My 10 Favorite Artists Of Those That Have Garnered At Least 20 Combined Gold and Platinum Albums Over The Course Of Their Career (RIAA Certified)... 1. Kiss (24) 2. Elvis Presley (65) 3. Prince (22) 4. The Rolling Stones (41) 5. Rod Stewart (25) 6. Frank Sinatra (33) 7. Elton John (35) 8. Kenny Rogers (27) 9. Aerosmith (23) 10. The Beach Boys (20) Totals may not reflect precise figures, since a few of these artists (Kiss, I know for one) have often never applied for re-certification, thus the "true totals" for those artists are surely greater than what's cited.
10 Albums That You Are Rarely Going To See Mentioned In A Positive Light In Regards To The Artist's Discography, But I Love Them! 1. In Through The Out Door - Led Zeppelin 2. Peter Criss - Kiss 3. The Great American Songbook Vol. 1 - Rod Stewart 4. Just Push Play - Aerosmith 5. A Hard Day's Night (United Artists Soundtrack) - The Beatles 6. Emotional Rescue - The Rolling Stones 7. Harum Scarum (Soundtrack) - Elvis Presley 8. A Winter Romance - Dean Martin 9. Turnstiles - Billy Joel 10. Lovesexy - Prince
Top 10 Songs That Went to #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart (today known as the Alternative Chart) in the 1990s: 01. "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" by Primitive Radio Gods 02. "Drive" by R.E.M. 03. "Feed the Tree" by Belly 04. "1979" by Smashing Pumpkins 05. "Digging in the Dirt" by Peter Gabriel 06. "Swallowed" by Bush 07. "Found Out About You" by Gin Blossoms 08. "Pepper" by Butthole Surfers 09. "Lightning Crashes" by Live 10. "Closing Time" by Semisonic
10 songs Uncle Sixelsix used to hear on AM radio all the time as a kid (some he liked, some not so much): 1. Lou Rawls – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine 2. B.W. Stevenson - My Maria 3. Hurricane Smith – Oh Babe, What Would You Say 4. Rocky Burnette – Tired of Toein’ the Line 5. Charlie Dore – Pilot of the Airwaves 6. Hues Corporation – Rock the Boat 7. America – Sister Golden Hair 8. Elton John – Philadelphia Freedom (esp. heavy airplay since I grew up in S. Jersey)9. Spinners – One of a Kind Love Affair 10. Chicago – Old Days
Bob Love Minus Zero No Limit One More Cup Of Coffee Don't Think Twice It's Alright Talkin World War III Blues Fourth Time Around Obviously Five Believers From A Buick Six Billy 7 I Shall Be Free No. 10. ( Can't think of any 8's or 9's --anybody?) Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35 10 other Bob number songs Alberta #1 Two Soldiers 2 X 2 Working Man Blues # 2 Days of 49 Highway 51 Highway 61 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream 900 Miles Away From Home Million Dollar Bash
My 10 Favorite Music / Music-Related Films: 1. Gimme Shelter 1970 2. Almost Famous 2000 3. The Song Remains The Same 1976 4. That's The Way It Is 1970 5. Blue Hawaii 1961 6. Magical Mystery Tour 1967 7. A Hard Day's Night 1964 8. Dazed And Confused 1993 9. Groupie Girl 1970 10. Attack Of The Phantoms (Kiss) 1978
10 of My Favorite Years For Music During The "Rock And Roll Era": 1. 1966 2. 1967 3. 1976 4. 1974 5. 1971 6. 1977 7. 1969 8. 1964 9. 1980 10. 1973
10 Releases That Should Quickly Evaporate Any Notion That "Greatest Hits Albums" Are Best Ignored: 1. Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - The Eagles 1976 2. Greatest Hits - Dan Fogelberg 1982 3. Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits - Alice Cooper 1974 4. The Beatles 1967-1970 - The Beatles 1973 5. Elvis' Golden Records - Elvis Presley 1958 6. The Hits / B Sides - Prince 1993 7. Hot Rocks - The Rolling Stones 1971 8. The Immaculate Collection - Madonna 1990 9. Greatest Hits Volume I & II - Billy Joel 1985 10. On The Radio - Donna Summer 1980
10 Legitimate Studio Albums That Could Just As Well Be Filed In The "Greatest Hits Bin": 1. Thriller - Michael Jackson 2. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 3. Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution 4. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin 5. True Blue - Madonna 6. Faith - George Michael 7. Boston - Boston 8. Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen 9. An Innocent Man - Billy Joel 10. Going To A Go-Go - The Miracles
Top 10 Charlie Manson songs Sick City People Say I'm No Good Mechanical Man Arkansas Look At Your Game Girl Garbage Dump Don't Do Anything Illegal Home Is Where You're Happy Cease To Exist I Once Knew A Man
10 Best Years For Music During the 1960s: 1. 1960 2. 1961 3. 1962 4. 1963 5. 1964 6. 1965 7. 1966 8. 1967 9. 1968 10. 1969
The 10 highest-charting (U.S.) Beatles covers: 1. Elton John, "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" (#1, 1974) 2. Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, "The Fool on the Hill" (#6, 1968) 3. Tiffany, "I Saw Him (Her) Standing There" (#7, 1987) 4. Anne Murray, "You Won't See Me" (#8, 1974) 5. Earth, Wind and Fire, "Got to Get You Into My Life" (#9, 1978) 6. The Silkie, "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (#10, 1965) 7. Stevie Wonder, "We Can Work it Out" (#13, 1970) 8. Richie Havens, "Here Comes the Sun" (#16, 1971) 9. David and Jonathan, "Michelle" (#18, 1966) 10. Wilson Pickett, "Hey Jude" (#23, 1969)
Top 10 concerts that I would love to have seen that happened in my lifetime but I could not make as they were on a school night (or pre-school): Beatles at the Cavern The Who in the 60’s guitar smashing era* The Who at Leeds Sam & Dave in the 60’s. The Stones 1965 – my hometown – riot Jimi Hendrix (any but with the experience if I have a choice)* Janis Joplin (any but with the Big Bro if I have a choice)* Led Zeppelin (pre – 1977**) Lynyrd Skynyrd (pre – 1977) Sex Pistols (1977) *Could have taken care of these at Monterey **I attended a couple concerts on school nights starting 1978 – but not Zep
Top 10 favourite songs of the '70s Procol Harum - As Strong as Samson Moody Blues - Story in Your Eyes Grobschnitt - Ernie's Reise New Seekers - Circles [the 4:45 single, which I have on Elektra] Pretenders - Kid John Lodge - Carry Me Mingles - I'm Gonna Miss You Tony Kingston - Faith, Hope and Charity Tai Phong - For Years and Years (Cathy) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse
Top 10 Reasons Not to Name Your Band After Edibles: 1) Vanilla Ice 2) Bread 3) Limp Bizkit 4) Bowling for Soup 5) Buckcherry 6) Hootie and the Blowfish 7) Meat Loaf 8) Kix 9) Chickenfoot 10) Spice Girls
Top Ten Shows I Wish I Could Have Seen: 1.The Stones with Mick Taylor 2.Van Halen, Fair Warning Tour 3.AC/DC with Bon 4.The Who with Moon 5.Allman Brothers Band with Duane 6.Lynyrd Skynyrd with Ronnie 7.KISS, 74-77 8.Led Zeppelin, 68-72-ish 9.Ozzy with Randy 10.Jimi Hendrix
Ten Artist Sets Celebrated On Bubble Gum Cards (Or Who Might Have Been Celebrated On Bubble Gum Cards): I've always said, you know you've made it if you find yourself in wax packs on a store shelf... Elvis Presley (1956 Topps, Yellow Wrapper) I have yet to acquire one of these 1956 packs for my collection, but I do own a display box that housed them along with several of the cards themselves. These are now quite scarce to find anymore (the sealed packs that is). Elvis Presley (1978 Donruss, Red Wrapper) These packs remain very plentiful, were pressed in numerous quantities, and make a nice bookend to the early 1956 wax packs. The Beatles (1964 Topps, Yellow Wrapper) Several Beatles gum cards were released at the height of Beatlemania. This yellow wrapper set has an ad for Bazooka gum on the wrapper's flap and features cartoon renditions of the Fab Four's faces on the front. The Beatles Movie (A Hard Day's Night) 1964 Topps, Red and Yellow Wrapper This is my favorite Beatles pack and features cards from the film "A Hard Day's Night". The Monkees (1967 Donruss, Black Wrapper) The Monkees followed the Fab Four's suit, as did most everyone, in releasing several sets of gum pack cards in 1967. The only pack I currently own is an example of this 1967 Donruss set. It reads "More Of The Monkees" on the front. Kiss (1978 Donruss, Blue Wrapper) My all-time favorite gum pack by any artist (and my favorite Kiss collectible of all-time), is this first series of gum cards released by Donruss in 1978. The pack reflects everything great and nostalgic about the band from a commercial zenith. The powder blue background, the red-yellow Kiss logo and the black cartoon-renditions of the four faces from the "Hotter Than Hell" album cover. I always thought the choice of using the faces from that album was a curious one, but it works! I love these packs so much that I have two original store boxes filled with 36 packs on display in my Kiss room. These were pressed in very healthy quantities so they are not one of the more rare Kiss items. Regardless, they remain the most "definitive" Kiss collectible ever released in my humble opinion. This set was quickly followed by a slightly more scarce "2nd Series" with a red wax wrapper and with an ad on the flap for Kiss's 1978 October TV movie - Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park. Coinciding with the release of the four solo albums and a wealth of other fun collectibles, a Kiss fan was on cloud nine at this point in time! I know I was. Andy Gibb (1978 Stigwood Corp. Blue Wrapper) These neat little gum packs capitalized on Andy Gibb's rising chart success and fame as a heartthrob. These were "poster cards" complete with bubble gum. I have a couple sealed packs of these. They are collectible but not particularly rare. Nor in fashion nowadays! Which is actually all the more reason to appreciate them! Michael Jackson (1984 Topps) These packs had a few different variations and images of Michael on the front. I have just two sealed packs. Stickers were included in addition to the gum and cards. Ricky Nelson (1961 Topps) This is pure fantasy on my part, but I could have envisioned a set of bubble gum cards being made for Ricky (one of my all-time favorite artists). Perhaps after the success of his double-sided smash "Travelin Man / Hello Mary Lou", a set might have been made featuring cards from his prior Ozzie & Harriet episodes, etc. I always thought of Ricky as being the next in line in wake of Elvis's culture-shattering teen idol success, so I would have loved seeing packs for him as well. Elton John (1973) This is one artist for whom mass gum card packs were not made but which I could have easily envisioned. Perhaps Topps or Donruss could have issued bubble gum packs on the heels of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", showcasing cards and wrappers with many of Elton's flamboyant stage costumes etc. Whichever artist (or pack of collectible cards) you enjoy, I offer best wishes and happy collecting! Just don't eat the gum...
Fascinating list! As a baseball card-collecting tween in the mid-80's, I of course knew about Fleer and Donruss starting baseball cards in 1981. I had no idea Donruss was in the card business before that.
Top 10 Snacking Titles Munchies For Your Love (Bootsy) TV Dinners (ZZ Top) Pass The Peas (J.B.s) Quiche Lorraine (B-52s) Shortnin' Bread (Fats Waller) Yes We Have No Bananas (Spike Jones?) Psychocandy (Jesus & Mary Chain) Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock) Sailing The Seas of Cheese (Primus) Strawberry Fields Forever (Beatles)
