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Post by chrislc on Jan 31, 2024 6:18:47 GMT -5
I assume 1964/Van Halen must be the all-time record combination for this, wIth three Top 40 remakes of Top 40 hits from the same year? It was only three, right? I didn’t miss Hello Dolly or Java by Van Halen, did I? It seems like Linda Ronstadt or someone might have done a couple from the same year once or twice, but three or more? EDIT Yikes Linda Ronstadt and 1963. So she did it before Van Halen did it. And then she did it again with 1965. She really was a remake machine.
EDIT EDIT Oh my God I Knew You When. That’s four from 1965. Sorry, Van Halen!
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Post by chrislc on Jan 31, 2024 16:19:51 GMT -5
Okay how about this angle for Van Halen. Top 40 remakes of three hits that were in the Top 40 at the same time! October 1964 (and in the Top 20 at the same time in November). Does anyone know if Casey ever commented on this about Van Halen or Linda Ronstadt? 11 8 OH, PRETTY WOMAN –•– Roy Orbison 12 5 DANCING IN THE STREET –•– Martha and the Vandellas 20 32 YOU REALLY GOT ME –•– The Kinks top40weekly.com/1964-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_for_the_Week_Ending_7th_November_1964 |
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Post by freakyflybry on Feb 1, 2024 2:03:56 GMT -5
And what's ironic... Van Halen ALSO recorded a version of "You're No Good" (it wasn't released as a single), tying the two artists together.
Of note as well: The Hollies' "The Air That I Breathe" and The Stylistics' "You Make Me Feel Brand New" charted simultaneously in the top 40 in the summer of 1974. Simply Red would go on to remake both, but by then, they were done hitting the top 40. I'm not sure if they covered another 1972 song in addition to "If You Don't Know Me By Now"...
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Post by mkarns on Feb 1, 2024 2:30:57 GMT -5
"Deep Purple" (Nino Tempo and April Stevens) and "I'm Leaving It Up To You" (Dale and Grace) were #1 hits back to back in November 1963, and both were remade into hits in the 70s by Donny & Marie Osmond. Another 1963 #1, Steve Lawrence's "Go Away Little Girl", was also a #1 hit for Donny solo.
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Post by chrislc on Feb 1, 2024 15:42:47 GMT -5
"Deep Purple" (Nino Tempo and April Stevens) and "I'm Leaving It Up To You" (Dale and Grace) were #1 hits back to back in November 1963, and both were remade into hits in the 70s by Donny & Marie Osmond. Another 1963 #1, Steve Lawrence's "Go Away Little Girl", was also a #1 hit for Donny solo. Before it's too late, somebody needs to get those two working on a new version of Hey Paula. Or a vocal version of Telstar. |
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Post by mkarns on Feb 1, 2024 21:13:28 GMT -5
"Deep Purple" (Nino Tempo and April Stevens) and "I'm Leaving It Up To You" (Dale and Grace) were #1 hits back to back in November 1963, and both were remade into hits in the 70s by Donny & Marie Osmond. Another 1963 #1, Steve Lawrence's "Go Away Little Girl", was also a #1 hit for Donny solo. Before it's too late, somebody needs to get those two working on a new version of Hey Paula. Or a vocal version of Telstar. Maybe if they were Catholic instead of Mormon, they could have done "Dominique" (in French and/or English) and had a hit with a third 1963 song that hit #1 just after the other two. |
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Post by mga707 on Feb 1, 2024 21:28:13 GMT -5
Before it's too late, somebody needs to get those two working on a new version of Hey Paula. Or a vocal version of Telstar. Maybe if they were Catholic instead of Mormon, they could have done "Dominique" (in French and/or English) and had a hit with a third 1963 song that hit #1 just after the other two. Or, they could've redone "Louie, Louie", and slurred the allegedly 'dirty' lyrics!  The song that should've reached the top spot at least for one week in December '63/January '64, when it was stuck behind the Nun and Bobby Vinton. |
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Post by LC on Feb 1, 2024 22:00:25 GMT -5
And what's ironic... Van Halen ALSO recorded a version of "You're No Good" (it wasn't released as a single), tying the two artists together. Always liked their version. |
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Post by chrislc on Feb 1, 2024 22:36:15 GMT -5
Maybe if they were Catholic instead of Mormon, they could have done "Dominique" (in French and/or English) and had a hit with a third 1963 song that hit #1 just after the other two. Or, they could've redone "Louie, Louie", and slurred the allegedly 'dirty' lyrics! The song that should've reached the top spot at least for one week in December '63/January '64, when it was stuck behind the Nun and Bobby Vinton. Or that medley of Dominique and Jungle Fever we've been hearing about. The Nun and Bobby Vinton. Sounds like a sitcom. Like The Governor and J.J. |
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Post by mga707 on Feb 1, 2024 22:52:58 GMT -5
The Nun and Bobby Vinton. Sounds like a sitcom. Like The Governor and J.J. LOLing! Or Chico and the Man. The Guv and J.J. is remembered, if at all, as being the show that CBS cancelled at the end of December 1970 and replaced it two weeks later with...All In the Family! |
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Post by doofus67 on Feb 1, 2024 23:14:51 GMT -5
"Deep Purple" (Nino Tempo and April Stevens) and "I'm Leaving It Up To You" (Dale and Grace) were #1 hits back to back in November 1963, and both were remade into hits in the 70s by Donny & Marie Osmond. Another 1963 #1, Steve Lawrence's "Go Away Little Girl", was also a #1 hit for Donny solo. Before it's too late, somebody needs to get those two working on a new version of Hey Paula. Or a vocal version of Telstar. Bobby Rydell already put words to "Telstar." I've never heard it, but supposedly it's horrible. Not Bobby's fault, I'm guessing. |
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Post by chrislc on Feb 2, 2024 14:16:07 GMT -5
Before it's too late, somebody needs to get those two working on a new version of Hey Paula. Or a vocal version of Telstar. Bobby Rydell already put words to "Telstar." I've never heard it, but supposedly it's horrible. Not Bobby's fault, I'm guessing. Think of the folks at YouTube today wondering "why is Telstar Bobby Rydell trending?" patientLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Ten comments and they're all positive. What is wrong with people???  |
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Post by dth1971 on Feb 3, 2024 9:13:53 GMT -5
Too bad Bobby Rydell's "Telstar" never got released as a single.
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Post by mga707 on Feb 3, 2024 10:28:42 GMT -5
Too bad Bobby Vinton's "Telstar" never got released as a single. Rydell. Bobby Vinton's 'Telstar' would've been either blue or lonely, or both. There, I've said it...again.  |
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The song that should've reached the top spot at least for one week in December '63/January '64, when it was stuck behind the Nun and Bobby Vinton.
