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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 31, 2012 17:49:23 GMT -5
1. EASY TO LOVE #1: Lee Brice collects his second #1 hit in Hard To Love. It follows his first, A Woman Like You from earlier this year. In the meantime, Brice becomes the second artist to collect his first two chart toppers this year. Eric Church was first with Drink In My Hand and Springsteen. 2. HIS SECOND, THEIR FIRST: Holding down the #10 spot for the second week is Kip Moore's Beer Money. It is his second top ten following his first, Somethin' 'Bout A Truck which became his first #1. In the meantime, Florida Georgia Line collects their first with Cruise at #9. 3. THE ONLY WAY IS FAST: The trio of Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, and Eric Church have the fastest climbing song of the week as The Only Way I Know leaps thirteen to #34. 4. NASHVILLE INVADES COUNTRY: Shouldn't that be the other way around? Anyway, ABC's new hit show Nashville is represented on the chart as actress (yes) Hayden Panettiere debuts at #51 with Telescope. 5. KRACKER AND KRAMER: Neighbors for the week are Uncle Kracker's Nobody's Sad On A Saturday Night at #55 while at #56 is Whiskey by Jana Kramer. 6. SOME CD NEWS: Let us check out the happenings on the country CD chart: FOR THIS WEEK: First, Jason Aldean celebrates his first double #1 CD on country and top 200 charts as Night Train sold 409,000 copies. It is his third #1 country CD following Relentless (2007) and My Kinda Party (2010). Second, Scotty McCreery debuts at #2 with his Christmas CD, Christmas With Scotty McCreery. He joins Blake Shelton's Cheers, It's Christmas (#10 this week) as the only other Christmas CD on the chart. FOR NEXT WEEK: Taylor Swift has done it again. She debuts with over a million sold of her fourth CD, Red (1.2 million). She did it last time with Speak Now from 2010 (1.04 million sold for the first week). She also has a perfect streak of #1 CDs on the country chart as Taylor Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008) topped the charts as well. Only Miranda Lambert (Kerosene, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Revolution, and Four The Record) and Carrie Underwood (Some Hearts, Carnival Ride, Play On, and Blown Away) started their careers with four chart topping CDs as far as female artists are concerned. 7. A 50S LOOK: These were the chart topping songs during the last week of October during the 1950s: 1950: I'm Moving On-Hank Snow-RCA 1951: Slow Poke-Pee Wee King-RCA 1952: Jambalaya On The Bayou-Hank Williams-MGM 1953: I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know-Davis Sisters-RCA 1954: I Don't Hurt Anymore-Hank Snow-RCA 1955: That Do Make It Nice-Eddy Arnold-RCA 1956: Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog-Elvis Presley-RCA 1957: Wake Up Little Susie-Everly Brothers-Cadence 1958: City Lights-Ray Price-Columbia 1959: The Three Bells-The Browns-RCA 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Alabama's 22nd chart single for RCA fell short of the top spot 25 years ago this week when Tar Top peaked at #7. It broke their (and country music's) longest streak of chart topping hits at a very lucky 21. Here is the list of their 21 in a row between 1980-1987: 1. Tennessee River-1980 2. Why Lady Why-1980 3. Old Flame-1981 4. Feels So Right-1981 5. Love In The First Degree-1981-their biggest hit of the decade 6. Mountain Music-1982 7. Take Me Down-1982 8. Close Enough To Perfect-1982 9. Dixieland Delight-1983 10. The Closer You Gest-1983 11. Lady Down On Love-1983 12. Roll On Eighteen Wheeler-1984 13. When We Make Love-1984 14. If You're Gonna Play In Texas You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band-1984 15. There's A Fire In The Night-1985 16. There's No Way-1985 17. Forty Hour Week For A Livin'-1985 18. Can't Keep A Good Man Down-1985 19. She And I-1986 20. Touch Me When We're Dancing-1986 21. You've Got The Touch-1987 During this time, Alabama also hit the top 40 with Christmas In Dixie (#35 in 1983) and Deep River Woman (with Lionel Richie-#10 in 1987). With the former, it was a Christmas song that received such strong airplay in late 1982 that it was possible to chart into the top 40 in early 1983. Seeing since it was NOT a regular release, it would not count against them. With the latter, that came from the Richie CD, Dancing On The Celing on the Motown label. Seeing since that song did NOT come from an Alabama CD, it would not count against them either. However, Alabama was at a crossroad between 1986 to 1987, particularly Randy Owen, lead singer for the group. While their 1986 CD The Touch was generating its hits (titles #20 and #21-see above), he was concerned that Alabama was getting too slick for its own good. It probably stemmed from the fact that they were NOT nominated for a C.M.A. Award in 1986. So he wrote a very personal song called Tar Top (his nickname). The first verse of the song talks about Owen graduating from college and heading to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to the Bowery where they played long sets for little money between 1973-1979. The chorus is as follows: And where are you goin' tar top? Where's J.C. and the Chosen Few? I saw the flash without T. Gentry. And B.V. left for Malibu. Of course, J.C. refers to Jeff Cook. The Chosen Few was his first band. T. Gentry refers to Teddy Gentry (Owen, Cook, and Gentry are cousins). B.V. refers to Bennett Vartanian, who was their first drummer when Alabama was known as Wildcountry. They would go through four other drummers until Mark Herndon joined the group in 1979. Second verse is about recalling their time at the Bowery and how lucky they were to reach the heights of superstardom. The bridge is about what direction the band is going. The song's last two words are: 'just us', the title of their 1987 CD where Tar Top came from. Two years before Herndon joined Alabama, they signed a one record deal with GRT. They charted for the first time that year with I Wanna Be With You Tonight (#78). GRT folded and they found out they could not record for two years. They bought themselves out and signed to the MDJ label in 1979. They released an album called My Home's In Alabama where they collected their first top 40 hits: I Wanna Come Over (#33 in 1979) and the title track (#17 in 1980). RCA stepped in and bought out their contract and rereleased the album. Tennessee River was their first RCA release and it topped the chart in August. As they say, the rest is history. Twenty more consecutive chart toppers. Even though Tar Top broke their streak, they managed eleven more #1s between 1988-1993. They are: 1. Face To Face-1988 2. Fallin' Again-1988 3. Song Of The South-1989 4. If I Had You-1989-Alabama named Artist of the Decade by the A.C.M.. 5. High Cotton-1989 6. Southern Star-1990 7. Jukebox In My Mind-1990-chart wise, their biggest hit 8. Forever's As Far As I'll Go-1991 9. Down Home-1991 10. I'm In A Hurry And Don't Know Why-1992 11. Reckless-1993 Their last top ten for RCA was 1999's God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You with NSYNC (#3). Their last major hit for them was When It All Goes South (#15 in 2001). In 2002, they announced a farewell tour. In 2005, they were inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Five years later, Brad Paisley wrote a song called Old Alabama that borrowed the lyrics and melody from Mountain Music. Naturally, he invited Alabama to record the song. Tapped as the second single from This Is Country Music, it topped the chart in 2011, becoming Paisley's 17th and Alabama's 33rd chart topping hit. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 31, 1987: 1. Right From The Start-Earl Thomas Conley-RCA 2. Love Me Like You Used To-Tanya Tucker-Capitol 3. Am I Blue-George Strait-MCA 4. Maybe Your Baby's Got The Blues-the Judds-RCA 5. I Won't Need You Anymore Always And Forever-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 6. Crazy From The Heart-Bellamy Brothers-MCA 7. TAR TOP-ALABAMA-RCA 8. Lynda-Steve Wariner-MCA 9. Somebody Lied-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 10. Only When I Love-Holly Dunn-MTM
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 6, 2012 18:48:53 GMT -5
1.STILL LOVIN' #1: Lee Brice continues to hold on to #1 with Hard To Love, the title track of his current CD. His first #1, A Woman Like You reigned for seven days earlier this year. 2. C.M.A. CHART: This year's winners on this week's chart: 4. Fastest Girl In Town-Miranda Lambert-Female Vocalist and Song of the Year 6. Blown Away-Carrie Underwood-C.M.A. Hostess 11. Creepin'-Eric Church-Album of the Year 14. Southern Comfort Zone-Brad Paisley-C.M.A. Host 15. El Cerrito Place-Kenny Chesney-Musical Event 21. I Like Girls That Drink Beer-Toby Keith-Video of the Year 24. Tornado-Little Big Town-Vocal Group and Single of the Year 29. Somebody's Heartbreak-Hunter Hayes-New Artist 31. The Only Way I Know-Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, and Eric Church-Album for Church 39. If I Didn't Have You-Thompson Square-Vocal Duo 44. One Of Those Nights-Tim McGraw-Musical Event 3. BETTER DIG HIGH: The Band Perry has the Hot Shot Debut of the week with Better Dig Two at #30. This is coming from their upcoming second CD. Their first, a self-titled CD yielded five top 20 hits including two #1s: If I Die Young in 2010 and All Your Life in 2012. 4. FROM A #37 TO A #37 START: George Strait also debuts a song from an upcoming CD as well. It is Give It All We Got Tonight at #37. His last, Drinkin' Man peaked at #37. He is hoping to land his 86th top ten and 45th #1 with the former song. 5. HER FIRST: Kelly Clarkson debuts at #55 with Vince Gill on Don't Rush. This is her first attempt to court country airplay for one of her songs. This is off her Greatest Hits CD. Her last time on the chart was the #21 peaking Mr. Know It All. That was remixed for the country format after she released a pop version. Her two top tens were on other's CDs: Because Of You with Reba McEntire (#2 in 2007) off of McEntire's Duets CD and Don't You Wanna Stay with Jason Aldean (#1 in 2011) off of Aldean's My Kinda Party CD. 6. HAVING YOU FAST: Thompson Square has the fastest climbing song of the week with If I Didn't Have You (#46 to #39). 7. MORE CHRISTMAS: Lady Antebellum debuts at #3 on the country album chart with On This Winter's Night. They join other Christmas CDs by Blake Shelton and Scotty McCreery. 8. THANK A VETERAN: Need I say more? 9. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: Don't Blink-Kenny Chesney-BNA 2002: Somebody Like You-Keith Urban-Capitol 1997: Love Gets Me Every Time-Shania Twain-Mercury 1992: No One Else On Earth-Wynonna Judd-MCA 1987: Am I Blue-George Strait-MCA 10. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: The years between 1995 to 2005 might be called the Shania Twain Era in country music. She followed up her blockbuster 1995 CD, The Woman In Me with even a bigger one, Come On Over in 1997. The first single, Love Gets Me Every Time spent the first of five weeks at #1 fifteen years ago this week. Chart wise, it became her biggest country hit. 1993 saw her release her self-titled debut CD. She was part of a marketing strategy by Mercury Records promoting her, Toby Keith (what happened to him?), and Jon Brannen (a superstar, I'm sure!). Three singles were released from the set, but went nowhere (one of them did not chart). It was during this time she met and married her soon to be producer, Robert John Mutt Lange in 1993 (divorced in 2010). They entirely wrote her follow up, The Woman In Me. Eight singles were released. They are: 1. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under-1995-#11 country 2. Any Man Of Mine-1995-#1 country, #31 pop 3. The Woman In Me Need The Man In You-1995-#14C 4. If You're Not In It For Love I'm Outta Here!-1996-#1C 5. You Win My Love-1996-#1C 6. No One Needs To Know-1996-#1C 7. Home Ain't Where His Heart Is Anymore-1996-#28C 8. God Bless The Child-1996-#48C The CD became her first diamond CD (over 12 million sold). Twain and Lange did it again. They wrote ALL sixteen songs for Come On Over. Love Gets Me Every Time was released in September and climbed all the way to the top in November, giving Twain a fifth chart topping hit. It also ended her one hit status on the pop chart, peaking at #25 there. Then the Twain hit machine started and she did pretty well on three charts (country, pop, and adult contemporary): 1. Don't Be Stupid You Know I Love You-1998-#6C and #40P 2. You're Still The One-1998-#1C, #2P-chart wise, her biggest pop hit, and #1 A.C.-chart wise, her biggest A.C. hit 3. From This Moment On-1998-#6C (with Bryan White), #4P, and #1 A.C. (on pop and A.C. charts, this was a solo single) 4. Honey, I'm Home-1998-#1C 5. That Don't Impress Me Much-1999-#8C, #7P, and #8 A.C. 6. Man! I Feel Like A Woman!-1999-#4C, #23P, and #16 A.C. 7. You've Got A Way-1999-#13C and #6 A.C. 8. Come On Over-1999-#6C 9. Rock This Country!-2000-#30C 10. I'm Holdin' On To Love To Save My Life-2000-#17C The CD debuted at #1 country and #2 top 200 when it sold 172,000 copies in its first week. Despite a #2 peaking CD on the big chart, it went on to be her's and country music's biggest selling CD of all time (23 million sold or double diamond). It spent 50 weeks at #1 on the country chart, a record (Randy Travis' 43 weeks at #1 with Always & Forever is second). She won the C.M.A. Entertainer of the Year award in 1999. Her next CD, Up! did not see the light until 2002. It had three versions: country (green), pop (red), and international (blue) versions. It debuted at #1 on BOTH charts when 874,000 copies were sold. Its hits are: 1. I'm Gonna Getcha Good!-2002-#7C, #34P, and #10 A.C. 2. Up!-2003-#12C 3. Forever And For Always-2003-#4C, #20P. and #1 A.C. 4. She's Not Just A Pretty Face-2004-#9C 5. It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing-2004-#18C and #16 A.C. Up! was Twain's third consecutive diamond CD when over 11 million were sold. A greatest hits CD was next and it was a unique CD because three new songs were first and then her hits were in backwards order. Two hits were released: 1. Party For Two-2004-#7C (with Billy Currington) and #16 A.C. (with Mark McGrath) 2. Don't!-2005-#24C and #18 A.C. A Desperate Housewives CD was released and Twain's contribution, Shoes peaked at #29 country in 2005. She was off the charts for six years. Not only did she get divorced, but tended to her only child, Eja (born in 2001). However, Twain made a top 40 country appearance last year with Today Is Your Day (#36). Twain will be doing a Las Vegas residency this year. Her last significant hit was on the A.C. chart this year when her version of Endless Love with Lionel Richie peaked at #12. When will she release her next CD? Only time will tell! This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 8, 1997: 1. LOVE GETS ME EVERY TIME-SHANIA TWAIN-MERCURY 2. In Another's Eyes-Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks-MCA 3. Honky Tonk Truth-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 4. Everywhere-Tim McGraw-Curb 5. Thank God For Believers-Mark Chesnutt-Decca 6. Love Is The Right Place-Bryan White-Asylum 7. If You Love Somebody-Kevin Sharp-Asylum 8. Something That We Do-Clint Black-RCA 9. How Do I Get There-Deana Carter-Capitol 10. Today My World Slipped Away-George Strait-MCA
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 12, 2012 16:32:57 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 *** "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" Luke Bryan Greatest Gainer No. 23 "The Only Way I Know" Jason Aldean With Luke Bryan & Eric Church Hot Shot Debut No. 50 "Hope On The Rocks" Toby Keith Debut No. 53 "Only God Could Love You More" Jerrod Niemann Debut No. 55 "Two Black Cadillacs" Carrie Underwood Carrie Underwood's follow-up to the Country Airplay No. 1s "Good Girl" and "Blown Away" enters at No. 55. "The next single is...'Two Black Cadillacs!,' she Tweeted on Oct. 31. "It's certainly a favorite of mine! We're going to shoot the video soon! It's going to be great!" Debut No. 57 "She Cranks My Tractor" Dustin Lynch Debut No. 58 "I'll Keep The Kids" Montgomery Gentry Debut No. 60 "Runnin' Out Of Air" Love And Theft
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Nov 12, 2012 17:12:40 GMT -5
Wow six songs fell off at least with possibly more if there was any reentries. I'm wondering who fell off then.
Carrie's "Blown Away", Toby's "I Like Girls That Drink Beer", Katie's "Better In A Black Dress", Randy Rogers' "One More Sad Song" are the obvious ones to me. That leaves two more that fell off. Could've been Jon Pardi, Rodney Atkins, Casey James, and a bunch of the lower songs..It'll be interesting to see who's gone now.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2012 17:16:27 GMT -5
i predicted 6 would leave. probably kracker and eldredge, maybe lonestar are gone. i think kristy lee will be back on. so that'll mean 3 songs dropping off + 4 recurrents.
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 13, 2012 18:55:58 GMT -5
1. BRYAN'S #1 KISS: Luke Bryan becomes the 120th artist in history with five #1 hits. He collects chart topper #5 this week with Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye. His list of #1s are: 1. Rain Is A Good Thing-2010 2. Someone Else Calling You Baby-2011 3. I Don't Want This Night To End-2011 4. Drunk On You-2012 5. Kiss Tomorrow Goddbye-2012 Since his first #1, Bryan has been batting 83% of his singles at #1. Only Country Girl Shake It For Me missed the top (#4 in 2011). 2. REPUBLIC NASHVILLE FIRSTS: Greg Bates collects his first top ten this week with Did It For The Girl at #10. His labelmates, Florida Georgia Line collected theirs a few weeks ago. They are currently at #5 with Cruise. Both are on the Republic Nashville label. 3. ONE BETTER: Casey James has his first top 20 hit in Crying On A Suitcase at #20. His last single, Let's Don't Call It A Night peaked at #21. 4. FAST NIGHTS: Tim McGraw has the fastest climbing song of the week as One Of Those Nights leaps eleven to #33. 5. HE DEBUTS THE SAME TITLE TWICE: Is that possible? Well, if you are Toby Keith it is. His latest CD, Hope On The Rocks debuts at #3 on the album chart while the title track debuts at #50 on the singles chart becoming the Hot Shot Debut of the week. 6. TWO COULD BECOME THREE: Carrie Underwood debuts her third Blown Away single Two Black Cadillacs at #55. She is hoping for a perfect record with her current CD as Good Girl became her 12th #1 and the title track became her 13th chart topper. If Two Black Cadillacs tops the chart, Blown Away will become her third CD to start with a trio of chart toppers. The others: 1. Carnival Ride a. So Small-2007 b. All-American Girl-2008 c. Last Name-2008 2. Play On a. Cowboy Casanova-2009 b. Temporary Home-2010 c. Undo It-2010 7. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: Long Road Out Of Eden-the Eagles-Lost Highway 2002: Melt-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street 1997: You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs-LeAnn Rimes-Curb 1992: The Chase-Garth Brooks-Capitol 1987: Always & Forever-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: The biggest selling album of Kenny Rogers' career remains his 1980 Greatest Hits, his ONLY diamond album (over 12 million sold). It was our top seller 32 years ago this week. The track lisiting is as follows: 1. The Gambler-1978-#1 country-chart wise, his biggest country hit, #16 pop, and #3 adult contemporary 2. Lady-1980-#1C, #1P-chart wise, his biggest pop hit, #1 A.C., and #42 r&b 3. Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer-with Kim Carnes-1980-#3C, #4P, and #2 A.C. 4. Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town-with the First Edition-1969-#39C, #6P, and #6 A.C. 5. She Believes In Me-1979-#1C, #5P, and #1 A.C. 6. Coward Of The County-1980-#1C, #3P, and #5 A.C. 7. Lucille-1977-#1C and #5P 8. You Decorated My Life-1979-#1C, #7P, and #2 A.C. 9. Reuben James-with the First Edition-1969-#46C and #26P 10. Love The World Away-1980-#4C and #14P 11. Every Time Two Fools Collide-with Dottie West-1978-#1C and #44 A.C. 12. Long Arm Of The Law Rogers was in a pop group called the First Edition between 1967 to 1974. They would continue for two years without Rogers. In the meantime, Rogers signed to United Artists as a solo artist in 1975. His first album, Love Lifted Me was released a year later. The title track was his first major hit, peaking at #19. His self-titled album was next and it yielded two major hits: 1. Laura What's He Got That I Ain't Got-1976-#19 2. Lucille-1977-#1C and #5P-C.M.A. Single of the Year A platinum success, Rogers followed it up with his 1977 album, Daytime Friends. Two top tens were produced (both in 1977): 1. Daytime Friends-#1C and #28P 2. Sweet Music Man-#9C and #44P He released his first greatest hits album, Ten Years Of Gold in 1978. Half the album featured his First Edition hits and the second half had his solo hits. Six more albums were released. They are (with their hits): 1. Every Time Two Fools Collide-with Dottie West a. Every Time Two Fools Collide-1978-#1C and #44P b. Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight-1978-#2C 2. Love Or Something Like It a. Love Or Something Like It-1978-#1C and #32P 3. The Gambler-C.M.A. Album of the Year a. The Gambler-1978-#1C, #16P, and #3 A.C. b. She Believes In Me-1979-#1C, #5P, and #1 A.C. 4. Classics-with West a. All I Ever Need Is You-1979-#1C and #38 A.C. b. Til I Can Make It On My Own-1979-#3C 5. Kenny-his longest reigning #1 album at 25 weeks a. You Decorated My Life-1979-#1C, #7P, and #2 A.C. b. Coward Of The County-1980-#1C, #3P, and #5 A.C. 6. Gideon a. Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer-with Kim Carnes-1980-#3C, #4P, and #2 A.C. Rogers was at a crossroad in his career in 1980. He decided to amicably part with his producer of five years, Larry Butler. Rogers was looking for new avenues for his music. It came from an unexpected source, Lionel Richie. Richie, of course was the lead singer and songwriter for the Commodores. He wrote their two chart topping pop hits: Three Times A Lady (1978) and Still (1979). Richie was restless as well. After Still, he was looking for new ways to get his music out there. Rogers and Richie met in early 1980 in Las Vegas. Richie presented Rogers with Lady. Richie only had the title and hummed the rest of the tune. Rogers liked what he heard and Richie finished the rest of the song. That was not the only change in Rogers' career in 1980. His label, United Artists changed their name to Liberty Records. The first album they wanted from Rogers under the new name was a greatest hits collection. Lady was added to the new album. Released in September, it became a triple #1 on three charts: country (one week), pop (six weeks), and A.C. (four weeks). With Richie's name attached, it hit #42 r&b. It became his tenth #1 country hit, first #1 pop hit, and second A.C. chart topper. It became his fourth gold single after Lucille, She Believes In Me, and Coward Of The County. The album topped the country chart for eleven weeks and topped the top 200 chart for two weeks becoming his ONLY #1 album there. However, the Rogers/Richie alliance was too much for just one album. Richie took over Rogers' follow up, Share Your Love. Four hits were released: 1. I Don't Need You-1981-#1C, #3P, and #1 A.C.-chart wise, his biggest A.C. hit 2. Share Your Love With Me-1981-#5C, #14P, and #1 A.C. 3. Blaze Of Glory-1982-#9C, #66P, and #25 A.C. 4. Through The Years-1982-#5C, #13P, and #1 A.C. During this time, Richie struck out on his own and issued his first single post-Commodores, a duet with Diana Ross called Endless Love in 1981. It topped three charts: pop, A.C., and r&b. As for Rogers, he regularly hit the top ten on the country chart until 1989 when The Vows Go Unbroken Always True To You hit #8. He almost hit the top ten in early 1992 with If You Want To Find Love (#11). After scoring hits on Liberty, RCA, and Reprise, Rogers started Dreamcatcher Records in 1998. He scored a huge hit in 2000 called Buy Me A Rose. That became his 21st #1 hit. His last major hit was in 2006 called I Can't Unlove You (#17). As for Richie, he recorded Lady twice for two of his CDs: Time (1998) and Tuskegee (2012). When he recorded it for the second time, it was a duet with Rogers. That CD earned platinum certification this year. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 15, 1980: 1. KENNY ROGERS' GREATEST HITS-KENNY ROGERS-LIBERTY 2. I Believe In You-Don Williams-MCA 3. Greatest Hits-Anne Murray-Capitol 4. Honeysuckle Rose-Soundtrack-Columbia 5. Horizon-Eddie Rabbitt-Elektra 6. Greatest Hits-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 7. Urban Cowboy-Soundtrack-Asylum 8. I Am What I Am-George Jones-Epic 9. Full Moon-Charlie Daniels Band-Epic 10. Music Man-Waylon Jennnings-RCA
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 13, 2012 19:48:54 GMT -5
2. Sweet Music Man-#9C and #44P My favorite of Kenny's.
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Post by peterca on Nov 13, 2012 23:35:55 GMT -5
I appreciate all the historical data here. :)
Just want to point out that there is some incorrect data in the first post of this thread. The incorrect data is for the #1 country album from August 18 through September 22, 2012. Those weeks should not be Carrie Underwood, but instead be Colt Ford, Justin Lynch and others. I'll search for the correct data.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2012 0:28:55 GMT -5
I appreciate all the historical data here. :) Just want to point out that there is some incorrect data in the first post of this thread. The incorrect data is for the #1 country album from August 18 through September 22, 2012. Those weeks should not be Carrie Underwood, but instead be Colt Ford, Justin Lynch and others. I'll search for the correct data. It's Dustin Lynch, not Justin :) And I already covered the correct data on the last page of posts: Here you will find the #1 song for each week on Billboard. The list starts with the first chart of the Billboard calender. August 18, 2012: Carrie Underwood, Blown Away - 16,000 August 25, 2012: Carrie Underwood, Blown Away - 16,000 September 1, 2012: Carrie Underwood, Blown Away - 18,000 September 8, 2012: Carrie Underwood, Blown Away - 15,000
Saw countrygirl918's comment and I was pretty sure that while Carrie's Blown Away album has been #1 for many weeks, it definitely hasn't been 11. And so I looked and I don't think these 4 charts above are right.
For August 18, ZBB's Uncaged was still #1 with 39,000 sold that week. On August 25, Colt Ford's Declaration Of Independence was #1 with 31,000 sold. ZBB's Uncaged was #1 again on September 1st with another 25,000 sold, followed by Dustin Lynch's selt-titled debut on the 8th, which opened with 23,000. Carrie's positions were #5, #4, #2, and #4, respectively, on those 4 charts.
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 19, 2012 17:29:43 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 *** "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" Luke Bryan Greatest Gainer No. 19 "The Only Way I Know" Jason Aldean With Luke Bryan & Eric Church
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 21, 2012 11:23:36 GMT -5
1. #1 GOODBYE: Luke Bryan continues to have the #1 hit in country with Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye. This is his third multi week #1 following: 1. Rain Is A Good Thing-2010-2 weeks 2. Drunk On You-2012-2 weeks If Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye holds on for a third week, it will be his biggest hit. 2. THEY'RE BACK: After peaking at #11 with The Wind from their Uncaged CD, the Zac Brown Band collects their eleventh top ten this week with Goodbye In Her Eyes at #10. 3. MCGRAW-HILL: They are not only married to each other, but are neighbors on the chart this week. Tim McGraw is at #29 with One Of Those Nights while Faith Hill is at #30 with American Heart. 4. CADILLAC FAST: Carrie Underwood has the fastest climbing song of the week as Two Black Cadillacs pedals seventeen spots to #38. 5. ELVIS IS ON THE CHART: Elvis Presley has a Christmas album on the charts this week. It is The Classic Christmas Album and it is at #26 this week. 6. A.M.A. WINNERS: These are the winners at this year's American Music Awards: 1. Luke Bryan-Favorite Country Male 2. Lady Antebellum-Country Band, Duo, or Group 3. Taylor Swift-Favorite Country Female 4. Carrie Underwood-Favorite Country Album-Blown Away 7. THE OFFICIAL LIST: Because of the changes Billboard made in their country chart, this is the official list of those songs reaching #1 in Billboard 2012 (December, 2011-November, 2012): 1. Country Must Be Country Wide-Brantley Gilbert-1 2. We Owned The Night-Lady Antebellum-2 3. Keep Me In Mind-Zac Brown Band-4 4. Let It Rain-David Nail-1 5. Drink In My Hand-Eric Church-1 6. I Don't Want This Night To End-Luke Bryan-1 7. You-Chris Young-1 8. All Your Life-Band Perry-2 9. You Gonna Fly-Keith Urban-2 10. Reality-Kenny Chesney-1 11. Home-Dierks Bentley-1 12. Ours-Taylor Swift-1 13. Alone With You-Jake Owen-2 14. A Woman Like You-Lee Brice-1 15. Drink On It-Blake Shelton-2 16. Banjo-Rascal Flatts-1 17. Over You-Miranda Lambert-1 18. Fly Over States-Jason Aldean-1 19. Somethin' 'Bout A Truck-Kip Moore-2 20. Good Girl-Carrie Underwood-1 21. Springsteen-Eric Church-1 22. Drunk On You-Luke Bryan-2 23. You Don't Know Her Like I Do-Brantley Gilbert-1 24. Even If It Breaks Your Heart-Eli Young Band-1 25. 5-1-5-0-Dierks Bentley-1 26. Come Over-Kenny Chesney-2 27. Angel Eyes-Love & Theft-1 28. Over-Blake Shelton-2 29. Pontoon-Little Big Town-2 30. Wanted-Hunter Hayes-1 31. Take A Little Ride-Jason Aldean-3 32. Blown Away-Carrie Underwood-2 33. Hard To Love-Lee Brice-2 34. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye-Luke Bryan-2 8. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: Free And Easy Down The Road I Go-Dierks Bentley-Capitol 2002: Somebody Like You-Keith Urban-Capitol 1997: Love Gets Me Every Time-Shania Twain-Mercury 1992: I'm In A Hurry And Don't Know Why-Alabama-RCA 1987: I Won't Need You Anymore Always And Forever-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 9. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: To say Buck Owens was a major force in country music would be an understatement. After all, he charted top 40 hits during the 1950s, 1960s (his best decade where he was the #1 artist), 1970s, and 1980s. He charted 21 #1 hits, the biggest being Love's Gonna Live Here (a sixteen week #1 between 1963-1964). His influence lives to this day despite the fact he died in 2006. Dwight Yoakam and Brad Paisley list Owens as an influence. Well, Owens' influence was felt for years when his 1964 album, Together Again was out top seller 48 years ago this week. This story starts in 1962, five years removed from Owens signing to Capitol Records. Owens remade the Drifters' 1960 #1 pop hit, Save The Last Dance For Me into a #11 country hit. Several more hits followed for the next two years. They are: 1. Kickin' Our Hearts Around (#8)/I Can't Stop My Lovin' You (#17)-1962 2. You're For Me (#10)/House Down The Block (#24)-1963 3. Act Naturally-1963-#1 4. We're The Talk Of The Town (#15)/Sweethearts In Heaven (#19)-with Rose Maddox-1963 5. Love's Gonna Live Here-1963-#1 Then the Together Again album was released in July, 1964. The track listing is as follows: 1. My Heart Skips A Beat 2. Close Up The Honky Tonks 3. I Don't Hear You 4. Save The Last Dance For Me 5. Over And Over Again 6. Truck Drivin' Man 7. Together Again 8. A-11 9. Ain't It Amazing, Gracie 10. Getting Used To Losing You 11. Storm Of Love 12. Hello Trouble My Heart Skips A Beat was released in February right when Love's Gonna Live Here finally relinquished the top spot after an amazing sixteen week reign. It hit the top in May for three of its seven weeks. The b-side, Together Again hit the top in June for two weeks, becoming the ONLY #1 b-side hit in Owens' career. My Heart completed its reign for the next four weeks. Owens would be the last artist to replace himself at the top until 1982 when Willie Nelson reigned for four weeks with two hits: Always On My Mind for two weeks followed by his duet with Waylon Jennings, Just To Satisfy You. My Heart Skips A Beat was named Billboard's #1 hit of the year in late 1964. The album was #1 for seven weeks between November, 1964 to January, 1965. Owens, naturally dominated the country charts throughout the rest of the 1960s. Shortly before releasing his 18th #1, Johnny B. Goode in 1969, he made his television debut on Hee Haw on CBS. He stayed on the show (with Roy Clark) until 1986. While Owens himself is a major artist in country music, the songs on Together Again became hits for other artists. Besides remaking Save The Last Dance For Me, Owen remade Hello Trouble, which was a #5 hit for the songwriter, Orville Couch in 1963. In chronological order, here are the songs that became hits for other artists: 1. Truck Drivin' Man-George Hamilton IV (#11 in 1965) 2. A-11-Johnny Paycheck (#26 in 1965) 3. Together Again-Emmylou Harris (#1 in 1976) 4. Truck Drivin' Man-Red Steagall (#29 in 1976) 5. Save The Last Dance For Me: a. Ron Shaw (#36 in 1978) b. Jerry Lee Lewis (#26 in 1979) c. Emmylou Harris (#4 in 1979) d. Dolly Parton (#3 in 1984) 6. Together Again-Kenny Rogers and Dottie West (#19 in 1984) 7. Hello Trouble-Desert Rose Band (#11 in 1989) Ain't It Amzing, Gracie would eventually become a #14 hit for Owens in 1973. However, the two artists who made Together Again a #1 hit, Owens and Harris teamed up in 1979 for a duet called Play Together Again Again (#11). That was Owens' ONLY major hit during his Warner Bros. years (1976-1981). This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1964: 1. TOGETHER AGAIN-BUCK OWENS-CAPITOL 2. The Best Of Jim Reeves-Jim Reeves-RCA 3. The Best Of Buck Owens-Buck Owens-Capitol 4. Dang Me/Chug-A-Lug-Roger Miller-Smash 5. I Walk The Line-Johnny Cash-Columbia 6. Love Life-Ray Price-Columbia 7. R.F.D.-Marty Robbins-Columbia 8. Travelin' With Dave Dudley-Dave Dudley-Mercury 9. Moonlight And Roses-Jim Reeves-RCA 10. Country Dance Favorites-Faron Young-Mercury
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Post by Spacey_Kacey on Nov 21, 2012 11:49:26 GMT -5
Wait, Billboard went back on which chart is the *official* record keeping chart?!
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 21, 2012 11:54:15 GMT -5
Wait, Billboard went back on which chart is the *official* record keeping chart?! Billboard is still using all three charts (Hot Country Songs, Airplay, and Sales). Seeing since all of us think the H.C.S. is a joke and if I were to use that chart, that means after Jason Aldean's Take A Little Ride would be Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. Seeing since I am not using H.C.S., that is why you see songs by Carrie Underwood, Lee Brice, and Luke Bryan listed there. Hope that was helpful (maybe)!
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Post by Spacey_Kacey on Nov 21, 2012 12:12:16 GMT -5
Yes it was certainly helpful thank you but not what I wanted to hear. :(
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 21, 2012 12:16:33 GMT -5
Yes it was certainly helpful thank you but not what I wanted to hear. :( Well, what did you want to hear?
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Post by Spacey_Kacey on Nov 21, 2012 12:32:11 GMT -5
That billboard's record keeping was going to use airplay. I appreciate that everyone on this board is on board with using Airplay and I will certainly follow these but it just feels so unofficial. I wish outsiders were on board.
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 21, 2012 12:41:00 GMT -5
That billboard's record keeping was going to use airplay. I appreciate that everyone on this board is on board with using Airplay and I will certainly follow these but it just feels so unofficial. I wish outsiders were on board. You said the word 'unofficial'. Do you consider the new chart that uses non-country data to be 'official'? I would not want other genres of music to have an influence on what gets played and sold within the country format. Look at the #1 song on Hot Country Songs by Taylor Swift. How do you or anyone else justify a song that was rejected by country radio one month, then Billboard starts a new chart the next, and lo and behold, the rejected song is #1. Does that make sense? How does Billboard determine what Swift songs should be on this chart and others do not make it? Does that seem 'official' to you? Even Red, a non-single not being marketed toward country had a #2 debut. Excuse me? This is really not about Swift, even though she was the chief beneficiary of the new chart, but how Billboard could justify such a chart.
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Post by Spacey_Kacey on Nov 21, 2012 13:21:22 GMT -5
I completely agree with you but if I want to Wiki "Luke Bryan Discography" then KTG would not be a number one hit. I agree that it should definitely be my definition of official would mean in the recordbooks. Clearly these songs aren't though I wish they were. I hate Hot Country Songs as much as anyone on this board. Thats why I am thankful that we have people keeping track. But if it were official, many would be keeping track outside this forum.
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 21, 2012 13:22:49 GMT -5
I agree. That is why Billboard has lost face with the country fan.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2012 16:33:50 GMT -5
Well, all the Wiki pages include a separate column now for Country Airplay, and Luke's page shows KTG as a #1 there. It is still official to the artists and record companies.
The Country Airplay column on the Wikipedia pages is just left blank for songs that were released prior to October, when all this goofiness went down. Really, though, it's just a continuation of the old Hot Country Songs methodology (simply airplay-only), so you can still see where songs peaked and know how the artists' career trajectories continue on, simply by moving from the last single that is only listed with a HCS position by it, to the first single that has both the HCS and Airplay positions by it (and just ignore the HCS position).
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Post by Spacey_Kacey on Nov 22, 2012 11:19:50 GMT -5
Oh thank goodness you pointed that out because after a few weeks of Airplay just getting ignored on there, I stopped bothering. That helps quite a bit. Thank you.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 22, 2012 17:57:17 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm glad Wikipedia has accomodated the airplay chart into the discographies of artists, even though I personally don't like the disjointed way it appears. Although there's nothing to do about it, so I guess we'll just have to learn to live with Billboard's decision.
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 26, 2012 16:58:12 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 *** "The One That Got Away" Jake Owen Greatest Gainer No. 4 "Come Wake Me Up" Rascal Flatts Debut No. 57 "Jingle Bell Rock" Blake Shelton Featuring Miranda Lambert Debut No. 58 "Forever" Aaron Lewis
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 27, 2012 18:34:39 GMT -5
1. THIS ONE DID NOT GET AWAY: Jake Owen scores his third #1 hit in The One That Got Away. His current CD, Barefoot Blue Jean Night has been perfect so far as the title track topped the chart last year and Alone With You did so this year. By the way, congratulations on your Thanksgiving Day baby, a girl called Olive Pearl. 2. THE ENTERTAINER RETURNS: Blake Shelton debuts a song from Cheers, It's Christmas this week. It is a duet with Miranda Lambert called Jingle Bell Rock at #57. This is his first time on the charts since winning the C.M.A. Song of the Year for Over You with Lambert by Lambert, Male Vocalist, and Entertainer of the Year. This is the first Christmas song to chart this season. 3. HIS BIGGEST IN FOUR YEARS: Gary Allan visits the top fifteen this week with Every Storm Runs Out Of Rain (#15). The last time he was in this section of the chart was back in 2008 when Learning To Bend peaked at #13. 4. HIS TRACTOR'S FAST: Dustin Lynch has the fastest climbing song of the week as She Cranks My Tractor motors twelve to #39. 5. COUNTRY ROCKS: Toby Keith is at #43 with Hope On The Rocks while Sorry On The Rocks is at #44 for Kelleigh Brannen. 6. DOES IT HAVE MUPPETS?: John Denver is on the album chart this week with The Classic Christmas Album at #39. 7. A 40S LOOK: These were the chart topping songs during the last week in November during the 1940s: 1944: Smoke On The Water-Red Foley-Decca 1945: With Tears In My Eyes-Wesley Tuttle-Capitol 1946: Divorce Me C.O.D.-Merle Travis-Capitol 1947: I'll Hold You In My Heart Till I Can Hold You In My Arms-Eddy Arnold-RCA 1948: One Has My Name The Other Has My Heart-Jimmy Wakely-Capitol 1949: Slipping Around-Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely-Capitol 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: After conquering the pop and adult contemporary charts, John Denver finally got his due on the country chart in 1974. He scored the first of three #1s on that chart 38 years ago this week with Back Home Again. Denver defied being labelled as a particular kind of artist. Milt Okun, his producer was asked if pressed, what kind of artist Denver would say he would be and Okun said, 'probably folk'. The country community looked at Denver very suspiciously. They thought he was a pop/rock artist. I think that is ludicrous considering country themes that dominated Denver's music. Think of Take Me Home, COUNTRY Roads, Back Home Again, and of course, Thank God I'm A COUNTRY Boy. 1969 was the year Denver signed to RCA Records. His debut album, Rhymes And Reasons was released. It contains his version of Leaving On A Jet Plane which became the only #1 pop hit for Peter, Paul, and Mary late that year. You would have thought that major success would translate into major success for Denver. Not so. No hits were released from that album. 1970 saw the release of his second album, Take Me To Tomorrow. The pattern was repeated resulting with no hits. Another hitless album was released called Whose Garden Was This. 1971 was a pivotal year for Denver. A song was written by Taffy Nivert and Bill Danoff called Take Me Home, Country Roads. It was placed on the Poems, Prayers & Promises album. The single did best on the pop chart, claiming a #2 ranking followed by the A.C. chart at #3. It peaked at #50 on the country chart (his debut on ALL three charts). Considering the low rank on the country chart, the album peaked at #6 on the country chart (#15 top 200). It was his first gold album. A few more singles from the album charted, but none had the kind of impact like Country Roads did. November, 1972 arrived with the release of the Rocky Mountain High album. The title track peaked at #9 pop and #3 A.C. (strange enough, it did not place on the country chart) in early 1973. A couple more singles were released, but none of them hit the top ten on any chart. 1973 saw Denver release his first greatest hits album. It is his only diamond album with over ten million sold. Then RCA dipped into the Poems, Prayes & Promises album and released Sunshine On My Shoulders in 1974. It became Denver's first chart topper on the pop and A.C. chart while peaking at #42 country. That song started the ball rolling for Denver as far as being the hottest artist during the mid 1970s. The Back Home Again album was released and its first single, Annie's Song became another double #1 on pop and A.C. charts, but this time it gave Denver his first country top ten (#9). Annie's Song is his biggest pop and A.C. hit. The album topped the country chart for thirteen weeks and topped the top 200 chart for one week. The title track was released in September and climbed all the way to #1 country in November. It also became his third #1 A.C. chart topper while peaking at #5 pop. The album contains studio version of Sweet Surrender and Thank God I'm A Country Boy...which were placed on An Evening With John Denver in 1975 (#1 country album for two weeks and #2 top 200 album for two weeks). Sweet Surrender peaked at #7 country, #13 pop, and #1 A.C.. Thank God I'm A Country Boy peaked at #1 country, #1 pop, and #5 A.C.. Those two albums assured Denver was ther hottest artist out there. The Windsong album was next and it became a double #1 album on country (5 weeks) and top 200 (2 weeks). I'm Sorry was the first single and became the ONLY Denver song to top all three charts (1 week country, 1 week pop, and 2 weeks A.C.). It became his biggest country hit. The b-side, Calypso hit #2 pop for four weeks after I'm Sorry fell from the top spot. In the meantime, the C.M.A. Awards were held and Denver won Song of the Year for Back Home Again. It was time to announce the winner for the Entertainer Award and the presenter, Charlie Rich, the 1974 winner read off Denver's name and burned the slip of paper containing Denver's name. Denver did not see his double win at the C.M.A.s as he was in the middle of a successful tour of Australia. Just before 1975 ended, he released the second Windsong single, Fly Away which featured background vocals by Olivia Newton-John. That song hit #12 country, #13 pop, and #1 A.C. in early 1976. During its chart run, Newsweek proclaimed Denver the most popular artist in America. Windsong ended with Looking For Space (#30 country, #29 pop, and #1 A.C.). During the summer of 1976, three events took place: 1. RCA threw a party for Denver for being its top record seller. 2. The Starland Vocal Band, signed to Denver's Windsong label landed their only #1 pop hit in Afternoon Delight. 3. The Spirit album was released (#3 country and #7 top 200 album). It Makes Me Giggle was the first single and it hit #70 country, #60 pop, and #9 A.C.. That was a poor showing considering what Denver did just six months earlier. Like A Sad Song peaked at #34 country, #36 pop, and #1 A.C.. That was much better, but not good enough. Baby, You Look Good To Me Tonight hit #22 country, #65 pop, and #13 A.C. in 1977. That year saw Denver's second greatest hits album released. By this time, Denver's music was no longer in vogue as deejays were afraid of losing face for continuously spinning Denver records. However, the only chart giving Denver top tens throughout the rest of the 1970s was the A.C. chart. Those songs were: 1. How Can I Leave You Again-1978-#2 2. It Amazes Me-1978-#9 3. I Want To Live-1978-#10 4. What's On Your Mind-1979-#10 Denver entered the 1980s with the release of the Autograph album. The title track hit #52 pop and #20 A.C.. After that album ran its course, there was a shakeup at RCA. The new people wanted to hear Denver's commitment to country music. Denver refused to budge. Denver was sent kicking and screaming to Nashville to record the Some Days Are Diamonds album. It was produced by Larry Butler, Kenny Rogers' producer from 1975-1980. Denver called it 'an ersatz country album'. The title track hit #10 country, #36 pop, and #12 A.C. in 1981, his strongest showing in years. With Denver refusing to commit to country, the follow up reached #50 country-The Cowboy And The Lady. Shanghai Breezes, from Seasons Of The Heart became his last top 40 pop hit (#31) and final A.C. chart topper in 1982. It did not crack the country chart. His next album, It's About Time in 1983 yielded a country entry-an excellent duet with Emmylou Harris called Wild Montana Skies (#14). His next hit was the title track to his 1985 album, Dreamland Express (#9 in 1986). His next album was his last for RCA called One World. RCA dropped Denver in 1986 after 17 years at the label. Denver started his second label, Windstar Records in 1988. A CD was released that year called Higher Ground. It was during this time he participated on a CD called Will The Circle Be Unbroken Volume 2 by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Their duet, And So It Goes hit #14 in 1989, becoming the final top 40 country hit in Denver's career. His next release happened in 1997 and it was called The Best Of John Denver Live on the Legacy label. A month later, he made his last public appearance at a Baltimore Orioles game. In October, he boarded a plane (Denver was a licensed pilot). His plane crashed off the California coast. Denver died at the age of 53. Several hits CD have been released since his death. They are: 1. Greatest Country Hits-1998 2. The Essential John Denver-2004 3. Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits-2004 4. 16 Biggest Hits-2006 5. The Essential John Denver-2007 6. The Ultimate Collection-2011 Denver is currently on the chart with The Classic Christmas Album (#39). Had he lived next month, Denver would be turning 69. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1974: 1. BACK HOME AGAIN-JOHN DENVER-RCA 2. She Called Me Baby-Charlie Rich-RCA 3. Get On My Love Train-LaCosta-Capitol 4. Memory Maker-Mel Tillis-MGM 5. I Can Help-Billy Swan-Monument 6. Trouble In Paradise-Loretta Lynn-MCA 7. We're Over-Johnny Rodriguez-Mercury 8. Take Me Home To Somewhere-Joe Stampley-ABC/Dot 9. Every Time I Turn The Radio On-Bill Anderson-MCA 10. Son Of A Rotten Gambler-Anne Murray-Capitol
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 3, 2012 17:40:59 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 *** "Cruise" Florida Georgia Line
The pair's introductory single tops Country Airplay, reaching No. 1 in its 19th week. Florida Georgia Line is the first duo or group to reach the top with a debut single since Zac Brown Band's "Chicken Fried" led for two weeks in December 2008. Greatest Gainer No. 27 "Two Black Cadillacs" Carrie Underwood Hot Shot Debut No. 53 "I Drive Your Truck" Lee Brice Debut No. 54 "A Holly Jolly Christmas" Lady Antebellum Debut No. 57 "Moonshine Road" Kix Brooks Debut No. 58 "I Will Wait" Mumford & Sons Debut No. 60 "Home To Me" Sarah Darling
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Post by gcizvolsfan on Dec 3, 2012 21:57:57 GMT -5
Wow...Mumford & Sons debut. They are one of my favorite alternative bands and this song was on top for weeks on that chart.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2012 23:00:48 GMT -5
Wow...Mumford & Sons debut. They are one of my favorite alternative bands and this song was on top for weeks on that chart. In my weekly predictions I've been guessing that they'd chart for a while now. "I Will Wait" is really a great song. Not very many stations are playing it (it's not an 'official' single to country radio, and I don't know if their label has any plans to release it or not), but it's getting enough airplay at some big stations to make it on the chart. This past week, it got 46 spins at WWKA Orlando, 23 spins at KMLE Phoenix, 19 spins at KAJA San Antonio, 13 spins at WCKT in Ft. Myers, Florida, and 8 spins at WCTQ in Sarasota, Florida. If you ask me, "I Will Wait" is more 'country' than a lot of today's pop/rock-influenced country.
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 4, 2012 18:37:55 GMT -5
1. CRUISIN' TO #1: Florida Georgia Line claims their first #1 in Cruise. They become the first duo on the Republic Nashville label to have a #1. Also, they become the first duo to take their debut single to #1 since the Wreckers did it in 2006 with Leave The Pieces (unless you count Love And Theft's debut as a duo, Angel Eyes). 2. HIS SECOND AFTER THREE YEARS: Randy Houser collects his second top ten this week with How Country Feels at #10. His first was in 2009 when Boots On peaked at #2. 3. JINGLE FAST: Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert have the fastest climbing song of the week as Jingle Bell Rock rings up twelve places to #45. 4. SECOND WEEK OF CHRISTMAS: For the second week, a Christmas song debuts on the chart. This time it belongs to Lady Antebellum with their version of A Holly Jolly Christmas at #54. 5. SHOWING THEIR COUNTRY SIDE: Mumford & Sons make their country chart debut at #58 with I Will Wait. It is off their current CD, Babel. The single peaked at #23 on the Hot 100 earlier this year. 6. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: So Small-Carrie Underwood-Arista 2002: These Days-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street 1997: Love Gets Me Every Time-Shania Twain-Mercury 1992: I Cross My Heart-George Strait-MCA 1987: Somebody Lied-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 7. A BLAST FROM THE PAST: Considering what is happening on this planet and in this country (even in your back yard), it is time for a little good news. That is what you are getting when we salute Anne Murray this week when she had the #1 hit 29 years ago this week with A Little Good News. Murray did well with her previous album, The Hottest Night Of The Year. It yielded a pair of #7 singles: 1. Hey! Baby!-1982 2. Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye-1983 It was time for a follow up album and Murray titled it A Little Good News. The title track was first, released in September and made its way to #1 in December, becoming Murray's lucky seventh chart topping country hit. It continued her crossover era (1970-1986) by peaking at #74 pop and #11 adult contemporary. It was a hit in her native Canada, peaking at #1 country and #2 A.C. there. She faltered a bit with the second release, That's Not The Way It's S'posed To Be (#46 country and #12 A.C.). The third and final single, Just Another Woman In Love peaked at #1 country and #7 A.C. in 1984. A Little Good News has been certified at the gold level. A Little Good News won a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female. Shortly after Just Another Woman In Love peaked, the C.M.A. Awards were held. Murray won Single and Album of the Year for A Little Good News, becoming the first female artist to win Album of the Year (Patty Loveless would be next for When Fallen Angels Fly in 1995). Murray was also up for Female Vocalist, but the eventual winner, Reba McEntire thought Murray would win. Murray would continue to hit the top ten in country on a regular basis until 1986's Now And Forever You And Me (#1 country, #7 A.C., and #92 pop). Her last major hit of the 1980s was 1987's Are You Still In Love With Me (#20). A Little Good News resurfaced on 1989's Greatest Hits Volume II. Her last top ten in America was Feed This Fire in 1990 (#5 off of the You Will CD). Her last country chart appearance was in the following year with Everyday (#56). Her last CD was released this year called Ten Great Songs: Inspirational Classics on Capitol Records.
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Post by musicbuff78 on Dec 8, 2012 22:32:08 GMT -5
I've ALWAYS had a place in my heart for A Little Good News (and Anne Murray) because when I was 4 and REALLY sick in the hospital....in it for 3 months and 2 of them in PICU, this (and Islands in the Stream) were the 2 songs I really liked. I will never get sick of either one.
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Post by carriekins on Dec 8, 2012 22:38:34 GMT -5
[quote author=jhomes87 board=country thread=117044 post=4122692 time=1354593648 If you ask me, "I Will Wait" is more 'country' than a lot of today's pop/rock-influenced country. [/quote]
I totally, totally agree with this. I absolutely LOVE Mumford & Sons and definitely think that, if they wanted to, they could make a case for themselves in the country world.
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