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Post by chrislc on May 30, 2022 21:53:47 GMT -5
How often, if at all, has a remake of a Billboard Top 40 hit either preceded or followed in the countdown another song by the original artist of the remake? I thought of this when hearing/seeing Light Sings by the Fifth Dimension preceding Puppet Man by Tom Jones at #39 and #38 in Cash Box in May 1971.
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Post by mga707 on May 30, 2022 22:19:35 GMT -5
How often, if at all, has a remake of a Billboard Top 40 hit either preceded or followed in the countdown another song by the original artist of the remake? I thought of this when hearing/seeing Light Sings by the Fifth Dimension preceding Puppet Man by Tom Jones at #39 and #38 in Cash Box in May 1971. Love this question, and I'm amazed at how fast I found another example, from the same month and year at that: May 15, 1971: #20--"Another Day", Paul McCartney; #21: "We Can Work It Out", Stevie Wonder. Just for laughs, I checked "Puppet Man" and "Light Sings". On 'Billboard' they never got near each other on the 'Hot 100'. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jun 1, 2022 2:09:33 GMT -5
One interesting note about Light Sings (5th Dimension) and Puppet Man (Tom Jones), those two songs were back to back on the Record World M.O.R. chart dated May 29, 1971. They were a little further apart on the Top 100 singles chart that week--#43 and #49, respectively.
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Post by mga707 on Jun 1, 2022 11:48:15 GMT -5
How often, if at all, has a remake of a Billboard Top 40 hit either preceded or followed in the countdown another song by the original artist of the remake? I thought of this when hearing/seeing Light Sings by the Fifth Dimension preceding Puppet Man by Tom Jones at #39 and #38 in Cash Box in May 1971. Love this question, and I'm amazed at how fast I found another example, from the same month and year at that: May 15, 1971: #20--"Another Day", Paul McCartney; #21: "We Can Work It Out", Stevie Wonder. In both 1974 and 1978 there were also Paul McCartney/Wings songs and Beatles remakes originally sung by Paul on the 40 near each other, but not consecutive: June 29, 1974 has "Band On the Run" at #8 and Anne Murray's "You Won't See Me" at #12, while on August 12, 1978 we have "I've Had Enough" at #25 and EW&F's "Got To Get You Into My Life" at #29. |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 1, 2022 11:58:34 GMT -5
Here's another example...
May 3, 1975
#20. Stand By Me - John Lennon
#21. Supernatural Thing - Ben E. King
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Post by michaelcasselman on Jun 1, 2022 12:04:29 GMT -5
On 11/3/1990, The original Righteous Brothers 'Unchained Melody' and the remake (also credited to the Righteous Brothers) were at #'s 19 and 17, which I think is as close as they got to being back-to-back within the countdown.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jun 1, 2022 18:02:39 GMT -5
On the 3/6/71 chart, Ike & Tina Turner are at #12 with "Proud Mary", originally performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival... who happen to be at #11 with "Have You Ever Seen The Rain".
On the 3/13/71 chart, "Proud Mary" jumped up to #7 while CCR moved to #8, meaning Ike & Tina Turner's remake of the CCR classic and CCR's new song were back to back for two weeks.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 2, 2022 20:22:41 GMT -5
Here are a couple more...
August 29, 1970
#30. Ball Of Confusion - Temptations
#31. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rare Earth
January 1, 1972
#29. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart
#30. Superstar - Temptations
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Post by chrislc on Jun 2, 2022 20:35:45 GMT -5
Here are a couple more... August 29, 1970 #30. Ball Of Confusion - Temptations #31. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rare Earth January 1, 1972 #29. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart #30. Superstar - Temptations Now THIS would make a great trivia question. What Top 40 hit had this occurrence happen twice? And the OA was at #30 both times! |
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Post by chrislc on Aug 4, 2022 0:01:25 GMT -5
I just noticed an example of this in August 1968, with Jose Feliciano and the Doors.
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Post by 1finemrg on Aug 4, 2022 5:26:52 GMT -5
Originals were not Top 40 hits, but I think these are notable:
12/18/70:
#37 Border Song - Aretha Franklin
#38 Your Song - Elton John
7/24/71:
#2 It's Too Late - Carole King
#3 You Got A Friend - James Taylor
2/5/72:
#4 Day After Day - Badfinger
#5 Without You - Nilsson
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