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Post by johnnywest on Jul 21, 2023 17:28:22 GMT -5
Going by the Billboard Top 100 or Hot 100, I believe Tony Bennett held the record for the living artist (singer or group member) to have a #1 song on the chart going back the furthest. He hit #1 in 1951 with "Because of You."
I'm guessing the current record holder is now Ray Anthony, at 101, who hit #1 in 1953 with "Dragnet."
Anyone I overlooked?
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Post by mkarns on Jul 21, 2023 19:14:09 GMT -5
Going by the Billboard Top 100 or Hot 100, I believe Tony Bennett held the record for the living artist (singer or group member) to have a #1 song on the chart going back the furthest. He hit #1 in 1951 with "Because of You." I'm guessing the current record holder is now Ray Anthony, at 101, who hit #1 in 1953 with "Dragnet." Anyone I overlooked? Ray Anthony never hit #1; "Dragnet" peaked at #2 in Billboard. The late Stan Freberg did reach #1 in 1953 with his parody "St. George and the Dragonet". With Tony Bennett gone, the oldest Billboard chart week to feature a living solo artist on top I could find was March 26, 1955, when now-98 year old Bill Hayes hit #1 with his rendition of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett". John and Ray Perkins of the Crew-Cuts, who hit #1 on August 7, 1954, with "Sh-Boom", are still living, as is Carol Buschmann of the Chordettes who did the same on November 27, 1954 (disc jockey play) and December 4 (best sellers in stores), with "Mr. Sandman". (Note: this doesn't include non-leaders of larger bands or orchestras, which had more members that it's hard to get accurate life dates for. Some musicians in them that had #1 hits earlier may well still be living, but they wouldn't be credited as the hitmakers.) Further postscript: Nancy Norman, now 98, sang on Sammy Kaye's "Chickery Chick", which hit #1 on November 17, 1945. Also, on March, 16, 1946, Frankie Carle hit #1, with "Oh! What It Seemed to Be", sung by his daughter Marjorie Hughes. Marjorie was 20 then and 97 now. |
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Post by Mike on Jul 21, 2023 21:45:21 GMT -5
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Post by LC on Jul 22, 2023 8:29:40 GMT -5
Just like the trivia questions that seemed to pop up more than once on AT40! |
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Post by johnnywest on Sept 10, 2024 16:30:21 GMT -5
Going by the Billboard Top 100 or Hot 100, I believe Tony Bennett held the record for the living artist (singer or group member) to have a #1 song on the chart going back the furthest. He hit #1 in 1951 with "Because of You." I'm guessing the current record holder is now Ray Anthony, at 101, who hit #1 in 1953 with "Dragnet." Anyone I overlooked? Ray Anthony never hit #1; "Dragnet" peaked at #2 in Billboard. The late Stan Freberg did reach #1 in 1953 with his parody "St. George and the Dragonet". With Tony Bennett gone, the oldest Billboard chart week to feature a living solo artist on top I could find was March 26, 1955, when now-98 year old Bill Hayes hit #1 with his rendition of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett". John and Ray Perkins of the Crew-Cuts, who hit #1 on August 7, 1954, with "Sh-Boom", are still living, as is Carol Buschmann of the Chordettes who did the same on November 27, 1954 (disc jockey play) and December 4 (best sellers in stores), with "Mr. Sandman". (Note: this doesn't include non-leaders of larger bands or orchestras, which had more members that it's hard to get accurate life dates for. Some musicians in them that had #1 hits earlier may well still be living, but they wouldn't be credited as the hitmakers.) Further postscript: Nancy Norman, now 98, sang on Sammy Kaye's "Chickery Chick", which hit #1 on November 17, 1945. Also, on March, 16, 1946, Frankie Carle hit #1, with "Oh! What It Seemed to Be", sung by his daughter Marjorie Hughes. Marjorie was 20 then and 97 now. Since this post, Bill Hayes died in January, Roy Perkins died in August, John Perkins is 93, Nancy Norman died in May, Marjorie Hughes is 98 and Carol Bushmann died last year. Going by solo singers, the oldest living artist is probably Pat Boone who hit #1 in July 1956 with "I Almost Lost My Mind." |
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Post by michaelcasselman on Sept 10, 2024 20:22:25 GMT -5
Boone just turned 90... however, Herb Alpert is right up there at 89 (about 9 months younger than Boone), and depending on where you look, listed as solo for "This Guy's In Love With You".
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Post by mga707 on Sept 11, 2024 1:15:59 GMT -5
Boone just turned 90... however, Herb Alpert is right up there at 89 (about 9 months younger than Boone), and depending on where you look, listed as solo for "This Guy's In Love With You". And don't forget 91-year-old Petula Clark, who hit #1 at the beginning of 1965 with "Downtown", and a year later with "My Love". But Boone hit #1 in '55, nearly ten years earlier. |
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