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Post by dukelightning on Nov 13, 2024 8:19:09 GMT -5
Pablo Cruise and Carly Simon are back to back in this week's 70s show though it's a LDD for Carly. But discounting her then recent duet with then husband JT and only counting her solo hits, both artists never peaked lower than 21 with their top 40 hits. Here is the list of 70s and 80s artists that had at least 5 top 40 hits who never peaked lower than #20 with those hits.
Wham...6 top 40 hits...lowest peak #10
Peter Frampton and Pet Shop Boys...both had 6 top 40 hits...both lowest peaks #18
Lionel Richie...16 top 40 hits...lowest peak #20(includes 1992 hit using R&R chart)
Steve Winwood...10 top 40 hits...lowest peak #20(includes 1990 hit)
Jets...6 top 40 hits...lowest peak #20
Sweet...5 top 40 hits...lowest peak #20
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 13, 2024 16:00:08 GMT -5
This is the kind of stuff that fascinates me. You, woolebull, and many others from before my time on here (and I'm sure there's still a lot of threads on fascinating chart stuff I haven't read yet). Chart feats like this one are really hard to come by, and it speaks to the quality of the music by those acts who achieved such a feat. Great stuff!!! 🙂 |
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Post by chrislc on Nov 14, 2024 13:03:09 GMT -5
Pablo Cruise and Carly Simon are back to back in this week's 70s show though it's a LDD for Carly. But discounting her then recent duet with then husband JT and only counting her solo hits, both artists never peaked lower than 21 with their top 40 hits. Here is the list of 70s and 80s artists that had at least 5 top 40 hits who never peaked lower than #20 with those hits. Wham...6 top 40 hits...lowest peak #10 Peter Frampton and Pet Shop Boys...both had 6 top 40 hits...both lowest peaks #18 Lionel Richie...16 top 40 hits...lowest peak #20(includes 1992 hit using R&R chart) Steve Winwood...10 top 40 hits...lowest peak #20(includes 1990 hit) Jets...6 top 40 hits...lowest peak #20 Sweet...5 top 40 hits...lowest peak #20 This is one of those "just when we thought there were no new thread ideas" threads. Very cool stuff! |
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Post by woolebull on Nov 16, 2024 12:20:13 GMT -5
How about a group that did all of that in the top 5? Granted the last song did not peak in the 80's but it was really close...Milli Vanilli
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Post by Hervard on Nov 16, 2024 12:23:45 GMT -5
Milli Vanilli had a somewhat unfair advantage, though, since, after it was found out that they did not actually sing their songs, nobody cared about any further releases from them and they did not hit the Top 40.
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Post by woolebull on Nov 16, 2024 12:37:47 GMT -5
Milli Vanilli had a somewhat unfair advantage, though, since, after it was found out that they did not actually sing their songs, nobody cared about any further releases from them and they did not hit the Top 40. I mean it really was..."All or Nothing" with them! You could certainly make the same argument for Wham as well, for different reasons. |
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Post by chrislc on Nov 19, 2024 14:24:25 GMT -5
Milli Vanilli had a somewhat unfair advantage, though, since, after it was found out that they did not actually sing their songs, nobody cared about any further releases from them and they did not hit the Top 40. I mean it really was..."All or Nothing" with them! You could certainly make the same argument for Wham as well, for different reasons. The Wham stat is amazing. Add to that Last Christmas, seemingly played more every year, and George's solo career, and it's even more impressive. He and Andrew are right up there with Queen in hit-percentage. |
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Post by mga707 on Nov 19, 2024 18:32:04 GMT -5
Two multi-hit acts from the '60s almost achieved this distinction, both in the 1965-68 time frame:
The Lovin Sthingyful scored seven straight top 10s, followed by two more top 20s. Not counting one low-charting 'B'-side. Only their final top 40 single from fall 1967, "She Is Still a Mystery", broke their streak by not getting higher than 27.
The other act was Gary Lewis and the Playboys, who similarly had seven straight top 10s followed by a pair of top 20 singles in 1965-66. And then an 'almost' that peaked at 21. A couple of sub-top 40 singles and a 39-peaker in '67 ("Girls In Love") broke the streak, followed by one more top 20 in '68, the #19 "Sealed With a Kiss".
Honorable mention should also go to CCR: Between 1968 and 1971, at least one side of every one of their top 40 releases (their second single, "I Put a Spell On You", didn't make the 40) reached #11 or higher. Since 'Billboard' charted 'A' and 'B' sides separately until November 1969, they did have two sub-top 20 charted 'B' sides during that part of their chart career. Again, their last top 40 single, 1972's "Someday Never Comes", broke their streak by only getting to 25.
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Post by jmack19 on Nov 19, 2024 22:57:14 GMT -5
Worth mentioning: Three Dog Night had every one of their 21 Hot 100 singles reach the Top 40.
18 straight Top 20 hits.
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Post by mga707 on Nov 20, 2024 0:06:16 GMT -5
Worth mentioning: Three Dog Night had every one of their 21 Hot 100 singles reached the Top 40. 18 straight Top 20 hits. Good catch! Their second Hot 100 single in '69 through their 19th in '74 were the 18 straight top 20s. |
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Post by johnnywest on Nov 21, 2024 13:37:32 GMT -5
Ace of Base. Of their 7 Top 40 hits, their lowest peaking was "Cruel Summer" at #19 in 1998.
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Post by chrislc on Nov 23, 2024 15:57:37 GMT -5
Worth mentioning: Three Dog Night had every one of their 21 Hot 100 singles reached the Top 40. 18 straight Top 20 hits. Good catch! Their second Hot 100 single in '69 through their 19th in '74 were the 18 straight top 20s. 1969-1974...I wonder if one of those three dogs was named Checkers. |
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Post by mga707 on Nov 24, 2024 0:20:01 GMT -5
Good catch! Their second Hot 100 single in '69 through their 19th in '74 were the 18 straight top 20s. 1969-1974...I wonder if one of those three dogs was named Checkers. Yep, 19 top 40 hits that charted during the Nixon administration, and the final two after Jerry Ford became the prez. |
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