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Post by djjoe1960 on Mar 12, 2023 14:05:09 GMT -5
Record World Magazine sadly went under in April, 1982 lasting 18 years under that name (after starting in 1946 as Music Vendor). Although I consider it to be the least accurate of the Big 3 , especially starting in the mid -1970's when singles lingered on their chart for many weeks after falling off both Billboard & Cash Box. Perhaps the magazine was trying to appeal to the retailer that wanted to know what singles heading down the chart were still selling nationwide; regardless here is a countdown from the first week of March, 1982 (just 6 weeks before they ceased publication). archive.org/details/rwc-1982030401 OMG Bobbie Sue in the Top Ten. There are no words. I mean, the song had lyrics, but...well... It just screams 1982. Hey, Brits. Please HURRY with that 2nd Invasion! Perhaps there was some 'payola' involved with having Bobbie Sue in the Top 10 on the pop charts--since the Oak Ridge Boys were on the front cover of Record World. Or maybe that led to the demise of the magazine 6 weeks later. |
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Post by chrislc on Mar 12, 2023 16:50:46 GMT -5
OMG Bobbie Sue in the Top Ten. There are no words. I mean, the song had lyrics, but...well... It just screams 1982. Hey, Brits. Please HURRY with that 2nd Invasion! Perhaps there was some 'payola' involved with having Bobbie Sue in the Top 10 on the pop charts--since the Oak Ridge Boys were on the front cover of Record World. Or maybe that led to the demise of the magazine 6 weeks later. I guess middle-aged folks must have been buying it. I can't picture teens going to the mall to buy Bobbie Sue. Or even younger kids. #12 in Billboard. So whatever it was, it wasn't just Record World. Elvira was bad, but not this bad. Coincidentally, I have been watching the first episodes of Dallas on Amazon Prime. Never saw those before. What a great show it was. Seeing the first episodes gives context to what followed. Back then, I began watching after he got shot. |
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