Closest 3 songs by same artist in a top 40 countdown

[dukelightning]

What artist who had 3 songs in a countdown of 40 songs had them the closest together? If AT40 existed in 1964, the Beatles would have had it with 3 straight songs on several occasions i.e. on 4/4/64 they had the top 5. This week on the AT40HAC countdown, the Chainsmokers had "Closer" at 20, "Something Just Like This" at 19 and "Paris" at 16. 3 out of 5 songs.

[80sat40fan]

This may be a possibility... on the 3/2/78 Hot 100, The Bee Gees were are #2 with "Stayin' Alive", #8 with "Night Fever", and #10 with "How Deep Is Your Love". That's three songs within 8 notches of each other.

If you include the #1 song, "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" by Andy Gibb and #4's "Emotion" by Samantha Sang, then Barry Gibb had a hand in five songs within 9 notches of each other on the Hot 100... three as a member of The Bee Gees, and two as a writer for the other songs.

EDIT: I remember Melanie having three AT40 hits on one show but her songs were 12 notches apart. "Brand New Key" was at #24 on the 2/26/72 Hot 100, "Ring The Living Bell" was at #34, and "The Nickel Song" was at #36.

[caseyfan100]

Apr 15, 2017 19:02:44 GMT -5 80sat40fan said:

This may be a possibility... on the 3/2/78 Hot 100, The Bee Gees were are #2 with "Stayin' Alive", #8 with "Night Fever", and #10 with "How Deep Is Your Love". That's three songs within 8 notches of each other.

If you include the #1 song, "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" by Andy Gibb and #4's "Emotion" by Samantha Sang, then Barry Gibb had a hand in five songs within 9 notches of each other on the Hot 100... three as a member of The Bee Gees, and two as a writer for the other songs.

EDIT: I remember Melanie having three AT40 hits on one show but her songs were 12 notches apart. "Brand New Key" was at #24 on the 2/26/72 Hot 100, "Ring The Living Bell" was at #34, and "The Nickel Song" was at #36.

You beat me to the punch on the Melanie info. Herman's Hermits also had three songs in the top 40 at the same time in 1965.

[djjoe1960]

Here is an unusual chart happening. For the week ending October 2, 1965 Sonny & Cher had three songs in the Top 40 and Sonny had one solo hit.
#9--Baby Don't Go-Sonny & Cher
#10--Laugh At Me--Sonny
#24--Just You--Sonny & Cher
#30--I Got You Babe--Sonny & Cher (this was their recent #1)

In addition Cher had a song on the chart just a few weeks earlier that peaked at #15--All I Really Want To Do.

Quite some chart dominance in the late summer/early fall of 1965 for the duo.

[DJ Particle]

Phil Collins had 3 in a row on the AT40 year-end 1990 countdown Shadoe played them as a medley.

[johnnywest]

Apr 15, 2017 19:02:44 GMT -5 80sat40fan said:

If you include the #1 song, "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" by Andy Gibb and #4's "Emotion" by Samantha Sang, then Barry Gibb had a hand in five songs within 9 notches of each other on the Hot 100... three as a member of The Bee Gees, and two as a writer for the other songs.

If we're talking about writers, it was some point last year on American Top 40, either CHR or Hot AC, when Ryan mentioned that the top three songs of that week were all written by Max Martin.

[pb]

Counting a LDD, Andy Gibb has three songs within an hour in the 4/19/80 episode played this past weekend.

[Mike]

Apr 16, 2017 6:41:12 GMT -5 DJ Particle said:

Phil Collins had 3 in a row on the AT40 year-end 1990 countdown Shadoe played them as a medley.

Correct, but none ranked within the Top 40.

On the Rick Dees Top 97 of 1997, the Spice Girls' three hits all ranked together in the 20s. I forget the exact ranks offhand, but the only song that came between any two of them was LeAnn Rimes's "How Do I Live".

[vichy8]

I have no idea of it.

[johnnywest]

Just a few weeks ago, Ed Sheeran had:

Bam Bam (#16)
Shivers (#21)
Peru (#28)

And further down the chart was "Had Habits" at #37.