Affair" and “A Horse With No Name” move up in my version. AT40 did their own ranking for 1972 and had “A Horse with No Name” at #10 which is more consistent with my version. I had “You Are Everything” – Stylistics at #56 which BB did not include.
Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2130 *1 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE Roberta Flack (#1, April)
2102 *2 ALONE AGAIN (Naturally) Gilbert O'Sullivan (#1, July)
1990 *3 AMERICAN PIE (Parts 1 and 2) Don MacLean (#1, Jan)
1827 *4 WITHOUT YOU Nilsson (#1, Feb)
1792 *5 THE CANDY MAN Sammy Davis Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation (#1, June)
1690 *6 LEAN ON ME Bill Withers (#1, July)
1668 *7 BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME Mac Davis (#1, Sept)
1621 8 I GOTCHA Joe Tex (#2, May)
1528 *9 BRAND NEW KEY Melanie (#1, Dec 1971)
1504 *10 A HORSE WITH NO NAME America (#1, March)
1474 *11 LET'S STAY TOGETHER Al Green (#1, Feb)
1473 *12 BRANDY (You're a Fine Girl) Looking Glass (#1, Aug)
1382 13 DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST Wayne Newton (#4, Aug)
1373 *14 I'LL TAKE YOU THERE The Staple Singers (#1, June)
1354 *15 OH GIRL The Chi-Lites (#1, May)
1327 16 NICE TO BE WITH YOU Gallery (#4, June)
1327 *17 MY DING-A-LING Chuck Berry (#1, October)
1317 18 (If Loving You Is Wrong) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT Luther Ingram (#3, Aug)
1305 *19 HEART OF GOLD Neil Young (#1, March)
1273 20 BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW The Stylistics Fraturing Russell Tompkins Jr. (#3, May)
1272 *21 BEN Michael Jackson (#1, Oct)
1268 22 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT (Wimoweh) Robert John (#3, March)
1261 23 OUTA-SPACE Billy Preston (#2, July)
1232 *24 FAMILY AFFAIR Sly And The Family Stone (#1, Dec 1971)
1227 25 SLIPPIN' INTO DARKNESS War (#16, May)
1215 26 LONG COOL WOMAN (In a Black Dress) The Hollies (#2, Sept)
1208 27 HOW DO YOU DO Mouth and MacNeal (#8, July)
1201 *28 SONG SUNG BLUE Neil Diamond (#1, July)
1196 29 POPCORN Hot Butter (#9, Oct)
1196 30 EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL The Main Ingredient (#3, Oct)
1176 31 PRECIOUS AND FEW Climax (#3, Feb)
1158 32 (Last Night) I DIDN'T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL The 5th Dimension (#8, June)
1156 33 NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues (#2, Nov)
1151 34 GO ALL THE WAY The Raspberries (#5, Oct)
1141 35 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#2, July)
1140 36 BACK STABBERS The O'Jays (#3, Oct)
1131 37 STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN Mel and Tim (#19, Nov)
1127 38 DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER The Osmonds (#4 March)
1110 39 SUNSHINE Jonathan Edwards (#4, Jan)
1098 40 DAY AFTER DAY Badfinger (#4, Feb)
1095 41 ROCKET MAN Elton John (#6, July)
1087 42 ROCKIN' ROBIN Michael Jackson (#2, April)
1070 43 BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY Daniel Boone (#15, Sept)
1068 44 SCORPIO Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band (#6, Jan)
1066 45 MORNING HAS BROKEN Cat Stevens (#6, May)
1060 *46 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Johnny Nash (#1, Nov)
1059 47 GARDEN PARTY Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band (#6, Nov)
1055 48 BURNING LOVE / IT'S A MATTER OF TIME Elvis Presley (#2, Oct)
1049 49 CLEAN UP WOMAN Betty Wright (#6, Jan)
1047 50 HOLD YOUR HEAD UP Argent (#5, Aug)
1047 51 JUNGLE FEVER The Chakachas (#8, March)
1030 52 EVERYTHING I OWN Bread (#5, March)
1026 53 IN THE RAIN The Dramatics (#5, April)
1022 54 LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME Al Green (#4, May)
1022 55 HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A. Donna Fargo (#11, Aug)
1021 56 YOU ARE EVERYTHING The Stylistics (#9, Jan)
1021 57 WHERE IS THE LOVE Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (#5, Aug)
1014 58 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS Arlo Guthrie (#18, Oct)
1014 59 BANG A GONG (Get It On) T. Rex (#10, March)
1010 60 MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION Paul Simon (#4, April)
1008 61 I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU Al Green (#3, Sept)
1001 62 LAYLA Derek And The Dominos (#10, Aug)
995 63 DAY DREAMING Aretha Franklin (#5, May)
992 64 THE WAY OF LOVE Cher (#7, March)
990 *65 BLACK AND WHITE Three Dog Night (#1, Sept)
987 66 SYLVIA'S MOTHER Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show (#5, June)
986 67 HURTING EACH OTHER The Carpenters (#2, Feb)
984 68 COCONUT Nilsson (#8, Aug)
980 69 DON'T SAY YOU DON'T REMEMBER Beverly Bremmers (#15, Feb)
977 70 PUPPY LOVE Donny Osmond (#3, April)
975 71 YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM Jim Croce (#8, Sept)
975 72 HOT ROD LINCOLN Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (#9, June)
973 73 A COWBOY'S WORK IS NEVER DONE Sonny and Cher (#8, April)
972 74 JOY Apollo 100 (#6 Feb)
959 75 ANTICIPATION Carly Simon (#13, Feb)
956 76 NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN Three Dog Night (#5, Feb)
949 77 SCHOOL'S OUT Alice Cooper (#7, July)
947 78 KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNIN' Charley Pride (#21, Feb)
939 79 SATURDAY IN THE PARK Chicago (#3, Sept)
936 80 DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE Joe Simon (#11, Jan)
933 81 USE ME Bill Withers (#2, Oct)
932 82 TROGOLDYTE (Cave Man) The Jimmy Castor Bunch (#6, June)
918 83 THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS Redbone (#21, Feb)
918 84 FREDDIE'S DEAD (Theme From "Superfly") Curtis Mayfield (#4, Nov)
900 85 POWER OF LOVE Joe Simon (#11, Sept)
899 86 AIN'T UNDERSTANDING MELLOW Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager (#21, March)
897 87 TAXI Harry Chapin (#24, June)
896 88 SEALED WITH A KISS Bobby Vinton (#19, Aug)
893 89 I SAW THE LIGHT Todd Rundgren (#16, June)
887 90 MOTORCYCLE MAMA Sailcat (#12, Aug)
884 91 DAY BY DAY Godspell (#13, July)
882 92 ROUNDABOUT Yes (#13, April)
871 93 DOCTOR MY EYES Jackson Browne (#8, May)
866 94 I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING (In Perfect Harmony) The New Seekers (#7, Jan)
866 95 VINCENT / CASTLES IN THE AIR Don McLean (#12, May)
865 96 BABY LET ME TAKE YOU (In My Arms) The Detroit Emeralds (#24, Sept)
854 97 SPEAK TO THE SKY Rick Springfield (#14, Oct)
844 98 I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING (In Perfect Harmony) The Hillside Singers (#13, Jan)
844 99 WALKING IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE Love Unlimited (#14, June)
838 100 GET ON THE GOOD FOOT (Part 1) James Brown (#18, Oct)
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Post by Rodney on Dec 25, 2016 14:54:49 GMT -5
Just gotta comment after perusing this list that 1972 was spectacular year of music in my opinion...
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Post by djjoe1960 on Dec 25, 2016 21:52:23 GMT -5
DJ Joe, BB's methodology in the 1960's and 1970's, what I am referring to as reverse rank favors longevity over rank. Without bonus points one week at #1 is worth 100 points while two weeks at #51 is also worth 100 points. An example of favoring longevity over peak is "Days of Wine and Roses" by Henry Mancini peaked at #33 and made into top 50 of 1963. Better methodologies were used in the 80's by both BB and AT40. Here I am just trying to show what BB did. Vince, I really appreciate all the work you are doing trying to match Billboard's ranking methodology; I remember reading that Fred Bronson (in his third edition of Hot 100 Hits) added bonus points to all songs that made the Top 10 to keep lower ranking, slow moving songs from placing higher than higher ranking, faster moving songs. I know that oldies stations (are there many left?) generally play Top 10 hits the most and lower ranking songs the least--as a general rule. Keep up the hard work--your multiple year end charts for some years really reflects how differently a year end chart can look depending on the methodology used to compile said year end survey. As Mr. Spock used to say on Star Trek 'fascinating'. 'DJ' Joe Cash Box Countdown |
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Post by vince on Dec 26, 2016 15:34:15 GMT -5
Next is 1973 and my attempt to match BB’s official ranking. The survey period is 11/25/1972 to 11/17/1973. The methodology is reverse rank with 100 points for each week at #1. My version was very close to the official version. Three point discrepancies caused the positions to change for “Last Song”, “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love”, & “Don’t Expect Me To Be Your Friend”, but otherwise it matched.
Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2146 *1 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON 'ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE Tony Orlando And Dawn (#1, April)
1852 *2 BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN Jim Croce (#1, July)
1848 *3 KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG Roberta Flack (#1, Feb)
1846 *4 LET'S GET IT ON Marvin Gaye (#1, Sept)
1831 *5 MY LOVE Paul McCartney & Wings (#1, June)
1813 6 WHY ME Kris Kristofferson (#16, Nov)
1716 *7 CROCODILE ROCK Elton John (#1, Feb)
1709 *8 WILL IT GO 'ROUND IN CIRCLES Billy Preston (#1, July)
1701 *9 YOU'RE SO VAIN Carly Simon (#1, Jan)
1627 *10 TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING Diana Ross (#1, Aug)
1626 *11 THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA Vicki Lawrence (#1, April)
1610 12 PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND Clint Holmes (#2, June)
1600 *13 BROTHER LOUIE The Stories (#1, Aug)
1574 *14 DELTA DAWN Helen Reddy (#1, Sept)
1491 *15 ME AND MRS. JONES Billy Paul (#1, Dec 1972)
1469 *16 FRANKENSTEIN Edgar Winter Group (#1, May)
1463 17 DRIFT AWAY Dobie Gray (#5, May)
1452 18 LITTLE WILLY Sweet (#3, May)
1425 *19 YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE Stevie Wonder (#1, May)
1412 *20 HALF BREED Cher (#1, Oct)
1404 21 THAT LADY The Isley Brothers (#6, Oct)
1402 22 PILLOW TALK Sylvia (#3, June)
1390 *23 WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND Grand Funk Railroad (#1, Sept)
1388 24 RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME Doctor John (#9, June)
1330 25 WILDFLOWER Skylark (#9, May)
1329 *26 SUPERSTITION Stevie Wonder (#1, Jan)
1316 27 LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK Paul Simon (#2, Oct)
1302 *28 THE MORNING AFTER Maureen McGovern (#1, Aug)
1296 29 ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH John Denver (#9, March)
1275 30 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Steeler's Wheel (#6, May)
1267 31 SHAMBALA Three Dog Night (#3, July)
1264 *32 LOVE TRAIN The O'Jays (#1, March)
1256 33 I'M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY Barry White (#3, June)
1253 34 SAY, HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE Tony Orlando And Dawn (#3, Sept)
1241 *35 KEEP ON TRUCKIN' Eddie Kendricks (#1, Nov)
1239 36 DANNY'S SONG Anne Murray (#7, April)
1235 37 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT King Harvest (#13, Feb)
1232 38 THE MONSTER MASH Bobby Boris Pickett (#10, Aug)
1230 39 NATURAL HIGH Bloodstone (#10, July)
1229 40 DIAMOND GIRL Seals & Crofts (#6, July)
1225 41 LONG TRAIN RUNNIN' The Doobie Brothers (#8, June)
1222 *42 GIVE ME LOVE George Harrison (#1, June)
1216 43 IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY Sly And The Family Stone (#12, Sept)
1213 44 DADDY'S HOME Jermaine Jackson (#9, March)
1211 45 LAST SONG Edward Bear (#3, March)
1205 46 NEITHER ONE OF US (Wants ToBe The First To Say Goodbye) Gladys Knight And The Pipps (#2, April)
1202 47 I'M DOIN' FINE NOW New York City (#17, June)
1184 48 DANIEL Elton John (#2, June)
1183 *49 MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA Gladys Knight And The Pips (#1, Oct)
1180 50 SMOKE ON THE WATER Deep Purple (#4, July)
1172 51 COVER OF THE ROLLING STONE Doctor Hook And The Medicine Show (#6, March)
1165 52 COULD IT BE I'M FALLIN' IN LOVE The Spinners (#4, March)
1157 53 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Charlie Rich (#15, July)
1156 54 YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE (And Your Daddy Don't Rock And Roll) Loggins And Mesina (#4, Jan)
1155 55 FEELIN' STRONGER EVERY DAY Chicago (#10, Aug)
1143 56 CISCO KID War (#2, April)
1141 57 LIVE AND LET DIE Paul McCartney And Wings (#2, Aug)
1138 58 OH BABE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY Hurricane Smith (#3, Feb)
1132 59 I BELIEVE IN YOU Johnny Taylor (#11, Aug)
1120 60 SING The Carpenters (#3, April)
1120 61 AIN'T NO WOMAN (Like The One I've Got) The Four Tops (#4, April)
1119 62 DUELLING BANJOS Eric Weisberg and Steve Mandell (#2, Feb)
1116 63 HIGHER GROUND Stevie Wonder (#4, Oct)
1114 64 HERE I AM Al Green (#10, Sept)
1111 65 MY MARIA B. W. Stevenson (#9, Sept)
1111 66 SUPERFLY Curtis Mayfield (#8, Jan)
1108 67 GET DOWN Gilbert O'Sullivan (#7, Aug)
1103 68 HOCUS POCUS Focus (#9, June)
1096 69 REELIN' IN THE YEARS Steeley Dan (#11, May)
1091 70 YESTERDAY ONCE MORE The Carpenters (#2, July)
1087 71 BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY Bette Midler (#8, July)
1083 72 CLAIR Gilbert O'Sullivan (#2, Dec 1972)
1081 73 DO IT AGAIN Steeley Dan (#6, Feb)
1076 74 KODACHROME Paul Simon (#2, July)
1075 75 WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER Timmy Thomas (#3, Feb)
1047 76 DO YOU WANNA DANCE Bette Midler (#17, March)
1043 77 SO VERY HARD TO GO Tower Of Power (#17, July)
1043 78 ROCKIN' PNEUMONIA Johnny Rivers (#6, Jan)
1037 79 RAMBLIN' MAN The Allman Brothers (#2, Oct)
1034 80 MASTERPIECE The Temptations (#7, April)
1033 81 PEACEFUL Helen Reddy (#12, May)
1032 82 ONE OF A KIND LOVE AFFAIR The Spinners (#11, June)
1025 83 FUNNY FACE Donna Fargo (#5, Jan)
1018 84 FUNKY WORM Ohio Players (#15, May)
1017 *85 ANGIE The Rolling Stones (#1, Oct)
1009 86 JUMBALAYA The Blue Ridge Rangers (#16, Feb)
987 87 BREAK UP TO MAKE UP The Stylistics (#5, April)
983 88 DAISY A DAY Judd Strunk (#14, May)
976 89 ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (2001) Deodato (#2, March)
973 90 STIR IT UP Johnny Nash (#12, April)
970 91 MONEY Pink Floyd (#13, July)
969 92 GYPSY MAN War (#8, Sept)
968 93 THE WORLD IS A GHETTO War (#7, Feb)
966 94 YES WE CAN CAN The Pointer Sisters (#11, Oct)
954 95 DON'T EXPECT ME TO BE YOUR FRIEND Lobo (#8, Feb)
950 96 FREE RIDE Edgar Winter Group (#14, Oct)
941 97 SPACE ODDITY David Bowie (#15, April)
916 98 IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Albert Hammond (#5, Dec 1972)
912 99 THE TWELFTH OF NEVER Donny Osmond (#8, April)
902 *100 PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE The Temptations (#1, Dec 1972)
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Post by vince on Dec 27, 2016 15:21:44 GMT -5
This is my attempt to match BB’s official ranking for 1974. Once again I used reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1. The survey period was 11/24/1973 to 10/26/1974. There were a lot of discrepancies with #1 songs as BB did not seem to consistently award the #1 bonus points, some #1s got them while others did not. Two #1s that were included on my list but not on BB’s were “Can’t Get Enough of Your love, Babe” and “You Haven’t Done Nothing”. The former due to getting #1 bonus points and the latter’s getting enough points to rank at #81 even if its week at #1 was in the 1975 survey period.
Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1999 *1 THE WAY WE WERE Barbra Streisand (#1, Feb)
1796 *2 SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks (#1, March)
1717 *3 LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra (#1, Feb)
1664 4 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE Redbone (#5, April)
1649 5 DANCING MACHINE Jackson Five (#2, May)
1629 *6 THE LOCO-MOTION Grand Funk Railroad (#1, May)
1614 *7 T.S.O.P (The Sound Of Philadelphia) MFSB Featuring the Three Degrees (#1, April)
1599 *8 THE STREAK Ray Stevens (#1, May)
1599 9 ONE HELL OF A WOMAN Mac Davis (#11, July)
1597 *10 BENNIE AND THE JETS Elton John (#1, April)
1570 11 UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (That's What I'm Gonna Do) Aretha Franklin (#3, Feb)
1533 12 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool and the Gang (#4, March)
1529 13 MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS Maria Mauldaur (#6, June)
1523 14 YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW The Stylistics (#2, June)
1515 *15 SHOW AND TELL Al Wilson (#1, Jan)
1506 16 SPIDERS AND SNAKES Jim Stafford (#3, March)
1501 17 ROCK ON Dave Essex (#5, March)
1462 *18 (You're) HAVING MY BABY Paul Anka (with Odia Coates) (#1, Aug)
1431 *19 SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDER John Denver (#1, March)
1429 *20 ROCK ME GENTLY Andy Kim (#1, Sept)
1429 21 SIDESHOW Blue Magic (#8, Aug)
1428 *22 THE JOKER The Steve Miller Band (#1, Jan)
1419 *23 HOOKED ON A FEELING Blue Swede (#1, April)
1417 *24 BILLY DON'T BE A HERO Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods (#1, June)
1416 *25 BAND ON THE RUN Paul McCartney and Wings (#1, June)
1413 *26 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL Charlie Rich (#1, Dec 1973)
1406 *27 TIME IN A BOTTLE Jim Croce (#1, Dec 1973)
1401 *28 ANNIE'S SONG John Denver (#1, July)
1370 *29 NOTHING FROM NOTHING Billy Preston (#1, Oct)
1365 30 LET ME BE THERE Olivia Newton-John (#6 Feb)
1342 *31 SUNDOWN Gordon Lightfoot (#1, June)
1333 *32 FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE Roberta Flack (#1, Aug)
1329 33 BOOGIE DOWN Eddie Kendricks (#2, March)
1310 *34 THEN CAME YOU Dionne Warwick and the Spinners (#1, Oct)
1306 *35 YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr (#1, Jan)
1306 36 IF YOU LOVE ME (Let Me Know) Olivia Newton-John (#5, June)
1305 *37 DARK LADY Cher (#1, March)
1300 38 BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME Gladys Knight and the Pips (#3 April)
1279 39 JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONLEY The Main Ingredient (#10, May)
1271 *40 ROCK YOUR BABY George McRae (#1, July)
1256 *41 TOP OF THE WORLD Carpenters (#1, Dec 1973)
1244 42 I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION Gladys Knight and the Pips (#4, Jan)
1240 43 THE SHOW MUST GO ON Three Dog Night (#4, May)
1239 *44 ROCK THE BOAT The Hues Corporation (#1, July)
1235 45 YOU AND ME AGAINST THE WORLD Helen Reddy (#9, Sept)
1225 46 TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD Rufus (#3, Aug)
1216 47 LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder (#8, Jan)
1216 48 SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM Brownsville Station (#3, Jan)
1212 49 HANG ON IN THERE BABY Johnny Bristol (#8, Oct)
1204 *50 THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED Paper Lace (#1, Aug)
1200 51 THE ENTERTAINER Marvin Hamlisch (#3, May)
1199 52 WATERLOO Abba (#6, Aug)
1198 53 THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies (#6, Aug)
1191 54 HELP ME Joni Mitchell (#7, June)
1190 55 RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER Steely Dan (#4, Aug)
1182 56 MOCKINGBIRD Carly Simon and James Taylor (#5, March)
1173 57 YOU WON'T SEE ME Anne Murray (#8, July)
1173 58 NEVER, NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP Barry White (#7, Jan)
1169 *59 I SHOT THE SHERIFF Eric Clapton (#1, Sept)
1158 60 ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN The Righteous Brothers (#3, July)
1152 61 HOLLYWOOD SWINGING Kool and the Gang (#6, July)
1124 62 BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOT William DeVaughn (#4, June)
1122 *63 I HONESTLY LOVE YOU Olivia Newton-John (#1, Oct)
1114 64 ERES TU (Touch The Wind) Mocedades (#9, March)
1112 65 TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#12, Aug)
1107 66 RADAR LOVE Golden Earring (#13, July)
1105 67 PLEASE COME TO BOSTON Dave Loggins (#5, Aug)
1095 68 KEEP ON SMILIN' Wet Willie (#10, Aug)
1095 69 LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE Bobby Womack (#10, April)
1092 70 PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER The O'Jays (#10, March)
1090 71 ON AND ON Gladys Knight and the Pips (#5, July)
1085 73 CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN The Guess Who (#6, Oct)
1082 72 OH VERY YOUNG Cat Stevens (#10, June)
1081 74 LEAVE ME ALONE (Ruby Red Dress) Helen Reddy (#3, Dec 1973)
1080 75 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John (#2, Dec 1973)
1070 76 (I've Been) SEARCHIN' SO LONG Chicago (#9, May)
1062 77 I'M LEAVING IT (All) UP TO YOU Donnie and Marie Osmond (#4, Sept)
1049 78 OH MY MY Ringo (#5, April)
1041 79 BEACH BABY First Class (#4, Oct)
1040 80 FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY The O'Jays (#9, June)
1036 *81 YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN' Stevie Wonder (#1, Nov)
1027 82 JET Paul McCartney and Wings (#7, March)
1019 83 DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John (#2, July)
1010 84 TUBULAR BELLS Mike Oldfield (#7, May)
1006 85 LOVE SONG Anne Murray (#12, March)
993 86 HELLO IT'S ME Todd Rundgren (#5, Dec 1973)
991 87 I LOVE Tom T. Hall (#12, March)
989 88 THE LORD'S PRAYER Sister Janet Mead (#4, April)
988 89 I'LL HAVE TO SAY I LOVE YOU IN A SONG Jim Croce (#9, April)
984 *90 CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE, BABE Barry White (#1, Sept)
978 91 WILDWOOD WEED Jim Stafford (#7, Aug)
968 92 TRYING TO HOLD ON TO MY WOMAN Lamont Dozier (#15, March)
961 93 DON'T YOU WORRY 'BOUT A THING Stevie Wonder (#16, June)
960 94 A VERY SPECIAL LOVE SONG Charlie Rich (#11, April)
949 95 MY GIRL BILL Jim Stafford (#12, June)
948 96 HELEN WHEELS Paul McCartney & Wings (#10, Jan)
946 97 MY MISTAKE (Was To Love You) Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye (#19, May)
927 98 ME AND BABY BROTHER War (#15, Jan)
923 99 ROCKIN' ROLL BABY The Stylistics (#14, Dec 1973)
916 100 CALL ON ME Chicago (#6, Aug)
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Post by vince on Dec 28, 2016 20:28:03 GMT -5
Now for 1975. The methodology is reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1. The survey period is 11/2/1974 to 11/1/1975. I did not get a match with BB’s originally published version or revised version. The most obvious difference is in my ranking “Some Kind of Wonderful” ranked at #75, while BB’s originally published version had it at #6. BB was selective as to what #1 songs got bonus points which also affected positions. BB’s had some ties in their official list, however some tying records point totals did not match, thus they were not really tied. I broke ties by points, then peak position, weeks at peak position, I did not have to go any further. “Black Superman “Muhammad Ali”” made my list at #92, but did not make BB’s list. It had a split chart run, but both runs were completely in the 1975 survey period. Perhaps BB missed one of its chart runs.
Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2031 *1 LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER The Captain and Tennille (A&M) (#1, June)
1974 *2 RHINESTONE COWBOY Glen Campbell (Capitol) (#1, Sept)
1854 *3 PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM The Elton John Band (MCA) (#1, April)
1591 *4 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS Freddy Fender (ABC/Dot) (#1, May)
1581 *5 MY EYES ADORED YOU Frankie Valli (Private Stock) (#1, March)
1560 *6 SHINING STAR Earth, Wind, and Fire (Columbia) (#1, May)
1552 *7 FAME David Bowie (RCA) (#1, Sept)
1519 *8 LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN Neil Sedaka (MCA) (#1, Feb)
1481 *9 ONE OF THE THESE NIGHTS The Eagles (Asylum) (#1, Aug)
1473 *10 THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY John Denver (RCA) (#1, June)
1469 *11 JIVE TALKIN' The BeeGees (RSO) (#1, Aug)
1467 *12 BEST OF MY LOVE The Eagles (Asylum) (#1, March)
1441 *13 LOVIN' YOU Minnie Riperton (Epic) (#1, April)
1410 *14 KUNG FU FIGHTING Carl Douglas (20th Century) (#1, Dec 1974)
1405 *15 BLACK WATER The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers) (#1, March)
1403 16 BALLROOM BLITZ Sweet (Capitol) (#5, Oct)
1402 *17 (Hey Won't You Play) ANOTHER SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY WRONG SONG B.J. Thomas (ABC) (#1, April)
1401 *18 HE DON'T LOVE YOU (Like I Love You) Tony Orlando and Dawn (Elektra) (#1, May)
1386 19 AT SEVENTEEN Janis Ian (Columbia) (#3, Sept)
1385 *20 PICK UP THE PIECES The Average White Band (AWB) (Atlantic) (#1, Feb)
1379 *21 THE HUSTLE Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony (Avco) (#1, July)
1369 *22 LADY MARMALADE LaBelle (Epic) (#1, March)
1356 23 WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS War (United Artists) (#6, Aug)
1348 24 LOVE WON'T LET ME WAIT Major Harris (Atlantic) (#5, June)
1346 25 BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN Stevie Wonder (Tamla) (#3, Feb)
1336 26 WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS Freddy Fender (ABC/Dot) (#8, Sept)
1328 27 FIGHT THE POWER (Part 1) The Isley Brothers (T-Neck) (#4, Sept)
1312 *28 ANGIE BABY Helen Reddy (Capitol) (#1, Dec 1974)
1309 29 FALLIN' IN LOVE Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds (Playboy) (#1, Aug)
1302 *30 FIRE The Ohio Players (Mercury) (#1, Feb)
1302 31 JACKIE BLUE The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (A&M) (#3, May)
1301 32 MAGIC Pilot (EMI) (#5, July)
1299 *33 PLEASE MR. POSTMAN The Carpenters (A&M) (#1, Jan)
1288 *34 SISTER GOLDEN HAIR America (Warner Brothers) (#1, June)
1277 *35 LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS Elton John (MCA) (#1, Jan)
1275 *36 MANDY Barry Manilow (Bell) (#1, Jan)
1261 *37 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW Olivia Newton-John (MCA) (#1, March)
1256 38 COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow (Arista) (#6, Sept)
1254 *39 CAT'S IN THE CRADLE Harry Chapin (Eletra) (#1, Dec 1974)
1244 40 WILDFIRE Michael (Martin) Murphey (Epic) (#3, June)
1237 41 I'M NOT LISA Jessi Colter (Capitol) (#4, June)
1226 *42 LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID Paul McCartney and Wings (Capitol) (#1, July)
1220 43 I'M NOT IN LOVE 10c.c. (Mercury) (#2, July)
1214 *44 I CAN HELP Billy Swan (Monument) (#1, Nov 1974)
1204 45 FEELINGS Morris Albert (RCA) (#6, Oct)
1201 46 CHEVY VAN Sammy Johns (GRC) (#5, May)
1197 47 WHEN WILL I BE LOVED Linda Ronstadt (Capitol) (#2, June)
1191 48 YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING Barry White (20th Century) (#2, Jan)
1183 49 PLEASE MR. PLEASE Olivia Newton-John (MCA) (#3, Aug)
1178 *50 YOU'RE NO GOOD Linda Ronstadt (Capitol) (#1, Feb)
1177 51 DYNOMITE (Part 1) Bazuka (A&M) (#10, Aug)
1165 52 WALKING IN RHYTHM The Blackbyrds (Fantasy) (#6, May)
1159 53 THE WAY WE WERE / TRY TO REMEMBER (Medley) Gladys Knight and the Pips (Buddah) (#11, Aug)
1147 54 MIDNIGHT BLUE Melissa Manchester (Arista) (#6, Aug)
1145 55 DON'T CALL US, WE'LL CALL YOU Sugarloaf/Jerry Corbetta (Claridge) (#9, March)
1141 *56 I'M SORRY / CALYPSO John Denver (RCA) (#1, Sept)
1136 57 POETRY MAN Phoebe Snow (Shelter) (#5, April)
1126 58 HOW LONG Ace (Anchor) (#3, May)
1114 59 EXPRESS B.T. Express (Roadshow) (#4, March)
1113 60 THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD Earth, Wind, and Fire (Columbia) (#12, Sept)
1106 61 LADY Styx (Wooden Nickel) (#6, March)
1098 62 BAD TIME Grand Funk (Capitol) (#4, June)
1093 63 ONLY WOMEN Alice Cooper (Atlantic) (#12, June)
1092 64 DOCTOR'S ORDERS Carol Douglas (Midland International) (#11, Feb)
1091 *65 GET DOWN TONIGHT K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.) (#1, Aug)
1089 66 YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL Joe Cocker (A&M) (#5, March)
1089 67 ONE MAN WOMAN/ONE WOMAN MAN Paul Anka with Odia Coates(United Artists) (#7, Jan)
1086 68 FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE Bad Company (Swan Song) (#10, Sept)
1078 69 HOW SWEET IT IS (To Be Loved By You) James Taylor (Warner Brothers) (#5, Aug)
1076 70 DANCE WITH ME Orleans (Asylum) (#6, Oct)
1069 71 CUT THE CAKE The Average White Band (AWB) (Atlantic) (#10, June)
1069 72 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE Gloria Gaynor (MGM) (#9, Jan)
1060 73 I DON'T LIKE TO SLEEP ALONE Paul Anka (with Odia Coates) (United Artists) (#8, May)
1056 74 MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN Donny and Marie Osmond (MGM) (#8, Jan)
1052 75 SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL Grand Funk (Capitol) (#3, Feb)
1046 76 WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN The Three Degrees (Philadelphia International) (#2, Dec 1974)
1043 77 GET DOWN, GET DOWN (Get On the Floor) Joe Simon (Spring) (#8, June)
1040 78 KILLER QUEEN Queen (Elektra) (#12, May)
1038 79 SHOESHINE BOY Eddie Kendricks (Tamla) (#18, May)
1035 80 DO IT ('Til Your Satisfied) B.T. Express (Scepter) (#2, Nov 1974)
1035 81 CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD The Electric Light Orchestra (United Artists) (#9, March)
1023 82 SHA-LA-LA (Makes Me Happy) Al Green (Hi) (#7, Dec 1974)
1021 83 LONELY PEOPLE America (Warner Brothers) (#5, March)
1011 84 ROCKFORD FILES Mike Post (MGM) (#10, Aug)
1010 85 IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE Tavares (Capitol) (#10, Oct)
1001 86 NO NO SONG / SNOOKEROO Ringo Starr (Apple) (#3, April)
1000 87 JUNIOR'S FARM / SALLY G Paul McCartney and Wings (Apple) (#3, Jan)
993 88 BUNGLE IN THE JUNGLE Jethro Tull (Chrysalis) (#12, Jan)
986 89 YOU GOT THE LOVE Rufus Featuring Chaka Kahn (ABC) (#11, Dec 1974)
980 90 LONG TALL GLASSES (I Can Dance) Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers) (#9, May)
979 91 SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT Elton John (MCA) (#4, Aug)
977 92 BLACK SUPERMAN "MUHAMMAD ALI" Johnny Wakelin (#21, Sept)
970 93 MISTY Ray Stevens (Barnaby) (#14, July)
968 *94 BAD BLOOD Neil Sedaka (Rocket) (#1, Oct)
963 95 ONLY YESTERDAY The Carpenters (A&M) (#4, May)
955 96 I'M ON FIRE The Dwight Twilley Band (Shelter) (#16, Aug)
954 97 ONLY YOU Ringo Starr (Apple) (#6, Jan)
951 *98 YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET / FREE WHEELIN' Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Mercury) (#1, Nov 1974)
951 99 THIRD RATE ROMANCE The Amazing Rhythm Aces (ABC) (#14, Sept)
950 100 SWEARIN' TO GOD Frankie Valli (Private Stock) (#6, July)
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 29, 2016 0:16:57 GMT -5
Vince,
As you can tell by now, I'm a big fan of these lists. You're doing a terrific job. As you move into the key years in music for me, I want to tell my year-end chart story.
The year-end show of 1980 was the first one I listened to and wrote down; ditto for 1981. About that time, I was starting to keep track of the full top 40 every week. By December of 1982, I was confident enough in my knowledge of the charts to come up with a year-end list of my own, and to devise my own formula for compiling it. I had never seen anyone else's formula, let alone AT40's.
I was pleased enough with my results that I mailed them in to the show. (I enclosed a personal letter to Casey, telling him boldly that "I want to take over your job when you retire." I was 15. What did I know?)
Well, it took a few months, but the stat cats at AT40 mailed me a form letter showing in detail their year-end chart formula and how they applied it to their official list. I don't have this letter handy at the moment. But I do remember that they used only the top 50 of the weekly chart and didn't bother with the next 50. They used an inverted point scale, then assigned bonus points for the top ten and for #1.
I agreed that that method was fine, but over the course of the rest of the '80s, I strove to create a straight point system, with a simple point value for each position. The goal was the best of both worlds: to simplify the compiling of the list every year while making it more accurate than either AT40's or Billboard's.
It took weeks to formulate the point values themselves. I decided that #1 would be worth 1,000 points. Then I went back through the chart runs of every song and calculated, position by position, an average of weeks spent at that position or above. From these averages, I determined what each position was worth. It was tedious but rewarding. A lot of work? No. A lot of fun!
All of this went out the window when Billboard transitioned to BDS and SoundScan. I felt that there would no longer be a way to improve upon the accuracy of the official lists. But, for ten years, I like to think I kicked some chart butt.
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Post by vince on Dec 29, 2016 17:42:28 GMT -5
Doofus67,
That is awesome that AT40 let you know their methodology and that you had it back in 1982. I got it from Rob Durkee about 8 years ago. I posted ranking for 1985 - 1989 using AT40's formula under the thread "What If AT40 Did Their Own Year End Countdown". They are different from the BB rankings AT40 used those years.
My first year end show was 1978, but I didn't attempt guessing the methodology until 1983 when I wanted to predict BB's the top 20 of the year. Working with BB's 1982 survey, I was surprised that the basic formulas was reverse rank. I thought BB had something really complex. It grew from there and I am posting the results. Many of these BB rankings I calculated back the 90's when I was able to get Joel Whitburn's chart books and have the data.
I would love to see the formula you created if you don't mind posting it sometime.
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Post by vince on Dec 29, 2016 17:47:15 GMT -5
For 1976, I got an exact match with BB’s official ranking. The survey period was 11/8/1975 to 10/30/1976. The methodology changed in 1976. The raw points were still calculated by reverse rank, but #1 bonus points were calculated differently than before and provided more weight for consecutive multiple week at #1.
Number one bonus points were now calculated by summing the number of consecutive weeks at number one and multiplying by 100. For example, 3 consecutive weeks at #1 gets 600 points based on (1+2+3) x 100 = 600. The formula ((n^2+n)/2)*100, where n = number of weeks at #1 can be used to calculate the bonus points for any number of weeks at #1. If a record has a non-consecutive stay at #1, the #1 bonus points are calculated by adding the bonus points for each consecutive stay at #1. For example the bonus points for “Silly Love Songs” are calculated by combining bonus points for 4 weeks at #1 and 1 week at #1, which totals 1100. The basis for combining consecutive stays is the placement of “That’s the Way I Like It”, it ranks at #45. Its raw points are 1151 and it got 200 instead of 300 bonus points. Its 2 weeks at the top were not consecutive so it got bonus points for two one week stays at #1. It would have ranked at #36 had it got 300 bonus points for a consecutive two week stay at #1.
Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2613 *1 SILLY LOVE SONGS Wings (Capitol) (#1, May)
2457 *2 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART Elton John and Kiki Dee (Rocket) (#1, Aug)
2364 *3 DISCO LADY Johnnie Taylor (Columbia) (#1, April)
2261 *4 DECEMBER 1963 (Oh, What a Night) The Four Seasons (Warner/Curb) (#1, March)
2036 *5 PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC Wild Cherry (Sweet City) (#1, Sept)
2027 *6 KISS AND SAY GOODBYE The Manhattans (Columbia) (#1, July)
1971 *7 LOVE MACHINE (Part 1) The Miracles (Tamla) (#1, March)
1886 *8 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER Paul Simon (Columbia) (#1, Feb)
1872 9 LOVE IS ALIVE Gary Wright (Warner Brothers) (#2, July)
1869 *10 A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band (Private Stock) (#1, Oct)
1740 11 SARA SMILE Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#4, June)
1709 *12 AFTERNOON DELIGHT The Starland Vocal Band (Windsong) (#1, July)
1690 *13 I WRITE THE SONGS Barry Manilow (Arista) (#1, Jan)
1662 *14 FLY, ROBIN, FLY Silver Convention (Midland International) (#1, Nov 1975)
1633 *15 LOVE HANGOVER Diana Ross (Motown) (#1, May)
1619 16 GET CLOSER Seals and Crofts (with Carolyn Willis) (Warner Brothers) (#6, July)
1609 17 MORE, MORE, MORE (Part 1) The Andrea True Connection (Buddah) (#4, July)
1604 18 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen (Elecktra) (#9, April)
1603 19 MISTY BLUE Dorothy Moore (Malaco) (#3, June)
1597 *20 BOOGIE FEVER The Sylvers (Capitol) (#1, May)
1585 21 I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT England Dan and John Ford Coley (Big Tree) (#2, Sept)
1526 22 YOU SEXY THING Hot Chocolate (Atlantic) (#3, Feb)
1516 23 LOVE HURTS Nazareth (A&M) (#8, March)
1515 24 GET UP AND BOOGIE Silver Convention (Midland International) (#2, June)
1501 25 TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT The Eagles (Asylum) (#4, March)
1497 *26 (Shake, Shake, Shake) SHAKE YOUR BOOTY K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.) (#1, Sept)
1497 27 SWEET LOVE The Commodores (Motown) (#5, April)
1489 28 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM Maxine Nightingale (United Artists) (#2, May)
1484 *29 THEME FROM S.W.A.T. Rhythm Heritage (ABC) (#1, Feb)
1469 *30 LOVE ROLLERCOASTER The Ohio Players (Mercury) (#1, Jan)
1466 *31 YOU SHOULD BE DANCING The BeeGees (RSO) (#1, Sept)
1466 32 YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE Lou Rawls (Philadelphia International) (#2, Sept)
1465 33 GOLDEN YEARS David Bowie (RCA) (#10, April)
1460 34 MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT Starbuck (Private Stock) (#3, July)
1454 35 ONLY SIXTEEN Dr. Hook (Capitol) (#6, April)
1427 *36 LET YOUR LOVE FLOW The Bellamy Brothers (Warner/Curb) (#1, May)
1416 37 DREAM WEAVER Gary Wright (Warner Brothers) (#2, March)
1403 38 TURN THE BEAT AROUND Vicki Sue Robinson (RCA) (#10, Aug)
1393 39 LONELY NIGHT (Angel Face) The Captain and Tennille (A&M) (#3, March)
1392 40 ALL BY MYSELF Eric Carmen (Arista) (#2, March)
1379 41 LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY Donna Summer (Oasis) (#2, Feb)
1379 42 DEEP PURPLE Donny and Marie Osmond (Kolob) (#14, March)
1353 *43 THEME FROM "MAHOGANY" (Do You Know Where You're Going To) Diana Ross (Motown) (#1, Jan)
1353 44 SWEET THING Rufus Featuring Chaka Kahn (ABC) (#5, April)
1351 *45 THAT'S THE WAY (I Like It) K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.) (#1, Nov 1975)
1349 46 A LITTLE BIT MORE Dr. Hook (Capitol) (#11, Oct)
1345 47 SHANNON Henry Gross (Lifesong) (#6, June)
1335 *48 IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW Chicago (Columbia) (#1, Oct)
1330 49 LOWDOWN Boz Scaggs (Columbia) (#3, Oct)
1302 50 SHOW ME THE WAY Peter Frampton (A&M) (#6, May)
1280 51 DREAM ON Aerosmith (Columbia) (#6, April)
1279 52 I LOVE MUSIC (Part 1) The O'Jays (Philadelhia International) (#5, Jan)
1276 53 SAY YOU LOVE ME Fleetwood Mac (Reprise) (#11, Sept)
1256 54 TIMES OF YOUR LIFE Paul Amka (United Artists) (#7, Feb)
1249 55 DEVIL WOMAN Cliff Richard (Rocket) (#6, Sept)
1247 56 FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE Elvin Bishop (Capricorn) (#3, May)
1230 *57 CONVOY C.W. McCall (MGM) (#1, Jan)
1226 *58 WELCOME BACK John Sebastian (Reprise) (#1, May)
1223 59 SING A SONG Earth, Wind, and Fire (Columbia) (#5, Feb)
1219 60 HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL (Part 1) Tavares (Capitol) (#15, Sept)
1216 61 I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU The Brothers Johnson (A&M) (#3, July)
1213 62 ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC The Beach Boys (Brother) (#5, Aug)
1206 63 SHOP AROUND The Captain and Tennille (A&M) (#4, July)
1203 *64 SATURDAY NIGHT The Bay City Rollers (Arista) (#1, Jan)
1197 *65 ISLAND GIRL Elton John (MCA) (#1, Nov 1975)
1190 *66 LET'S DO IT AGAIN The Staple Singers (Curtom) (#1, Dec 1975)
1187 67 LET 'EM IN Wings (Capitol) (#3, Aug)
1193 68 BABY FACE A Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps (Wing & a Prayer) (#14, March)
1167 69 THIS MASQUERADE George Benson (Warner Brothers) (#10, Aug)
1166 70 EVIL WOMAN The Electric Light Orchestra (United Artists) (#10, Feb)
1165 71 WHAM BAM (Shang-A-Lang) Silver (Arista) (#16, Oct)
1158 72 I'M EASY Keith Carridine (ABC) (#17, Aug)
1146 73 WAKE UP EVERYBODY (Part 1) Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes (Philadelphia International) (#12, Feb)
1140 74 SUMMER War (United Artists) (#7, Sept)
1134 75 LET HER IN John Travolta (Midland International) (#10, July)
1123 76 FOX ON THE RUN Sweet (Capitol) (#5, Jan)
1122 77 RHIANNON (Will You Ever Win) Fleetwood Mac (Reprise) (#11, June)
1113 78 GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE The Beatles (Capitol) (#7, July)
1111 79 FANNY (Be Tender With My Love) The BeeGees (RSO) (#12, March)
1103 80 GETAWAY Earth, Wind, and Fire (Columbia) (#12, Oct)
1096 81 SHE'S GONE Daryl Hall and John Oates (Atlantic) (#7, Oct)
1086 82 STILL THE ONE Orleans (Asylum) (#5, Oct)
1077 83 YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND Queen (Elektra) (#16, July)
1063 84 WITH YOUR LOVE Jefferson Starship (Grunt) (#12, Sept)
1051 85 SLOW RIDE Foghat (Bearsville) (#20, March)
1049 86 WHO'D SHE COO The Ohio Players (Mercury) (#18, Sept)
1047 87 THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN Thin Lizzy (Mercury) (#12, July)
1039 88 WALK AWAY FROM LOVE David Ruffin (Motown) (#9, Jan)
1035 89 BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY Peter Frampton (A&M) (#12, Aug)
1030 90 YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE Candi Staton (Warner Brothers) (#20, Aug)
1027 91 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO Neil Sedaka (Rocket) (#8, Feb)
1020 92 MONEY HONEY The Bay City Rollers (Arista) (#9, April)
1017 93 TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER (Give Up the Funk) Parliament (Casablanca) (#15, July)
1013 94 JUNK FOOD JUNKIE Larry Groce (Warner Brothers) (#9, March)
1006 95 TRYIN' TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN Barry Manilow (Arista) (#10, May)
989 96 ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE (Live Version) Kiss (Casablanca) (#12, Jan)
985 *97 DISCO DUCK (Part 1) Rick Dees and His Cast Of Idiots (RSO) (#1, Oct)
985 98 TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN The Steve Miller Band (Capitol) (#11, July)
983 99 SQUEEZE BOX The Who (MCA) (#16, Feb)
968 100 COUNTRY BOY (You Got Your Feet In L.A.) Glen Campbell (Capitol) (#11, Jan)
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Dec 29, 2016 22:22:36 GMT -5
See, thats why I go with whatever peaked in the calendar year. Gets you a better ranking. Who Loves You and Miracles as if they didn't hit #3!
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Dec 29, 2016 23:03:56 GMT -5
Or even the first weekend in December for the cut-off is doable, like it was in the mid-1980s - something more reflective of the calendar year. October is way too early, IMO. I can see mid to late November, but not October. If I could have written to BB in 1975, I'd have asked for a do-over...LOL. The two songs you just mentioned (travesty), and ties ...that was just a weird list overall, and the "goof" at #6. I'm going to re-visit vince's first year-end thread and look for 1975. ETA: After checking aforementioned thread, "Miracles" ranked at #51, and "Who Loves You" was at #60. Now that's more like it. |
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Dec 30, 2016 9:26:42 GMT -5
Yeah, ties were kinda BS. When I do a special, if I get a tie, I have a few tiebreakers. The final one being I pick. Usually I pick the one that is more influential or popular in the time since.
Weeks at #1, in top 10, top 40 and top 100 come first.
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Post by dukelightning on Dec 30, 2016 10:58:11 GMT -5
Or even the first weekend in December for the cut-off is doable, like it was in the mid-1980s - something more reflective of the calendar year. October is way too early, IMO. I can see mid to late November, but not October. If I could have written to BB in 1975, I'd have asked for a do-over...LOL. The two songs you just mentioned (travesty), and ties ...that was just a weird list overall, and the "goof" at #6. I'm going to re-visit vince's first year-end thread and look for 1975. ETA: After checking aforementioned thread, "Miracles" ranked at #51, and "Who Loves You" was at #60. Now that's more like it. The mid 70s represent probably the best examples of do-overs needed to be done in year end countdowns based on the Hot 100. That top 100 of 1975 because of "Some Kind of Wonderful" at #6. And the year before it was a do-over needed not because of a song in the top 10 that should not have been there but for a song that should have been in the top 10 and was not in the survey at all. I am referring to the Opus 74 countdown. Based on the Hot 100 but using a different methodology and survey year than Billboard, they omitted "The Way We Were", Billboard's #1 song of the year, from their list. That is even worse than the Grand Funk mistake IMO. |
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Post by vince on Dec 30, 2016 18:38:53 GMT -5
Next is 1977. I have two versions for this year. This is the first, where I used the same methodology as was used for 1976. That is reverse rank with the summation bonus points. The survey period is 11/6/1976 to 10/29/1977. This was the first year that a frozen week occurred. BB did not count the frozen week so I did not either. Most of the #1 songs in this version ranked out of order compared to BB’s official version. I did get “Tonight’s the Night” at #1 and “You Light Up My Life” was included at #55.
Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
4230 *1 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT (Gonna Be Alright) Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers) (#1, Nov 1976)
2962 *2 I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING Andy Gibb (RSO) (#1, July)
2832 *3 BEST OF MY LOVE The Emotions (Columbia) (#1, Aug)
2409 *4 LOVE THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN" (Evergreen) Barbra Streisand (Columbia) (#1, March)
1891 *5 SIR DUKE Stevie Wonder (Tamla) (#1, May)
1855 *6 TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS Mary MacGregor (Ariola America) (#1, Feb)
1845 7 ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS Hot (Big Tree) (#6, July)
1825 8 I LIKE DREAMIN' Kenny Nolan (20th Century) (#3, March)
1806 *9 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY Thelma Houston (Tamla) (#1, April)
1788 *10 UNDERCOVER ANGEL Alan O'Day (Pacific) (#1, July)
1740 11 (Your Love Has Lifted Me) HIGHER AND HIGHER Rita Coolidge (A&M) (#2, Sept)
1712 *12 I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.) (#1, June)
1671 *13 RICH GIRL Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#1, March)
1659 *14 DANCING QUEEN Abba (Atlantic) (#1, April)
1601 *15 YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers) (#1, Jan)
1576 *16 HOTEL CALIFORNIA The Eagles (Asylum) (#1, May)
1549 *17 GONNA FLY NOW (Theme From "Rocky") Bill Conti (United Artists) (#1, July)
1542 *18 GOT TO GIVE IT UP (Part 1) Marvin Gaye (Tamla) (#1, June)
1528 *19 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell (Capitol) (#1, April)
1522 *20 WHEN I NEED YOU Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers) (#1, May)
1522 21 DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE Peter McCann (20th Century) (#5, Aug)
1517 22 MARGARITAVILLE Jimmy Buffett (ABC) (#8, July)
1514 23 TELEPHONE LINE The Electric Light Orchestra (United Artists/Jet) (#7, Sept)
1514 *24 CAR WASH Rose Royce (MCA) (#1, Jan)
1508 25 WHATCHA GONNA DO Pablo Cruise (A&M) (#6, Aug)
1500 *26 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR (To Be In My Show) Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. (ABC) (#1, Jan)
1491 *27 DON'T GIVE UP ON US David Soul (Private Stock) (#1, April)
1472 28 HOT LINE The Sylvers (Capitol) (#5, Jan)
1454 *29 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Warner Brothers) (#1, Feb)
1450 30 FLY LIKE AN EAGLE The Steve Miller Band (Capitol) (#2, March)
1445 31 ON AND ON Stephen Bishop (ABC) (#11, Oct)
1439 *32 LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT Barry Manilow (Arista) (#1, July)
1424 33 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Foreigner (Atlantic) (#4, June)
1423 34 COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT The Climax Blues Band (Sire) (#3, May)
1421 35 EASY The Commodores (Motown) (#4, Aug)
1420 *36 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers) (#1, June)
1415 *37 I WISH Stevie Wonder (Tamla) (#1, Jan)
1413 38 RIGHT TIME OF THE NIGHT Jennifer Warnes (Arista) (#6, May)
1404 39 I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND Natalie Cole (Capitol) (#5, April)
1397 *40 DA DOO RON RON Shaun Cassidy (Wanrer Brothers/Curb) (#1, July)
1374 41 SO IN TO YOU The Atlanta Rhythm Section (Polydor) (#7, April)
1369 42 ENJOY YOURSELF The Jacksons (Epic) (#6, Feb)
1367 43 DAZZ Brick (Bang) (#3, Jan)
1360 44 I'M IN YOU Peter Frampton (A&M) (#2, July)
1353 45 LUCILLE Kenny Rogers (United Artists) (#5, June)
1352 46 THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE 10cc (Mercury) (#5, April)
1345 47 LONELY BOY Andrew Gold (Asylum) (#7, June)
1339 48 HANDY MAN James Taylor (Columbia) (#4, Sept)
1335 49 JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO Corsby, Stills, and Nash (Atlantic) (#7, Aug)
1331 50 YOU AND ME Alice Cooper (Warner Brothers) (#9, Aug)
1326 51 SWAYIN' TO THE MUSIC (Slow Dancin') Johnny Rivers (Big Tree) (#10, Oct)
1321 52 DON'T STOP Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers) (#3, Sept)
1319 *53 THEME FROM "STAR WARS"/CANTINA BAND (Medley) Meco (Millennium) (#1, Oct)
1303 54 BARRACUDA Heart (Portrait) (#11, Sept)
1303 *55 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE Debby Boone (Warner/Curb) (#1, Oct)
1302 *56 NEW KID IN TOWN The Eagles (Asylum) (#1, Feb)
1293 57 MY HEART BELONGS TO ME Barbra Streisand (Columbia) (#4, July)
1289 58 HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG The Marshall Tucker Band (Capricorn) (#14, June)
1286 59 STRAWBERRY LETTER 23 The Brothers Johnson (A&M) (#5, Sept)
1285 60 NIGHT MOVES Bob Seger (Capitol) (#4, March)
1282 61 YOU'RE MY WORLD Helen Reddy (Capitol) (#18, July)
1259 62 CARRY ON WAYWARD SON Kansas (Kirshner) (#11, April)
1237 63 AFTER THE LOVIN' Engelbert Humperdinck (Epic) (#8, Jan)
1230 64 JET AIRLINER The Steve Miller Band (Capitol) (#8, July)
1223 65 WAY DOWN Elvis Presley (RCA) (#18, Sept)
1196 66 STAND TALL Burton Cummings (Portrait) (#10, Jan)
1181 67 WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND Barry Manilow (Airsta) (#10, Feb)
1178 68 SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRE The Sanford/Townsend Band (Warner Brothers) (#9, Sept)
1161 69 IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG Ronnie Milsap (RCA) (#16, Oct)
1158 70 COLD AS ICE Foreigner (Atlantic) (#6, Oct)
1150 71 ARIEL Dean Friedman (Lifesong) (#26, June)
1146 72 YOU MADE ME BELEIVE IN MAGIC The Bay City Rollers (Arista) (#10, Aug)
1145 73 LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE Bread (Elektra) (#9, Feb)
1126 74 FLOAT ON The Floaters (ABC) (#2, Sept)
1123 75 JEANS ON David Dundas (Chrysalis) (#17, Jan)
1123 76 LIDO SHUFFLE Boz Scaggs (Columbia) (#11, May)
1115 77 KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.) (#2, Oct)
1112 78 THAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL Shaun Cassidy (Warner/Curb) (#3, Oct)
1092 79 LIVIN' THING The Electric Light Orchestra (Jet) (#13, Jan)
1089 80 GIVE A LITTLE BIT Supertramp (A&M) (#15, Aug)
1085 81 LOVE SO RIGHT The Bee Gees (RSO) (#3, Nov 1976)
1072 82 THE RUBBERBAND MAN The Spinners (Atlantic) (#2, Dec 1976)
1067 83 I NEVER CRY Alice Cooper (Warner Brothers) (#12, Jan)
1066 84 NOBODY DOES IT BETTER Carly Simon (Elektra) (#2, Oct)
1065 85 HIGH SCHOOL DANCE The Sylvers (Capitol) (#17, July)
1057 86 LOVE'S GROWN DEEP Kenny Nolan (20th Century) (#20, July)
1038 87 AIN'T GONNA BUMP NO MORE (With No Big Fat Woman) Joe Tex (Epic) (#12, June)
1034 88 I WANNA GET NEXT TO YOU Rose Royce (MCA) (#10, May)
1022 89 SOMEBODY TO LOVE Queen (Elektra) (#13, Jan)
1022 90 WALK THIS WAY Aerosmith (Columbia) (#10, Jan)
1020 91 MUSKRAT LOVE The Captain and Tennille (A&M) (#4, Nov 1976)
1011 92 GO YOUR OWN WAY Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers) (#10, March)
1004 93 WHISPERING/CHERCHEZ LA FEMME/SE SI BON (Medley)Dr. Buzzard's Original "Savannah" Band (RCA) (#27, Jan)
989 94 YEAR OF THE CAT Al Stewart (Janus) (#8, March)
978 95 BOOGIE NIGHTS Heatwave (Epic) (#2, Nov)
975 96 SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD Elton John (Rocket) (#6, Dec 1976)
974 97 DON'T WORRY BABY B.J. Thomas (MCA) (#17, Sept)
973 98 KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU Abba (Atlantic) (#14, July)
970 99 HOW MUCH LOVE Leo Sayer (Warner Borthers) (#17, Aug)
958 100 STAR WARS (Main Title) The London Symphony Orchestra/John Williams (20th Century) (#10, Sept)
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