EVERY Billboard #1 hit discussion thread 1958-Present

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by alphanguy, Jan 29, 2016.

  1. Manapua

    Manapua Forum Resident

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    Here's another song on the blue Bell label from "69 that I quite liked. I'm a sucker for songs that shout out names, places, etc.

     
  2. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    All, or most of all that was explained in the Real Gone 3-CD set "The Complete Soul City/Bell Singles 1966-1975". Get it fast before you can no longer find it for a reasonable price.
     
  3. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    And, one of their first hits was I'm Your Puppet by James & Bobby Purify.
     
  4. Mylene

    Mylene Senior Member

    Mala, Dyno Voice, Soul City and probably a few others morphed into Bell.
    They started Happy Days during the school holidays here. On the school bus on the first day back EVERYONE was talking about it.

    I remember Love American Style because one episode (Love and the pill) had to be shown after 10PM. The theme song was by The Cowsills.
     
  5. Manapua

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    And this one which I also liked from them. Wait, am I on the R&B thread?



    Yeah I know, it's a shameless copy of Puppet. Shades of It's The Same Old Song!
     
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  6. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    Soul City did not morph into Bell. That was Johnny Rivers' label, and he simply shopped the label around as he needed. The 5th Dimension was signed to Bell.

    Bell was sold to Clive Davis after he left CBS, and he then acquired the Bell roster and created Arista Records. Arista was merged with BMG in the 80s, and BMG merged with Sony. That's why Sony/BMG has the catalogs now.

    The Cowsills, Harry Nilsson, and Boyce and Hart were all over TV themes in those days.
     
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  7. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    No, but The Partridge Family sure sparked a lot of interest. Bubblegum lived for quite a while in the 70s.

    This the point in which the 70s start to get real interesting for both the pop, soul, and even the country charts.
     
  8. Mylene

    Mylene Senior Member



    I've got this single produced by Johnny Rivers from 1963.
     
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  9. Dougd

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    I too prefer the Five Stairsteps song. Much better than most J5 songs, imo.

    Ooh Child only hit No. 8?
    I assumed it hit within the Top 5, judging by all the airplay it received on oldies radio.
    A great song indeed.

    The one ahead of it, Ride Captain Ride, which peaked @ No. 4, is one of the year's great rockers.

    Other songs of interest are bolded.

    Note the debut of the great Chicago rocker (25 or 6 To 4) and the Supremes song, which I've never heard of.


    US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 25th July, 1970
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    TW LW TITLE –•– Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date)

    1 3 (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-6 (1 week at #1) (1)
    2 1 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-10 (1)
    3 4 BAND OF GOLD –•– Freda Payne (Invictus)-14 (3)
    4 2 THE LOVE YOU SAVE / I FOUND THAT GIRL –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-9 (1)
    5 10 MAKE IT WITH YOU –•– Bread (Elektra)-7 (5)
    6 5 BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What the World Is Today) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-10 (3)
    7 6 RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE –•– Blues Image (Atco)-12 (4)
    8 8 O-O-H CHILD / DEAR PRUDENCE –•– The Five Stairsteps (Buddah)-17 (8)
    9 18 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-5 (9)
    10 7 LAY DOWN (Candles In the Rain) –•– Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (Buddah)-14 (6)


    11 12 TIGHTER, TIGHTER –•– Alive and Kicking (Roulette)-8 (11
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    12 11 HITCHIN’ A RIDE –•– Vanity Fare (Page One)-19 (5)
    13 9 GIMME DAT DING –•– The Pipkins (Capitol)-10 (9)
    14 24 SPILL THE WINE –•– Eric Burdon and War (MGM)-10 (14)
    15 15 ARE YOU READY –•– Pacific Gas and Electric (Columbia)-9 (15)
    16 22 TEACH YOUR CHILDREN –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (Atlantic)-8 (16)
    17 13 THE WONDER OF YOU / MAMA LIKED THE ROSES –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-11 (9)
    18 26 OHIO –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (Atlantic)-5 (18)
    19 14 A SONG OF JOY –•– Miguel Rios (A&M)-7 (14)
    20 30 I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-6 (20)


    21 20 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD / FOR YOU BLUE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-10 (1)
    22 19 MY BABY LOVES LOVIN’ –•– White Plains (Deram)-15 (13)
    23 17 GET READY –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-20 (4)
    24 37 LAY A LITTLE LOVIN’ ON ME –•– Robin McNamara (Steed)-9 (24)

    25 44 WAR –•– Edwin Starr (Gordy)-3 (25)
    26 41 (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU –•– Ronnie Dyson (Columbia)-6 (26)
    27 27 SAVE THE COUNTRY –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-7 (27)
    28 29 SILVER BIRD –•– Mark Lindsay (Columbia)-7 (28)
    29 25 MISSISSIPPI QUEEN –•– Mountain (Windfall)-15 (21)
    30 31 WESTBOUND #9 –•– The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)-10 (30)


    31 16 LOVE LAND –•– Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Brothers)-16 (16)
    32 68 IN THE SUMMERTIME –•– Mungo Jerry (Janus)-3 (32)
    33 21 UNITED WE STAND –•– The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)-15 (13)
    34 28 CHECK OUT YOUR MIND –•– The Impressions (Curtom)-11 (28)
    35 32 MISSISSIPPI –•– John Phillips (Dunhill)-11 (32)
    36 36 GO BACK –•– Crabby Appleton (Elektra)-12 (36)
    37 38 STEAL AWAY –•– Johnnie Taylor (Stax)-8 (37)
    38 43 MAYBE –•– The Three Degrees (Roulette)-8 (38)
    39 59 TELL IT ALL BROTHER –•– Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (Reprise)-4 (39)
    40 42 TRYING TO MAKE A FOOL OF ME –•– The Delfonics (Philly Groove)-8 (40)

    THIS WEEK’S DROPS

    42 40 END OF OUR ROAD –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-7 (40)

    POWER PLAYS

    41 61 OVERTURE FROM TOMMY (A Rock Opera) –•– The Assembled Multitude (Atlantic)-5 (41)
    43 74 EVERYBODY’S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE –•– The Supremes (Motown)-2 (43)
    44 45 THE SLY, SLICK, AND THE WICKED –•– The Lost Generation (Brunswick)-8 (44)
    45 46 WHEN WE GET MARRIED –•– The Intruders (Gamble)-6 (45)
    46 47 MY MARIE –•– Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)-5 (46)
    47 69 SUMMERTIME BLUES –•– The Who (Decca)-3 (47)
    48 48 (How Bout a Little Hand For) THE BOYS IN THE BAND –•– The Boys In the Band (Spring)-8 (48)
    49 65 PAPER MACHE –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-3 (49)
    50 — 25 OR 6 TO 4 –•– Chicago (Columbia)-1 (50)

    NEW THIS WEEK


    50 — 25 OR 6 TO 4 –•– Chicago (Columbia)-1 (50)

    71 — AMERICA, COMMUNICATE WITH ME –•– Ray Stevens (Barnaby)-1 (71)
    74 — WIGWAM –•– Bob Dylan (Columbia)-1 (74)
    76 — GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS, BOYS WILL BE BOYS –•– The Isley Brothers (T-Neck)-1 (76)
    77 — GLORY GLORY –•– The Rascals with the Sweet Inspirations (Atlantic)-1 (77)
    84 — BLACK FOX –•– Freddy Robinson (World Pacific Jazz)-1 (84)
    87 — SOMETHING –•– Booker T. and the MG’s (Stax)-1 (87)
    88 — HUMMINGBIRD –•– B.B. King (ABC)-1 (88)
    90 — SING A SONG OF FREEDOM –•– Frijid Pink (Parrot)-1 (90)
    92 — IT’S YOUR LIFE –•– Andy Kim (Steed)-1 (92)
    97 — CANDIDA –•– Dawn (Bell)-1 (97)
    98 — MORNING MUCH BETTER –•– Ten Wheel Drive with Genya Ravan (Polydor)-1 (98)
    99 — IT’S A SHAME –•– The Spinners (V.I.P.)-1 (99)
    100 — BIG YELLOW TAXI –•– Joni Mitchell (Reprise)-1 (100)
     
  10. Dougd

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    Me too.
     
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  11. Dougd

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    In the U.S., Bobby Sherman was bigger in terms of Top 40 singles.
    David Soul only scored 1 Top 40 (he had a couple hit the Hot 100)

    Bobby had 7 hit the Top 40, 9 in the Hot 100.

    Interesting that David Soul was married to one of Bobby Sherman's ex's.
    He sounds like a hot-head.

    Soul's third wife was Patti Carnel Sherman (the ex-wife of fellow Here Come the Brides co-star and teen pop idol Bobby Sherman), whom he married in 1980. They had a child together, but the marriage disintegrated due to Soul's alcohol abuse and violent temper. Soul had been an alcohol abuser for several years, a problem that had affected both of his previous marriages. During his marriage to Sherman, Soul was arrested and jailed for assaulting her while she was seven months pregnant. After being released, he was ordered to attend a two-year "diversion" therapy program to deal with his alcohol abuse and manage his anger.[11][10][12] The couple divorced in 1986.[citation needed]
     
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  12. W.B.

    W.B. The Collector's Collector

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    And "Little Girl" by the Syndicate of Sound.
     
  13. alphanguy

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    Before we move on, this was one of David Cassidy's better solo efforts, a song that would be a MASSIVE hit for someone else not long after he released it. It never made much of an impact in the US... but reached #11 in the UK.
     
  14. Dougd

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    That wasn't an ad-lib.
    MJ copied the line from a great Four Tops song, Reach Out I'll Be There, from 1966.
     
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  15. Dougd

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    Interesting.
    The Five Stairsteps likely had the most Hot 100 hits with the fewest to hit the Top 40.
    Only one of their 18 Hot 100 hits made the Top 40, O-o-h Child, which peaked @ No. 8

    Below is their singles. Hot 100 position listed first, R&B chart next.

    1966 You Waited Too Long 94 16
    World of Fantasy 49 12
    Come Back 61 15
    1967 Danger! She's a Stranger 89 16
    Ain't Gonna Rest (Till I Get You) 87 37
    Oooh, Baby Baby 63 34
    1968 Something's Missing 88 17
    Don't Change Your Love 59 15
    Baby Make Me Feel So Good 101 12
    Stay Close to Me 91 -
    1969 We Must Be in Love 88 17
    1970 Because I Love You 83 -
    O-o-h Child 8 14
    Dear Prudence 66 49
    1971 Didn't It Look So Easy 81 32
    I Feel a Song in My Heart Again - -
    1972 I Love You - Stop 115 40
    1976 From Us to You 102 10
    1980 All Night Thang
    (as "The Invisible Man's Band") 45 9
     
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  16. John54

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    Not the greatest top 100. I can barely choose a top six:

    Beatles - The Long and Winding Road
    Kenny Rogers and the First Edition - Tell It All Brother
    The Assembled Multitude - Overture from Tommy
    Alive and Kicking - Tighter and Tighter
    Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Teach Your Children
    Miguel Rios - Song of Joy
     
  17. Mylene

    Mylene Senior Member

    I think the Captain and Tenille had put out I Write the Songs before the Cassidy version. It was definitely a hit waiting to happen.
     
  18. pickwick33

    pickwick33 Forum Resident

    The pre-Screen Gems version of Bell was doing just fine with the Box Tops, Syndicate of Sound, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, James & Bobby Purify, Merrilee Rush, the Toys, Norma Tanega, Crazy Elephant, Delfonics, and Lee Dorsey (among others). The one big difference, when Screen Gems came into the picture, is that they started to take a serious loss in R&B. 1960s Bell was a powerhouse for soul music, but after 1970 the pop/bubblegum side was emphasized more.
     
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  19. pickwick33

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    That was fine with me. All I needed was In Concert and Midnight Special, then I was off to bed!

    As for the Friday night prime-time lineup on ABC, I didn't watch those shows until they hit the rerun circuit around '76-'77. I hadn't even started first grade when Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Love American Style, Odd Couple (token older-person show, wildly out of place!) and Room 222 were in their heydays. Besides, Brady Bunch came on opposite Sanford & Son on NBC. Even though we had more than one TV, we were a Sanford family, so that's what I stuck with. Still, to me, one of the funniest series ever.
     
  20. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    We watched both. By 1974, the Friday ABC line up started to disintegrate and the ABC Tuesday and Thursday night lineups became hot. So, it was around this time that I started watching M*A*S*H, more of All In The Family, Sanford & Son, Good Times, and Chico & The Man, as well as Welcome Back Kotter and Barney Miller. Three's Company would come on the air in another two years.n And, I watched The Waltons, Emergency...let's just say that I watched way too much TV when I was growing up. Having endless reruns of The Brady Bunch, The Flying Nun, That Girl!, Carol Burnette, Dennis The Menace, Gilligan's Island, All In The Family, M*A*S*H, The Munsters, Bewitched, My Favorite Martian, I Love Lucy, and scores of other shows, and cartoons, didn't help, either. I never cared for The Jeffersons for some reason. It just wasn't funny enough for me.

    All In The Family was the absolute best. No other show show could make me literally roll on the floor in pain from laughing.

    Back in 1970, my favorite show was Julia, until they cancelled it. I don't remember what night it was on, but I would always get my spot in front of the TV in the living room and prepare to watch it.
     
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  21. Hell on Reels

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  22. AppleBonker

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    OK, I found a Partridge Family song that's actually pretty groovy. This one appeared in the pilot episode, and is the only song on which none of the actors appeared, including David Cassidy and Shirley Jones. I think it was just a studio band who recorded this, but I love the harmony and the psych light swing. The actors need to work on their fake playing, but otherwise, pretty good!



    PS - did Shirley get her hair cut short so she would look more like Mama Cowsill, or did she have her hair short already?
     
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  23. czeskleba

    czeskleba Senior Member

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    That really sounds like the Cowsills.

    A quick search tells me the performers are The Love Generation.
     
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  24. John B Good

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    I was too cool to like Partridge Family wholesomeness, but I do remember having a liking for Julie Do You Love Me. Perhaps because it seemed a throwback to early 60s teen pop.

    (I just listened briefly to a recent addition to my collection - Tony Orlando's early years. Great stuff!)
     
  25. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    The Captain & Tennille released it first on their debut album from 1975.

    Barry Manilow had the major hit with it in late 1975 and it also charted into 1976.

    When did David cassidy's version come out?
     

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