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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 10, 2015 15:43:34 GMT -5
1. SEEING DOUBLE: Luke Bryan continues to have the #1 song for the second week with I See You, the sixth single and fifth #1 from his current CD, Crash My Party. 2. THEIR TOP TWO STREAK CONTINUES: Florida Georgia Line advance one to #2 with Sun Daze, the second single from Anything Goes. So far, their first seven releases have hit the top two. They are: 1. Cruise-2012-#1 2. Get Your Shine On-2013-#1 3. 'Round Here-2013-#1 4. Stay-2014-#1-chart wise, their biggest hit 5. This Is How We Roll-with Luke Bryan-2014-#2 6. Dirt-2014-#1 7. Sun Daze-2015-#2 so far 3. REBA'S 88TH: At #40 for the week is Reba McEntire's debut Nash Icon single, Going Out Like That. It is her 88th top 40 hit, giving her the same number of top 40s as Conway Twitty. The top ten artists with the most top 40s are: 1. George Jones-145 2. Eddy Arnold-128 3. Johnny Cash-105 4. George Strait-98 5. Waylon Jennings-92 6. Merle Haggard-92 7. Dolly Parton-90 8. Conway Twitty-88 9. Reba McEntire-88 10. Webb Pierce-84 4. WILD AND FAST: Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter have the fastest climbing song of the week with Wild Child (#49 to #36). 5. A SECOND HIT: Carrie Underwood has the Hot Shot Debut of the week at #52 with Little Toy Guns. It is the second single off her Greatest Hits: Decade #1 CD. The first single, Something In The Water peaked at #3, breaking her top two streak at eighteen. 6. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990: 2010: The Truth-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow 2005: Bless The Broken Road-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street 2000: Cowboy Take Me Away-Dixie Chicks-Monument 1995: Mi Vida Loca My Crazy Life-Pam Tillis-Arista 1990: On Second Thought-Eddie Rabbitt-Capitol 7. A BLAST FROM THE PAST: Sonny James entered the 1970s by collecting one of his biggest hits, It's Just A Matter Of Time, our #1 song from 45 years ago this week. During James' amazing run of chart topping hits between 1967-1971, it was common for him to cover other people's hits. Those are: 1. I'll Never Find Another You-1967-#4 pop and #2 adult contemporary for the Seekers in 1964 2. A World Of Our Own-1968-#19 pop and #2 A.C. for the Seekers in 1965 3. Born To Be With You-1968-#5 pop for the Chordettes in 1956 4. Only The Lonely-1969-#2 pop for Roy Orbison in 1960 5. Running Bear-1969-#1 pop for Johnny Preston in 1960 6. Since I Met You, Baby-1969: a. #12 pop and #1 r&b for Ivory Joe Hunter in 1956 b. #34 pop for Mindy Carson in 1956 c. #81 pop for Bobby Vee in 1960 7. It's Just A Matter Of Time-1970-#3 pop and #1 r&b for Brook Benton in 1959 8. My Love-1970-#1 pop and #4 A.C. for Petula Clark in 1966 9. Endlessly-1970-#12 pop and #3 r&b for Benton in 1959 10. Bright Lights, Big City-1971-#58 pop and #3 r&b for Jimmy Reed in 1961 Benton himself has been influenced by country music. Laura What's He Got That I Ain't Got was a #1 country hit for Leon Ashley in 1967. That year, Benton took his version to #78 pop and #37 A.C.. Frankie Laine, Claude King, Marty Robbins, and Kenny Rogers put out their version over the next several years. As for It's Just A Matter Of Time, that was written by Benton, Clyde Otis, and Belford Hendricks, who produced the tune for Benton. James' version was recorded in 1969. He released it as the title track of his 1969 album in January. It reached the top the following month, giving him #1s during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. It stayed at the top for four weeks. It even managed a #87 peak on the pop chart. During the time James was #1, Benton scored his last big hit, Rainy Night In Georgia, a #4 pop, #2 A.C., and #1 r&b hit. As for James, his chart topping streak was snapped by the #2 placing of Only Love Can Break A Heart in 1972. Coincidentally, that was a remake of the Gene Pitney classic of 1962 that hit #2 pop, #1 A.C., and #16 r&b. Benton himself has influenced country in a big way. Rainy Night In Georgia hit #13 in 1974 for Hank Williams, Jr.. It's Just A Matter Of Time resurfaced as a country hit two more times. Glen Campbell took his version to #7 in 1986 while Randy Travis scored a chart topper in 1989. A bunch of country and r&b artists got together to record the 1994 CD, Rhythm, Country And Blues. In 1993, Conway Twitty and Sam Moore (from Sam & Dave) recorded their version of Rainy Night In Georgia. After the recording session, Twitty told producer Don Was he wanted to do an r&b album. Was agreed. It was not to be. Twitty died a month later at the age of 59. James' last chart appearance came in 1983 with Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes (#58). His last CD was released in 2002 called The Complete Columbia And Monument Hits. He was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 18, 2015 8:39:09 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (1 week)*** "Sun Daze" Florida Georgia Line Florida Georgia Line lands its sixth No. 1 on Country Airplay, as "Sun Daze" climbs 2-1. Of the duo's seven proper country radio single, only "This Is How We Roll," featuring Luke Bryan, has missed the summit, stopping at No. 2.
Greatest Gainer No. 13 "Homegrown" Zac Brown Band Debut No. 54 "Kiss You In The Morning" Michael Ray Debut No. 58 "My Mistake" Cam Debut No. 60 "Hit The Road" Waterloo Revival
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 18, 2015 10:34:35 GMT -5
1. DAZED AT #1: Florida Georgia Line score their sixth #1 hit this week with Sun Daze. It is the second release from their Anything Goes CD which has produced another #1 in last year's Dirt. 2. A LONELY TOP TEN: At #4 is Lonely Tonight by Blake Shelton and Ashley Monroe while Chris Young enters the top ten at #8 with Lonely Eyes. 3. FAST AND WILD: For the second week, Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter have the fastest climbing song of the week with Wild Child (#36 to #26). 4. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990: 2010: Need You Now-Lady Antebellum-Capitol 2005: Be As You Are Songs From An Old Blue Chair-Kenny Chesney-BNA 2000: Fly-the Dixie Chicks-Monument 1995: The Hits-Garth Brooks-Capitol 1990: Killin' Time-Clint Black-RCA 5. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Marie Osmond holds two records in country music (she does). They are: 1. Osmond was born in October, 1959. She scored her first #1 in November, 1973 with Paper Roses. At 14 years, 1 month, she becomes the youngest female artist to score a chart topping hit. 2. Osmond has the longest gap between SOLO #1 records for a female artist. From Paper Roses hitting #1 in November, 1973 to There's No Stopping Your Heart in February 1986, that is a gap of 12 years, 3 months. Naturally, the latter tune was our #1 song 29 years ago this week. As for Paper Roses (the title track of her debut album), that was Osmond's first single and first crossover hit (#5 pop and #1 adult contemporary). Chart wise, it's her biggest country hit. She only managed one more major country hit, a duet with her brother, Donny Osmond on I'm Leaving It All Up To You in 1974, a #17 country hit that made appearances on pop (#4) and A.C. (#1) charts. Her second album, In My Little Corner Of The World yielded the title track in 1974 (#33). Another crossover hit was generated by the title track of her third album of 1975, Who's Sorry Now (#29 country, #40 pop, and #21 A.C.). Another duet with Donny, their remake of Make The World Go Away hit #71 country, #44 pop, and #31 A.C.. She only made one more country appearance during the 1970s and that was A-My Name Is Alice (#85 in 1976). She was off the country chart for six years. 1982 saw her charting with I've Got A Bad Case Of You (#74) and Back To Believing Again (#58). Another single release, Who's Counting hit #82 in 1984 (all on RCA Records). 1985 saw Osmond being signed to Capitol Records. Her first CD for them was There's No Stopping Your Heart. However, the first single kept Osmond hitless and that was Until I Fall In Love Again (#54). Second single, Meet Me In Montana was a duet with Dan Seals (also on his Won't Be Blue Anymore CD). That was released in July and topped the chart in October, giving Osmond her second #1 and Seals his first chart topper. The title track was next and that was released in November. It climbed all the way to the top in February 1986, giving Osmond her second solo #1 and first since Paper Roses. A fourth release, Read My Lips (a George Bush favorite for sure) hit #4 during the summer of 1986. With her country comeback complete, Osmond released another CD in I Only Wanted You (1986). The first single, You're Still New To Me was a duet with Paul Davis. It became her fourth and final #1 while becoming his first chart topper. While that song was on the charts, two major events took place. They are: 1. Osmond married Brian Blosil. 2. Osmond and Seals won the C.M.A. Vocal Duo of the Year Award. I Only Wanted You kicked off Osmond's 1987 on a #14 note, becoming her last major hit. She followed that with her last top 40, Everybody's Crazy 'Bout My Baby at #24. The fourth and final single, Cry Just A Little hit #50. Her 1988 CD, All In Love yielded Without A Trace (#50), Sweet Life with Davis (#47) that was a remake of Davis' hit of 1978 (#85 country, #17 pop, and #7 A.C.), and I'm In Love And He's In Dallas (#59). Steppin' Stone was released in 1989 produced the title track (#70) and Slowly But Surely (#75). Another single, Let Me Be The First did not chart. Her association with Capitol ended in 1990, so her greatest hits CD that year called The Best Of Marie Osmond was released on Curb Records. Like A Hurricane charted at #57 that year while Think With Your Heart did not. Her final chart appearance happened in 1995 with What Kind Of Man Walks On A Woman (#75). That was the year Curb released 25 Hits Special Collection. To take advantage of Osmond appearing on Dancing With The Stars in 2008, where on one episode, she fainted, Curb released Dancing With The Best Of Marie Osmond. Her version of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy is on there. Her last solo CD was released in 2010 called I Can Do This. A duets CD with Donny called Donny & Marie was released in 2011. Sadly, Osmond lost both of her duet partners. Davis died in 2008 at the age of 60 while Seals passed away in 2009 at the age of 61. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 22, 1986: 1. THERE'S NO STOPPING YOUR HEART-MARIE OSMOND-CAPITOL 2. You Can Dream Of Me-Steve Wariner-MCA 3. The One I Loved Back Then The Corvette Song-George Jones-Epic 4. Think About Love-Dolly Parton-RCA 5. I Could Get Used To You-Exile-Epic 6. Come On In You Did The Best You Could Do-Oak Ridge Boys-MCA 7. Fast Lanes And Country Roads-Barbara Mandrell-MCA 8. Please Be Love-Mark Gray-Columbia 9. What's A Memory Like You Doing In A Love Like This-John Schneider-MCA 10. Oklahoma Borderline-Vince Gill-RCA
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Post by josephmorgan on Feb 20, 2015 12:49:56 GMT -5
I have a very interesting question for you: When was the last time a group had the #1 country album that had NO songs from said album in the Top 60 Country Airplay chart?
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 20, 2015 15:44:27 GMT -5
I have a very interesting question for you: When was the last time a group had the #1 country album that had NO songs from said album in the Top 60 Country Airplay chart? I found it. It is the 2011 CD by Alison Krauss and Union Station, Paper Airplane. #1 CD, no singles charted (title track was released).
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 24, 2015 8:41:17 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (1 week)*** "Make Me Wanna" Thomas Rhett Thomas Rhett lands his third Country Airplay No. 1 with "Make Me Wanna." He first led with 2013's "It Goes Like This" and followed with last year's "Get Me Some of That."
Greatest Gainer No. 17 "Raise 'Em Up" Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church Debut No. 55 "Like A Wrecking Ball" Eric Church Debut No. 58 "Riser" Dierks Bentley Debut No. 59 "Nothin' Like You" Dan + Shay
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 24, 2015 9:45:11 GMT -5
1. MAKE ME #1: Thomas Rhett lands his third #1 in his career this week with Make Me Wanna. It is the fifth single from his debut CD, It Goes Like This. The other two chart toppers from the set are It Goes Like This (2013) and Get Me Some Of That (2014). Furthermore, Rhett is the first artist since Florida Georgia Line to have at least three chart toppers from their debut CD. Here's To The Good Times produced four. They are: 1. Cruise-2012 2. Get Your Shine On-2013 3. 'Round Here-2013 4. Stay 2. #14?: At #2 for the week is Blake Shelton's and Ashley Monroe's Lonely Tonight. If it tops the chart, it will be Shelton's 14th consecutive chart topping hit. 3. A TIE: We have two songs taking five point jumps for fastest climbing songs of the week. They are: 1. Sippin' On Fire-Florida Georgia Line-#52 to #47 2. Kiss You In The Morning-Michael Ray-#54 to #49 4. WHERE'S THERE SMOKE: Blackberry Smoke become the first artist this year to have a 2015 release top the album chart this year. They collect there first #1 CD with Holding All The Roses after 19,000 were sold. 5. A 50S LOOK: These were the chart topping hits during the last week of February during the 1950s: 1950: Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy-Red Foley-Decca 1951: The Shot Gun Boogie-Tennessee Ernie Ford-Capitol 1952: Slow Poke-Pee Wee King-RCA 1953: Kaw-Liga-Hank Williams-MGM-this hit #1 just weeks after his death 1954: Slowly-Webb Pierce-Decca 1955: In The Jailhouse Now-Webb Pierce-Decca 1956: I Forgot To Remember To Forget-Elvis Presley-Sun 1957: Young Love-Sonny James-Capitol 1958: Ballad Of A Teenage Queen-Johnny Cash-Sun 1959: Don't Take Your Guns To Town-Johnny Cash-Columbia 6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Chart wise, the biggest hit of Randy Travis' career is Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart from 1990, a song I saluted last year. However, his biggest #2 hit is Better Class Of Losers from 1992. It officially became his biggest runner up hit 23 years ago this week when it spent its third and final week in that position. Travis was riding high with his last #1 CD, Heroes & Friends in 1990 and 1991 (Travis was named the #1 country artist by Billboard for 1990 while Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart finished #2 on both year-end lists by Billboard and the American Country Countdown). A Few Ole Country Boys, his duet with George Jones hit #8 in 1990 and became Jones' final top ten. The title track kicked off Travis' 1991 on a #3 note. Travis and Alan Jackson were touring during this time and decided to write a few songs together. Three of them ended up on the upcoming Travis CD, High Lonesome. Coincidentally, all of those were singles off the CD. However, the first single was written by Don Schlitz and Thom Schuyler for George Bush's Thousand Points Of Light program. Simply titled Point Of Light, it was released in April and proceeded to a #3 peak. The first Travis/Jackson tune released was Forever Together. That was released in September and became Travis' twelfth chart topping hit just three weeks after Jackson scored a #1 with Someday. Better Class Of Losers was next and that was released in December. It got all the way to #2 for the Billboard chart dated February 15, 1992, unable to dislodge Garth Brooks from the top with his second biggest hit, What She's Doing Now. That is appropriate because I consider Better Class Of Losers a cousin of Brooks' biggest hit, Friends In Low Places. As a matter of fact, it was the second time Brooks blocked Travis from the top. In 1990, while Travis collected his second biggest #2 hit with He Walked On Water, Brooks was tops with The Dance. Earlier in the year, the roles were reversed and Brooks had his first #2 hit with Not Counting You while Travis ruled with Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart. After three weeks at #2, Travis gave way to John Anderson's Straight Tequila Night which ended the four week reign of Brooks. After Anderson topped the chart, Jackson claimed a #1 in Dallas. The fourth High Lonesome single, I'd Surrender All faltered at #20. The CD hit #3, ending a chart topping streak of five CDs by Travis while earning a platinum certification. Travis made history when he released a pair of greatest hits CDs in 1992, becoming the first country artist to release two CDs at the same time. Two chart toppers were produced: If I Didn't Have You (1992) and Look Heart, No Hands (1993). In the meantime, Jackson was prepping his A Lot About Livin' And A Little 'Bout Love CD. Travis' name appears just once on this CD as a writer with Jackson on She's Got The Rhythm And I Got The Blues. It became the lead single and sixth #1 of Jackson's career. It topped the chart nine weeks after If I Didn't Have You and five weeks before Look Heart, No Hands. Better Class Of Losers resurfaced on the Travis CD of 2011 called 25th Anniversary Celebration. It was in a medley with She's Got The Rhythm And I Got The Blues as a duet with Jackson. To date, Travis' last chart appearance is with Carrie Underwood with I Told You So in 2009 (#2). She makes an appearance on the silver anniversary CD on Is It Still Over. His last CD was released last year called Influence Vol. 2: The Man I Am. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 1992: 1. What She's Doing Now-Garth Brooks-Capitol 2. BETTER CLASS OF LOSERS-RANDY TRAVIS-WARNER BROS. 3. Straight Tequila Night-John Anderson-BNA 4. Maybe It Was Memphis-Pam Tillis-Arista 5. Except For Monday-Lorrie Morgan-RCA 6. Is It Cold In Here-Joe Diffie-Epic 7. Dallas-Alan Jackson-Arista 8. That's What I Like About You-Trisha Yearwood-MCA 9. Born Country-Alabama-RCA 10. Is There Life Out There-Reba McEntire-MCA
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 2, 2015 17:32:40 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (1 week)*** "Lonely Tonight" Blake Shelton Featuring Ashley Monroe Greatest Gainer No. 10 "Take Your Time" Sam Hunt Debut No. 50 "Hangover Tonight" Gary Allan Debut No. 54 "I Got The Boy"Jana Kramer Debut No. 56 "I Love This Life" LoCash Debut No. 58 "Turn It On" Eli Young Band Debut No. 60 "Folks Like Us" Montgomery Gentry
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 4, 2015 9:38:16 GMT -5
1. A LONELY #1: Blake Shelton collects the 19th #1 hit in his career this week with Lonely Tonight. It is the second single from his Bringing Back The Sunshine CD which has already produced the chart topping hit, Neon Light. Ashley Monroe backs up Shelton on his current #1 like she did on his Boys 'Round Here as a member of the Pistol Annies. That was a chart topper in 2013. Lonely Tonight is Shelton's fourteenth consecutive #1 hit. 2. A TIE: We have two songs taking twelve point jumps for fastest climbing songs of the week. They are: 1. Little Toy Guns-Carrie Underwood-#39 to #27 2. Sippin' On Fire-Florida Georgia Line-#47 to #35 3. A LOCASH DEBUT: For the first decade of their career, they were known as LoCash Cowboys (2004-2014). Their biggest hit so far is 2010's Keep In Mind (#34). Now, they simply go by LoCash and they debut this week at #56 with I Love This Life. 4. A WATSON #1: Aaron Watson lands his first #1 CD in The Underdog as 26,000 copies were sold last week. 5. A CAMPBELL SHOWING: Glen Campbell makes his debut at #20 on the country albums chart with I'll Be Me, the soundtrack to the movie that chronicles his journey with Alzheimer's Disease. I'm Not Gonna Miss You was recently nominated for an Oscar Award and won the Best Country Song Grammy Award. 6. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990: 2010: Why Don't We Just Dance-Josh Turner-MCA 2005: Bless The Broken Road-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street 2000: My Best Friend-Tim McGraw-Curb 1995: Old Enough To Know Better-Wade Hayes-Columbia 1990: No Matter How High-Oak Ridge Boys-MCA 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: George Strait has 53 top two hits, a record (44 #1s, another record and nine #2s). ONLY one of them is on BNA Records, a label Strait is not signed to. That was a duet with Kenny Chesney called Shiftwork, our #2 song from seven years ago this week. Shiftwork is the second song that Chesney and Strait got together to record. The first was when they joined their superstar friends Clint Black, Alan Jackson, and Toby Keith on Jimmy Buffett's remake of Hey Good Lookin' in 2004 (#8). Getting back to Chesney, Shiftwork appeared on his 2007 CD, Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates. Never Wanted Nothing More was the first single and it hit the top of the charts for five weeks. Don't Blink was next and it debuted at #16, a record high for any single to date. However, Chesney enjoyed that feat for one week as Garth Brooks debuted at #1 the following week with More Than A Memory. Don't Blink enjoyed a four week run at #1. Shiftwork was the next single. It had already charted as an album cut and had peaked at #42. Officially released in December, it peaked at #2 the following March becoming Chesney's tenth and so far, final #2 hit. For Strait, it was his sixth runner up hit. I believe it might have topped the chart, but Chesney's label did not want to give credit to Strait for singing on the record. They also had problems with Chesney's participation on Reba McEntire's single, Every Other Weekend (#15 in 2008 from Reba: Duets). MCA reserviced the single as a duet with its songwriter, Skip Ewing. Another reason might be is that Strait was on the chart with his solo single, I Saw God Today. After Shiftwork peaked at #2 for a week, it dipped to #4 while I Saw God Today hit #8, giving Strait two records simultaneously in the top ten. Shiftwork would have been Chesney's second #1 duet following When The Sun Goes Down with Uncle Kracker in 2004. It would have been Strait's first chart topping duet. Chesney's CD ended on a #1 note with Better As A Memory. If it weren't for the #2 placing of Shiftwork, Chesney would have had a CD to contain a quartet of chart topping hits, a first for him. Instead, he had to wait until 2010 when Hemingway's Whiskey was released to gain four #1 hits from a CD. Those were: 1. The Boys Of Fall-2010 2. Somewhere With You-2011 3. Live A Little-2011 4. Reality-2012 As for Strait, he announced a farewell tour in 2012. He won the C.M.A. Entertainer of the Year Award in 2013 and the same award from the A.C.M. in 2014. His last chart appearance was last year's I Got A Car (#17). He is currently on the chart with his The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium CD. Chesney is currently charting with his third The Big Revival single, Wild Child with Grace Potter. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 8, 2008: 1. Cleaning This Gun Come On In Boy-Rodney Atkins-Curb 2. SHIFTWORK-KENNY CHESNEY AND GEORGE STRAIT-BNA 3. Letter To Me-Brad Paisley-Arista 4. Small Town Southern Man-Alan Jackson-Arista 5. All-American Girl-Carrie Underwood-Arista 6. Watching Airplanes-Gary Allan-MCA 7. Stealing Cinderella-Chuck Wicks-RCA 8. Ready, Set, Don't Go-Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus-Walt Disney 9. What Kinda Gone-Chris Cagle-Capitol 10. You're Gonna Miss This-Trace Adkins-Capitol
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Post by rbundy1987 on Mar 9, 2015 18:11:27 GMT -5
Country Airplay for Billboard Country Airplay 3/9/15
*** No. 1 (1 week)*** "Just Gettin' Started" Jason Aldean Jason Aldean tallies his fourth consecutive, and 13th total, No. 1 on Country Airplay , as "Just Gettin' Started" ascends 3-1. The track is the second single, and second No. 1, from Aldean's Old Boots, New Dirt, following "Burnin' It Down." The set became his fourth No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart when it launched at the summit on Oct. 25, 2014. It's sold 860,000 to date, according to Nielsen Music.
Greatest Gainer No. 26 "Sippin' On Fire" Florida Georgia Line Debut No. 56 "Biscuits" Kacey Musgraves Debut No. 57 "Games" Luke Bryan Debut No. 60 "Doin' Country Right" David Fanning
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 9, 2015 19:22:21 GMT -5
^ Ew. The only good thing about the highlights this week is Kacey's debut!
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 12, 2015 11:00:32 GMT -5
1. A #1 FINISH: Jason Aldean collects his lucky 13th #1 hit this week with Just Gettin' Started. It is the second single and second chart topper from his current CD, Old Boots, New Dirt. First single, Burnin' It Down topped the chart this past November. 2. ANOTHER TOP TEN GROUP: The Zac Brown Band lands their first top ten since signing with the Big Machine label last year. Homegrown is at #9 for the week and it is their 14th top ten overall. Their first thirteen top tens were in association with Atlantic Records. Furthermore, the Zac Brown Band becomes the fourth group on the Big Machine label with a top ten hit following Rascal Flatts, the Band Perry, and the Eli Young Band. 3. A THIRD TIME: For the third week, Florida Georgia Line has the fastest climbing song of the week with Sippin' On Fire (#35 to #26). 4. MUSGRAVES IS BACK: Kacey Musgraves debuts a single from an upcoming CD. It is Biscuits and it is the Hot Shot Debut at #56. Her debut CD, Same Trailer Different Park yielded a top ten in Merry Go 'Round (#10 in 2013). She also won awards for New Artist from the C.M.A. in 2013, Grammy Awards in 2014 for Best Country Song and Best Country Album, an A.C.M. Award for Album of the Year, and a C.M.A. Award for Song of the Year. 5. WADE JESSEN (1961-2015): Thank you for caring about country music and its artists. Thank you for carrying the banner for country music everywhere you went. Nashville and all of us who are country music fans lost a friend. I know my writing and passion for country music will NEVER equal yours. I love you. R.I.P.. 6. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990: 2010: Need You Now-Lady Antebellum-Capitol 2005: Feels Like Today-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street 2000: Fly-the Dixie Chicks-Monument 1995: The Hits-Garth Brooks-Capitol 1990: RVS III-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 7. A BLAST FROM THE PAST: It has been said that Elvis Presley nearly killed country music between the late 1950s to early 1960s. Ironically, the first chart Presley topped was country in 1956 with I Forgot To Remember To Forget. The last he topped was country in 1981 with Guitar Man. He managed #1 pop, r&b, and adult contemporary hits in between, becoming the FIRST artist to do so. Guitar Man was our #1 song 34 years ago this week. During the same week Presley died (in August, 1977), he was already at the top of the country chart with his tenth #1 hit, Way Down/Pledging My Love. The a-side also hit #18 pop and #14 A.C.. That came from the Moody Blue album. The Elvis In Concert album yielded a crossover hit with My Way in 1978 (#2 country, #22 pop, and #6 A.C.). The double-sided Unchained Melody/Softly, As I Leave You hit #6 country that year as well. Puppets On A String, from Elvis Sings For Children And Grownups, Too faltered at #78 country in 1978. 1979 saw Presley gain two top tens at country: Are You Sincere/Solitaire at #10 and There's A Honky Tonk Angel Who'll Take Me Back In/I Got A Feelin' In My Body at #6. The a-side to the latter double-sided hit was originally a chart topping hit for Conway Twitty in 1974. That's ironic in a way because when Twitty was doing rock and roll between 1957-1964, he readily admitted his style copied Presley's. Those two double-sided hits came from two volumes of Our Memories Of Elvis. In 1980, Elvis did NOT chart anything, period. That changed with the 1981 album, Guitar Man. The title track was written by Jerry Reed, who took his version to #53 in 1967. Felton Jarvis produced the track and remixed it to include Reed on guitar. Released as a single in January, it became Presley's eleventh country chart topper in March while claiming a #28 peak in pop, becoming his last top 40 there and #16 A.C.. With the chart topping status of Guitar Man, Presley topped country, pop, r&b, and A.C. charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. It brought Elvis' time at the top of the country singles chart to 50 weeks (almost a year). It should be noted that Jarvis died while Guitar Man was released. A double-sided hit managed a #8 placing in country with Lovin' Arms/You Asked Me To. A greatest hits album was released in 1982. The double-sided You'll Never Walk Alone/There Goes My Everything hit #73. The b-side was a remake of Jack Greene's biggest hit from 1966. The Presley hit parade essentially ended with The Elvis Medley in late 1982 (#31 country, #71 pop, and #31 A.C.). He made another country chart appearance in 1983 with I Was The One (#92). Three years later, he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Presley had to wait until 1998 for any chart action. His standard, Blue Christmas hit #55 country. The Country Music Hall of Fame wanted him that year as well. A chart topping hits CD, ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits in 2002 sparked interest in his music once again as A Little Less Conversation hit #50 pop and #26 A.C.. ELV1S: 2nd To None produced Rubberneckin' in 2003 (#94 pop). Five years later, Reed died at the age of 71. That year, Presley made his last country chart appearances with his Christmas Duets CD: I'll Be Home For Christmas with Carrie Underwood (#54 country and #14 A.C.) and Blue Christmas with Martina McBride (#36 country and #22 A.C.). For all that has been said about Presley, I contend that had he stayed in country (he was virtually absent from that chart during the 1960s save for two top 40 hits making serious dents on the chart) that he would have the most #1s in the format (sorry, George Strait).
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 16, 2015 15:39:26 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (1 week)*** "Mean To Me" Brett Eldredge Brett Eldredge links his third No. 1, all consecutively, on Billboard's Country Airplay chart, as soulful love song "Mean to Me" rises 2-1. "Don't Ya" reached the top in August 2013 and "Beat of the Music" thumped to No. 1 in June 2014. Greatest Gainer No. 5 "Homegrown" Zac Brown Band Debut No. 59 "On To Something Good" Ashley Monroe Debut No. 60 "It Feels Good" Drake White
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 17, 2015 8:36:27 GMT -5
1. A MEAN #1: Brett Eldredge scores his third #1 hit this week with Mean To Me. It is the third chart topper from his Bring You Back CD following Don't Ya (2013) and Beat Of The Music (2014). The latter song was named the biggest hit of the year. 2. A TIE: We have two songs taking eleven point jumps for fastest climbing songs of the week. They are: 1. Kiss You In The Morning-Michael Ray-#38 to #27 2. Games-Luke Bryan-#57 to #46 3. MONROE'S GOOD: After sharing the spotlight with Blake Shelton on his recent #1, Lonely Tonight (#9 this week), Ashley Monroe debuts at #59 with On To Something Good. It is the Hot Shot Debut for the week and it is her fifth chart appearance. 4. SHANIA'S BACK: Vaulting to #2 from #31 on the country albums chart is Shania Twain's Still The One: Live From Las Vegas CD/DVD combo. It sold 9000 copies last week. 5. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990: 2010: That's How Country Boys Roll-Billy Currington-Mercury 2005: Nothin' To Lose-Josh Gracin-Lyric Street 2000: How Do You Like Me Now-Toby Keith-DreamWorks 1995: This Woman And This Man-Clay Walker-Giant 1990: Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 6. A BLAST FROM THE PAST: Country music has always had a suggestive quality to it. The first #1 hit that is an example happened in 1944 when Billboard first started a country music chart. That year, Louis Jordan asked Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Ma' Baby (love the grammar there). Throughout the next 36 years, country got even more suggestive as other artists started infusing their love songs on the charts. In 1980, two consecutive #1s had suggestive qualities to them. They are Why Don't You Spend The Night by Ronnie Milsap (our #1 song 35 years ago this week) and Conway Twitty's I'd Love To Lay You Down. Let us first discuss Milsap's song first. Milsap ended the 1970s on a winning note with his Images album, the first he recorded at his Ground Star studio. Lead single, Nobody Likes Sad Songs became his twelfth chart topping hit. He followed that with the double-sided In No Time At All/Get It Up (get what up, Milsap?). That peaked at #6. Milsap went to work on his follow up album, Milsap Magic. The first single, Why Don't You Spend The Night was released in January, 1980 and reached the top in March. When you hear the song (video link provided below), it is suggesting the two people involved are not living together and not even married. A few radio stations refused to play the song, but it managed to top the chart anyway (1980 being Milsap's seventh consecutive year in having a #1 hit). That was followed by his biggest hit of all time, My Heart (Billboard's and the American Country Countdown's top song of the year). That was backed with Silent Night After The Fight. The Bronco Billy soundtrack gave Milsap a #1 with Cowboys And Clowns/Misery Loves Company. RCA released his first greatest hits album. A new song, Smoky Mountain Rain became his fourth chart topping hit in 1980. While that song was on the chart, Billboard named Milsap the top country singles artist of the year. Milsap would chart more hits until True Believer in 1993 became his last top 40 hit (#30). Milsap's last chart appearance was Local Girls in 2006 (#54). He was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame last year. RCA released all of his studio albums on CD in a box set last year. Now, it's Twitty's turn. Like Milsap, Twitty had a very successful end to the 1970s (after all, Twitty was the top artist of the decade when you consider his performance on the country chart). The Crosswinds album gave him a trio of chart topping hits, his first as a producer. They are: Don't Take It Away, I May Never Get To Heaven, and Happy Birthday Darlin'. A duets album with Loretta Lynn called Diamond Duet produced You Know Just What I'd Do/The Sadness of It All (#9 in 1980). Twitty's follow up album, Heart And Soul started with I'd Love To Lay You Down. Released in January (along with Why Don't You Spend The Night), it hit #1 the week after Milsap. It became Twitty's record breaking 29th chart topping hit, pushing Eddy Arnold's 28 #1s to second place. That song suggests the two people are married and living together. Like the Milsap tune, some radio stations refused to play the Twitty hit. It was time for another Twitty/Lynn duet with It's True Love (#5). Heart And Soul ended on a #6 note with I've Never Seen The Likes Of You. Twitty continued to be a hitmaking machine until 1991 when She's Got A Man On Her Mind hit #22 (his last top 40 hit). Two years later, Twitty died of an abdominal aneurysm. 1993 saw his last charted single in I'm The Only Thing I'll Hold Against You (#62 and being suggestive until the very end). He was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. 2011 has seen the last CD released by Twitty called Icon. Coincidentally, Milsap released a CD in 1987 called Heart And Soul. It was Twitty who said if you took the sex out of country music, it wouldn't be country music. I wholeheartedly agree. Videos: Why Don't You Spend The Night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLxsTBTNKzsI'd Love To Lay You Down: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXlKiluVgUg
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Post by rbundy1987 on Mar 17, 2015 9:09:56 GMT -5
5. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990: 1995: This Woman And This Man-Clay Walker-GiantWOW, I can't believe it's been twenty years ago already since my favorite Clay Walker video and song went to #1. Not to get too personal, but I was 12 years old back at the time and had my first girlfriend. Seeing this song title and the year it hit #1 back in 1995 makes me think of the old times. I was in fourth grade and man this just takes me back to the good ole 90s.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 17, 2015 9:29:55 GMT -5
5. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990: 1995: This Woman And This Man-Clay Walker-GiantWOW, I can't believe it's been twenty years ago already since my favorite Clay Walker video and song went to #1. Not to get too personal, but I was 12 years old back at the time and had my first girlfriend. Seeing this song title and the year it hit #1 back in 1995 makes me think of the old times. I was in fourth grade and man this just takes me back to the good ole 90s. Let's take you back with the top ten chart where Clay Walker collected his fifth #1 hit. Love the song, by the way. BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 18, 1995: 1. THIS WOMAN AND THIS MAN-CLAY WALKER-GIANT 2. As Any Fool Can See-Tracy Lawrence-Atlantic 3. Wherever You Go-Clint Black-RCA 4. For A Change-Neal McCoy-Atlantic 5. Thinkin' About You-Trisha Yearwood-MCA 6. Bend It Until It Breaks-John Anderson-BNA 7. Amy's Back In Austin-Little Texas-Warner Bros. 8. You Can't Make A Heart Love Somebody-George Strait-MCA 9. Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart-Shenandoah and Alison Krauss-Liberty 10. Down In Flames-BlackHawk-Arista
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 23, 2015 15:51:29 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (1 week)***/Greatest Gainer "Ain't Worth The Whiskey" Cole Swindell Cole Swindell scores his second No. 1 on Country Airplay, as breakup anthem "Ain't Worth the Whiskey" jumps 3-1. Swindell previously led with "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight," which topped the Oct. 11, 2014 chart. His prior, and first, chart entry, "Chillin' It," reached No. 2 a year ago this month.
Trivial trivia: perhaps surprisingly, given the subject's traditional prominence in the genre, Swindell's new leader is just the thirdd No. 1 on Country Airplay (which began in 1990) with the word "whiskey" in its title. The others to set the bar (pun intended) so high: Frankie Ballard's "Sunshine & Whiskey" (November 2014) and Toby Keith's "Whiskey Girl" (July 2004).
Debut No. 54 "Tonight Looks Good On You" Jason Aldean Debut No. 57 "Long Stretch Of Love" Lady Antebellum Debut No. 60 "Sangria" Blake Shelton
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 24, 2015 8:44:17 GMT -5
1. WORTH THE #1: Cole Swindell collects his second #1 this week with Ain't Worth The Whiskey. It is the third single from his self-titled debut CD. It is nearly perfect as far as chart toppers are concerned. First single, Chillin' It peaked at #2 while Hope You Get Lonely Tonight became his first #1 last year. 2. A BRYAN FIRST: At #40 for the week is Luke Bryan's Games. It is from his current EP, Spring Break Checkin' Out. It is the first time he has charted a top 40 hit from one of his seven EPs. 3. BETWEEN JAMES AND OWENS: Blake Shelton debuts his third Bringing Back The Sunshine single, Sangria at #60 this week. If it manages to top the chart, Shelton will have fifteen consecutive #1 hits. He will be between Sonny James, who has sixteen consecutive chart toppers (1967-1971) and Buck Owens' fourteen (1963-1967) for the most consecutive #1s by a male artist. 4. WHITE'S FAST: Drake White scores the fastest climbing song of the week as It Feels Good jumps ten to #50. 5. DOUBLE THE BRYAN: Luke Bryan debuts two titles on the country albums chart this week. Spring Break Checkin' Out debuts at the top with 89,000 sold while at #5, Spring Break The Set List: The Complete Spring Break Zine Pak sold 6000 copies. 6. A 40S LOOK: These were the chart topping hits during the last week of March during the 1940s: 1944: Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry-Al Dexter-Okeh 1945: Shame On You-Spade Cooley-Okeh 1946: Guitar Polka-Al Dexter-Columbia 1947: So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed-Merle Travis-Capitol 1948: Anytime-Eddy Arnold-RCA 1949: Don't Rob Another Man's Castle-Eddy Arnold-RCA 7. MCENTIRE'S 60: Reba McEntire is the Queen of Country Music (at least since the 1980s). 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of McEntire being a recording artist. She has a birthday this week as well. In honor of her 60 years on the planet, we will rank ALL 60 of her top ten hits. For those songs that peaked at #1 or #2, weeks in those positions are first followed by weeks in the top 40. For all other songs, their stay in the top 40 will determine their ranking. Ready? 1. Consider Me Gone-2010-4-23 2. If You See Him/If You See Her-with Brooks & Dunn-1998-2-20 3. Is There Life Out There-1992-2-19 4. For My Broken Heart-1991-2-19 5. The Heart Won't Lie-with Vince Gill-1993-2-16 6. Mind Your Own Business-with Hank Williams, Jr., Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, and Reverend Ike-1986-2-14 7. Somebody-2004-1-30 8. Turn On The Radio-2011-1-25 9. You Lie-1990-1-19 10. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter-1995-1-17 11. How Was I To Know-1997-1-17 12. Does He Love You-with Linda Davis-1993-1-16 13. Whoever's In New England-1986-1-15 14. What Am I Gonna Do About You-1987-1-15 15. Can't Even Get The Blues-1983-1-14 16. How Blue-1985-1-14 17. One Promise Too Late-1987-1-14 18. The Last One To Know-1987-1-14 19. I Know How He Feels-1988-1-14 20. New Fool At An Old Game-1989-1-14 21. Cathy's Clown-1989-1-14 22. You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving-1983-1-14 23. Little Rock-1986-1-13 24. Somebody Should Leave-1985-1-13 25. Love Will Find Its Way To You-1988-1-13 26. The Fear Of Being Alone-1996-3-19 (#2) 27. Walk On-1990-2-18 (#2) 28. Cowgirls Don't Cry-with Brooks & Dunn-2009-1-23 (#2) 29. Because Of You-with Kelly Clarkson-2007-1-19 (#2) 30. Fallin' Out Of Love-1991-1-18 (#2) 31. I'd Rather Ride Around With You-1997-1-16 (#2) 32. Till You Love Me-1995-1-16 (#2) 33. And Still-1995-1-15 (#2) 34. What Do You Say-2000 (#3) 35. I'm A Survivor-2001 (#3) 36. Rumor Has It-1991 (#3) 37. I'm Not That Lonely Yet-1982 (#3) 38. The Greatest Man I Never Knew-1992 (#3) 39. I'll Be-2000 (#4) 40. Forever Love-1998 (#4) 41. 'Til Love Comes Again-1989 (#4) 42. Let The Music Lift You Up-1987 (#4) 43. It's Your Call-1993 (#5) 44. Only In My Mind-1985 (#5) 45. Why Haven't I Heard From You-1994 (#5) 46. Take It Back-1993 (#5) 47. Sunday Kind Of Love-1988 (#5) 48. Today All Over Again-1981 (#5) 49. Just A Little Love-1984 (#5) 50. Wrong Night-1999 (#6) 51. Have I Got A Deal For You-1985 (#6) 52. He Gets That From Me-2005 (#7) 53. I Keep On Loving You-2010 (#7) 54. One Honest Heart-1999 (#7) 55. They Asked About You-1994 (#7) 56. Little Girl-1990 (#7) 57. Why Do We Want What We Know We Can't Have-1983 (#7) 58. Fancy-1991 (#8) 59. You Lift Me Up To Heaven-1980 (#8) 60. Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands-1996 (#9) 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Eighteen years ago this week, Reba McEntire celebrated her 42nd birthday. She did so in grand style by placing at the top of the country chart with How Was I To Know (her 21st chart topper). That was the second single from the What If It's You CD and the follow up to her biggest #2 hit, The Fear Of Being Alone. The CD also produced I'd Rather Ride Around With You (#2) and the title track (#15). How Was I To Know makes appearances on two McEntire compilation CDs: #1s from 2005 (disc 2, track #13) and 50 Greatest Hits from 2008 (disc 3, track #4). For the past four years, she has been a Country Music Hall of Famer. She is currently on the chart with Going Out Like That, her debut on the Nash Icon label and from the upcoming CD, Love Somebody. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 29, 1997: 1. HOW WAS I TO KNOW-REBA MCENTIRE-MCA 2. She's Taken A Shine-John Berry-Capitol 3. This Ain't No Thinkin' Thing-Trace Adkins-Capitol 4. Holdin'-Diamond Rio-Arista 5. She Drew A Broken Heart-Patty Loveless-Epic 6. We Danced Anyway-Deana Carter-Capitol 7. Rumor Has It-Clay Walker-Giant 8. Don't Take Her She's All I Got-Tracy Byrd-MCA 9. Everything I Love-Alan Jackson-Arista 10. When I Close My Eyes-Kenny Chesney-BNA
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 31, 2015 14:19:02 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (1 week)*** "Homegrown" Zac Brown Band Greatest Gainer No. 37 "Tonight Looks Good On You" Jason Aldean Debut No. 58 "For A Boy" RaeLynn Debut No. 59 "That Look" Aaron Watson Debut No. 60 "Can't Get Away From A Good Time" Logan Mize
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 1, 2015 11:14:57 GMT -5
1. A HOMEGROWN #1: The Zac Brown Band llllllllands the elllllllleventh #1 hit of their career this week with Homegrown. It is from the upcoming Jekyllllllllllllllll + Hyde CD. They become the first group since Rascallllllll Fllllllllatts to score #1s on mulllllllltiplllllllle llllllllabelllllllls. After their stay at llllllllyric Street, Rascallllllll Fllllllllatts scored #1s on Big Machine in Why Wait (2010) and Banjo (2012). The Zac Brown Band's first ten chart toppers are on Atllllllllantic Records whilllllllle Homegrown is on the Big Machine llllllllabellllllll. They stillllllllllllllll enjoy a rellllllllationship with Southern Ground, a llllllllabellllllll they started. 2. FAST MOVERS: We have three songs this week making some pretty moves on the chart. They are: 1. Tonight llllllllooks Good On You-Jason Alllllllldean-#54 to #37 2. llllllllong Stretch Of llllllllove-llllllllady Antebellllllllllllllllum-#57 to #46 3. Sangria-Bllllllllake Shellllllllton-#60 to #47 3. ANOTHER WATSON FIRST: Aaron Watson scored a #1 CD with The Underdog, his first. He charts for the first time as That llllllllook makes its debut at #59. 4. A WIllllllllllllllllS TRIBUTE: Vaullllllllting from #30 to #11 is Aslllllllleep At The Wheellllllll's tribute to Bob Willlllllllllllllls calllllllllllllllled Stillllllllllllllll The King: Cellllllllebrating The Music Of Bob Willlllllllllllllls And His Texas Pllllllllayboys. It solllllllld 3000 copies llllllllast week and totallllllll salllllllles are now 9000. 5. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990: 2010: A llllllllittlllllllle More Country Than That-Easton Corbin-Mercury 2005: That's What I llllllllove About Sunday-Craig Morgan-Broken Bow 2000: How Do You llllllllike Me Now-Toby Keith-DreamWorks 1995: Thinkin' About You-Trisha Yearwood-MCA 1990: Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 6. MIllllllllESTONE TOP TEN CHART: An artist is llllllllucky to have one signature hit in their career. Even lllllllluckier if they have two. However, it is rare to have a signature hit on one format whilllllllle having another one in a different format. Conway Twitty managed such a feat. Whilllllllle he was a rock and rollllllllllllllller, he scored big with It's Onlllllllly Make Bellllllllieve in 1958. Twellllllllve years llllllllater as a country artist, Hellllllllllllllllo Darllllllllin' became his biggest hit there. Even though Twitty's version never hit the country chart, he did join another country artist in making it a hit for the third time. His name is Ronnie McDowellllllllllllllll and their version hit #8 27 years ago this week. Twitty made his debut on the pop chart in 1957 with I Need Your llllllllovin' at #93. A year llllllllater, he was touring and made a stop in Hamillllllllton, Ontario. He and Jack Nance wrote It's Onlllllllly Make Bellllllllieve. Twitty didn't think much of it, so they put it as the b-side to I'llllllllllllllll Try. A disc jockey in Cllllllllevelllllllland fllllllllipped the record and started pllllllllaying the b-side. MGM formalllllllllllllllly relllllllleased It's Onlllllllly Make Bellllllllieve during the summer and it reached the top in November for two weeks. Twitty garnered seven more top 40 hits inclllllllluding two more top tens: Danny Boy (#10 in 1959) and llllllllonelllllllly Bllllllllue Boy (#6 in 1960). Shortlllllllly after the llllllllatter peaked, Twitty was toying with the idea of doing pop music as Twitty and country music under his reallllllll name, Harolllllllld lllllllllllllllloyd Jenkins. After C'est Si Bon (#22 in 1961) became his llllllllast top 40 pop hit as a pop artist, he decided to go country fullllllllllllllll time. He signed to Decca Records as a country artist in 1965. His debut there, Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart peaked at #18 in 1966. His first top ten was The Image Of Me in 1968 (#5). That year he scored the first of 40 chart toppers with Next In lllllllline. Two years llllllllater, It's Onlllllllly Make Bellllllllieve became a country hit for the first time as done by Gllllllllen Campbellllllllllllllll. His version was a crossover smash, peaking at #3 country, #10 pop, and #2 adullllllllt contemporary. Twitty was on the chart with a #1 calllllllllllllllled Fifteen Years Ago, the follllllllllllllllow up to Hellllllllllllllllo Darllllllllin'. After Fifteen Years Ago, the first of twellllllllve Twitty/lllllllloretta llllllllynn duets surfaced. The first one was After The Fire Is Gone (their biggest duet) in 1971. That came from the We Onlllllllly Make Bellllllllieve allllllllbum which contains It's Onlllllllly Make Bellllllllieve. Twitty recorded It's Onlllllllly Make Bellllllllieve for his 1976 allllllllbum, Now And Then which produced a chart topper in After Allllllllllllllll The Good Is Gone. Ellllllllvis Preslllllllley died in August, 1977. Everyone was affected by that. Especialllllllllllllllly Ronnie McDowellllllllllllllll, an Ellllllllvis disciplllllllle (llllllllike Twitty). His tribute to Preslllllllley, The King Is Gone hit #13 country and #13 pop in 1977. That was on the Scorpion llllllllabellllllll where he scored his first top ten, I llllllllove You, I llllllllove You, I llllllllove You (I think he means it). That peaked at #5. A switch to Epic Records and McDowellllllllllllllll was off and running during the 1980s. He scored elllllllleven top tens between 1981-1985 inclllllllluding tow chart toppers: Ollllllllder Women (1981) and You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation (1983-chart wise, his biggest hit). He switched llllllllabelllllllls one more time to MCA/Curb in 1985. His first CD for them was Allllllllllllllll Tied Up In llllllllove. Allllllllllllllll Tied Up peaked at #6 in 1986. When You Hurt, I Hurt hit #37 whilllllllle his 1987 was started with a #30 peaker in llllllllovin' That Crazy Feellllllllin'. It was just Curb relllllllleasing CDs and singlllllllles from here on out. I'm Stillllllllllllllll Missing You was relllllllleased in 1988. llllllllead singlllllllle, It's Onlllllllly Make Bellllllllieve was relllllllleased in January. McDowellllllllllllllll sings two verses whilllllllle Twitty does the bridge and it's back to McDowellllllllllllllll to finish it up. It is a speeded up version versus the Twitty or Campbellllllllllllllll versions. It hit #8 in Aprillllllll, becoming McDowellllllllllllllll's 14th and finallllllll top ten. Because Twitty's contribution is major, I consider it one of his 76 top ten hits. The duet came at a pivotallllllll time for Twitty. He was between CDs as That's My Job from Borderlllllllline peaked at #6 whilllllllle he was ready to rellllllllease the first Stillllllllllllllll In Your Dreams singlllllllle, Goodbye Time (#7 and a #10 hit for Bllllllllake Shellllllllton in 2005). It was during this time that Twitty won the lllllllliving llllllllegend Award from Music City News. Getting back to McDowellllllllllllllll, the singlllllllles started to find lllllllless favor with country radio as the titlllllllle track peaked at #36 and Suspicion hit #27. The era ended on a #50 note with Never Too Olllllllld To Rock 'n' Rollllllllllllllll with Jerry llllllllee llllllllewis in 1989. 1989 saw McDowellllllllllllllll rellllllllease American Music. Two chart appearances were made with Sea Of Heartbreak (#39) and Who'llllllllllllllll Turn Out The llllllllights (#69). The Best Of Ronnie McDowellllllllllllllll was relllllllleased in 1990 and a #50 singlllllllle was produced with She's A llllllllittlllllllle Past Forty. His llllllllast chart appearance came in 1991 with the titlllllllle track of his CD, Unchained Mellllllllody (#26). McDowellllllllllllllll's llllllllast CD was relllllllleased in 2009 calllllllllllllllled llllllllost In Dirty Dancing. This is what the chart llllllllooked llllllllike back then:
BIllllllllllllllllBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING APRIllllllll 2, 1988: 1. llllllllove Willllllllllllllll Find Its Way To You-Reba McEntire-MCA 2. Famous llllllllast Words Of A Foollllllll-George Strait-MCA 3. I Wanna Dance With You-Eddie Rabbitt-RCA 4. I'llllllllllllllll Allllllllways Come Back-K.T. Osllllllllin-RCA 5. Santa Fe-Bellllllllllllllllamy Brothers-MCA 6. Timelllllllless And True llllllllove-the McCarters-Warner Bros. 7. It's Such A Smallllllllllllllll Worlllllllld-Rodney Crowellllllllllllllll and Rosanne Cash-Collllllllumbia 8. IT'S ONllllllllY MAKE BEllllllllIEVE-RONNIE MCDOWEllllllllllllllll AND CONWAY TWITTY-CURB 9. Cry, Cry, Cry-Highway 101-Warner Bros. 10. Strangers Again-Holllllllllllllllly Dunn-MTM
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 7, 2015 13:58:20 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (2 weeks)*** "Homegrown" Zac Brown Band Greatest Gainer No. 10 "Don't It" Billy Currington Debut No. 49 "Stay A Little Longer" Brothers Osborne Debut No. 59 "Fall Apart" Casey James
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 7, 2015 14:53:32 GMT -5
1. ZAC'S #1 AGAIN: The Zac Brown Band continue to have the #1 song in Homegrown. It is their debut on the Big Machine label. It is their first multi week #1 since Goodbye In Her Eyes ruled for three weeks in 2013. 2. SHELTON'S FAST: Sangria by Blake Shelton takes a ten point jump to #37, earning the title of fastest climbing song of the week. 3. HIGH DEBUTS: Over on the country albums chart, we have two CDs making their debuts in the top five. They are: #3. On The Record Vol. 2-Nashville Cast-13,000 sold #4. A.C.M. Zine Pak 2015-Various Artists-9,000 sold 4. #1 CDS: These were the chart topping CDs in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990: 2010: Need You Now-Lady Antebellum-Capitol 2005: Songs About Me-Trace Adkins-Capitol 2000: Fly-the Dixie Chicks-Monument 1995: John Michael Montgomery-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic 1990: RVS III-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 5. A BLAST FROM THE PAST: Kenny Rogers was at the United Artists/Liberty label between 1975-1983. His last #1 for them, We've Got Tonight with Sheena Easton was our top song 32 years ago this week. In 1982, Rogers starred in a movie called Six Pack. While the movie did not generate big box office business, Rogers' singing career did not suffer because of it. Love Will Turn You Around emerged as the theme song and it hit #1 country, #13 pop, and #1 adult contemporary. Rogers thought he was big enough to star in a movie and would do decent business (he probably thought that way after Billboard named him the #1 country and pop artist for 1980 and 1981). A second single from the parent album, Love Will Turn You Around, A Love Song, written by Lee Greenwood peaked at #3 country, #47 pop, and #10 A.C.. Rogers went to work on his final album for Liberty called We've Got Tonight. It was written by Bob Seger, who took his version to #13 pop and #29 A.C. in 1978. Dottie West cut a version in 1979 and Conway Twitty did the same in 1980. Rogers recorded his version with Sheena Easton, figuring he had enough duets with West (their last one was What Are We Doin' In Love in 1981). Released as the lead single in January, We've Got Tonight hit the top ten on three charts: country (#1), pop (#6), and A.C. (#2). It should be noted that Seger was scoring a crossover hit in Shame On The Moon, a #2 pop and #1 A.C. hit that surprisingly hit #15 country. That tune was written by Rodney Crowell, explaining its country success. Getting back to Rogers, two more singles became hits on various charts. They are: 1. All My Life-#13 country, #37 pop, and #2 A.C. 2. Scarlet Fever-#5 country and #94 pop Rogers switched labels to RCA and his debut for them, Eyes That See In The Dark started with a bang when his duet with Dolly Parton, Islands In The Stream topped country, pop, and A.C. charts, becoming the last to do so. Other songs became hits in 1984. They are: 1. Buried Treasure-#3 country 2. This Woman-#23 pop and #2 A.C. 3. Eyes That See In The Dark-#30 country, #79 pop, and #4 A.C. 4. Evening Star-#11 country That did not stop Liberty from releasing singles, hoping to capitalize on Rogers' popularity. Those hits are: 1. You Were A Good Friend-1984-#20 country 2. Together Again-with West-1984-#19 country 3. Love Is What We Make It-1985-#37 country Twenty Greatest Hits was released in 1984. It was later expanded to 25 hits. Rogers' last chart appearance is the title track to his last CD, You Can't Make Old Friends (with Dolly Parton in 2013-#57). That was the year he was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 14, 2015 8:01:27 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (3 weeks)*** "Homegrown" Zac Brown Band Zac Brown Band's "Homegrown" spends a third week at No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart. Of the group's 11 leaders, "Homegrown" is just its third to notch at least three weeks on top. The band last tripled up at No. 1 with "Goodbye in Her Eyes" (three weeks, 2013). It logged its best run at No. 1 with "Keep Me in Mind" (four weeks, 2011-12).
Debut/Greatest Gainer No. 38 "Crash And Burn" Thomas Rhett Debut No. 52 "Let It Go" George Strait Debut No. 60 "Let Me See Ya Girl" Cole Swindell
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 14, 2015 9:34:02 GMT -5
1. ZAC BROWN TRIFECTA: For the third week, the Zac Brown Band has the top song in Homegrown. If it stays on top for a fourth week, it will match their biggest hit to date, Keep Me In Mind, which ruled for four weeks in late 2011-early 2012. 2. THEIR FIRST: The Big Machine label is doing well with their groups. Not only does the Zac Brown Band have the top song, but new group A Thousand Horses (on Republic Nashville) collect their first top ten with Smoke at #10. 3. RHETT'S FOLLOW UP: Thomas Rhett has the Hot Shot Debut this week with Crash And Burn at #38. It is the lead single to his upcoming CD. His first CD, It Goes Like This produced a quintet of major hits. They are: 1. Something To Do With My Hands-2012-#15 2. Beer With Jesus-2013-#19 3. It Goes Like This-2013-#1 4. Get Me Some Of That-2014-#1 5. Make Me Wanna-2015-#1 4. STRAIT'S BACK: Debuting at #52 is George Strait and Let It Go. It is the lead single to his upcoming CD. He is currently the reigning A.C.M. Entertainer of the Year. 5. BLAKE'S DONE IT AGAIN: Blake Shelton has the fastest climbing song of the week with Sangria (#37 to #28). 6. RUCKER'S PERFECT: Darius Rucker has four country CDs to his name. The fourth, Southern Style debuts at #1 on the country albums chart with 52,000 sold. This CD joins his other three chart topping discs. They are: 1. Learn To Live-2008 2. Charleston, SC 1966-2010 3. True Believers-2013 7. 50 YEARS IS #4: NOW That's What I Call A.C.M. Awards: 50 Years enters the country albums chart at #4 with 11,000 sold. 8. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990: 2010: Highway 20 Ride-Zac Brown Band-Atlantic 2005: That's What I Love About Sunday-Craig Morgan-Broken Bow 2000: How Do You Like Me Now-Toby Keith-DreamWorks 1995: The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter-Reba McEntire-MCA 1990: Love On Arrival-Dan Seals-Capitol 9. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Restless Heart released seven studio albums between 1985-2004. Only one of those, Wheels reached the top of the country albums chart. It did so 28 years ago this week. Restless Heart signed to RCA Records in 1984. Their self-titled debut CD was released in 1985. It should be noted that Alabama heard all the songs on their CD, but passed it on to Restless Heart. The CD reached #10 on the strength of its four singles. They are: 1. Let The Heartache Ride-1985-#23 2. I Want Everyone To Cry-1985-#10 3. Back To The Heartbreak Kid-1986-#7 4. Til I Loved You-1986-#10 With their debut CD being a success, they went to work on their second called Wheels. Four #1 country hits were generated. Those will be discussed along with two other songs from the CD. Ready? 1. That Rock Won't Roll-This song reinforced the stereotype of Restless Heart: Were they too country for pop or too pop for country? In any case, That Rock Won't Roll was released in August, 1986 and found its way to the top in November. They became the second act to land their first #1 in 1986 following Judy Rodman's ONLY #1, Until I Met You. They were followed by: 1. Paul Davis-You're Still New To Me-with Marie Osmond 2. T. Graham Brown-Hell And High Water 3. Tom Petty and Reverend Ike-Mind Your Own Business-with Hank Williams, Jr., Reba McEntire, and Willie Nelson For the next two years, Restless Heart saw the top of the chart an additional five times. 2. I'll Still Be Loving You-The first of four crossover hits for Restless Heart. This is their ultimate love song. Released in December 1986, it became their second chart topper in March, 1987. It also peaked at #33 pop and #3 adult contemporary. The next single to make top 40 appearances on all three charts was Bruce Hornsby and the Range's Mandolin Rain (#38 country, #4 pop, and #1 A.C.). Coincidentally, BOTH groups were on RCA Records. 3. Why Does It Have To Be Wrong Or Right-I love the layered chorus on this one. This one really shows how tight the harmonies were with Restless Heart. Released in May, it topped the chart in August. It became their second hit on the A.C. chart at #11. 4. Wheels-The title track and fourth #1 from the CD. This one was originally recorded by the Bellamy Brothers for their 1985 CD, Howard And David, which produced a trio of #2 hits. They are: 1. Old Hippie-1985 2. Lie To You For Your Love-1985 3. Feelin' The Feelin'-1986 Wheels was released in October, 1987 and completed their perfect record of four for four releases hitting the top in February, 1988. They celebrated their feat around the same time as Exile collecting their fourth #1 from Hang On To Your Heart (She's Too Good To Be True-1987) and Always & Forever by Randy Travis (I Told You So-1988). 5. New York Hold Her Tight-After I'll Still Be Loving You and Why Does It Have To Be Wrong Or Right were crossover hits, RCA decided to send this one to A.C. only. It peaked at #23 there. It was the b-side to Wheels. Restless Heart would have two more crossover hits: When She Cries in 1992 (#9 country, #11 pop, and #2 A.C.) and Tell Me What You Dream with Warren Hill in 1993 (#43 pop and #1 A.C.). 6. Hummingbird-This was the b-side to Why Does It Have To Be Wrong Or Right. Ricky Skaggs cut a version that was his fourth Kentucky Thunder single in 1990 (#20). To this day, I'm torn to whose version I like better. The Wheels CD became the first of four gold CDs for Restless Heart. The others are: Big Dreams In A Small Town (1988), Fast Movin' Train (1990), and Big Iron Horses (1992). Their last chart appearance was in 2004 with Feel My Way To You (#29). Their last CD was released in 2013 called A Restless Heart Christmas. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 18, 1987: 1. WHEELS-RESTLESS HEART-RCA 2. Hank Live-Hank Williams, Jr.-Warner Bros. 3. Ocean Front Property-George Strait-MCA 4. Heartland-the Judds-RCA 5. Trio-Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt-Warner Bros. 6. Wine Colored Roses-George Jones-Epic 7. Storms Of Life-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 8. Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.-Dwight Yoakam-Reprise 9. Sweethearts Of The Rodeo-Sweethearts of the Rodeo-Columbia 10. The O'Kanes-the O'Kanes-Columbia
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 22, 2015 13:24:20 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 (1 week)*** "Take Your Time" Sam Hunt Sam Hunt sends "Take Your Time" 2-1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart. Hunt is the first act to top the chart on his first two tries (counting only promoted singles) in nearly two years. Florida Georgia Line led for three weeks in December 2012 with "Cruise" and followed with a two-week reign for "Get Your Shine On" in May 2013. The pair extended its streak to a record-tying four career-opening No. 1s, tying the mark that Brooks & Dunn first established in 1991-92. Hunt is the first solo male to go two-for-two atop the chart since Brantley Gilbert arrived with the No. 1s "Country Must Be Country Wide" (December 2011) and "You Don't Know Her Like I Do" (July 2012).
Greatest Gainer No. 9 "Sippin' On Fire" Florida Georgia Line Debut No. 50 "Trans Am" Thompson Square Debut No. 57 "Little Bit Of You" Chase Bryant
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 22, 2015 15:19:32 GMT -5
1. HUNT'S TIME IS #1: Sam Hunt collects his second #1 hit with his second single this week with Take Your Time. His first, Leave The Night On topped the chart last November. His third single, House Party re-enters at #59. All are from his debut CD, Montevallo. 2. A.C.M. CHART: This year's winners on this week's chart: 2. Say You Do-Dierks Bentley-Video of the Year 4. Drinking Class-Lee Brice-Single of the Year 9. Sippin' On Fire-Florida Georgia Line-Vocal Duo and Vocal Event 10. Wild Child-Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter-Milestone Award for Chesney 18. Little Red Wagon-Miranda Lambert-Female, Album, Song, and Milestone Award 19. Girl Crush-Little Big Town-Vocal Group of the Year 21. Sangria-Blake Shelton-A.C.M. Host 24. Tonight Looks Good On You-Jason Aldean-Male Vocalist 27. Games-Luke Bryan-Entertainer, Vocal Event, and A.C.M. Host 31. Going Out Like That-Reba McEntire-Milestone Award 47. Let It Go-George Strait-Milestone Award 53. Let Me See Ya Girl-Cole Swindell-New Artist 3. TURN IT FAST: The Eli Young Band have the fastest climbing song of the week as Turn It On turns it eight to #37. 4. THOMPSON'S CAR: Thompson Square debuts a song from an upcoming CD. It is Trans Am and it is the Hot Shot Debut at #50. Their last CD, Just Feels Good yielded a quartet of singles. They are: 1. If I Didn't Have You-2013-#1 2. Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About-2014-#4 3. Testing The Water-2014-#55 4. I Can't Outrun You-2014-#52 5. ON HIS OWN: Kristian Bush, one half of Sugarland, debuts his solo CD, Southern Gravity at #16. 4000 copies were sold. 6. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, and 1990: 2010: Need You Now-Lady Antebellum-Capitol 2005: The Right To Bare Arms-Larry the Cable Guy-Warner Bros. 2000: Fly-the Dixie Chicks-Monument 1995: John Michael Montgomery-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic 1990: RVS III-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Dottie West has five chart topping hits. Three of them are with Kenny Rogers, her duet partner of the late 1970s to early 1980s. Her first solo #1, A Lesson In Leavin' was our top song 35 years ago this week. West was on the RCA label between 1963-1975. She shared the label with Skeeter Davis and Connie Smith during the 'pre Dolly Parton era' (before 1967). I feel some of her work during that time gets overlooked in favor of her pop sounding records of the late 1970s-early 1980s. Her major hits during this time are: 1. Love Is No Excuse-with Jim Reeves-1964-#7 2. Here Comes My Baby-1964-#10 3. Would You Hold It Against Me-1966-#5 4. What's Come Over My Baby-1967-#17 5. Paper Mansions-1967-#8 6. Like A Fool-1967-#13 7. Country Girl-1968-#15 8. Reno-1969-#19 9. Rings Of Gold-with Don Gibson-1969-#2 10. There's A Story Goin' 'Round-with Don Gibson-1970-#7 11. Country Sunshine-1973-#2 (also #49 pop and #37 adult contemporary) 12. Last Time I Saw Him-1974-#8 She signed to United Artists in 1976. Her debut album for them, When It's Just You And Me yielded four chart singles. They are: 1. When It's Just You And Me-1977-#19 2. Every Word I Write-1977-#28 3. Tonight You Belong To Me-1977-#30 4. That's All I Wanted To Know-1977-#57 Then, a chance meeting with Kenny Rogers in late 1977 led to an impromptu duet. That ended up being West's biggest hit. It was Every Time Two Fools Collide in 1978 (#1 country and #44 A.C.). That was the title track of their duet album which also yielded Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight (#2 country). West and Rogers would win Vocal Duo of the Year from the C.M.A. in 1978 (and 1979). During this time, West charted solo singles in Come See Me And Come Lonely (#17 in 1978) and Reaching Out To Hold You (#49 in 1979). 1979 saw two more West/Rogers duets from the Classics album: All I Ever Need Is You (#1 country and #38 A.C.-originally a #7 pop and #1 A.C. hit for Sonny & Cher in 1971) and Til I Can Make It On My Own (#3 country-originally a #1 country, #84 pop, and #41 A.C. hit for Tammy Wynette in 1976). With West's career going up a notch due to Rogers, so did her choice of outfits. She went from a traditional style to a more sensual style, wearing the likes of Bob Mackie (as witnessed on her Wild West and High Times albums). Her final album of the 1970s, Special Delivery reflected a more pop sounding Dottie. Lead single, You Pick Me Up And Put Me Down peaked at #12 country and #50 A.C.. A Lesson In Leavin' was released in February, 1980. It topped the chart in April, becoming her third #1 overall and first solo chart topper (not bad after being a recording artist for 17 years). It crossed over to #73 pop and #42 A.C.. A third single, Leavin's For Unbelievers peaked at #13 country only. Not only did West's career change, but so did her label. In 1980, United Artists became Liberty Records. Her first album under the new name was Wild West. Are You Happy Baby was released just before the year was over. It became her fourth chart topping single in February, 1981. Her biggest crossover hit was next and it was What Are We Doin' In Love. It is technically a duet with Rogers, even though his name is not on the vinyl single. It reached #1 country, #14 pop, and #7 A.C.. A third Wild West single, I'm Gonna Put You Back On The Rack peaked at #16 country. After Wild West, her popularity took a gradual decline on the charts. Her 1981 album, High Times yielded It's High Time (#16 in 1982-her last major solo hit) and You're Not Easy To Forget (#26 in 1982). She Can't Get My Love Off The Bed (#29 in 1982) and If It Takes All Night (#63 in 1983) came from the 1982 album, Full Circle. Her swan song for Liberty, New Horizons (1983) saw her charting with Tulsa Bedroom, her last solo top 40 hit (#40 in 1983). Her last was a duet with Rogers called Together Again (#19 in 1984 off the Rogers' album, Duets which features We've Got Tonight, his duet with Sheena Easton I discussed a few weeks ago). After eight years at United Artists/Liberty, West signed to Permian Records in 1984. Only one album was released and it was Just Dottie. Three singles were released and they were the last few chart appearances she made. They are: 1. What's Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander-1984-#77 2. Let Love Come Lookin' For You-1985-#67 3. We Know Better Now-1985-#53 That was the last album she would release. A host of personal, business, and legal woes would follow her throughout the late 1980s to early 1990s. She got divorced in 1990 and she declared bankruptcy. She was sued by a variety of people for a variety of reasons. Her bank foreclosed on her home and the IRS said she owed over a million dollars in back taxes. She was involved in one car accident during the summer of 1991. She was involved in another one on her way to the Grand Ole Opry (a member since 1964) in August, 1991. After several surgeries, West succumbed to her injuries in September. She was 58. Her funeral was attended by a who's who in country music, including Steve Wariner who joined her band while he was in high school. In 1995, CBS aired a movie about West's life called Big Dreams And Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story. In 1996, RCA released The Essential Dottie West while in 1997, Razor & Tie released Are You Happy Baby: The Dottie West Collection (1976-1984). Those two CDs represent just about 99% of her work for the two decades she had hits. In 1999, Jo Dee Messina released her version of Lesson In Leavin'. Pulled as the fourth single from her I'm Alright CD, it spent seven long weeks at #2, unable to dislodge Amazed by Lonestar from the top of the chart. We miss you, Dottie. Thanks for bringing some country sunshine to country music! This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 26, 1980: 1. A LESSON IN LEAVIN'-DOTTIE WEST-UNITED ARTISTS 2. Are You On The Road To Lovin' Me Again-Debby Boone-Warner Bros. 3. Beneath Still Waters-Emmylou Harris-Warner Bros. 4. Two Story House-George Jones and Tammy Wynette-Epic 5. It's Like We Never Said Goodbye-Crystal Gayle-Columbia 6. Gone Too Far-Eddie Rabbitt-Elektra 7. The Way I Am-Merle Haggard-MCA 8. Morning Comes Too Early-Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius-RCA 9. Let Get It While The Gettin's Good-Eddy Arnold-RCA 10. Starting Over Again-Dolly Parton-RCA
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Post by josephmorgan on Apr 22, 2015 17:17:27 GMT -5
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 23, 2015 9:28:53 GMT -5
You're the greatest. My post has been amended to include the top ten chart. Thanks!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 23, 2015 10:08:40 GMT -5
This is what the chart looked like back then: BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 26, 1980: 1. A LESSON IN LEAVIN'-DOTTIE WEST-UNITED ARTISTS 2. Are You On The Road To Lovin' Me Again-Debby Boone-Warner Bros. 3. Beneath Still Waters-Emmylou Harris-Warner Bros. 4. Two Story House-George Jones and Tammy Wynette-Epic 5. It's Like We Never Said Goodbye-Crystal Gayle-Columbia 6. Gone Too Far-Eddie Rabbitt-Elektra 7. The Way I Am-Merle Haggard-MCA 8. Morning Comes Too Early-Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius-RCA 9. Let Get It While The Gettin's Good-Eddy Arnold-RCA 10. Starting Over Again-Dolly Parton-RCA Wow. The Top 5 is almost entirely made up of female artists, and the one male song is duet with a female. If only we could go back to the days when this was possible. It's amazing to think that the genre has regressed so much with respect to gender equality. It's just sad.
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 23, 2015 10:14:23 GMT -5
This is what the chart looked like back then: BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 26, 1980: 1. A LESSON IN LEAVIN'-DOTTIE WEST-UNITED ARTISTS 2. Are You On The Road To Lovin' Me Again-Debby Boone-Warner Bros. 3. Beneath Still Waters-Emmylou Harris-Warner Bros. 4. Two Story House-George Jones and Tammy Wynette-Epic 5. It's Like We Never Said Goodbye-Crystal Gayle-Columbia 6. Gone Too Far-Eddie Rabbitt-Elektra 7. The Way I Am-Merle Haggard-MCA 8. Morning Comes Too Early-Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius-RCA 9. Let Get It While The Gettin's Good-Eddy Arnold-RCA 10. Starting Over Again-Dolly Parton-RCA Wow. The Top 5 is almost entirely made up of female artists, and the one male song is duet with a female. If only we could go back to the days when this was possible. It's amazing to think that the genre has regressed so much with respect to gender equality. It's just sad. I saluted the first top five all female country chart in 2010. This is what I said back then: 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Let us hear it for country music's female artists! Female artists have ALWAYS played a major role in country music. Even the first number hit in country music history featured a female group (Pistol Packin' Mama by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters in 1944). Let us list a few more female firsts: 1. First female to top the charts-Margaret Whiting-Slipping Around with Jimmy Wakely in 1949 2. First solo female to top the charts-Kitty Wells-It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels in 1952 3. First A.C.M. Female Vocalist of the Year-Bonnie Owens in 1965 4. First C.M.A. Female Vocalist of the Year-Loretta Lynn in 1967 5. First female Entertainer of the Year-A.C.M.-Lynn in 1975 6. First female Entertainer of the Year-C.M.A.-Lynn in 1972 7. First female inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame-Patsy Cline in 1973 I find it ironic that Lynn's sister, Crystal Gayle headed an all female top five 30 years ago this week with It's Like We Never Said Goodbye. It was the first time females occupied the top five (with George Jones thrown in for good measure). The songs and artists were: 1. It's Like We Never Said Goodbye-Crystal Gayle 2. A Lesson In Leavin'-Dottie West 3. Are You On The Road To Lovin' Me Again-Debby Boone 4. Beneath Still Waters-Emmylou Harris 5. Two Story House-Tammy Wynette and George Jones Titles 1-4 ended up being #1 hits. Wynette and Jones had to settle for a #2 placing. Goodbye was Gayle's first #1 hit for Columbia Records after a successful five year stretch of hits for United Artists (1974-1979). She would remain on Columbia until 1982. She then had a six year run of hits on Warner Bros. between 1982-1988. West would continue having hits until 1984. Boone would have hits until 1981. Harris would continue until 1989. Wynette's last top 40 hit was in 1988. This is what the chart looked like back then: BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 19, 1980: 1. IT'S LIKE WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE-CRYSTAL GAYLE-COLUMBIA 2. A LESSON IN LEAVIN'-DOTTIE WEST-UNITED ARTISTS 3. ARE YOU ON THE ROAD TO LOVIN' ME AGAIN-DEBBY BOONE-WARNER BROS. 4. BENEATH STILL WATERS-EMMYLOU HARRIS-WARNER BROS. 5. TWO STORY HOUSE-TAMMY WYNETTE AND GEORGE JONES-EPIC 6. Honky Tonk Blues-Charley Pride-RCA 7. Sugar Daddy-the Bellamy Bros.-Warner Bros. 8. Gone Too Far-Eddie Rabbitt-Elektra 9. Women I've Never had-Hank Williams, Jr.-Elektra 10. The Cowgirl And The Dandy-Brenda Lee-MCA While we're at it, let us award the following: 1. Greatest female solo artist: Your choice 2. Greatest female duo: The Judds 3. Greatest female trio: The Dixie Chicks 4. Greatest female quartet: The Forester Sisters 5. Greatest female quintet: Wild Rose
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