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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 22, 2014 12:57:14 GMT -5
1. A SWEET #1: For the tenth time in their career, the Zac Brown Band has the top song in country music with Sweet Annie. Their ten #1s looks like this: 1. Chicken Fried-2008 2. Toes-2009 3. Highway 20 Ride-2010 4. Free-2010 5. As She's Walking Away-with Alan Jackson-2010 6. Colder Weather-2011 7. Knee Deep-with Jimmy Buffett-2011 8. Keep Me In Mind-2011-chart wise, their biggest hit 9. Goodbye In Her Eyes-2013 10. Sweet Annie-2014 Out of fourteen singles, ten of them are #1s. That means the Zac Brown Band's winning percentage is at 71%. Furthermore, they become the fifth group to have at least ten chart toppers. The others: 1. Alabama-33 2. Oak Ridge Boys-17 3. Rascal Flatts-12 4. Exile-10 5. Zac Brown Band-10 2. A VOICE FIRST: Cassadee Pope, season three winner of The Voice lands her first top ten this week with Wasting All These Tears at #10. She becomes the first winner with a top ten from that show. 3. #98: George Strait collects his 98th top 40 hit with I Got A Car at #39. He is in fourth place on the list of those artists with the most top 40 hits. Johnny Cash is at #3 with 105 top 40 hits. 4. GOING FOR FIVE: Florida Georgia Line debuts their fifth single, This Is How We Roll at #45. This is a duet with Luke Bryan. This is from a rereleased version of their debut CD, Here's To The Good Times. If it hits the top, they will have five chart topping hits following: 1. Cruise-2012 2. Get Your Shine On-2013 3. Round Here-2013 4. Stay-2014-chart wise, their biggest hit Florida Georgia Line also has a spot at #5 with Stay and they are at #55 with The Cadillac Three and Dierks Bentley with The South. 5. NICHOLS FAST: Joe Nichols has the fastest climbing song of the week as Yeah moves up seven to #52. 6. #1 CDS: These were the top selling country CDs in 2009, 2004, 1999, 1994, and 1989: 2009: Fearless-Taylor Swift-Big Machine 2004: Shock'n Y'all-Toby Keith-DreamWorks 1999: Double Live-Garth Brooks-Capitol 1994: Greatest Hits Volume Two-Reba McEntire-MCA 1989: Old 8 X 10-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Guns N'Roses, Bruce Springsteen, and Randy Travis. What do those artists have in common? They ALL released a pair of CDs on the same day. Guns did it in 1991 with Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II. Springsteen released Human Touch and Lucky Town together in 1992. However, when Travis did it later on in 1992, it was a pair of greatest hits CDs. A new recording, Look Heart, No Hands was our top hit 21 years ago this week. Travis signed to Warner Bros. in 1985. By the time Warners surveyed Travis' career in 1992, he had racked up 21 major hits, 19 top tens, and 12 #1 hits. The track listing for BOTH CDs are: Vol. 1: 1. If I Didn't Have You-1992-#1 2. 1982-1986-#6 3. Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart-1990-#1-chart wise, his biggest hit 4. On The Other Hand-1986-#1 5. Honky Tonk Moon-1988-#1 6. An Old Pair Of Shoes-1993-#21 7. I Told You So-1988-#1 8. Too Gone Too Long-1988-#1 9. Heroes And Friends-1991-#3 10. Deeper Than The Holler-1989-#1 11. Reasons I Cheat Vol. 2: 1. Look Heart, No Hands-1993-#1 2. Forever And Ever, Amen-1987-#1 3. No Place Like Home-1987-#2 4. Is It Still Over-1989-#1 5. He Walked On Water-1990-#2 6. Take Another Swing At Me 7. Promises-1989-#17 8. Diggin' Up Bones-1986-#1 9. I Won't Need You Anymore Always And Forver-1987-#1 10. It's Just A Matter Of Time-1989-#1 11. I'd Do It All Again With You Not only If I Didn't Have You become a chart topper in 1992, but Look Heart, No Hands did the same in 1993. Both CDs were certified platinum in 1993. However, 1993 saw a downturn in chart fortunes for Travis. He released a CD that year called Wind In The Wire. Its biggest hit was Cowboy Boogie (#46). He rebounded with the next CD, This Is Me in 1994. It produced four top tens. They are: 1. Before You Kill Us All-1994-#2 2. Whisper My Name-1994-#1 3. This Is Me-1994-#5 4. The Box-1995-#7 When title #2 topped the charts, it marked the ninth consecutive year Travis would have a #1 hit. He would have to wait another nine years for his next, Three Wooden Crosses. That comeback was brief even though Travis won several awards for the song in 2003 and 2004. Five years later, he received new attention from Carrie Underwood when she remade I Told You So for her Carnival Ride CD. When it was first released, it was a solo single. When Travis and Underwood sang it together on American Idol, Arista rereleased the song as a duet. It peaked at #2 on the country chart (Underwood's ninth top ten and Travis' 30th) and #9 on the Hot 100 (Underwood's third top ten and Travis' first). During the chart run of I Told You So, Underwood won her first A.C.M. Entertainer of the Year Award. It won a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals. Since the 1992 release of the greatest hits CDs, there have been other surveys of Travis' career. Most notably: 1. Trail Of Memories: The Randy Travis Anthology-2002 2. The Very Best Of Randy Travis-2004 3. I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits Of Randy Travis-2009 In 2013, Travis had a heart condition which led to a stroke. Brain surgery followed and he is currently recuperating. Get well soon, Randy! That did not stop him from releasing a CD called Influence Vol. 1: The Man I Am. He also starred in a Lifetime movie called Christmas On The Bayou. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 23, 1993: 1. LOOK HEART, NO HANDS-RANDY TRAVIS-WARNER BROS. 2. Walkaway Joe-Trisha Yearwood-MCA 3. Somewhere Other Than The Night-Garth Brooks-Capitol 4. Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away-Vince Gill-MCA 5. Too Busy Being In Love-Doug Stone-Epic 6. Life's A Dance-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic 7. Wild Man-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 8. Love Without Mercy-Lee Roy Parnell-Arista 9. Take It Back-Reba McEntire-MCA 10. Can I Trust You With My Heart-Travis Tritt-Warner Bros.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 27, 2014 21:12:22 GMT -5
^ Wow. For some reason, Randy's 1990-1995 stuff is all forgotten. I can't remember the last time I heard "Look Heart, No Hands", "Whisper My Name", "If I Didn't Have You", etc., and actually forgot that "Forever Together" even existed! Even the good classics shows seem to act as if Randy never had a hit after 1988.
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Post by Marv on Jan 27, 2014 21:41:11 GMT -5
That top 70 chart covering the past 25 years is indisputably asinine and cannot be taken seriously under any circumstances.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 28, 2014 18:18:24 GMT -5
1. HE'S GOT #1: David Nail celebrates his second #1 this week with Whatever She's Got. This time, it took only 35 weeks to hit the top. His first chart topper, Let It Rain from 2012 took 49 weeks to hit #1. 2. YOUNG IS FAST: Chris Young has the fastest climbing song of the week with Who I Am With You. It vaults twelve to #45. 3. NETTLES' #1 GIRL: Debuting at #1 on the country albums chart is Jennifer Nettles' debut solo CD, That Girl. It sold 54,000 copies last week. She becomes the first solo artist that was from a duo (Sugarland) to score a top selling CD since Ronnie Dunn (Brooks & Dunn). Dunn did it in 2011 with a self-titled CD. 4. MORE F.G.L.: Debuting at #11 is an EP by Florida Georgia Line called iTunes Session. They are currently at #4 with their debut CD, Here's To The Good Times. 5. A 40S LOOK: These were the chart topping hits of the 1940s during the last week of January: 1944: Pistol Packin' Mama-Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters-Decca 1945: I'm Losing My Mind Over You-Al Dexter-Okeh 1946: Guitar Polka-Al Dexter-Columbia 1947: Rainbow At Midnight-Ernest Tubb-Decca 1948: I'll Hold You In My Heart Till I Can Hold You In My Arms-Eddy Arnold-RCA 1949: One Has My Name The Other Has My Heart-Jimmy Wakely-Capitol 6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: George Strait's third greatest hits CD, Ten Strait Hits reached its peak 22 years ago this week at #7 (he should have a CD with that title-wait, he does). Strait signed to MCA Records in 1981. His first greatest hits CD was released four years later. The CD reached #4 and is certified quadruple platinum. Greatest Hits, Volume Two appeared in 1987. The triple platinum album became Strait's sixth chart topping CD. Ten Strait Hits was released in December, 1991. The track listing for the CD is: 1. Famous Last Words Of A Fool-1988-#1 2. Baby Blue-1988-#1 3. If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'-1988-#1 4. Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye-1989-#1 5. What's Going On In Your World-1989-#1 6. Ace In The Hole-1989-#1 7. Overnight Success-1990-#8 8. Love Without End, Amen-1990-#1-chart wise, his biggest hit 9. Drinking Champagne-1990-#4 10. I've Come To Expect It From You-1990-#1 The CD collected hits from three CDs: If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' (1988), Beyond The Blue Neon (1989), and Livin' It Up (1990). The CD features the last of his longest streak of chart topping hits (titles 1-6). That streak started in 1986 with Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left Her. That streak ended with Overnight Success, Strait's first single since being named C.M.A. Entertainer of the Year. Then, his biggest hit was next, Love Without End, Amen. That stayed at #1 for five weeks, country's first five week #1 since Dolly Parton's Here You Come Again in 1977 (chart wise, her biggest hit). Two remakes are on this CD: If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' (Faron Young-1955-#2) and Drinking Champagne (Cal Smith-1968-#35). The CD ends with Strait's third biggest hit, I've Come To Expect It From You (One Night At A Time from 1997 is his second biggest hit). That song finished #2 on the American Country Countdown's year end list (Alan Jackson's Don't Rock The Jukebox was tops). Despite reaching #7 on the country albums chart, it is a platinum CD. Ten Strait Hits was released while Strait was generating hits from his 1991 CD, Chill Of An Early Fall. Those hits were: 1. If I Know Me-1991-#1 2. You Know Me Better Than That-1991-#1 3. The Chill Of An Early Fall-1991-#3 4. Lovesick Blues-1992-#24 ALL songs from Ten Strait Hits except for Overnight Success were repeated for the 1995 box set, Strait Out Of The Box. A new recording, Check Yes Or No became one of Strait's biggest hits (#1 in 1995). It won the 1996 C.M.A. Single of the Year. Strait was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006. He was named the A.C.M. Artist of the Decade in 2009. In 2012, he announced his retirement from touring, his final concerts appropriately called The Cowboy Rides Away. He is currently on the charts with his Love Is Everything CD. I Got A Car, his current single, just became his 98th top 40 hit. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1992: 1. Ropin' The Wind-Garth Brooks-Capitol 2. No Fences-Garth Brooks-Capitol 3. Garth Brooks-Garth Brooks-Capitol 4. For My Broken Heart-Reba McEntire-MCA 5. It's All About To Change-Travis Tritt-Warner Bros. 6. Pocket Full Of Gold-Vince Gill-MCA 7. TEN STRAIT HITS-GEORGE STRAIT-MCA 8. All I Can Be-Collin Raye-Epic 9. Don't Rock The Jukebox-Alan Jackson-Arista 10. Trisha Yearwood-Trisha Yearwood-MCA
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 3, 2014 18:38:25 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (1 week)*** "Drink A Beer" Luke Bryan Debut No. 26 "Invisible Hunter Hayes Debut No. 53 "Dust" Eli Young Band Debut No. 54 "Clockwork" Easton Corbin Debut No. 56 "Why God Made Love Songs" Joel Crouse Debut No. 58 "You Sound Good To Me" Lucy Hale Debut No. 60 "Smile That Smile" Weston Burt
My first posting of the chart highlights since I started this thread last November.
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 4, 2014 19:21:47 GMT -5
1. #1 DRINK: Luke Bryan collects his eighth #1 hit this week with Drink A Beer, a song about his late siblings. This is from the Crash My Party CD which has yielded the title track (#1 in 2013) and That's My Kind Of Night (#2 in 2013). 2. INVISIBLE NO MORE: Hunter Hayes has the Hot Shot Debut this week with Invisible at #26. This is from an upcoming CD. It almost matches his previous high start of #24 with I Want Crazy. That proceeded to a #2 peak last year. 3. BEACHIN' FAST: Jake Owen has the fastest climbing song of the week as Beachin' climbs twelve to #43. 4. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2009, 2004, 1999, 1994, and 1989: 2009: She Wouldn't Be Gone-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros. 2004: Remember When-Alan Jackson-Arista 1999: Stand Beside Me-Jo Dee Messina-Curb 1994: I Swear-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic 1989: What I'd Say-Earl Thomas Conley-RCA 5. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: After six years at MCA/Decca, it was time for Mark Chesnutt to release a greatest hits CD. When he did, a new recording hit #1. That was It's A Little Too Late, our chart topping song from 17 years ago this week. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 1. Bubba Shot The Jukebox-1992-#4 2. Too Cold At Home-1990-#3 3. Blame It On Texas-1991-#5 4. Almost Goodbye-1993-#1 5. It's A Little Too Late-1997-#1 6. Old Country-1993-#4 7. Brother Jukebox-1991-#1 8. Gonna Get A Life-1995-#1 9. Let It Rain-1997-#8 10. It Sure Is Monday-1993-#1 11. Goin' Through The Big D-1995-#2 12. I'll Think Of Something-1992-#1 The CD culled hits from four other Chesnutt albums: Too Cold At Home (1990), Longnecks & Short Stories (1992), Almost Goodbye (1993), and What A Way To Live (1994). As for the two new songs, It's A Little Too Late was released in November, 1996 and it became the seventh chart topping hit in Chesnutt's career in February, 1997. Let It Rain followed, hitting #8 later in the year. Greatest Hits (#18 country CD) is certified platinum. His next CD, Thank God For Believers started with the title track (#2), It's Not Over (featuring Alison Krauss and Vince Gill-#34 in 1998), and I Might Even Quit Lovin' You (#18). Chesnutt decided in 1998 to cover the Aerosmith song, I Don't Want To Miss A Thing. Their version hit #1 on the pop chart. His version hit #1 on the country chart in 1999, becoming his biggest hit (also a #17 pop hit). That served as the title track to his CD which yielded his last major hit for Decca (This Heartache Never Sleeps-#17). His last CD for Decca, Lost In The Feeling yielded Fallin' Never Felt So Good (#52 in 2000-originally a #39 hit for Shawn Camp in 1993) and the title track (#59-a #2 hit for Conway Twitty in 1983). Chesnutt then switched from Decca to Columbia for a one CD deal. During this time, he appeared on a Tracy Byrd single, A Good Way To Get On My Bad Side (#21 in 2001). Ironically, Byrd replaced Chesnutt at Cutter's Nightclub in Beaumont. The Mark Chesnutt CD yielded three chart singles. They are: 1. She Was-2002-#11 2. I Want My Baby Back-2002-#47 3. I'm In Love With A Married Woman-2003-#48 Chesnutt signed to the Vivaton! label in 2003. Savin' The Honky Tonk gave him another three chart appearances. They are: 1. The Lord Loves The Drinkin' Man-2004-#36 2. I'm A Saint-2005-#33 3. A Hard Secret To Keep-2005-#59 He released Heard It In A Love Song CD in 2006. Two singles were released, but they did not chart. Lofton Creek was his next label and Rollin' With The Flow was released. His last two chart appearances came from that CD: the title track (#25 in 2007-a #1 for Charlie Rich in 1977) and She Never Got Me Over You (#49 in 2009). His last CD was released in 2010 called Outlaw. Considering how many chart appearances Chesnutt has made, there is only one other CD full of his hits: 2001's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 8, 1997: 1. IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE-MARK CHESNUTT-DECCA 2. Is That A Tear-Tracy Lawrence-Atlantic 3. Everybody Knows-Trisha Yearwood-MCA 4. Pretty Little Adriana-Vince Gill-MCA 5. Nobody Knows-Kevin Sharp-Asylum 6. A Man This Lonely-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 7. Half Way Up-Clint Black-RCA 8. I Can't Do That Anymore-Faith Hill-Warner Bros. 9. Amen Kind Of Love-Daryle Singletary-Giant 10. Friends-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 10, 2014 18:09:27 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (2 weeks)*** "Drink A Beer" Luke Bryan Debut No. 26 "Automatic" Miranda Lambert Miranda Lambert posts a career-best debut on Country Airplay, as "Automatic" soars in at No. 26. The song previews her fifth studio album; its title and release date have yet to be announced. The ode to simpler times will surely strike a chord with chart fans, thanks to this line: "Seems like only yesterday, I'd get a blank cassette / Record the country countdown, 'cause I couldn't buy it yet." Ultimately, Lambert decides: "When everything is handed to you, it's all only worth as much as the time you put in." Debut No. 55 "Close Your Eyes"Parmalee Debut No. 56 "Miss You" Darius Rucker Debut No. 59 "I Don't Dance" Lee Brice
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 11, 2014 18:54:44 GMT -5
1. STILL DRINKING: Luke Bryan continues to top the chart for the second week with Drink A Beer. If he manages a third week on top, he will match the three weeks he was at #1 with Crash My Party from last year. 2. AN AUTOMATIC HIGH: Blasting her way to #26 with the Hot Shot Debut is Miranda Lambert with Automatic. It is her highest debut to date and the lead single to her upcoming CD. Her other lead singles and their chart peaks: 1. Me And Charlie Talking-Kerosene-2004-#27 2. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend-2006-#50 3. Dead Flowers-Revolution-2009-#37 4. Baggage Claim-Four The Record-2011-#3 3. E.Y.B. FAST: Dust by the Eli Young Band is the fastest climbing song of the week (#53 to #45). 4. THE GRAMMY QUEEN IS TOPS: Kacey Musgraves, recent Grammy winner for Best Country Song (Merry Go 'Round) and Best Country Album (Same Trailer Different Park) has the top selling CD with said album after 27,000 were sold last week. 5. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2009, 2004, 1999, 1994, and 1989: 2009: Fearless-Taylor Swift-Big Machine 2004: Shock'n Y'all-Toby Keith-Dreamworks 1999: Wide Open Spaces-Dixie Chicks-Monument 1994: Kickin' It Up-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic 1989: Old 8 X 10-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 6. A BLAST FROM THE PAST: We are saluting a song that was #1 40 years ago this week. It was also #1 30 years ago this week as well. If you know your country music history, I am referring to That's The Way Love Goes by Johnny Rodriguez (1974) and Merle Haggard (1984). Rodriguez signed to the Mercury label in 1972 with help from Tom T. Hall (also on Mercury). Just before the year ended, he made his debut on the charts with Pass Me By If You're Only Passing Through (#9 in 1973). That was later recorded by Janie Frickie, whose version hit #22 in 1980. His debut album, Introducing Johnny Rodriguez and his second single, You Always Come Back To Hurting Me were released simultaneously. His second single became the first of six chart topping hits of his career. Ironically, that was written by Rodriguez and Hall. It was time to release another album. While going through songs for that album, Rodriguez and Merle Haggard heard a Lefty Frizzell/Sanger Shafer tune called That's The Way Love Goes. BOTH wanted to record the song, but Rodriguez actually did (Haggard just completed an album called I Love Dixie Blues So I Recorded 'Live' In New Orleans which yielded a #1, Everybody's Had The Blues). Rodriguez put it on his All I Ever Meant To Do Was Sing Album (1973). However, the first single was Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico. That hit #1 in 1973 and became his biggest hit. Second and final single, That's The Way Love Goes was released in December (while Haggard was at the top with his classic, If We Make It Through December). Rodriguez reeled in his third consecutive chart topping hit in February, 1974. Right after that song peaked, Frizzell enjoyed a brief resurgence on the charts as he collected his last top 40 hits: I Never Go Around Mirrors (#25-later recorded by Keith Whitley for his Don't Close Your Eyes CD in 1988) and Lucky Arms (#21). Frizzell died of a stroke in July, 1975. He was only 47 years old. That led Willie Nelson to record If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time (#1 for Frizzell in 1950, #1 for Nelson in 1976). Nelson would release a tribute album called To Lefty From Willie in 1977 which produced I Love You A Thousand Ways (#1 for Frizzell in 1951, #9 for Nelson in 1977). Rodriguez's version of That's The Way Love Goes made it on his first greatest hits album in 1976. Five years later, Haggard jumped from MCA Records to the Epic label. The Big City album yielded a trio of Haggard classics: My Favorite Memory (1981-#1), Big City (1982-#1), and Are The Good Times Really Over I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver (1982-#2). Haggard enjoyed two top ten duets with George Jones: Yesterday's Wine (1982-#1-written by Nelson) and C.C. Waterback (1983-#10). Haggard's second solo album for Epic, Going Where The Lonely Go yielded #1s in the title track and You Take Me For Granted (both 1983). Haggard's next duet partner was Nelson and they had a pair of top tens (both 1983): Reasons To Quit (#6) and Pancho And Lefty (#1). Haggard's fifth Epic album, 1983's That's The Way Love Goes started on a #3 note, What Am I Gonna Do With The Rest Of My Life. November, 1983 saw Haggard release his version of the title track (Rodriguez was on the chart with his #35 peaking Back On Her Mind Again). It hit the top during the tenth anniversary of Rodriguez's version doing the same in February, 1984. That became Haggard's 33rd chart topping hit. The album concludes with another #1, Someday When Things Are Good. Exactly a year later, Haggard would win his ONLY Grammy Award for That's The Way Love Goes (coincidentally, he had a chart topping duet with Frickie with A Place To Fall Apart). In 1999, Haggard released a two CD set called For The Record: 43 Legendary Hits. It was a collection of rerecorded Haggard classics. That's The Way Love Goes was done in duet form with Jewel. Their version hit #56 that year. Videos: Rodriguez version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=the4NfTLhUMHaggard version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhaju2pwrJgHaggard/Jewel version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWMfSrW1A2s
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Feb 11, 2014 20:31:14 GMT -5
^Merle's follow-up to "A Place to Fall Apart," "Natural High" (another #1), also featured Frickie on harmony vocals. However, for some reason she wasn't credited this time.
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Post by bigfan101 on Feb 18, 2014 17:45:46 GMT -5
^ Why hasn't Maggie charted?!?! it seems like she is so close every week -LOL at Jerrod Niemann being the greast gainer
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2014 22:28:43 GMT -5
^ Why hasn't Maggie charted?!?! it seems like she is so close every week -LOL at Jerrod Niemann being the greast gainer I thought Maggie would chart, but she didn't because not enough songs went recurrent. Austin Webb, Gary Allan, and LoCash Cowboys all re-bulleted. Paslay was the only recurrent. Natalie Stovall is at #60 with 627k, Maggie is 'New & Active' with 544k. "Looking Back Now" will probably still chart but it doesn't look like there's enough room on radio for it to become a hit. And, of course, she's a female. And, of course, the song actually sounds country. That's 2 strikes against her already..
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 19, 2014 12:34:30 GMT -5
1. ALDEAN'S #1 BABY: Jason Aldean scores his eleventh chart topping hit this week with When She Says Baby. This is from his Night Train CD which has produced three other #1 hits: 1. Take A Little Ride-2012 2. The Only Way I Know-with Luke Bryan and Eric Church-2013 3. Night Train-2013 In the meantime, the Night Train CD is the 34th in country music to produce a quartet of #1 hits. The others: 1. Don't Make It Easy For Me-Earl Thomas Conley-RCA 2. Roll On-Alabama-RCA 3. Why Not Me-the Judds-RCA 4. Rockin' With The Rhythm-the Judds-RCA 5. Lost In The Fifties Tonight-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 6. Hang On To Your Heart-Exile-Epic 7. Wheels-Restless Heart-RCA 8. Always & Forever-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 9. King's Record Shop-Rosanne Cash-Columbia 10. The Heart Of It All-Earl Thomas Conley-RCA 11. Southern Star-Alabama-RCA 12. Killin' Time-Clint Black-RCA 13. No Fences-Garth Brooks-Capitol 14. Don't Rock The Jukebox-Alan Jackson-Arista 15. Brand New Man-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 16. I Still Believe In You-Vince Gill-MCA 17. Alibis-Tracy Lawrence-Atlantic 18. Who I Am-Alan Jackson-Arista 19. The Woman In Me-Shania Twain-Mercury 20. Everywhere-Tim McGraw-Curb 21. A Place In The Sun-Tim McGraw-Curb 22. Lonely Grill-Lonestar-BNA 23. Set This Circus Down-Tim McGraw-Curb 24. If You're Going Through Hell-Rodney Atkins-Curb 25. Golden Road-Keith Urban-Capitol 26. Time Well Wasted-Brad Paisley-Arista 27. Carnival Ride-Carrie Underwood-Arista 28. The Foundation-Zac Brown Band-Atlantic 29. You Get What You Give-Zac Brown Band-Atlantic 30. Hemingway's Whiskey-Kenny Chesney-BNA 31. Red River Blue-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros. 32. Barefoot Blue Jean Night-Jake Owen-RCA 33. Here's To The Good Times-Florida Georgia Line-Republic Nashville 34. Night Train-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow 2. FINALLY!: After almost three years on the chart, Scotty McCreery has a top ten hit. His fourth single, See You Tonight is at #10. He becomes the third American Idol winner (2011) to score a top ten hit after Carrie Underwood (2005) and Kelly Clarkson (2002). McCreery's other singles include: 1. I Love You This Big-2011-#15 2. The Trouble With Girls-2012-#17 3. Water Tower Town-2012-#38 3. STAY!: After debuting at #26 last week with Automatic, Miranda Lambert holds that position for the second week. 4. ROLLIN' FAST: Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan have the fastest climbing song of the week as This Is How We Roll moves up six to #25. 5. CURB WON'T GIVE UP: Curb Records has released another Tim McGraw hits package called Love Story. It debuts at #19 this week on the country albums chart. He left Curb in 2012 to sign with Big Machine Records. 6. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2009, 2004, 1999, 1994, and 1989: 2009: Feel That Fire-Dierks Bentley-Capitol 2004: American Soldier-Toby Keith-DreamWorks 1999: I Don't Want To Miss A Thing-Mark Chesnutt-Decca 1994: I Swear-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic 1989: Big Wheels In The Moonlight-Dan Seals-Capitol 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Crystal Gayle has eighteen chart topping hits. The last of those, Straight To The Heart was our #1 song 27 years ago this week. Gayle signed to the Elektra label in 1982 after three years at Columbia. Her hits for Columbia were: 1. Half The Way- 1979-#2-her biggest #2 hit 2. It's Like We Never Said Goodbye-1980-#1 3. The Blue Side-1980-#8 4. If You Ever Change Your Mind-1980-#1 5. Take It Easy-1981-#17 6. Too Many Lovers-1981-#1-her biggest Columbia hit 7. The Woman In Me-1981-#3 8. You Never Gave Up On Me-1982-#5 9. Livin' In These Troubled Times-1982-#9 While she was on the chart with title #9, she signed to her fourth label, Elektra (she was previously with Decca and United Artists). She did 'double duty' at the time as she was preparing her debut Elektra album, True Love. She also recorded a duet with Eddie Rabbitt called You And I, the theme song for All My Children. It was placed on his 1982 album, Radio Romance. The crossover smash hit #1 country, #7 pop, and #2 adult contemporary. The same month You And I hit #1 (December, 1982), she released her solo debut for Elektra called 'Til I Gain Control Again. The Rodney Crowell tune was previously recorded by Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare (his version hit #42 in 1979), and Crowell himself. However, Gayle was the ONLY one who really had a hit with it. It reached the top in February, 1983. During this time Warner Bros. absorbed the Elektra label. Her first Warner single, Our Love Is On The Faultline also hit #1. Baby, What About You kept Gayle's streak perfect at Elektra/Warner. It also ended the True Love era. Album #2 for Warner, Cage The Songbird started Gayle's 1984 on a #1 note, The Sound Of Goodbye. So far so good. Gayle's first five singles hit the top of the chart. Could she make it six in a row? Second single, I Don't Want To Lose Your Love was released in February and found a home at #2 for two weeks (To All The Girls I've Loved Before by Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias kept Gayle from the top). She came back to #1 with Turning Away. A fourth single, Me Against The Night hit #4 in early 1985. Her 1985 album, Nobody Wants To Be Alone started with the title track (#3) and A Long And Lasting Love (#5). She teamed up with another labelmate in Gary Morris to record a song for the TV show Dallas. Titled Makin' Up For Lost Time, it was released in November, 1985 and became her 16th and his third #1 in February, 1986. Then she went to work on her Straight To The Heart album. She decided to record the Johnnie Ray classic Cry, a song she grew up singing. It became her 17th chart topper in October and the second time it became a hit in country (Lynn Anderson took it to #3 in 1972). The title track was next. Released in November, it found a home at #1 in February, 1987 becoming the last time Gayle saw her name at the top. The bluesy, rocking number was written by the same people who wrote Tina Turner's What's Love Got To Do With It. Her next hit was another duet with Morris, the theme song for Another World (#4). Then she came back to her album for two more top 40 hits: Nobody Should Have To Love This Way (#26 in 1987) and Only Love Can Save Me Now (#11 in 1988). Meanwhile, her greatest hits CD for Warner, The Best Of Crystal Gayle was released. Another Gayle/Morris duet hit the top 40 in 1988: All Of This & More (#26-from their 1987 CD, What If We Fall In Love). Her 1988 CD, Nobody's Angel was her last with Warner Bros.. The title track became her last top 40 hit (#22). Her last Warner single, Tennessee Nights reached #44. In 1989, she signed to Capitol Records (which absorbed her previous label, United Artists). Ain't Gonna Worry was released in 1990. It contains her final chart appearance to date: Never Ending Song Of Love (#72). Another CD was released on the label: Three Good Reasons (1992). Other CDs have been released on other labels. The most complete hits collection from her years at Warner Bros. is The Best Of Crystal Gayle (2002). Her last studio CD was released in 2003 called All My Tomorrows. Her last CD was a greatest hits album called Icon in 2013. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 21, 1987: 1. STRAIGHT TO THE HEART-CRYSTAL GAYLE-WARNER BROS. 2. I Can't Win For Losin' You-Earl Thomas Conley-RCA 3. Right Hand Man-Eddy Raven-RCA 4. Mornin' Ride-Lee Greenwood-MCA 5. No Place Like Home-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 6. Baby's Got A New Baby-Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet-MTM 7. Midnight Girl/Sunset Town-Sweethearts of the Rodeo-Columbia 8. I'll Still Be Loving You-Restless Heart-RCA 9. How Do I Turn You On-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 10. Forever-the Statler Brothers-Mercury
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Post by rbundy1987 on Feb 24, 2014 16:33:44 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (2 weeks)*** "When She Says Baby" Jason Aldean Greatest Gainer No. 30 "Keep Them Kisses Comin'" Craig Campbell Debut No. 50 "Chainsaw" The Band Perry Debut No. 55 "Best Night Ever" Gloriana Debut No. 57 "Looking Back Now" Maggie Rose Debut No. 60 "Later On" The Swon Brothers
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Post by CoJoFan on Feb 24, 2014 17:34:51 GMT -5
I have a question about the Billboard Country Airplay chart. Does anyone know what song has the record for most airplay spins at the end of a week? In other words what #1 song had the most spins while at the top of the chart?
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 25, 2014 18:43:22 GMT -5
1. SAY IT AGAIN: Jason Aldean tops the chart for the second week with When She Says Baby. It is his sixth multi week #1 hit. The others (with weeks at #1): 1. Big Green Tractor-2009-4-chart wise, his biggest hit 2. The Truth-2010-2 3. Don't You Wanna Stay-with Kelly Clarkson-2011-3 4. Take A Little Ride-2012-3 5. Night Train-2013-2 6. When She Says Baby-2014-2 so far 2. THREE FOR THREE: Randy Houser scores another top ten this week with Goodnight Kiss at #10. Since joining Stoney Creek, all three of his singles have hit the top ten. The first two became his first chart toppers last year: How Country Feels and Runnin' Outta Moonlight. 3. KEEP THEM COMIN': Craig Campbell has the fastest climbing song of the week as Keep Them Kisses Comin' smooches up fourteen to #30. 4. THE BEST ARE HERE: LoCash Cowboys are at #54 with Best Seat In The House while Best Night Ever by Gloriana debuts at #55. 5. NOT AN OUTSIDER: Eric Church debuts at #1 on BOTH country and top 200 chart as his current CD, The Outsiders sold 288,000 copies last week. His last CD, Chief started with 145,000. Church is also at #12 on the country albums chart with 4 Album Collection. 6. A 00S LOOK: These were the chart topping hits during the last week of February during the 2000s: 2000: My Best Friend-Tim McGraw-Curb 2001: You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This-Toby Keith-Dreamworks 2002: Good Morning Beautiful-Steve Holy-Curb 2003: The Baby-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros. 2004: American Soldier-Toby Keith-Dreamworks 2005: Bless The Broken Road-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street 2006: Jesus, Take The Wheel-Carrie Underwood-Arista 2007: It Just Comes Natural-George Strait-MCA 2008: Cleaning This Gun Come On In Boy-Rodney Atkins-Curb 2009: Down The Road-Kenny Chesney and Mac McAnally-BNA 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: When Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, and Eric Church topped the chart last year with The Only Way I Know, it marked the first time in 25 years where three solo artists got together for a #1 vocal collaboration. Twenty-six years ago this week, the law firm of Tanya Tucker, Paul Davis, and Paul Overstreet (T-D-O) had the top song with I Won't Take Less Than Your Love. Tucker entered the 1980s making news for her personal life more than her music career. She was linked to actor Don Johnson, singer Andy Gibb (R.I.P.), and singer Glen Campbell (who was twice her age at the time). Tucker had a trio of top 40 hits between 1980-1981: Pecos Promenade (1980-#10), Can I See You Tonight (1981-#4), and Love Knows We Tried (1981-#40). Ironically, Campbell provided background vocals for the first two songs. Her six year stay at MCA was over. 1982 marked the first time since her 1972 debut that she did NOT grace the top 40. Arista became her third label in 1982 (Columbia was her first). She had a one album deal that yielded two top 40 hits (both in 1983): Feel Right (#10) and Baby I'm Yours (#22). Her name disappeared from the top 40 in 1984 and 1985. 1985 saw her sign with Capitol Records (where Anne Murray and Marie Osmond recorded). Her debut CD with Capitol, Girls Like Me started with a solid hit, One Love At A Time (#3 in 1986). That was written by Davis and Overstreet. Second single, Just Another Love became her seventh #1 hit and her first in ten years since Here's Some Love in 1976. That was a Davis tune. Just before 1986 ended, third single I'll Come Back As Another Woman became the first of NINE #2 hits for Tucker in early 1987. The era wrapped up on a #8 note, It's Only Over For You. Tucker's comeback was complete. Second CD for Capitol, Love Me Like You Used To started with the title track peaking at #2. I Won't Take Less Than Your Love was going to be sung by Tucker, Don Williams (a Capitol artist at the time), and George Jones. Tucker wanted Davis and Overstreet on the record. It certainly made sense as Overstreet wrote the song (with Don Schlitz, who was hot at the time as a songwriter). The record was released in November, 1987 and climbed all the way to the top in February, 1988. It was her eighth chart topping hit. It ended Davis' one hit wonder status on the country chart as he enjoyed a #1 duet with Osmond with You're Still New To Me (1986). It was the second time Overstreet topped the chart as an artist (also a hot songwriter at the time) as his other trio, Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet (S-K-O) had a chart topping hit in early 1987 with Baby's Got A New Baby. Overstreet left the group shortly after that song hit #1 and I Won't Take Less Than Your Love was the first thing he recorded as a solo artist (he had eleven top 40 hits between 1988-1992, the biggest being Daddy's Come Around, a chart topper in 1991). 1988 became Tucker's biggest year on the chart as third single, If It Don't Come Easy topped the chart as well. Strong Enough To Bend, the title track to her third Capitol CD, became her biggest hit around her 30th birthday (in October). 1989 saw the Strong Enough To Bend CD yield three more hits. They are: 1. Highway Robbery-#2 2. Call On Me-#4 3. Daddy And Home-#27 She released her first greatest hits CD for Capitol in 1989. I Won't Take Less Than Your Love was on it as well as a new recording: My Arms Stay Open All Night. That kicked off her 1990 becoming her biggest #2 hit. In 1991, Tucker won the C.M.A. Female Vocalist of the Year Award. She could not attend as she was giving birth to her first child. Sadly, Davis is no longer with us as he died a day after his 60th birthday in 2008. As for Tucker, her last chart appearance was in 2003 with Old Weakness Coming On Strong (#49). Her current CD was released this year called Icon. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 27, 1988: 1. I WON'T TAKE LESS THAN YOUR LOVE-TANYA TUCKER, PAUL DAVIS, AND PAUL OVERSTREET-CAPITOL 2. Face To Face-Alabama-RCA 3. Too Gone Too Long-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 4. Do You Believe Me Now-Vern Gosdin-Columbia 5. I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl-Michael Martin Murphey-Warner Bros. 6. That's My Job-Conway Twitty-MCA 7. This Missin' You Heart Of Mine-Sawyer Brown-Capitol 8. Tell Me True-Juice Newton-RCA 9. Life Turned Her That Way-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 10. Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star-Merle Haggard-Epic
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 4, 2014 18:34:33 GMT -5
1. STILL #1: Jason Aldean, for the third week has the top song with When She Says Baby. If it holds on for a fourth week, it will tie Big Green Tractor from 2009 as his longest reign. 2. WICKS IS BACK: Grabbing Hot Shot Debut honors this week is Chuck Wicks at #45 with Us Again. It is his debut for Blaster Records. We have not seen him on the chart since 2010's Old School (#43). 3. TRIPLE THE BRYAN: Luke Bryan debuts this week at #46 with the fourth Crash My Party single, Play It Again. He is on the chart with the third, the chart topping Drink A Beer at #9 and his duet with Florida Georgia Line, This Is How We Roll is at #23. 4. A B & R DEBUT: Making their B$R/New Revolution debut is Big & Rich at #54 with Look At You. They were on the Warner label for a decade. Their last significant hit was That's Why I Pray (#16 in 2012). 5. BALLARD'S FAST: Frankie Ballard has the fastest climbing song of the week as Helluva Life makes a helluva move, up four to #3. 6. A #2 CD TO GO WITH A #2 HIT: Cole Swindell recently scored a #2 hit with Chillin' It. Now, he finds himself in the runner up position on the country albums chart with his self-titled debut, which sold 63,000 copies last week. 7. A 00S LOOK PART II: These were the top selling CDs during the first week of March during the 2000s: 2000: Fly-the Dixie Chicks-Monument 2001: O Brother, Where Art Thou-Soundtrack-Mercury 2002: Drive-Alan Jackson-Arista 2003: Home-the Dixie Chicks-Monument 2004: When The Sun Goes Down-Kenny Chesney-BNA 2005: Be As You Are Songs From An Old Blue Chair-Kenny Chesney-BNA 2006: Some Hearts-Carrie Underwood-Arista 2007: Taking The Long Way-the Dixie Chicks-Monument 2008: My Life's Been A Country Song-Chris Cagle-Capitol 2009: Fearless-Taylor Swift-Big Machine 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: The last seesaw battle for the top spot in country music started thirteen years ago this week. That is when Toby Keith and Diamond Rio were fighting for the #1 position with You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This and One More Day, respectively. 1998 is where we will start the story. Keith released his first greatest hits CD, Greatest Hits Volume One. By the time his first hits CD was released, Keith had 15 top 40 hits, 14 major hits, 13 top ten hits, and three chart toppers including his first, Should've Been A Cowboy (1993) which became the most played song of the decade. The two new songs off the greatest hits CD became chart singles: Getcha Some (#18 in 1998) and If A Man Answers (#44 in 1999). While he was on the charts with those songs, he completed another CD for Mercury. However, Mercury was NOT interested in it and decided to drop Keith after seven years. Undeterred, he shopped his CD to other labels and found a taker: Dreamworks, who had just opened their country division in Nashville. They kept what Keith had and released a single called When Love Fades. It matched the previous single's peak at #44. They quickly settled on the title track, How Do You Like Me Now as the second single. Released in November, 1999 it became Keith's first chart topper for Dreamworks in March, 2000. It was the first #1 for Dreamworks and the fourth for Keith. It was at #1 for five weeks, becoming his biggest hit to date (later replaced by Beer For My Horses, his duet with Willie Nelson in 2003). How Do You Like Me Now ended up being the biggest hit of the year according to the American Country Countdown and Billboard. Country Comes To Town was the third single and it hit #4. Fourth and final single, You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This was released in November. In the meantime, Diamond Rio was busy releasing a CD called One More Day. The first single, Stuff peaked at #36 and became their lowest charted top 40 hit. They regrouped with the title track, released in November, 2000 (alongside You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This). Keith arrived at the top spot first, giving him five #1 hits. Then, Diamond Rio collected their third #1 hit in One More Day. It was their first chart topper in almost four years since How Your Love Makes Me Feel in 1997 (chart wise, their biggest hit). One More Day took on new meaning following the death of Dale Earnhardt in February, 2001 (R.I.P. #3). Keith reclaimed the top spot for two weeks and then Diamond Rio returned for a second week at top. BOTH acts were replaced at the top by Jessica Andrews' ONLY chart topper, Who I Am. Diamond Rio would chart two more times off their CD: Sweet Summer (#18 in 2001) and That's Just That (#42 in 2001). As for Diamond Rio, their last chart appearance occurred in 2006 with God Only Cries (#30). Their last CD was released three years later called The Reason. Keith is currently on the charts with his Drinks After Work CD. As a bonus, I will be providing ALL five charts where Keith and Diamond Rio were #1. Ready? BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 3, 2001: 1. YOU SHOULDN'T KISS ME LIKE THIS-TOBY KEITH-DREAMWORKS 2. But For The Grace Of God-Keith Urban-Capitol 3. ONE MORE DAY-DIAMOND RIO-ARISTA 4. Ashes By Now-Lee Ann Womack-MCA 5. Burn-Jo Dee Messina-Curb 6. Who I Am-Jessica Andrews-Dreamworks 7. There Is No Arizona-Jamie O'Neal-Mercury 8. Wild Horses-Garth Brooks-Capitol 9. If My Heart Had Wings-Faith Hill-Warner Bros. 10. Tell Her-Lonestar-BNA BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 10, 2001: 1. ONE MORE DAY-DIAMOND RIO-ARISTA 2. YOU SHOULDN'T KISS ME LIKE THIS-TOBY KEITH-DREAMWORKS 3. But For The Grace Of God-Kieth Urban-Capitol 4. Who I Am-Jessica Andrews-Dreamworks 5. Ashes By Now-Lee Ann Womack-MCA 6. Burn-Jo Dee Messina-Curb 7. Wild Horses-Garth Brooks-Capitol 8. If My Heart Had Wings-Faith Hill-Warner Bros. 9. There Is No Arizona-Jamie O'Neal-Mercury 10. It's A Great Day To Be Alive-Travis Tritt-Columbia BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 17, 2001: 1. YOU SHOULDN'T KISS ME LIKE THIS-TOBY KEITH-DREAMWORKS 2. ONE MORE DAY-DIAMOND RIO-ARISTA 3. But For The Grace Of God-Keith Urban-Capitol 4. Who I Am-Jessica Andrews-Dreamworks 5. Ashes By Now-Lee Ann Womack-MCA 6. If My Heart Had Wings-Faith Hill-Warner Bros. 7. It's A Great Day To Be Alive-Travis Tritt-Columbia 8. Burn-Jo Dee Messina-Curb 9. There Is No Arizona-Jamie O'Neal-Mercury 10. Don't Happen Twice-Kenny Chesney-BNA BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 24, 2001: 1. YOU SHOULDN'T KISS ME LIKE THIS-TOBY KEITH-DREAMWORKS 2. ONE MORE DAY-DIAMOND RIO-ARISTA 3. Who I Am-Jessica Andrews-Dreamworks 4. But For The Grace Of God-Keith Urban-Capitol 5. If My Heart Had Wings-Faith Hill-Warner Bros. 6. It's A Great Day To Be Alive-Travis Tritt-Columbia 7. Ashes By Now-Lee Ann Womack-MCA 8. Don't Happen Twice-Kenny Chesney-BNA 9. Ain't Nothing 'Bout You-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 10. She Misses Him-Tim Rushlow-Atlantic BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 31, 2001: 1. ONE MORE DAY-DIAMOND RIO-ARISTA 2. Who I Am-Jessica Andrews-Dreamworks 3. YOU SHOULDN'T KISS ME LIKE THIS-TOBY KEITH-DREAMWORKS 4. It's A Great Day To Be Alive-Travis Tritt-Columbia 5. If My Heart Had Wings-Faith Hill-Warner Bros. 6. But For The Grace Of God-Keith Urban-Capitol 7. Ain't Nothing 'Bout You-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 8. Don't Happen Twice-Kenny Chesney-BNA 9. She Misses Him-Tim Rushlow-Atlantic 10. If I Fall You're Going Down With Me-Dixie Chicks-Monument Videos: You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwV2VM54CYAOne More Day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWxrk0Jz_uQ
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 10, 2014 15:27:33 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (1 week)*** "Compass" Lady Antebellum Greatest Gainer No. 17 "This Is How We Roll" Florida Georgia Line Featuring Luke Bryan Debut No. 57 "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight" Cole Swindell Debut No. 60 "Famous" Kelleigh Bannen
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 11, 2014 17:41:31 GMT -5
1. LADY A'S COMPASS POINTS AT #1: Lady Antebellum has the top song this week with Compass. It is the second chart topper from Golden. Downtown from last year was the first. The Golden CD becomes their third consecutive CD to yield multiple #1s. The others: 1. Need You Now-Need You Now (2009-chart wise, their biggest hit), American Honey (2010), and Our Kind Of Love (2010) 2. Own The Night-Just A Kiss (2011) and We Owned The Night (2011) 3. Golden-Downtown (2013) and Compass (2014) Their debut CD (self-titled) yielded their first chart topper, I Run To You (2009). 2. NIEMMANN'S BACK: Jerrod Niemann returns to the top ten this week at #9 with Drink To That All Night. The last time he was in the top ten was in 2011 with the #4 peaking What Do You Want. His other singles between those top tens are: 1. One More Drinkin' Song-2011-#13 2. Shinin' On Me-2012-#17 3. Only God Could Love You More-2013-#29 His biggest hit remains his sole chart topper Lover, Lover from 2010. 3. PERRY FAST: The Band Perry have the fastest climbing song of the week with Chainsaw. They rip up fourteen to #38. 4. BENTLEY'S FIFTH: Dierks Bentley's new CD, Riser debuts at #1 on the country albums chart after 63,000 copies were sold last week. This is his fifth chart topping CD following: 1. Modern Day Drifter-2005 2. Long Trip Alone-2006 3. Feel That Fire-2009 4. Home-2012 5. Riser-2014 5. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2009, 2004, 1999, 1994, and 1989: 2009: Sweet Thing-Keith Urban-Capitol 2004: American Soldier-Toby Keith-Dreamworks 1999: You Were Moine-the Dixie Chicks-Monument 1994: No Doubt About It-Neal McCoy-Atlantic 1989: From A Jack To A King-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: You can certainly say that Ricky Van Shelton was country's 'remake king' of the late 1980s to early 1990s. Such was the case 25 years ago this week when From A Jack To A King became his fifth #1 (and his fourth chart topping remake). Shelton signed to the Columbia label in 1986. That was the same year he met fellow new traditionalist singer, Randy Travis who was having a great 1986 with his first three hits (1982, On The Other Hand, and Diggin' Up Bones-ALL modern country classics). Shelton made his debut on the chart in January, 1987 with a rockabilly number, Wild-Eyed Dream (the title track to his debut CD). It climbed to a respectable #24 on the chart. His second single, Crime Of Passion became his first top ten at #7 (the first of 17 top tens Shelton would have). His third single became the first of ten chart toppers: Somebody Lied. That was first recorded by Conway Twitty for his 1985 CD, Don't Call Him A Cowboy. It was written by Twitty's nephew, Larry Jenkins. Somebody Lied finished the year at #2 behind Travis' Forever And Ever, Amen at the American Country Countdown. Fourth single, Life Turned Her That Way was originally a #11 hit for Mel Tillis in 1967. This time, it was a #1 hit for Shelton in 1988. A fifth single ended the Wild-Eyed Dream era. It was Don't We All Have The Right. That was the b-side to the Roger Miller hit, South (#15 in 1970, the year Shelton says he was hooked on country music). Miller wrote the tune and saw his name at the top of the chart, thanks to Shelton. Wild-Eyed Dream ended up going platinum. For the second CD, Loving Proof, Shelton started the era with I'll Leave This World Loving You. That was written by Wayne Kemp, whose version hit #47 in 1980. Shelton's version hit #1 for two weeks, becoming his biggest hit to date and the biggest hit of the year according to the American Country Countdown (in a flip flop, Travis' I Told You So finished second). During the chart run of I'll Leave This World Loving You, he won the C.M.A. Horizon Award. From A Jack To A King was released in December, 1988. That tune was suggested by Bettye Shelton, Ricky's wife and he loved the idea of doing the song. From A Jack To A King was Ned Miller's biggest hit (#2 country, #6 pop, and #3 adult contemporary in 1962). Shelton's version hit #1 country in March, 1989. Shelton's remake replaced another at the top of the chart: Ronnie Milsap's version of Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me (#11 for Ray Price in 1966 and #11 for Price and Willie Nelson in 1981). Third single, Hole In My Pocket ended Shelton's longest chart topping streak at five by peaking at #4 during the summer. Living Proof ended the Loving Proof era on a #1 note. Shelton won the C.M.A. Male Vocalist of the Year Award (ending Travis' two year reign). Just before the year ended, Shelton released the first RVS III single called Statue Of A Fool. That was a #1 hit for Jack Greene in 1969 and a #10 hit for Brian Collins in 1974. Bill Medley (of the Righteous Brothers) charted a version in 1979 (#91). This time, it became the biggest #2 hit of Shelton's career (Clint Black's Nobody's Home was #1-chart wise, his biggest hit). Shelton collected his first #1 from RVS III and his first of the 1990s with I've Cried My Last Tear For You. He was back to #2 with I Meant Every Word He Said. Fourth and final single, Life's Little Ups And Downs started Shelton's 1991 on a #4 note. That was originally done by Charlie Rich in 1969. His wife, Margaret Rich wrote the tune. It peaked at #41 in 1969. After three successful CDs, it was time for a fourth called Backroads. Rockin' Years, a duet with Dolly Parton was supposed to be a duet between Parton and George Jones. However, Shelton was the hottest act at Columbia at the time, so he was picked instead. The tune was written by Parton's brother, Floyd Parton and was also placed on her Eagle When She Flies CD. The duet reached #1 in May, 1991 giving Shelton his eighth chart topping hit and Parton her 24th #1 hit (also giving her chart toppers during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s). Backroads gave Shelton his final two chart toppers: I Am A Simple Man and Keep It Between The Lines-chart wise, his biggest hit). Further singles, After The Lights Go Out (#13) and Backroads (#2) kept Shelton on the charts for most of 1992. His contribution to the Honeymoon In Vegas soundtrack, made it on to his first hits CD, Greatest Hits Plus. It was Wear My Ring Around Your Neck. That was a remake of the Elvis Presley hit of 1958 (#3 country, #2 pop, and #1 r&b). Shelton's version hit #26. Wild Man was next and it became his final top ten in early 1993 by peaking at #5. Just As I Am peaked at #26. A Bridge I Didn't Burn was released in 1993. For the first time in his career, he missed the top 40 with the first single, A Couple Of Good Years Left (#44). Where Was I became his last major hit and last top 40 hit (#20). His final CD for Columbia, Love And Honor was released in 1994. Two chart singles were produced: Wherever She Is (#49 in 1994) and Lola's Love (#62 in 1995). After eight years at Columbia, Shelton moved to Vanguard Records in 1998. A CD was released called Making Plans, but went nowhere. Two years later, his last studio CD was released called Fried Green Tomatoes on the Audium label. His final chart appearance came from that CD: The Decision (#71 in 2000). Six years later, he shocked the country music world by announcing his retirement from the business after twenty years. On top of the CDs mentioned, Shelton released a gospel CD in 1992 called Don't Overlook Salvation and two Christmas CDs (in 1989 and 2000). Three other hits CDs complete the Shelton collection (1995, 1996, and 1999). This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 18, 1989: 1. FROM A JACK TO A KING-RICKY VAN SHELTON-COLUMBIA 2. New Fool At An Old Game-Reba McEntire-MCA 3. Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye-George Strait-MCA 4. Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 5. I'm No Stranger To The Rain-Keith Whitley-RCA 6. I'm A One Woman Man-George Jones-Epic 7. From The Word Go-Michael Martin Murphey-Warner Bros. 8. Come As You Were-T. Graham Brown-Capitol 9. Down That Road Tonight-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-Warner Bros. 10. Who You Gonna Blame It On This Time-Vern Gosdin-Columbia
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Post by rbundy1987 on Mar 17, 2014 17:43:14 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (1 week)*** "Helluva Life" Frankie Ballard After making inroads three years ago with a pair of mid-charting singles, Frankie Ballard scores his first No. 1 on Billboard's Nielsen BDS-based Country Airplay chart, as "Helluva Life" jumps 4-1. In his prior two chart visits, both in 2011, "Tell Me You Get Lonely" reached No. 33 and "A Buncha Girls" rose to No. 27.
Ballard told Billboard last month that he knew that "Life," the lead single from his sophomore album, "Sunshine & Whiskey," "was going to touch people and speak to their journey, but I had no idea it would [get] the reaction that it has. This song speaks to things like hope, and getting up every day and putting one foot in front of the other no matter what kind of curve balls life throws you. People have really made the story their own."
Greatest Gainer No. 28 "Play It Again" Luke Bryan Debut No. 54 "Kiss You Tonight" David Nail Debut No. 56 "Keep It To Yourself" Kacey Musgraves Debut No. 59 "Hey Brother" Avicii
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 18, 2014 18:12:01 GMT -5
1. A HELLUVA #1: With the third single release of his career, Frankie Ballard lands his first #1 this week with Helluva Life. His previous singles, Tell Me You Get Lonely stalled at #33 in 2010 and A Buncha Girls peaked at #27 in 2011. Ballard becomes the second artist in Billboard 2014 (since December, 2013) to land a first chart topping hit. Parmalee was first in December with Carolina. 2. GOING FOR #11: Blake Shelton moves up to #2 this week with Doin' What She Likes. If he can knock off his labelmate Ballard to get to #1, it will be his eleventh consecutive chart topping hit. Shelton has not missed the top since Hillbilly Bone, his duet with Trace Adkins that started the streak in 2010. 3. PLAY IT FAST: Luke Bryan has the fastest climbing song of the week with Play It Again. It vaults nine spots to #28. 4. THEIR FIRST: The Eli Young Band celebrate their first #1 CD in 10,000 Towns. It sold 36,000 copies last week. Their first charted CD, Jet Black & Jealous was a #5 CD in 2008 and they followed it up with a #3 CD, Life At Best in 2011. 5. FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: I can not believe the following, but this column turns five years old this week. I must say time has flown fast for me and this column. I am proud to say that I have NOT missed a week. Two numbers come to mind and they are 260, the number of columns produced and eight, the number of errors caught through the years (six were caught by others while I have corrected two of them myself). Not a bad percentage when you consider how many facts get pumped out every week. My column over the years has been on five websites. They are in chronological order: Country Music Television, Pulse Music Board, the 9513 (where I am a moderatror), Country Chart Talk, and Country Chart Connection. I would like to say thank you for reading the columns and making comments about them. Who knows, maybe some of your questions have been answered along the way. By the way, if you would like to make comments and/or questions, or even have new ideas for the column, please p.m. those to me. After all, it is YOUR column. I hope I have covered your favorites with justice. I do not do these columns to show you how much I know, but to spark your interest in the artists, songs, and CDs (albums) discussed. I have learned a ton by doing these columns. I have listened to country music all of my life. My first memories include listening to an eight track of Marty Robbins' greatest hits. Hopefully, this column will continue for another five years, Lord willing. Again, thank you for your support and for reading these columns. 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHARTS: How did country music look like during the week I debuted my column? Well, Keith Urban had the #1 song with Sweet Thing and Fearless by Taylor Swift was the top selling CD. Let us salute BOTH of them. Urban's story will start in 2008 when he released his first greatest hits CD called Greatest Hits: 18 Kids (later 19 Kids). He rerecorded a song called You Look Good In My Shirt that laid as an album cut off of the Golden Road CD for six years. That became his seventh chart topping hit and first #1 in three years since Better Life (his second biggest hit). He went to work on his Defying Gravity CD. However, his next hit came from the Brad Paisley CD, Play called Start A Band. That hit #1 during January, 2009. In the meantime, Urban was already charting with the lead single, Sweet Thing. That became his ninth chart topper in March. Second single, Kiss A Girl made a big impression on three charts: #3 country, #16 pop, and #11 adult contemporary. The third single became his career making tenth #1 hit, Only You Can Love Me This Way. Right after that song peaked, Billboard gave Urban two honors: he won the Country Singles Artist of the Year award and his biggest hit, Somebody Like You (2002) was named the biggest hit of the decade. 2010 started on a #3 note with 'Til Summer Comes Around and the Defying Gravity era ended on a #2 note with I'm In (originally a #35 peaking single for The Kinleys in 2001). His next CD, Get Closer started with a #2 hit, Put You In A Song in 2010. He reeled off three consecutive chart toppers: Without You (2011), Long Hot Summer (2011), and You Gonna Fly (2012). He took his sweet time recording his next CD, so a song he recorded for the Act Of Valor soundtrack, For You was released. That peaked at #6. Since that was NOT a regular Urban release, his streak of chart toppers was preserved. That continues with his current CD, Fuse from last year. Two singles have reached the top: Little Bit Of Everything and We Were Us, a duet with Miranda Lambert. He is currently in the top 20 with the third single, Cop Car. This is what the chart looked like back then: BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 21, 2009: 1. SWEET THING-KEITH URBAN-CAPITOL 2. It Won't Be Like This For Long-Darius Rucker-Capitol 3. Cowgirls Don't Cry-Brooks & Dunn and Reba McEntire-Arista 4. God Love Her-Toby Keith-Show Dog 5. River Of Love-George Strait-MCA 6. White Horse-Taylor Swift-Big Machine 7. Down The Road-Kenny Chesney and Mac McAnally-BNA 8. Don't Think I Can't Love You-Jake Owen-RCA 9. It's America-Rodney Atkins-Curb 10. Nothin' To Die For-Tim McGraw-Curb Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1oz1C99aVkWhat can be said about Taylor Swift? A lot, I bet. She made her debut in 2006 with Tim McGraw off her self-titled debut CD. That became her first hit when it peaked at #6 in 2007. Her CD started with 39,000 in sales during the first week (that would change dramatically with her next three CDs). Teardrops On My Guitar just missed being her first chart topper by peaking at #2. That became her first major pop hit at #13 (her lucky number). She made up for that near miss by collecting her biggest country hit with Our Song. That was #1 for six weeks between December, 2007 to January, 2008. It became another pop hit (#16). Her 2008 started with the #3 peaking Picture To Burn and the Taylor Swift era ended with the chart topping Should've Said No. Her next CD, Fearless really showed Swift's commercial clout. During the first week, it sold 592,000 copies becoming her first double #1 on country and top 200 charts. Love Story, the lead single became her third #1 country hit while becoming her first top ten on the pop chart (#4). 2009 started with White Horse which proceeded to a #2 peak on the country chart while being a #13 pop hit. You Belong With Me almost became a double #1 on both charts, but peaked at #2 pop. Fifteen ended 2009 on a #7 note in country while the title track peaked at #10 country and #9 pop in 2010. By the way, her first two CDs are certified quintuple platinum for Taylor Swift and sextuple platinum for Fearless. As if Swift could not get any hotter, her third CD, Speak Now opened with a million in sales during the first week, becoming her second double #1 CD on both charts. That made her the second country artist to do so after Garth Brooks did it in 1998 with Double Live. ALL singles promoted to country became major hits on BOTH charts. They are: 1. Mine-2010-#2 country, #3 pop 2. Back To Decmeber-2011-#3 country, #6 pop 3. Mean-2011-#2 country, #11 pop 4. Sparks Fly-2011-#1 country, #17 pop 5. Ours-2012-#1 country, #13 pop With her massive crossover successes between 2007-2012, it was natural that Swift went in a pop direction (as if her previous hits did not indicate that). Her next CD, Red started with a song called We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. It had debuted and peaked at #13 on the old Hot Country Songs chart (now the Country Airplay chart). However, Billboard introduced a new Hot Country Songs chart that mirrored its Hot 100 chart. Swift's song became the first to top the new chart. The song debuted at #72 pop and moved to the top the following week. It did not stop the Red CD from having a 1.2 million selling debut week, easily topping both country (if you can call it a country CD) and top 200 charts. The song ruled the new chart for ten weeks (chart wise, the second biggest hit on that chart with Cruise by Florida Georgia Line being the biggest). Her country chart peaks are coming from the airplay chart. Begin Again kicked off her 2013 on a #3 country and #7 pop note. Her next hit came from the Tim McGraw CD, Two Lanes Of Freedom. That was Highway Don't Care and it was her seventh chart topper and his 25th #1 hit. The title track peaked at #7 country and #6 pop. Even though no other singles were promoted to country, several others have made pop appearances. BOTH Speak Now and Red are certified quadruple platinum. That makes Swift's sales at over 20 million in the U.S. alone. This is what the chart looked like back then: BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 21, 2009: 1. FEARLESS-TAYLOR SWIFT-BIG MACHINE 2. Raising Sand-Alison Krauss and Robert Plant-Rounder 3. Learn To Live-Darius Rucker-Capitol 4. The Foundation-the Zac Brown Band-Atlantic 5. Taylor Swift-Taylor Swift-Big Machine 6. Love On The Inside-Sugarland-Mercury 7. Carnival Ride-Carrie Underwood-Arista 8. Feel That Fire-Dierks Bentley-Capitol 9. That Lonesome Song-Jamey Johnson-Mercury 10. Easy Does It-Jake Owen-RCA Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Xr-JFLxik
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Mar 18, 2014 23:19:24 GMT -5
I've only been a member here for a little over a year, but I enjoy reading the column each week. I started listening to country radio and following the country charts in the mid-1980's, so I remember many of the artists and songs that you feature. Keep the streak going.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 19, 2014 12:45:07 GMT -5
I've only been a member here for a little over a year, but I enjoy reading the column each week. I started listening to country radio and following the country charts in the mid-1980's, so I remember many of the artists and songs that you feature. Keep the streak going. Thank you for your comments. I certainly appreciate your contributions here as well.
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Post by rbundy1987 on Mar 24, 2014 17:01:42 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (1 week)*** "I Hold On" Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley scores his first No. 1 in nearly two years, and his 11th overall, on the Country Airplay chart, as "I Hold On" pushes 3-1. The Arizona native had most recently topped the tally with "5-1-5-0," which led the Aug. 4, 2012, list. He first reigned with his debut entry, "What Was I Thinkin'," in 2003.
Greatest Gainer No. 8 "Bottoms Up" Brantley Gilbert Debut No. 49 "I Wish I Could Break Your Heart" Cassadee Pope Debut No. 55 "What I Can't Put Down" Jon Pardi Debut No. 60 "Where It's At" Dustin Lynch
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Post by bigfan101 on Mar 24, 2014 17:08:55 GMT -5
Great, great start for Cassadee Pope.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 24, 2014 17:18:03 GMT -5
Please, let Chase Rice still be at #41, Please, let Chase Rice still be at #41, Please, let Chase Rice still be at #41…
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Post by Marv on Mar 24, 2014 17:23:14 GMT -5
If Mr. Borchetta's opinion that Nashville's songwriters must dig deeper for material as opposed to continuing to pump out soulless 'bro-country' schlock really takes hold on Music Row, playing this wonderful tune would do wonders for the format, since the quality of music by the ladies has been soaring quality-wise in recent years, including the wonderful return to country radio of an artist icon named Sara Evans, and certainly including newcomers such as Cassadee, Leah Turner, Jana Kramer, Danielle Bradbery and lots of others.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 24, 2014 17:27:45 GMT -5
Please, let Chase Rice still be at #41, Please, let Chase Rice still be at #41, Please, let Chase Rice still be at #41… Well can't speak for Billboard, but he's #42 on Mediabase. I just hope he doesn't crack the top 40 on that chart. Could you imagine Bob introducing that song on his countdown. Hearing Kingsley's voice talk over that horrid intro is just wrong.
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Post by someguy on Mar 24, 2014 21:18:33 GMT -5
Interesting that we've now had back to back weeks where songs have fallen 1-9. First "Compass", and now "Helluva Life". That just goes to show how orchestrated and manufactured a lot of these pushes to #1 really are (as if we needed more proof). This revolving door #1 policy is going to lead to the first song going recurrent from #1, and I think we'll see that happen this year. Frankie almost fell to #10 tonight.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 25, 2014 17:51:49 GMT -5
1. BENTLEY HOLDS #1: For the eleventh time in his career, Dierks Bentley has the top song in country music. This week he is at the top with I Hold On from his Riser CD. The CD started with the #45 peaking Bourbon In Kentucky. Bentley has not seen the top since August, 2012 when 5-1-5-0 became his tenth chart topping hit from his previous CD, Home. The follow up, Tip It On Back hit #5 in 2013. 2. BRYAN'S FAST AGAIN: For the second week in a row, Luke Bryan has the fastest climbing song of the week as Play It Again zooms up ten to #18. 3. SPRING'S HERE: Luke Bryan has the top selling CD this week with Spring Break 6 Like We Ain't Ever after 74,000 copies were sold. This is his second EP to top the chart after Spring Break 5 Here To Party in 2013. Bryan is currently at #4 with his current CD, Crash My Party and at #25 with his previous EP. 4. WILLIAMS IS BACK: Don Williams debuts at #19 with his current CD, Reflections. This is his first time on the chart since 2012 when And So It Goes peaked at #20. 5. A 90S LOOK: These were the top country hits during the last week of March during the 1990s: 1990: Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 1991: Loving Blind-Clint Black-RCA 1992: Is There Life Out There-Reba McEntire-MCA 1993: When My Ship Comes In-Clint Black-RCA 1994: My Love-Little Texas-Warner Bros. 1995: Thinkin' About You-Trisha Yearwood-MCA 1996: You Can Feel Bad-Patty Loveless-Epic 1997: How Was I To Know-Reba McEntire-MCA 1998: Nothin' But The Taillights-Clint Black-RCA 1999: How Forever Feels-Kenny Chesney-BNA 6. A BLAST FROM THE PAST: For 26 years (1980-2006), Conway Twitty had the most #1s in country music history. He took over in that category 34 years ago this week when I'd Love To Lay You Down became his 29th chart topping hit. Twitty took the lead from Eddy Arnold, who had the most #1s starting in 1948. Arnold took the lead from Al Dexter when Arnold topped the chart for the eighth time with A Heart Full Of Love For A Handful Of Kisses. Arnold frequently topped the chart until 1955 when That Do Make It Nice became his 21st chart topper. For some strange reason, he had to wait until 1965 for his next #1, What's He Doing In My World. He would continue to have #1s until 1968's Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye. Ironically, Twitty's first #1, Next In Line replaced Arnold's last and 28th chart topper. Twitty would collect 25 chart topping hits between 1968-1977 including his biggest hit, Hello Darlin' (1970) and the first of five #1 duets with Loretta Lynn, After The Fire Is Gone (1971-chart wise, their biggest duet). 1977 saw Twitty release his 25th chart topper, I've Already Loved You In My Mind. That was the title track. Another title track was the follow up and it was Georgia Keeps Pulling On My Ring (#3 in 1977). A Mel McDaniel tune broke his longest streak of top tens and it was The Grandest Lady Of Them All (#16 in 1978). The Conway album was next and changes were on the horizon. The hits from that album were: Boogie Grass Band (#2 in 1978) and Your Love Had Taken Me That High (#3 in 1979). Twitty decided to split from his long time producer, Owen Bradley (head of MCA Nashville) so he could produce his own records. Then he decided to change hairstyles from his long time 50s look in favor of a perm. Whatever the reason, the results were magic. The CrossWinds album produced three chart topping hits (all in 1979): Don't Take It Away, I May Never Get To Heaven, and Happy Birthday Darlin' (his third biggest hit). With Birthday topping the chart, Twitty tied Arnold at 28 #1 hits. However, Twitty's entrance to the 1980s started with a top ten duet with Lynn called You Know Just What I'd Do (#9). It was time for Twitty to release a new album and it was called Heart And Soul. The first single, I'd Love To Lay You Down was released in January and made its way to the top in March, not only giving Twitty his 29th chart topper, but the lead of having #1 hits. It also gave Twitty #1s during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Twitty's suggestive song replaced another at the top: Ronnie Milsap's Why Don't You Spend The Night. The second and final single, I've Never Seen The Likes Of You hit #6. Twitty would stay at MCA for another year and released two more albums. Those albums and hits are: 1. Rest Your Love On Me-A Bridge That Just Won't Burn-1981-#3 and Rest Your Love On Me-1981-#1 2. Mr. T-Tight Fittin' Jeans-1981-#1 and Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night-1982-#1 While he was on the chart with album #2, Twitty moved over to the Elektra (later Warner) label. He recorded another eight #1s for them. They are: 1. The Clown-1982 2. Slow Hand-1982-his biggest hit of the 1980s 3. The Rose-1983 4. Somebody's Needin' Somebody-1984 5. I Don't Know A Thing About Love The Moon Song-1984 6. Ain't She Something Else-1985 7. Don't Call Him A Cowboy-1985 8. Desperado Love-1986 Twitty returned to MCA while he was on the chart with title #8. The landscape at the label changed since 1981. George Strait was (and is) the top male at the label. However, Twitty continued to do well, racking up ten major hits between 1987-1991. Those hits are: 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. House On Old Lonesome Road-1989-#19 9. Crazy In Love-1990-#2 10. I Couldn't See You Leavin'-1991-#3 Twitty died in June, 1993 from an abdominal aneurysm. He was heading to Nashville to do Fan Fair. The following year, Twitty City was sold to Trinity Broadcasting Network and a box set of his music was released. Thirty-eight of his 41 chart toppers were on it (his only #1 pop hit, It's Only Make Believe from 1958 is present, but NOT Ain't She Something Else, Don't Call Him A Cowboy, and Desperado Love). Twitty was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. However, records are meant to be broken. Strait released a CD in 2005 called Somewhere Down In Texas. Lead single You'll Be There debuted at #30 but peaked at #4 during the summer. She Let Herself Go was released in September and climbed all the way to the top in January, 2006 becoming his 40th chart topping hit, tying Twitty in the process. Third and final single, The Seashores Of Old Mexico just missed the top ten at #11. A follow up CD, It Just Comes Natural made history out of the gate. First single, Give It Away topped the chart in September, 2006 giving Strait the most #1s in country music. That pushed Twitty's total of 40 #1s to second place. 2006 saw Strait inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Since Give It Away, Strait has padded his lead with three more chart toppers: It Just Comes Natural (2007), I Saw God Today (2008), and River Of Love (2009). Will Strait's record be broken? Highly unlikely.
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Mar 27, 2014 20:14:03 GMT -5
In hindsight Conway replacing Eddy at #1 represented a passing of the torch. Conway really was next in line at the time in terms of most chart toppers. Interesting how things work out sometimes.
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