Charting as singer/writer on separate hits at the same time

[jlthorpe]

I remember Casey mentioning on a 1983 AT40 that Bob Seger was on the countdown with "Shame on the Moon", while Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton were there covering his hit "We've Got Tonight". There was also a time in early 1988 when Michael Bolton charted with "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" alongside Cher's version of his "I Found Someone".

What's interesting is that in the above cases, Seger and Bolton were doing a cover instead of singing their own song (Rodney Crowell wrote "Shame on the Moon" and Steve Cropper/Otis Redding wrote "The Dock of the Bay"). I suppose there are numerous examples of acts like the Beatles, the Bee Gees, Prince, etc. where they were singer/writer of one song and writer of another at the same time. But how many examples are there where an artist was only the singer of one song and only the writer of another?

[80sat40fan]

Stevie Wonder sang, “Heaven Help Us All” which was written by Ron Miller.
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles sang, “Tears Of A Clown” which was co-written by Stevie Wonder.
Both songs were in the Top 40 together in November and December of 1970.
Does co-writing a song count here?

[jlthorpe]

I found an almost example: Hall and Oates entered the Top 40 with their medley of "The Way You Do the Things You Do" and "My Girl" the same week that Paul Young's cover of Hall's "Everytime You Go Away" dropped out of the 40.

[jlthorpe]

Mar 5, 2021 18:57:05 GMT -5 80sat40fan said:

Stevie Wonder sang, “Heaven Help Us All” which was written by Ron Miller.
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles sang, “Tears Of A Clown” which was co-written by Stevie Wonder.
Both songs were in the Top 40 together in November and December of 1970.
Does co-writing a song count here?

It sure does!

[jlthorpe]

Found another: On August 19 and 26, 1978, Robin Gibb charted with the Beatles' "Oh! Darling" at the same time that his brother Andy charted with "Shadow Dancing" (with Robin listed as co-writer).

[freakyflybry]

In early 1980, Dionne Warwick charted with "Deja Vu", which was written by Isaac Hayes; he did not write his own hit, "Don't Let Go", on the charts at the same time.

[mkarns]

In 1976, Todd Rundgren made the top 40 with a cover of the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations", written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. At the same time the Beach Boys, with Wilson and Love, charted with their cover of Chuck Berry's "Rock and Roll Music".

[Hervard]

Mar 5, 2021 20:25:24 GMT -5 freakyflybry said:

In early 1980, Dionne Warwick charted with "Deja Vu", which was written by Isaac Hayes; he did not write his own hit, "Don't Let Go", on the charts at the same time.

Something similar happened on this week's 1982 show. Sister Sledge was charting with their cover of "My Guy", which was written by Smokey Robinson, who was charting on his own two songs back with "Tell Me Tomorrow" (a song that he did NOT write).