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Post by mga707 on Nov 19, 2023 21:13:09 GMT -5
Willing to bet that no one's going to nominate "I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing" for this honor. Or the 1971 'three-fer' that was "Love Story". I was looking for the first time this happened with both played by Casey and maybe Love Story is #1 in that respect? Yes, "Love Story" was the first time that more than one version of the same song reached the top 40 in the Casey era. Henry Mancini's instrumental version of the theme debuted on 2/6/71, Andy Williams' vocal version and Francis Lai's instrumental version both joined Mancini on the 40 on February 27. Air dates for all three were the previous weekends. It very nearly happened on the very first AT40: Sly and the Family Stone's original version of "I Want To Take You Higher" eas one of the songs that dropped out of the 40 for the week ending July 10, show #1. Ike and Tina Turner's cover or remake (hard to tell in this case) got onto the 40 four weeks later, on 8/7/70 (air date the previous weekend).
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Post by mga707 on Nov 19, 2023 21:15:02 GMT -5
"Never Can Say Goodbye" - Jackson 5 in 1971, Gloria Gaynor in 1974-1975. Isaac Hayes also made the 40 with the song in '71, slightly after the J5 original. The three versions of the song had 3 different tempos: Slow (Hayes), medium (J5), and get-on-the-dance-floor fast (Gaynor).
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 19, 2023 22:38:49 GMT -5
"Got to Get You into My Life," Beatles and Earth, Wind & Fire. Both went top-ten. One was arguably the jazziest thing the Fab Four ever did; the other was the rockingest thing EWF ever did.
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 20, 2023 7:39:48 GMT -5
Another one: "Americans" - One by Byrom MacGregor, the other by Gordon Sinclair (Both from 1974).
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Post by chrislc on Nov 20, 2023 10:58:30 GMT -5
Another one: "Americans" - One by Byrom MacGregor, the other by Gordon Sinclair (Both from 1974). I wonder how many of us, before we heard it but having seen it on the charts, thought that David Bowie had recorded a new version, written from a younger perspective? Something along the lines of Allan Sherman's Crazy Downtown. Probably the answer is 0. After all, those of us who went to the newsstand to check out the Billboard Hot 100 wasn't a very large cohort. I find it unfortunate that David Bowie never had the chance to do versions of Allan Sherman's hits. Well he did have the CHANCE but maybe it never occurred to him.
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Post by chrislc on Nov 20, 2023 15:50:36 GMT -5
Another one: "Americans" - One by Byrom MacGregor, the other by Gordon Sinclair (Both from 1974). I wonder how many of us, before we heard it but having seen it on the charts, thought that David Bowie had recorded a new version, written from a younger perspective? Something along the lines of Allan Sherman's Crazy Downtown. Probably the answer is 0. After all, those of us who went to the newsstand to check out the Billboard Hot 100 wasn't a very large cohort. I find it unfortunate that David Bowie never had the chance to do versions of Allan Sherman's hits. Well he did have the CHANCE but maybe it never occurred to him. Or Crazy Space Oddity by Allan Sherman. Take your protein pills, Bubala.
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Post by markmcneil on Nov 20, 2023 16:39:12 GMT -5
"Love Ballad" by LTD (1976) and George Benson (1979).
If you had included the Shadoe years, I would have also picked "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)" by Al Green (1973) and UB40 (1991).
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Post by djjoe1960 on Nov 20, 2023 17:44:30 GMT -5
Although, only one version made the Top 40 during the parameters Chris set up--I always enjoyed both versions of Proud Mary--CCR (#2/1969) and Ike & Tina Turner (#4/1971).
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 20, 2023 18:23:55 GMT -5
"Love Ballad" by LTD (1976) and George Benson (1979). If you had included the Shadoe years, I would have also picked "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)" by Al Green (1973) and UB40 (1991). And I would have picked "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" by Barry White (1974) and Taylor Dayne (1993) and "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan (1978) and Whitney Houston (1993).
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Post by mga707 on Nov 20, 2023 20:24:16 GMT -5
"Love Ballad" by LTD (1976) and George Benson (1979). A good 'two-fer' I hadn't recalled until you mentioned it.
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Post by giannirubino on Nov 21, 2023 1:11:21 GMT -5
"Theme From Close Encounters" by John Williams and by Meco, 1978.
"Theme From Rocky (Gonna Fly Now)" by Bill Conti and Maynard Ferguson, 1977.
"Greatest Love Of All" by George Benson and by Whitney Houston, 1977 and 1986, respectively.
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 21, 2023 6:33:46 GMT -5
For the SHadoe AT40 era: Would the 2 versions of "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers in Fall 1990 (1966 original version re-release and 1990 re-recorded version) count?
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Post by djjoe1960 on Nov 21, 2023 6:52:03 GMT -5
Rock On by David Essex (#5/1974) and into the Shadoe era the version by Michael Damian (#1/1989). Personally, I always preferred the original version but the newer version obviously connected with many people.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Nov 21, 2023 7:55:38 GMT -5
Two moreā¦ *Tumbling Dice (Stones / Ronstadt) *The Way We Were (Streisand / Gladys Knight medley)
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Post by michaelcasselman on Nov 21, 2023 8:36:20 GMT -5
"Respect Yourself" - The Staple Singers in the 70's, Bruce Willis in the 80's.
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