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Post by someguy on Jan 9, 2012 16:57:02 GMT -5
Country Songs Greatest Gainer/*** No. 1 *** "Let It Rain" David Nail Featuring Sarah Buxton Hot Shot Debut No. 55 "Let The Cowboy Rock" Ronnie Dunn Debut No. 59 "Cowboys And Angels" Dustin Lynch
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Post by mairy on Jan 9, 2012 17:02:22 GMT -5
So, Sarah is officially featured on the song? I didn't know that.
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Post by someguy on Jan 9, 2012 17:04:41 GMT -5
So, Sarah is officially featured on the song? I didn't know that. I was surprised to see that, too.
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Post by bigbluenote on Jan 9, 2012 21:41:37 GMT -5
So, Sarah is officially featured on the song? I didn't know that. I was surprised to see that, too. As was I. I'm thrilled that this song made #1. Definitely deserved it.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 9, 2012 21:48:01 GMT -5
YESSSSSSS!!!! Excuse me while I go and cry tears of joy. :'(
I am so so happy for David Nail. He deserved it so much -- what a flawless song and a flawless artist. I love his voice and his music to death, so I am incredibly happy that he's been so successful with this single. Now, he just needs to keep churning out the hits and get his album sales to pick up. ;)
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Post by McCreerian on Jan 9, 2012 21:50:51 GMT -5
I'm happy for him. It was a long climb. I always am happy to see a talented new artist get his/her first #1 single. I hope we see alot more of that in 2012 instead of certain songs/artists tying up the top position repeatedly for 3-4 weeks. Congrats David!
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 10, 2012 10:59:36 GMT -5
1. AFTER 49 WEEKS, DAVID NAILS #1: David Nail (and MCA) are definitely toasting each other with champagne (or something else) this week as Let It Rain becomes his first ever chart topping hit. It hits #1 in its 49th week, the longest trip to the top. It took Tracy Lawrence 41 weeks to get to #1 with Find Out Who Your Friends Are in 2007. For those needing two chart appearances, Chris Young took Voices to the top in 2011 in its 51st week after it originally peaked at #37 in 2008. Well worth the wait for Nail and MCA. 2. #11 SEEMS RIGHT: Over the past several years, it seems odd that Martina McBride can not get a top ten. She has had a couple of near misses with that section of the chart with #11 peakers. They are: 1. Ride-2008 2. Wrong Baby Wrong-2010 Now, she's at #11 this week with I'm Gonna Love You Through It. Will this be her 20th top ten? Stay tuned! 3. SHELTON'S ON A ROLL: For the second week, Blake Shelton has the fastest climbing song with Drink On It (#41 to #31). 4. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping songs in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: She's Everything-Brad Paisley-Arista 2002: Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning-Alan Jackson-Arista 1997: Nobody Knows-Kevin Sharp-Asylum 1992: Love, Me-Collin Raye-Epic 1987: Give Me Wings-Michael Johnson-RCA 5. A BLAST FROM THE PAST: Between his Capitol Era (1965-1976) and Epic Era (1981-1989) is Merle Haggard's MCA years (1976-1981). Despite charting 13 top tens for them, he managed ONLY one chart topper in I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink, our #1 hit 31 years ago this week. Haggard had 35 consecutive top tens for Capitol including 24 #1s which includes his biggest hit of all time, Okie From Muskogee (#1 for four weeks in 1969). He started his MCA years with the Ramblin' Fever album. His first single, If We're Not Back In Love By Monday peaked at #2. So did the title track backed with When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again (both in 1977). Then Elvis Presley died and Haggard decided to release a tribute album called My Farewell To Elvis. An original song from the album, From Graceland To The Promised Land peaked at #4 in 1977. Then Capitol decided to release two songs that were his last major hits for them: A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today (#16 in 1977) and Running Kind/Making Believe (#12 in 1978). Then in 1978, Haggard reeled in two consecutive #2 hits: I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall and It's Been A Great Afternoon (chart wise, his biggest #2 hit backed with Love Me When You Can). Wedding bells rang for Haggard when he married Leona Williams in 1978 (his third marriage). The newly married couple were presented with a top ten hit in The Bull And The Beaver (#8 in 1978). They divorced five years later. In 1979, Haggard took a six month sabbatical from the music business but kept his band on the payroll. 1979 had Haggard peaking at #4 twice: Red Bandana/I Must Have Done Something Bad and My Own Kind Of Hat/Heaven Was A Drink Of Wine. The 1970s ended for Haggard with a top 40 duet with Ernest Tubb: Walkin' The Floor Over You (#31) off of Tubb's Ernest Tubb: The Legend And The Legacy Volume One album. The 1980s started for Haggard on a #2 note: The Way I Am (as a matter of fact, five of Haggard's eight #2 hits came from MCA or 63% of his total output of #2s). Haggard FINALLY reeled in a #1 hit, but it came from the Bronco Billy soundtrack: Bar Room Buddies, a duet with the star of the movie, Clint Eastwood (Haggard's first #1 since 1976's Cherokee Maiden). Another hit from the soundtrack, Misery And Gin peaked at #3. That song was repeated on the next Haggard album, Back To The Barrooms. MCA wanted Haggard to write a 'fast song'. He obliged them and I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink was born. It was an unusual release for him as the song features two instrumental solos (the second taking up the last 50% of the four and a half minute song). It became the first (or second single release from the aforementioned Barrooms album, depending on your point of view). Released in October, 1980 it made its way to #1 the following January becoming the ONLY #1 for Haggard on the MCA label and the ONLY #1 produced by Jimmy Bowen for Haggard. Leonard followed, peaking at #9. It was a tribute song to Tommy Collins, a singer/songwriter whose real name is Leonard Sipes. Make-Up And Faded Blue Jeans also made a chart appearance (#55). Haggard ended his MCA tenure on a live note when Rainbow Stew hit #4, continuing his political commentary established by Okie From Muskogee and The Fightin' Side Of Me. I consider it one of the top five live tunes in country music history. Haggard signed to Epic Records where he landed 21 top tens, 12 of them hitting the top spot.
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Jan 16, 2012 18:44:09 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Drink In My Hand" Eric Church Greatest Gainer No. 23 "Drink On It" Blake Shelton Hot Shot Debut No. 37 "Banjo" Rascal Flatts Debut No. 58 "So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore" Alan Jackson
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 18, 2012 12:25:38 GMT -5
1. #1 DRINK: Eric Church lands his first #1 hit with Drink In My Hand. After ten singles in five years, it is time he celebrated with a 'drink in his hand'. He succeeds David Nail's Let It Rain at #1. This is the first time since 2008 when two artists had their first #1s back to back. Jimmy Wayne collected his first #1 with Do You Believe Me Now followed by Darius Rucker's first, Don't Think I Don't Think About It. 2. IN THE 50 CLUB: Speaking of Nail, his Let It Rain has been on the charts for 50 weeks, becoming the fifth single to spend at least that much time on the charts. The others: 1. 56 weeks-Love Like Crazy-Lee Brice-2010 2. 54 weeks-Bouquet Of Roses-Eddy Arnold-1948 3. 53 weeks-Voices-Chris Young-2011 4. 52 weeks-Fraulein-Bobby Helms-1957 5. 50 weeks-Let It Rain-David Nail-2012 3. MCBRIDE'S BACK: After an almost five year absence from the top ten, Martina McBride is back in the top ten this week with I'm Gonna Love You Through It at #10. This is her 20th top ten. Here is a list of those top tens: 1. My Baby Loves Me-1993-#2 2. Life #9-1994-#6 3. Safe In The Arms Of Love-1995-#4 4. Wild Angels-1996-#1 5. A Broken Wing-1998-#1 6. Valentine-with Jim Brickman-1998-#9 7. Happy Girl-1998-#2 8. Wrong Again-1999-#1 9. Whatever You Say-1999-#2 10. I Love You-1999-#1-chart wise, her biggest hit 11. Love's The Only House-2000-#3 12. There You Are-2000-#10 13. When God-Fearin' Women Get The Blues-2001-#8 14. Blessed-2002-#1 15. Where Would You Be-2002-#3 16. Concrete Angel-2003-#5 17. This One's For The Girls-2003-#3 18. In My Daughter's Eyes-2004-#4 19. Anyway-2007-#5 20. I'm Gonna Love You Through It-2012-#10 so far 4. A FINE START FOR BANJO: Since signing to Big Machine, Rascal Flatts has done well on the charts. They started with a #1 in Why Wait, then a #2 with I Won't Let Go, and a #3 duet with Natasha Bedingfield in Easy. Their fourth single, Banjo grabs the Hot Shot Debut at #37. 5. THREE WEEK FAST: For the third consecutive week, Blake Shelton has the fastest climbing song with Drink On It, up eight to #23. 6. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: Me And My Gang-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street 2002: O Brother, Where Art Thou-Soundtrack-Mercury 1997: Blue-LeAnn Rimes-Curb 1992: Ropin' The Wind-Garth Brooks-Capitol 1987: The Touch-Alabama-RCA 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: One of the finest pop to country conversions gave us plenty of memorable musical moments during the 1980s. As a matter of fact, he gave us 17 major hits between 1983-1990. His best known hit, Bop was our #1 song 26 years ago this week. The artist's name was Dan Seals. Seals first tasted music success as part of a duo called England Dan and John Ford Coley. They had five major hits on the pop and/or adult contemporary charts. They are: 1. I'd Really Love To See You Tonight-1976-#2 pop-chart wise, their biggest pop hit, #1 A.C. 2. Nights Are Forever Without You-1976-#10 pop, #6 A.C. 3. It's Sad To Belong-1977-#21 pop, #1 A.C. 4. We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again-1978-#9 pop, #1 A.C.-chart wise, their biggest A.C. hit 5. Love Is The Answer-1979-#10 pop, #1 A.C. In fact, Dan was competing on the charts with his brother Jim, who was part of a duo himself called Seals And Crofts. Their biggest pop hits all peaked at #6: Summer Breeze (1972), Diamond Girl (1973), and Get Closer (1976), plus a trio of #2 peaking A.C. songs: We may Never Pass This Way Again (1973), Get Closer (1976), and You're The Love (1978). Shortly after Love Is The Answer became a hit, England Dan parted ways with John Ford Coley and signed to Atlantic Records in 1980. He released two unsuccessful albums: Stones (1980) and Harbinger (1982). He then signed to Liberty Records in 1983. His sixth single release was the first to chart in country: Everybody's Dream Girl (#18 in 1983). Two more singles cracked the top 40: After You (#28 in 1983) and You Really Go For The Heart (#37 in 1984). 1984 was a turning point in Seals' career as the fourth Rebel Heart single became his first top ten: God Must Be A Cowboy (#10). The San Antone CD became his first release under the EMI America label and became the first to yield a trio of top ten hits: 1. You Bring Out The Wild Side Of Me-1984-#9 2. My Baby's Got Good Timing-1985-#2 3. My Old Yellow Car-1985-#9 Then Seals was presented with a Paul Davis composition called Meet Me In Montana. The song is about two people wanting to follow their dreams as a country star and a movie actress. They do not succeed, so they go back to Montana to their true loves-each other. The song was recorded with Marie Osmond. It was placed on his Won't Be Blue Anymore CD and her There's No Stopping Your Heart CD. It became Seals' first chart topper and Osmond's second (after Paper Roses in 1973). It was the perfect song for Osmond's comeback (where she landed four more major hits during the next year and a half). Bop was next, and it was released in October, 1985. It became Seals' first solo chart topping hit the following January. In the meantime, Bop was a crossover hit when it peaked at #42 pop and #10 A.C.. The Won't Be Blue Anymore CD hit #1 in March, 1986 becoming the ONLY Seals CD to do so. It became his first gold CD in country. Then, a song about a father and daughter going it alone became Seals' third #1 hit: Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold. It was Seals' first #1 as a songwriter. The 1986 C.M.A. Awards rolled around and Seals won two of them: Vocal Duo of the Year with Osmond and Single of the Year for Bop. In the process, Seals is the ONLY artist to have his first two #1 hits become C.M.A. Award winners. During this time, he was preparing a CD to be released called On The Front Line. A trio of chart toppers were produced (all in 1987): 1. You Still Move Me 2. I Will Be There 3. Three Time Loser After four years at Liberty/EMI America, it was time for a greatest hits CD. It was called The Best (his second gold CD) and became his first CD released under the Capitol label. A 'new' song was added called One Friend. It was on the San Antone album. It was rerecorded to make the song longer. It became Seals' seventh #1 hit in January, 1988. Later in 1988, a CD was released called Rage On. A trio of top tens were produced: 1. Addicted-1988-#1 2. Big Wheels In The Moonlight-1989-#1 3. They Rage On-1989-#5 While that CD was spinning off those hits, a major development took place. Capitol Records decided to sign Garth Brooks (they dropped Don Williams to make room). While They Rage On was on the charts, Brooks issued his debut, Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old. The 1990s started for Seals on a strong note. His first release, On Arrival yielded a pair of #1s (both in 1990): Love On Arrival-chart wise, his biggest hit and Good Times-first recorded by Sam Cooke in 1964. Two more singles were released (Bordertown and Water Under The Bridge) but they did not dent the top 40. After eight years at Capitol (and predecessor labels), Seals was dropped by them and signed to Warner Bros.. Two CDs were released (Walking The Wire and Fired Up). His biggest hit for them was Mason Dixon Line (#43 in 1992). He was dropped by Warner in 1994. He released acoustic versions of his pop and country songs on two CDs (In A Quiet Room in 1995 and In A Quiet Room II in 1998). Those were his last musical statements until he released Make It Home in 2002. He remained relatively inactive until 2008 when he was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma. He received radiation treatments thay year. However, cancer took Seals' life in March, 2009. He was 61. There was talk of a CD being completed with his brother Jim and it was supposed to be called Seals & Seals. I have not heard anything about it since. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 18, 1986: 1. BOP-DAN SEALS-EMI AMERICA 2. Never Be You-Rosanne Cash-Columbia 3. Home Again In My Heart-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-Warner Bros. 4. Just In Case-Forester Sisters-Warner Bros. 5. Memories To Burn-Gene Watson-Epic 6. Hurt-Juice Newton-RCA 7. Back To The Heartbreak Kid-Restless Heart-RCA 8. Morning Desire-Kenny Rogers-RCA 9. Makin' Up For Lost Time-Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris-Warner Bros. 10. Old School-John Conlee-MCA
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Post by rbundy1987 on Jan 23, 2012 19:29:43 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "I Don't Want This Night To End" Luke Bryan Greatest Gainer No. 4 "All Your Life" The Band Perry Hot Shot Debut No. 51 "No Hurry" Zac Brown Band
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 24, 2012 11:00:23 GMT -5
1. THIS NIGHT ENDS AT #1: Luke Bryan scores the third #1 hit in his career with I Don't Want This Night To End. This is also his third consecutive year topping the charts following Rain Is A Good Thing in 2010 and Someone Else Calling You Baby in 2011. 2. NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Dierks Bentley collects the 14th top ten in his career with Home at #10 this week. He is not the first artist to take a song called Home into the top ten. The others: 1. Jim Reeves-1959-#2 2. Loretta Lynn-1975-#10 3. Joe Diffie-1990-#1 4. Alan Jackson-1996-#3 3. WILL IT?: Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith is at #11 this week. If it goes up one more, it will be the 40th top ten of his career. 4. COWBOY FAST: Dustin Lynch has the fastest climbing song of the week with Cowboys And Angels (#55 to #42). 5. Z.B.B. HISTORY?: The Zac Brown Band has the Hot Shot Debut with No Hurry (#51). If it reaches the top, it will be their fifth #1 off their You Get What You Give CD following: 1. As She's Walking Away-with Alan Jackson-2010 2. Colder Weather-2011 3. Knee Deep-with Jimmy Buffett-2011 4. Keep Me In Mind-2011-chart wise, their biggest hit They would join Rodney Crowell (Diamonds & Dirt) and Brad Paisley (5th Gear-rereleased version) as the third act to have a quintet of chart toppers from one CD. 6. A 70S LOOK: These were the chart topping singles during the last week of January during the 1970s: 1970: A Week In A Country Jail-Tom T. Hall-Mercury 1971: Flesh And Blood-Johnny Cash-Columbia 1972: Carolyn-Merle Haggard-Capitol 1973: She Needs Someone To Hold Her When She Cries-Conway Twitty-Decca 1974: Jolene-Dolly Parton-RCA 1975: City Lights-Mickey Gilley-Playboy 1976: This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me-Conway Twitty-MCA 1977: Let My Love Be Your Pillow-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 1978: Out Of My Head And Back In My Bed-Loretta Lynn-MCA 1979: Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For-Crystal Gayle-United Artists 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Conway Twitty ended his association with Warner Bros. 25 years ago this week when his final hit for them, Fallin' For You For Years hit #2. Twitty decided in 1981 to sign with the Elektra label after 16 years with Decca/MCA Records. Between 1965-1981, Twitty had: 54 major hits, 52 top tens, and 32 #1s. During this time he scored his biggest hit of all time with Hello Darlin' (4 weeks at #1 in 1970). He then had a string of memorable duets with Loretta Lynn between 1971-1981 (their biggest being After The Fire Is Gone in 1971). Between 1979-1981, Twitty made three major decisions affecting his career: 1. He decided he wanted to produce his records. Owen Bradley produced all of his hits between 1965-1979. The first Twitty-produced hit was Don't Take It Away (#1 in 1979). 2. He decided to change his hairstyle from the 1950s look he had during his pop era (1957-1964) to his world famous perm he had during the last 14 years of his life (1979-1993). 3. After 16 years with Decca/MCA, Twitty reasoned he was not getting the recognition he deserved (he was right about that one as the C.M.A. awarded him only for his duets with Lynn between 1972-1975). So he signed with Elektra and the first two albums with them gave Twitty a quartet of top two hits. They were: 1. Southern Comfort-1982-The Clown (#1) and Slow Hand (#1 and his biggest hit with them) 2. Dream Maker-1982-We Did But Now You Don't (#2) and The Rose (#1) Then Elektra became Warner Bros. and Twitty released two more successful CDs. They were: 1. Lost In The Feeling-1983-Lost In The Feeling (#2), Heartache Tonight (#6), and Three Times A Lady (#7) 2. By Heart-1984-Somebody's Needin' Somebody (#1) and I Don't Know A Thing About Love (#1) In December, 1984 Billboard named Twitty the #1 country singles artist of the year. It was time for a greatest hits CD (Conway's Latest Greatest Hits Volume 1) and a new recording from the CD became his 38th #1 hit in 1985: Ain't She Somethin' Else. Then he released his Don't Call Him A Cowboy CD in 1985 and the title track topped the charts. Between Blue Eyes And Jeans hit #3. He could have had two more hits off the CD, but Somebody Lied became Ricky Van Shelton's first chart topper in 1987. The tune was written by Twitty's nephew, Larry Jenkins. Daryle Singletary took The Note to #28 in 1998. Twitty saw a downturn in his chart fortunes between late 1985 to early 1986 when the Chasin' Rainbows CD produced two top 40 hits. They were: 1. The Legend And The Man-1985-#19 2. You'll Never Know How Much I Needed You Today-1986-#26 Then his last successful CD for Warner Bros. was released. It was called Fallin' For You For Years. The first single, Desperado Love became his 40th and final #1 hit (during his 53rd birthday). The title track was next and it was released in October, 1986. It made its way to #2, blocked by the Judds' Cry Myself To Sleep (somewhat appropriate because it is Naomi Judd pictured on the Lost In The Feeling CD). While Twitty was on the charts with Desperado Love, he returned home to MCA Records where he remained during the last seven years of his life. Those hits were: 1. Julia-1987-#2 2. I Want To Know You Before We Make Love-1987-#2 3. That's My Job-1988-#6 4. Goodbye Time-1988-#7 5. Saturday Night Special-1988-#9 6. I Wish I Was Still In Your Dreams-1989-#4 7. She's Got A Single Thing In Mind-1989-#2 8. Crazy In Love-1990-#2 9. I Couldn't See You Leavin'-1991-#3 Twitty died in 1993 at the age of 59. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 24, 1987: 1. Cry Myself To Sleep-the Judds-RCA 2. FALLIN' FOR YOU FOR YEARS-CONWAY TWITTY-WARNER BROS. 3. You Still Move Me-Dan Seals-EMI America 4. Half Past Forever Till I'm Blue In The Heart-T.G. Sheppard-Columbia 5. Leave Me Lonely-Gary Morris-Warner Bros. 6. The Carpenter-John Conlee-Columbia 7. I'll Come Back As Another Woman-Tanya Tucker-Capitol 8. How Do I Turn You On-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 9. Gotta Have You-Eddie Rabbitt-RCA 10. Straight To The Heart-Crystal Gayle-Warner Bros.
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Jan 30, 2012 18:16:58 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "You" Chris Young Greatest Gainer No. 24 "Banjo" Rascal Flatts Hot Shot Debut No. 53 "We Got Us" Canaan Smith Debut No. 57 "Don't Miss Your Life" Phil Vassar Debut No. 58 "Touch" Josh Abbott Band Debut No. 60 "Glass" Thompson Square
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 31, 2012 10:53:16 GMT -5
1. YOU IS #1 OR YOU ARE #1: Either way, Chris Young collects his fifth consecutive #1 hit in You (not Me). In the meantime, he becomes the 119th artist in history to have that many chart toppers. They are: 1. Gettin' You Home The Black Dress Song-2009 2. The Man I Want To Be-2010-chart wise, his biggest hit 3. Voices-2011 4. Tomorrow-2011 5. You-2012 He becomes the first Nashville Star contestant (and winner) with five chart toppers. Miranda Lambert has two. 2. HIS 40TH: Admit it, you like Red Solo Cup. So does country radio as it gives Toby Keith his 40th top ten with that song at #10. Since his hit list is too long, we will list his every tenth top ten: 10th: Me Too-1997-#1 20th: Courtesy Of The Red, White, & Blue The Angry American-2002-#1 30th: Get Drunk And Be Somebody-2006-#3 40th: Red Solo Cup-2012-#10 so far 3. NO HURRY IS FAST: The Zac Brown Band has the fastest climbing song of the week as No Hurry scoots fifteen to #36. 4. HIS SECOND: Scotty McCreery, last year's American Idol winner scores his second top 20 hit in The Trouble With Girls (at #20). His first, I Love You This Big peaked at #15 last year. 5. A 70S LOOK PART II: These were the top selling albums during the first week of February during the 1970s: 1970: The Best Of Charley Pride-Charley Pride-RCA 1971: For The Good Times-Ray Price-Columbia 1972: Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs-Charley Pride-RCA 1973: It's Not Love But It's Not Bad-Merle Haggard-Capitol 1974: Behind Closed Doors-Charlie Rich-Epic 1975: Heart Like A Wheel-Linda Ronstadt-Capitol 1976: Black Bear Road-C.W. McCall-MGM 1977: Waylon Live-Waylon Jennings-RCA 1978: Here You Come Again-Dolly Parton-RCA 1979: The Gambler-Kenny Rogers-United Artists 6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: It hasn't happened since. What hasn't happened since? Well, give me a minute and I will tell you! Exactly 48 years ago this week, Buck Owens was spending his last week at #1 with Love's Gonna Live Here (chart wise, his biggest hit). What is so special about that? It was the final time in country music history that a single spent double digit weeks at #1 (in Owens' case, it was his 16th week at #1). Between 1944-1963, it was very common for chart topping hits to spend at least ten weeks at #1. I will list the biggest hit from each year using my usual criteria of weeks at #1 followed by weeks in the top 40. In some cases, the songs might have wrapped up their chart topping run the following year and may have been the biggest hit of that year as well. Ready? 1944: So Long Pal-Al Dexter-13-30 1945: You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often-Tex Ritter-11-20-chart wise, his biggest hit 1946: Guitar Polka-Al Dexter-16-29-chart wise, his biggest hit 1947: I'll Hold You In My Heart Till I Can Hold You In My Arms-Eddy Arnold-21-46-chart wise, his biggest hit 1948: Bouquet Of Roses-Eddy Arnold-19-54 1949: Slipping Around-Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely-17-28-chart wise, their biggest hit 1950: I'm Moving On-Hank Snow-21-44-chart wise, his biggest hit and the #1 country hit of all time 1951: Slow Poke-Pee Wee King-15-31-chart wise, his biggest hit 1952: The Wild Side Of Life-Hank Thompson-15-30-chart wise, his biggest hit 1953: Kaw-Liga-Hank Williams-13-19 1954: I Don't Hurt Anymore-Hank Snow-20-41 1955: In The Jailhouse Now-Webb Pierce-21-37-chart wise, his biggest hit 1956: Crazy Arms-Ray Price-20-45-chart wise, his biggest hit 1957: Gone-Ferlin Husky-10-27 1958: City Lights-Ray Price-13-34 1959: The Battle Of New Orleans-Johnny Horton-10-21-chart wise, his biggest hit 1960: Please Help Me, I'm Falling-Hank Locklin-14-36-chart wise, his biggest hit 1961: Walk On By-Leroy Van Dyke-19-37-chart wise, his biggest hit 1962: Don't Let Me Cross Over-Carl Butler and Pearl-11-24-chart wise, their biggest hit 1963: Love's Gonna Live Here-Buck Owens-16-30-chart wise, his biggest hit As far as Love's Gonna Live Here is concerned, the song was released in August, 1963. It first hit #1 on the 10-19-63 chart and spent its final week at #1 on the 02-01-64 chart. Owens had plenty of chart toppers since, but none that spent double digit stays at the top. The closest someone came to spending ten weeks at #1 was David Houston with his biggest hit of all time, Almost Persuaded (nine weeks at #1 in 1966). This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1964: 1. LOVE'S GONNA LIVE HERE-BUCK OWENS-CAPITOL 2. Begging To You-Marty Robbins-Columbia 3. B.J. The D.J.-Stonewall Jackson-Columbia 4. Before I'm Over You-Loretta Lynn-Decca 5. Ninety Miles An Hour Down A Dead End Street-Hank Snow-RCA 6. Mountain Of Love-David Houston-Epic 7. The Matador-Johnny Cash-Columbia 8. Saginaw, Michigan-Lefty Frizzell-Columbia 9. Too Late To Try Again-Carl Butler and Pearl-Columbia 10. Peel Me A Nanner-Roy Drusky-Mercury
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Feb 6, 2012 18:07:15 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "All Your Life" The Band Perry Greatest Gainer No. 19 "Banjo" Rascal Flatts Hot Shot Debut No. 52 "Springsteen" Eric Church Debut No. 58 "Something To Do With My Hands" Thomas Rhett
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 7, 2012 11:08:50 GMT -5
1. #1 LIFE: The Band Perry is celebrating their second #1 hit in All Your Life. Their first, If I Die Young was a chart topping hit in late 2010. All Your Life could have been their third #1, but You Lie peaked at #2 in 2011. The last all-sibling group to score multiple #1s from one CD is the Forester Sisters. They scored three from their self-titled debut: I Fell In Love Again last Night (1985), Just In Case (1986), and Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes (1986). 2. 32-85: George Strait has done it again. He scores his 85th top ten in Love's Gonna Make It All Right at #10 this week. This is also his 32nd consecutive year of scoring a top ten since Unwound in 1981 (#6). 3. THE STREAK IS OVER: Brad Paisley's top two streak is over. Camouflage will go down as a #15 hit (#17 this week). Let us review his streak: 1. When I Get Where I'm Going-with Dolly Parton-2006-#1 2. The World-2006-#1 3. She's Everything-2007-#1 4. Ticks-2007-#1 5. Online-2007-#1 6. Letter To Me-2008-#1-chart wise, his biggest hit 7. I'm Still A Guy-2008-#1 8. Waitin' On A Woman-2008-#1 9. Start A Band-with Keith Urban-2009-#1 10. Then-2009-#1 11. Welcome To The Future-2009-#2 12. American Saturday Night-2010-#2 13. Water-2010-#1 14. Anything Like Me-2010-#1 15. This Is Country Music-2011-#2 16. Old Alabama-with Alabama-2011-#1 17. Remind Me-with Carrie Underwood-2011-#1 4. ALDEAN'S FLYING: Jason Aldean has the fastest climbing song of the week as Fly Over States moves twelve to #33. 5. THE BOSS IS HERE: Eric Church has the Hot Shot Debut with Springsteen (at #52). Bruce Springsteen has been name checked in the Montgomery Gentry hit Hell Yeah (#4 in 2003). 6. GOING OUT ON A HIGH NOTE: Tim McGraw's final Curb CD, Emotional Traffic is his 13th #1 country CD after selling 68,000 copies last week. It joins: 1. Not A Moment Too Soon-1994 2. All I Want-1995 3. Everywhere-1997 4. A Place In The Sun-1999 5. Greatest Hits-2000 6. Set This Circus Down-2001 7. Live Like You Were Dying-2004 8. Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2-2006 9. Let It Go-2007 10. Greatest Hits: Limited Edition-2008 11. Greatest Hits 3-2008 12. Southern Voice-2009 13. Emotional Traffic-2012 7. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: Watching You-Rodney Atkins-Curb 2002: Good Morning Beautiful-Steve Holy-Curb 1997: It's A Little Too Late-Mark Chesnutt-Decca 1992: A Jukebox With A Country Song-Epic 1987: Leave Me Lonely-Gary Morris-Warner Bros. 8. BROOKS' 50: Garth Brooks turns the half century mark this week. In honor of his 50th birthday, we will rank his 50 biggest hits. For songs peaking at #1 or #2, weeks in those positions are first, followed by weeks in the top 40. For all other songs, their stay in the top 40 will determine their ranking. Ready? 1. Friends In Low Places-1990-4-19 2. What She's Doing Now-1992-4-19 3. Longneck Bottle-1997-3-20 4. The Dance-1990-3-18 5. Shameless-1991-2-20 6. Unanswered Prayers-1991-2-19 7. Ain't Going Down Til The Sun Comes Up-1993-2-17 8. The Thunder Rolls-1991-2-16 9. If Tomorrow Never Comes-1989-1-23 10. More Than A Memory-2007-1-20 11. Two Of A Kind, Workin' On A Full House-1991-1-19 12. To Make You Feel My Love-1998-1-18 13. That Summer-1993-1-16 14. She's Every Woman-1995-1-16 15. Two Pina Coladas-1998-1-15 16. The Beaches Of Cheyenne-1996-1-15 17. The River-1992-1-14 18. American Honky-Tonk Bar Association-1993-1-14 19. Somewhere Other Than The Night-1993-1-14 20. In Another's Eyes-with Trisha Yearwood-1997-2-19 (#2) 21. She's Gonna Make It-1998-1-18 (#2) 22. Not Counting You-1990-1-17 (#2) 23. Learning To Live Again-1993-1-14 (#2) 24. Callin' Baton Rouge-1994-1-13 (#2) 25. Good Ride Cowboy-2005 (#3) 26. You Move Me-1998 (#3) 27. Standing Outside The Fire-1994 (#3) 28. Papa Loved Mama-1992 (#3) 29. Rodeo-1991 (#3) 30. That Ol' Wind-1996 (#4) 31. Wrapped Up In You-2002 (#5) 32. It's Midnight Cinderella-1996 (#5) 33. Wild Horses-2001 (#7) 34. One Night A Day-1994 (#7) 35. Watcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy-with Chris LeDoux-1992 (#7) 36. Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old-1989 (#8) 37. It's Your Song-1998 (#9) 38. We Shall Be Free-1992 (#12) 39. Do What You Gotta Do-2000 (#13) 40. Squeeze Me In-with Trisha Yearwood-2002 (#16) 41. Thicker Than Blood-2002 (#18) 42. Where Your Road Leads-with Trisha Yearwood-1998 (#18) 43. Workin' For A Livin'-with Huey Lewis-2008 (#19) 44. The Change-1996 (#19) 45. When You Come Back To Me Again-2000 (#21) 46. Katie Wants A Fast One-with Steve Wariner-2000 (#22) 47. Love Will Always Win-with Trisha Yearwood-2006 (#23) 48. The Fever-1995 (#23) 49. Beer Run-with George Jones-2001 (#24) 50. Why Ain't I Running-2003 (#24) 9. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Either Garth Brooks should have been born a week later or What She's Doing Now should have been #1 a week sooner. Either way, Brooks was on the charts with his second biggest hit during his 30th birthday. This is what the chart looked like back then: BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 8, 1992: 1. A Jukebox With A Country Song-Doug Stone-Epic 2. The Whiskey Ain't Workin'-Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart-Warner Bros. 3. Better Class Of Losers-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 4. WHAT SHE'S DOING NOW-GARTH BROOKS-CAPITOL 5. The Dirt Road-Sawyer Brown-Capitol 6. Sticks And Stones-Tracy Lawrence-Atlantic 7. Maybe It Was Memphis-Pam Tillis-Arista 8. Turn That Radio On-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 9. Love, Me-Collin Raye-Epic 10. Mama Don't Forget To Pray For Me-Diamond Rio-Arista Video: video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1671058702967121617#
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 11, 2012 12:56:41 GMT -5
Taste of Country just revealed their top ten Garth Brooks songs. I will list them for you with my ranking in parentheses. The big difference? Their's is based on personal preference while mine is based on Billboard Country chart performance. Ready?
1. The Dance (#4) 2. Friends In Low Places (#1) 3. If Tomorrow Never Comes (#9) 4. Unanswered Prayers (#6) 5. The Thunder Rolls (#8) 6. Standing Outside The Fire (#27) 7. More Than A Memory (#10) 8. The River (#17) 9. We Shall Be Free (#38) 10. Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old (#36)
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Feb 11, 2012 14:21:06 GMT -5
Pretty standard picks. My favorite is That Ol' Wind — barely remember hearing that one on radio at all, but it's beautiful.
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 12, 2012 16:09:04 GMT -5
7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Chart-wise, the biggest hit of Dolly Parton's career is Here You Come Again. That song spent the last five weeks of 1977 at #1 on the country chart. It claimed a #2 placing on the adult contemporary list and peaked at #3 on the pop chart. Sure, she has two triple #1s on all three charts: 9 To 5 in 1981 and Islands In The Stream with Kenny Rogers in 1983. However, I think we can all agree that her best known song is I Will Always Love You. It became a hit FOUR times. The second go round was our chart topping single 29 years ago this week. Let us go back to 1960 when Porter Wagoner launched his television show called The Porter Wagoner Show (how original!). He hired a very talented woman by the name of Norma Jean. She was in his touring group and started to make appearances on the TV show. She had a somewhat successful recording career, collecting a very lucky thirteen top 40 hits with five of them being major hits. They are: 1. Let's Go All The Way-1964-#11 2. Go Cat Go-1964-#8 3. I Wouldn't But A Used Car From Him-1965-#8 4. The Game Of Triangles-with Liz Anderson and Bobby Bare-1966-#5 5. Heaven Help The Working Girl-1968-#18 She was with Wagoner until 1967 when she decided to move back to her native Oklahoma to get married. It was the same year Parton had her first major hit in Something Fishy (#17). It caught the attention of Wagoner who hired her for his show. During Parton's first year on the show she heard the audience saying, 'We want Norma Jean!'. It was also in 1967 that Parton switched from the Monument label to RCA Records (Wagoner's and Jean's label as well). Wagoner told RCA that he would absorb ANY losses that RCA occurred if Parton was a bust (I do not think that happened). To make sure Parton would be accepted, her first RCA album was a duets album with Wagoner. Her first six top tens were duets with him. They were: 1. The Last Thing On My Mind-1968-#7 2. Holding On To Nothin'-1968-#7 3. We'll Get Ahead Someday-1968-#5 4. Yours Love-1969-#9 5. Just Someone I Used To Know-1969-#5 6. Tomorrow Is Forever-1970-#9 Parton finally landed her first solo top ten in 1970 with Mule Skinner Blues Blue Yodel No. 8 (#3) and her first #1 in 1971 with Joshua. During this time they won a trio of C.M.A. Awards: 1968 Vocal Group of the Year and the 1970 and 1971 Vocal Duo of the Year. It should be noted that Wagoner not only produced their duets, but Parton's solo work as well (even though Bob Ferguson received official credit). Whether you like the Wagoner produced hits of the late 1960s and early 1970s, you have to admit Parton's vocals were polished and pure. He was very organized in the studio as well. Between 1971-1973, Parton racked up six major hits with Wagoner and six major solo hits. Her most successful duet with Wagoner during this time was If Teardrops Were Pennies (#3 in 1973) and after Joshua, her most successful solo hit was her persoanl favorite, Coat Of Many Colors (#4 in 1971). 1973 was a watershed year for Parton. For the first time, she contemplated leaving Wagoner for greener pastures. Their relationship was strained because of the vision they each had for Parton's career. She wanted to be a crossover artist, but Wagoner would have nothing to do with it. Second, she was preparing her next album called Jolene. The first single was the title track and it became her second country chart topper in 1974. It gave her a debut showing on the pop chart where it peaked at #60 (she always wanted pop action with one of her songs and finally got it). Her next single told everyone how she felt about Wagoner and her feelings at the time. It was a goodbye song that did NOT take a pitiful view of the situation. It was I Will Always Love You. The song was released in April (when she left his show) and hit #1 in June. With the success of Jolene and I Will Always Love You, Parton became a bigger star than Wagoner. Parton finished off 1974 with two more #1s: Please Don't Stop Loving Me (with Wagoner-their ONLY #1 together) and Love Is Like A Butterfly. Then Parton had her much coveted crossover era (1977-1985) with the aforementioned Here You Come Again and 9 To 5. 9 To 5 was her first strarring role in a movie and she enjoyed it so much that she wanted to do another one. This time it was The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas in 1982. It also starred Burt Reynolds. She wrote new songs for the film, but needed another when Miss Mona splits with the sheriff. She decided to rerecord I Will Always Love You. That song was released in July and reached #1 in October making Parton the first artist to take the same song to #1 twice (in different versions, of course). The second recording of the song peaked at #53 pop and #17 A.C.. The record was a double-sided hit when Do I Ever Cross Your Mind was the b-side (I contend to this day that both songs would have been #1 if released separately). Then the song laid dormant for a decade. One of the hottest female music superstars of the early 1990s decided to try her hand at acting just like Parton did in 1980. Her name is Whitney Houston and the movie was The Bodyguard (also starring Kevin Costner). They needed a closing number for the film. The first song selected was What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted (a #7 pop hit for Jimmy Ruffin in 1966). However, Paul Young recorded his version that was a #22 pop hit in early 1992 for the Fried Green Tomatoes movie. So the producers had to start all over again. They had two conditions: one, the song had to be a Motown classic or pop oldies and two, the song could NOT be country. So, they were presented a tape of mostly Motown songs and a song that was on a Linda Ronstadt album called Prisoner In Disguise: I Will Always Love You. The song's producer, David Foster was not familiar with the song. He produced a demo for Houston, who fell in love with it. She recorded the song just five times with most of the fourth take being used for the film. Then Costner wanted an a cappella opening for the song. Foster refused at first but saw Houston sing the song the way Costner wanted and Foster was hooked (so was Clive Davis, the head of Arista Records). It ended up being the first single off the soundtrack and became Houston's biggest hit EVER. It spent 14 weeks at #1 on the pop chart (a record later broken by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men with One Sweet Day-16 chart topping weeks), #1 on the r&b chart for 11 weeks, and it topped the A.C. list for five weeks. The song won Houston and Parton a slew of awards between 1993-1994. The last figure I have for the royalties Parton collected for the song is in the neighborhood of $7 million dollars (could be more and if it is, please let me know). After the Houston version ran its course, Parton decided to let everyone know where the song came from by recording it for the third time in 1995. This time, she chose a duet partner in Vince Gill (himself hot on the charts at the time). It was placed on her Something Special CD and his Souvenirs CD. With interest in the song still strong (thanks to Houston), it made a third appearance on the country chart. The duet peaked at #15 because Gill was on the chart with his solo hit, Go Rest High On That Mountain (#14). BOTH songs won C.M.A. Awards: I Will for Vocal Event of the Year and Go Rest for Song of the Year. This is what the chart looked like back then: BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16, 1982: 1. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU/DO I EVER CROSS YOUR MIND-DOLLY PARTON-RCA 2. He Got You-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 3. Let It Be Me-Willie Nelson-Columbia 4. Close Enough To Perfect-Alabama-RCA 5. Mistakes-Don Williams-MCA 6. You're So Good When You're Bad-Charley Pride-RCA 7. She's Lying-Lee Greenwood-MCA 8. Break It To Me Gently-Juice Newton-Capitol 9. Yesterday's Wine-Merle Haggard and George Jones-Epic 10. I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head And Left My Heart Alone-Oak Ridge Boys-MCA Videos for I Will Always Love You: 1974 version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS-F4rfU4ns1982 version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy_7-ACO6Ac1995 version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XafBLDVtF7Y&feature=related I am repeating this for the obvious of reasons. To look at it from Whitney Houston's version, here is the top ten chart where she lead with I Will Always Love You: BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 28, 1992: 1. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU-WHITNEY HOUSTON-ARISTA 2. How Do You Talk To An Angel-the Heights-Capitol 3. If I Ever Fall In Love-Shai-Gasoline Alley 4. Rump Shaker-Wreckx-n-Effect-MCA 5. I'd Die Without You-P.M. Dawn-Gee Street 6. End Of The Road-Boyz II Men-Motown 7. Rhythm Is A Dancer-Snap-Arista 8. Real Love-Mary J. Blige-Uptown 9. What About Your Friends-TLC-LaFace 10. Good Enough-Bobby Brown-MCA
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Post by Marv on Feb 12, 2012 18:55:09 GMT -5
Country also became the most listened radio format in the country in 1992, stayed on top until it was replaced by the News-Talk format thanks to the Presidential race in the spring of 2008, and returned to the top in 2011.
One more note regarding Garth Brooks was the fact that he ranked eight among country artists and finished in ninth place overall among the most played artists of the decade (2000-09) on North American radio according to Mediabase.
The top ten consisted of Tim McGraw (7,800,000 spins), Toby Keith, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Nickelback, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Brooks & Dunn, Garth Brooks & Green Day.
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Feb 13, 2012 16:59:22 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "All Your Life" The Band Perry Greatest Gainer No. 24 "No Hurry" Zac Brown Band Hot Shot Debut No. 55 "Hot Mess" Tyler Farr Debut No. 57 "Drunk On You" Luke Bryan Debut No. 59 "Mr. Know It All" Kelly Clarkson Debut No. 60 "Goodbyes Made You Mine" JT Hodges
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 14, 2012 10:47:48 GMT -5
1. A PERRY #1: The Band Perry claims a second week at #1 with All Your Life. This is their first multi week #1 as their first, If I Die Young ruled for seven days in 2010. 2. AN OWEN FIRST: Jake Owen, for the first time in his career claims consecutive top tens. Alone With You is at #9 this week. His previous single, Barefoot Blue Jean Night became his first chart topper last year. 3. SPRINGSTEEN FAST: Eric Church has the fastest climbing song of the week as Springsteen flies up nine to #43. 4. CLARKSON'S BACK: Kelly Clarkson was on the chart a year ago of what soon became her first #1 country hit, Don't You Wanna Stay with Jason Aldean. She now returns this week at #59 with a country version of Mr. Know It All. It peaked at #10 on the Hot 100. It is from her current CD called Stronger. The title track just became her third Hot 100 chart topper. 5. ONE WORD TITLES: Time to review those short titles on the country chart: You-Chris Young-#3 Reality-Kenny Chesney-#4 Home-Dierks Bentley-#6 Ours-Taylor Swift-#11 Banjo-Rascal Flatts-#15 Camouflage-Brad Paisley-#17 Springsteen-Eric Church-#43 Underdong-Lost Trailers-#44 Glass-Thompson Square-#47 Scream-Katie Armiger-#53 Touch-Josh Abbott Band-#54 6. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: Totally Country Vol. 6-Sony/BMG 2002: Drive-Alan Jackson-Arista 1997: Blue-LeAnn Rimes-Curb 1992: Ropin' The Wind-Garth Brooks-Capitol 1987: Ocean Front Property-George Strait-MCA-25 years ago this week, this CD became the first to debut at #1 on the chart 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: What's in a name? Well, if you are Billboard, you change the name of your country chart 22 years ago this week to Hot Country Singles And Tracks. In 1962, Billboard changed the name of their country chart from Hot C&W Sides to Hot Country Singles. The first #1 hit of the 'new' chart was Mama Sang A Song by Bill Anderson. The chart had 30 positions until January, 1964 when it expanded to 50 positons. The first #1 belonged to Buck Owens with Love's Gonna Live Here. Another 25 positions were added in October, 1966. Jim Reeves had the distinction of the first #1 of that chart with Blue Side Of Lonesome. Finally, the country chart matched the size of the Hot 100 in 1973. Love Is The Foundation by Loretta Lynn became the first #1 of the newly expanded chart. A little over 27 years of making the chart bigger, Billboard decided to downsize it. It went back to 75 positions. That happened in January, 1990. Nobody's Home by Clint Black was the first #1 single of the smaller chart. Four weeks later, the chart changed names to Hot Country Singles And Tracks. Billboard reasoned that ANY song can chart whether it was a single or not. Eddie Rabbitt's On Second Thought was the first to top the newly named chart. But that is not the end of the story. The country chart contracted to 60 positions in January, 2001. Tim McGraw led the survey with My Next Thirty Years. It stayed that way until April, 2005 when Billboard made its latest name change to Hot Country Songs. Anything But Mine by Kenny Chesney was the first #1 single. It has stayed that way for nearly seven years. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 17, 1990: 1. On Second Thought-Eddie Rabbitt-Capitol 2. No Matter How High-Oak Ridge Boys-MCA 3. Southern Star-Alabama-RCA 4. Statue Of A Fool-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 5. Nobody's Home-Clint Black-RCA 6. Start All Over Again-Desert Rose Band-MCA 7. Chains-Patty Loveless-MCA 8. Overnight Success-George Strait-MCA 9. I Can't Turn The Tide-Baillie and the Boys-RCA 10. Where've You Been-Kathy Mattea-Mercury
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Post by carriekins on Feb 14, 2012 10:57:31 GMT -5
Ocean Front Property was the first country "album" I owned, although I owned it in cassette tape format. :) I was 8. George was my first love.
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Feb 20, 2012 17:25:48 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "You Gonna Fly" Keith Urban Greatest Gainer No. 22 "Fly Over States" Jason Aldean Hot Shot Debut No. 58 "Between Sundays" DJ Miller Debut No. 59 "Lovin' You Is Fun" Easton Corbin Debut No. 60 "The Star Spangled Banner" The Band Perry
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Feb 20, 2012 20:55:37 GMT -5
Interesting. Where did the Star Spangled Banner rendition come from?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2012 21:00:02 GMT -5
^It's been out for a LONG time now. It's just that no one wanted to chart this week. Last week, TBP had only 190k with that song (it was bulleted, listed under New & Active). I doubt they improved upon that total much (if at all) this week...in fact they may have dropped some audience and still charted for all we know. This is just one of those weeks where the audience required to chart was incredibly low...a few weeks ago, Canaan Smith had over 500k and wasn't in the top 60 yet. Now, we might have a song or even a few songs below 200k, possibly close to 150k even. It was a week where some songs that underperformed or had bad timing all gave up simultaneously, yet the next batch of songs (Easton, Carrie, David Nail, Hunter Hayes, James Wesley, Justin Moore, Eden's Edge, etc) isn't quite ready to start getting airplay yet.
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Post by someguy on Feb 20, 2012 21:34:07 GMT -5
Surprising to see The Band Perry debut. Is it standard practice for American stations to play versions of their national anthem at random times, or is this due to a certain event?
I only ask because I'd be shocked to ever hear a version of "O Canada" getting played on the radio, except for maybe on Canada Day. Even then, it'd be a little surprising.
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Post by carriekins on Feb 20, 2012 21:44:30 GMT -5
There are some stations that will play the National Anthem every day at Noon.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2012 20:59:45 GMT -5
Yep, The Band Perry debuts at #60 with only 196k in audience and only 15 total spins, which is actually down 2 spins from last week. Not too many songs clamoring for top 60 spots this week, so this one snuck in. There's probably a couple big market stations that play it at a certain time of day. It'll probably disappear next week, but it's a good way for them to earn a few easy Whitburn points
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 22, 2012 11:31:54 GMT -5
1. FLYING TO #1: Keith Urban collects his 14th #1 hit in You Gonna Fly. It is his third off his Get Closer CD. You Gonna Fly follows Without You and Long Hot Summer (both last year) at #1. Had Put You In A Song hit #1 (really #2), the Get Closer CD would have been his second with four chart toppers. The Golden Road CD is his only one with four. They are: 1. Somebody Like You-2002-chart wise, his biggest hit 2. Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me-2003 3. You'll Think Of Me-2004 4. You Look Good In My Shirt-rerecorded for the Greatest Hits: 19 Kids CD-2008 This is the third time Urban has had three consecutive #1s. After You'll Think Of Me, Days Go By became his fifth chart topper over all. His second hat trick of #1s were You Look Good In My Shirt (2008), Start A Band with Brad Paisley (2009), and Sweet Thing (2009). 2. SWIFT EQUALS TWAIN AND B&D: Taylor Swift is in the top ten for the fifteenth time in her career with Ours (at #9). She now has taken fifteen singles into the top ten with three CDs. Only Shania Twain before her has done that as far as female artists are concerned. Their CDs and hits are: Swift-Taylor Swift: 1. Tim McGraw-2007-#6 2. Teardrops On My Guitar-2007-#2 3. Our Song-2007-#1-chart wise, her biggest hit 4. Picture To Burn-2008-#3 5. Should've Said No-2008-#1 Fearless: 1. Love Story-2008-#1 2. White Horse-2009-#2 3. You Belong With Me-2009-#1 4. Fifteen-2010-#7 5. Fearless-2010-#10 Speak Now: 1. Mine-2010-#2 2. Back To December-2011-#3 3. Mean-2011-#2 4. Sparks Fly-2011-#1 5. Ours-2012-#9 so far Twain-The Woman In Me: 1. Any Man Of Mine-1995-#1 2. If You're Not In It For Love I'm Outta Here-1996-#1 3. You Win My Love-1996-#1 4. No One Needs To Know-1996-#1 Come On Over: 1. Love Gets Me Every Time-1997-#1-chart wise, her biggest hit 2. Don't Be Stupid You Know I Love You-1998-#6 3. You're Still The One-1998-#1 4. From This Moment On-with Bryan White-1998-#6 5. Honey, I'm Home-1998-#1 6. That Don't Impress Me Much-1998-#8 7. Man! I Feel Like A Woman-1999-#4 8. Come On Over-1999-#6 Up!: 1. I'm Gonna Getcha Good-2002-#7 2. Forever And For Always-2003-#4 3. She's Not Just A Pretty Face-2004-#9 However, Swift joins Brooks & Dunn to start their careers with fifteen top tens from their first three CDs. B&D's CDs and their hits: Brand New Man: 1. Brand New Man-1991-#1 2. My Next Broken Heart-1991-#1 3. Neon Moon-1992-#1 4. Boot Scootin' Boogie-1992-#1 5. Lost And Found-1992-#6 Hard Workin' Man: 1. Hard Workin' Man-1993-#4 2. We'll Burn That Bridge-1993-#2 3. She Used To Be Mine-1993-#1 4. Rock My World Little Country Girl-1994-#2 5. That Ain't No Way To Go-1994-#1 Waitin' On Sundown: 1. She's Not The Cheatin' Kind-1994-#1 2. I'll Never Forgive My Heart-1995-#6 3. Little Miss Honky Tonk-1995-#1 4. You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone-1995-#1 5. Whiskey Under The Bridge-1995-#5 3. FAST CHURCH: For the second week in a row, Eric Church has the fastest climbing single with Springsteen (#43 to #28). 4. A PATRIOTIC DEBUT: The Band Perry enter the chart this week at #60 with The Star Spangled Banner. 5. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: It Just Comes Natural-George Strait-MCA 2002: Good Morning Beautiful-Steve Holy-Curb 1997: A Man This Lonely-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 1992: What She's Doing Now-Garth Brooks-Capitol 1987: Straight To The Heart-Crystal Gayle-Warner Bros. 6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: You know what this week's feature needs? MORE COWBELL! That is what you are getting this week when we salute the #1 hit from 27 years ago with Mel McDaniel's Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On. McDaniel could have been a major country star far sooner than the 1980s. He decided to be a singer during his high school years (late 1950s seeing since he was born in 1942). He married his high school sweetheart after graduation. He then formed a group and wrote songs. He toured the Tulsa, Oklahoma area extensively. Nashville wanted him in 1971. He and his wife did move there, but did not feel that the timing was right. They decided to move to all places-Anchorage, Alaska. They stayed there between 1971-1973. McDaniel landed his first full time gig at a place called King X. Returning to Nashville, he landed a job as a demo singer and signed to Combine Music as a publisher. He did an almost year stint at a Nashville area hotel. That caught the attention of the Wilburn Brothers, who brought McDaniel to Capitol Records. That was in 1976 and finally McDaniel was a signed recording artist. He was billed as Mel McDaniels on his debut single, Have A Dream On Me. It peaked at #51 in 1976. Two singles later, he finally found top 40 success with All The Sweet (#39 in 1977). Capitol finally released an album in 1977 called Gentle To Your Senses. The title track became his first major hit that year (#18). Soul Of A Honky Tonk Woman was next and it hit #27. 1978 started for McDaniel on an almost top ten note when God Made Love peaked at #11. Shortly after that success, he experienced another one, this time as a songwriter on Conway Twitty's salute to the Grand Ole Opry called The Grandest Lady Of Them All (#16). It broke Twitty's string of 36 consecutive top tens. McDaniel's second album was called Mello. One top 40 hit was produced, Bordertown Woman (#26 in 1978). Then Capitol went back to just releasing singles. They were: 1. Love Lies-1979-#33 2. Play Her Back To Yesterday-1979-#24 3. Lovin' Starts Where Friendship Ends-1979-#27 Album #3 was released in 1980 called I'm Countryfied. Hello Daddy, Good Morning Darling and the title track were top 40 hits. However, two other releases finally broke the top ten, both in 1981: Louisiana Saturday Night (#7) and Right In The Palm Of Your Hand (#10). The Take Me To The Country album produced a quartet of major hits: 1. Preaching Up A Storm-1982-#19 2. Take Me To The Country-1982-#10 3. Big Ole Brew-1982-#4 4. I Wish I Was In Nashville-1983-#20 Naturally Country was next and two top 40 hits were produced: Old Man River I've Come To Talk Again (#22 in 1983) and Hot Time In Old Town Tonight (#39 in 1983). His next album, Mel McDaniel With Oklahoma Wind started off in fine fashion when I Call It Love hit #9 in early 1984. However, the three other single releases did not dent the top 40. Undeterred, he released his next album in 1985 called Let It Roll. The first single, Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On was released in October, 1984 and climbed all the way to the top in February, 1985 giving McDaniel a richly deserved chart topper. The title track was next and it peaked at #6. It was written by Chuck Berry. His next album, Stand Up yielded the title track (#5 in 1985) and Shoe String (#22 in 1986). Between those records, McDaniel joined the Grand Ole Opry. If McDaniel could score a hit with a Berry tune, why not a Bruce Springsteen composition? That is what he did when Stand On It peaked at #12 in late 1986. A greatest hits CD was released in 1987 and two new songs were added: Anger And Tears and Love Is Everywhere. They were not top 40 hits. The Now You're Talkin' CD was released in 1988. The third single release became McDaniel's ninth and final top ten: Real Good Feel Good Song (#9). It was also his 25th and final top 40 hit. Garth Brooks was signed to Capitol at this time, so McDaniel became a casualty. One more CD was released (Rock-a-billy Boy), but no hits were produced. He released a CD in 1991 through an independent label called Country Pride. However, the most pivotal event in his life during the 1990s happened in 1996 while he was doing a concert, he had a near fatal fall into an orchestra pit in Louisiana. He had several surgeries, but his touring days were over. Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On did not die. Sammy Kershaw covered it on his Honky Tonk Boots CD in 2006. It was the same year McDaniel was inducted to the Oklahoma Music Hall Of Fame. It was also the year that McDaniel released his last CD called Reloaded. Three years later, he suffered a heart attack and was put in a coma. In early 2011, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died in March, 2011. After his death, another country star started singing Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On. Her name: Carrie Underwood. It is appropriate that she covered McDaniel because they both come from the same Oklahoma town-Checotah. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 23, 1985: 1. BABY'S GOT HER BLUE JEANS ON-MEL MCDANIEL-CAPITOL 2. Baby Bye Bye-Gary Morris-Warner Bros. 3. You Turn Me On Like A Radio-Ed Bruce-RCA 4. My Baby's Got Good Timing-Dan Seals-EMI America 5. My Only Love-Statler Bros.-Mercury 6. A Lady Like You-Glen Campbell-Atlantic America 7. Crazy For Your Love-Exile-Epic 8. All Tangled Up In Love-Gus Hardin and Earl Thomas Conley-RCA 9. Make My Life With You-Oak Ridge Boys-MCA 10. Slow Burning Memory-Vern Gosdin-complete
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msm444
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Post by msm444 on Feb 25, 2012 11:09:35 GMT -5
Does anyone know which songs were #61-#100 on the Billboard year-end lists for 2001, 2003 and 2004?
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