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Post by laura on Jan 13, 2021 15:32:04 GMT -5
Somebody needs to get Hervard that Top 2500 countdown from The Fox Oldies from 1982-91 and he'll post it here in no time flat. Have you seen his other Top 2500, Top 1000, etc. charts posted on his guessing game post? No PDF's needed! I am currently making a chart of the whole top 2500 but I will still need to put it in PDF form because of their chart peaks. Plus I'm still in the process of listing the songs. BTW I have seen Hervard's charts. Very impressive. I looked the most through that 2010s one and there were several songs I forgot about until I read it.
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Post by Michael1973 on Jan 17, 2021 22:25:00 GMT -5
Does anybody know specifically how the weekly top 50 countdowns are compiled? The most likely way would be to average each song's chart positions for the three charts and then rank them based on the average. However, this leaves the question of what they do if a song only appears on 1 or 2 of the charts.
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Post by burcjm on Jan 18, 2021 0:20:42 GMT -5
It is by the songs positions on the charts. For instance if a song is at #1 on two of the charts and another is #1 on only one chart then the song that is #1 on two charts gets the higher position on Flashback. Then on it goes with songs that are appear at #2 on one or more of the charts (and so on). If a song does not appear on one of the charts it gets the lower position than one that appeared on all the charts. (e.g. one song places at #3, #6, #7 and #9 on the charts; it would get a higher position on Flashback than another that places at #3, #6 and #7 on three charts and is a no-show on the fourth chart.) Hope this clears things up. sammeyers Feel free to add to this or correct any part.
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Post by laura on Jan 18, 2021 16:43:52 GMT -5
Here are the playlists for last week's 1979 and 1989 charts: we.tl/t-sTQr0z9xLgI had quite a lot going on last week, so that's why I did them later than I'm used to. I'll do the 1964-1973 one as soon as I finish working out some computer-related stuff. By the way, some of the songs in the 1989 countdown, especially the ones toward the top and bottom, really benefited from the frozen Cashbox chart that week.
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Post by Michael1973 on Jan 18, 2021 18:54:22 GMT -5
It is by the songs positions on the charts. For instance if a song is at #1 on two of the charts and another is #1 on only one chart then the song that is #1 on two charts gets the higher position on Flashback. Then on it goes with songs that are appear at #2 on one or more of the charts (and so on). If a song does not appear on one of the charts it gets the lower position than one that appeared on all the charts. (e.g. one song places at #3, #6, #7 and #9 on the charts; it would get a higher position on Flashback than another that places at #3, #6 and #7 on three charts and is a no-show on the fourth chart.) Hope this clears things up. sammeyers Feel free to add to this or correct any part. That makes sense. I knew the top 2500 charts were done like that so it only makes sense that the weekly charts were as well.
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Post by sammeyers on Jan 19, 2021 12:51:39 GMT -5
burcjm that is how it is done, but to explain it a little more in detail. This week The Village People YMCA was at 4 on Billboard, 4 on Cashbox and 2 on Record World and 15 on R & R. The Bee Gees Too Much Heaven was at number 2 on Billboard 2 on Cashbox 3 on Record World and 1 on R & R. Both were at number 2 on one the charts. But The Bee Gees were at number 2 on two charts. So they would place higher. So even if the song is on all 4 charts. The numbers all have impact. Even if a song is number 1 on two charts and there is a tie. The other two charts will decide which song places higher. The higher the number the higher it peaks. But one chart could also drag it down. If it peaks low or not at all.
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Post by laura on Jan 20, 2021 15:42:16 GMT -5
Here is the playlist for part 2 of the 1964-1973 countdown that aired last Friday: we.tl/t-qKtOTtycMhThere are quite a lot of extras, especially after #2401, and he even announced most of where each song ranked outside the top 2500. Also in the countdown is the very first song ever played on American Top 40.
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Post by laura on Jan 25, 2021 13:57:11 GMT -5
Here are the playlists for all of last week's countdowns (1/20/79, 1/21/89, and part 3 of the top 2500 of 1964-1973): we.tl/t-2qTaSIOjuX
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Post by laura on Jan 29, 2021 23:35:03 GMT -5
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Post by laura on Feb 2, 2021 16:37:24 GMT -5
Here is the playlist for part 4 of the 1964-1973 countdown: we.tl/t-p5wYlv7lClFeaturing the first appearance in the countdown by the Fab Four.
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Post by Michael1973 on Feb 2, 2021 22:56:00 GMT -5
I happened to catch an error in today's replay of the 1982-1991 countdown, which I brought to their attention. Come Dancing, which peaked at #6 on two charts, was well below a bunch of songs that only peaked at #6 on one chart. Given the amount of math involved, it's pretty impressive that this was the only error. I'm a little surprised nobody caught it the first time.
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Post by laura on Feb 2, 2021 23:26:23 GMT -5
I happened to catch an error in today's replay of the 1982-1991 countdown, which I brought to their attention. Come Dancing, which peaked at #6 on two charts, was well below a bunch of songs that only peaked at #6 on one chart. Given the amount of math involved, it's pretty impressive that this was the only error. I'm a little surprised nobody caught it the first time. I happened to have read that in the chat box and Sam said that he will rerecord it some time in the future.
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Post by benster72 on Feb 3, 2021 6:59:50 GMT -5
I happened to catch an error in today's replay of the 1982-1991 countdown, which I brought to their attention. Come Dancing, which peaked at #6 on two charts, was well below a bunch of songs that only peaked at #6 on one chart. Given the amount of math involved, it's pretty impressive that this was the only error. I'm a little surprised nobody caught it the first time. I happened to have read that in the chat box and Sam said that he will rerecord it some time in the future. It's very impressive, and it's an awesome and highly entertaining program. That being said, I'm not sure this should put all this extra work on Sam to re-record something that may or may not air a third time. If he takes song 793 out and puts it at 738, he is going to need to re-record 55 segments in between as all of those songs would be one number closer to 793. I say "cheers" to Sam and Jeffrey and hope that time is spent working on the NEXT big countdown! I mean, we are taking about #6 songs that already charted 30-39 years ago, and those publications are forever in history. I think it's nice that you caught an error and let them know, but I'd be hopeful that more listeners simply say...job well done, thanks for the entertainment, and please don't spend your precious time re-recording 55 segments.
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Post by Rodney on Feb 3, 2021 22:00:18 GMT -5
I happened to have read that in the chat box and Sam said that he will rerecord it some time in the future. It's very impressive, and it's an awesome and highly entertaining program. That being said, I'm not sure this should put all this extra work on Sam to re-record something that may or may not air a third time. If he takes song 793 out and puts it at 738, he is going to need to re-record 55 segments in between as all of those songs would be one number closer to 793. I say "cheers" to Sam and Jeffrey and hope that time is spent working on the NEXT big countdown! I mean, we are taking about #6 songs that already charted 30-39 years ago, and those publications are forever in history. I think it's nice that you caught an error and let them know, but I'd be hopeful that more listeners simply say...job well done, thanks for the entertainment, and please don't spend your precious time re-recording 55 segments. I’m with you Benster!!! The amount of work producing these show is staggering. The shows are wonderful. The music brings back such fantastic memories. I’m grateful for all of it and can offer nothing but a sincere “Thank You”.
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Post by laura on Feb 7, 2021 21:55:55 GMT -5
Getting back on topic, here are the playlists for the two Fox 50s and the 64-73 countdown from last week: we.tl/t-kOEz1WrT1o
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