johnm1120
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Post by johnm1120 on Jan 21, 2012 0:16:26 GMT -5
Her signature song "At Last" has become a pop standard, however for Etta James, her only AC hit came in 1963 with "Two Sides (To Every Story)." Here is the top 20 from the week she reached her #16 peak:
TW LW Artist - Title
01 01 Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet (8th Week At #1) 02 06 The Village Stompers - Washington Square 03 02 Peter, Paul & Mary - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright 04 05 Sunny & The Sunglows - Talk To Me 05 03 Skeeter Davis - I Can't Stay Mad At You 06 04 Nat King Cole - That Sunday, That Summer 07 07 Los Indios Tabajaras - Maria Elena 08 11 Dale & Grace - I'm Leaving It Up To You 09 09 Brenda Lee - The Grass Is Greener 10 10 Brook Benton - Two Tickets To Paradise
11 12 Bobby Bare - 500 Miles Away From Home 12 08 The Tymes - Wonderful! Wonderful! 13 ** Richard Chamberlain - Blue Guitar 14 19 Connie Francis - Your Other Love 15 13 Jimmy Durante - September Song 16 17 Etta James - Two Sides (To Every Story) 17 18 Rusty Draper - Night Life 18 ** Johnny Tillotson - Funny How Time Slips Away 19 20 Johnny Mathis - Your Teenage Dreams 20 ** Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
To show how fast the chart went at this point, Bobby Vinton spent 13 weeks on the chart with "Blue Velvet." 8 of those weeks were at #1.
Dale & Grace, who would eventually hit #1 had the longest run of these 20 songs as "I'm Leaving It Up To You" lasted 14 weeks. Of course it's also to note the chart was only 20 positions at this point.
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