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Post by shocker on Aug 26, 2007 4:33:36 GMT -5
A discofied medley of '60s hits. Not bad, but kind of cheesy for today's standards.
It was significant because it hit #1 in the summer of '81, and it was the inspiration of many more medleys to follow, such as "Hooked on Classics", and "Swing the Mood".
There is also some debate about the title of the song. Sometimes the title is called "Stars on 45"; but other times it's referred to "Medley Intro Venus/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want to Know a Secret/We Can Work it Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You're Going to Lose that Girl/Stars on 45" - which would make it the longest #1 song title in history.
I simply call it "Medley".
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 26, 2007 6:27:16 GMT -5
It's mostly a Beatles medley except for Shocking Blue's "Venus" and The Archies' "Sugar Sugar".
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 26, 2007 14:27:37 GMT -5
Stars on 45 a year later hit the Top 40 with another medley, this time a Stevie Wonder tribute.
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Post by WotUNeed on Aug 27, 2007 11:46:17 GMT -5
Nice enough piece of fluff. Don't mind hearing it.
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Post by irock on Aug 27, 2007 22:29:21 GMT -5
I never really liked it. Much better was the remix of the original records - in the exact same order - that preceeded this. It was popular in discoteques but was never released to radio. It was called Bits and Pieces.
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 28, 2007 9:36:35 GMT -5
The last Stars on 45 record was released in 1985-1986 but never was a hit in the USA called "The New Sam and Dave Medley" featuring a medley of Sam and Dave songs like "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Comin'".
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Post by 620 Soul Train on Sept 18, 2007 22:51:28 GMT -5
I spin this song quite a bit on my Ipod. I love this medley from these Dutch producers. #28 Hot 100 #44 BB Soul (now known as R&B/Hip Hop) 1982 Here is a great home made music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSmd9O-KA0c |
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 19, 2007 9:50:28 GMT -5
Never made the R&R chart, but it was even heard in an April 2002 original AT40 Flashback show - The episode of the 3 hour starting with the second hour show was the first song of the April 1982 show that started the second hour.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on May 19, 2008 17:15:22 GMT -5
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Post by sunpeach on May 19, 2008 17:34:54 GMT -5
It was helped to the top by the fact that people were still reeling from the murder of John Lennon and almost all things pertaining to the Beatles went through the roof after he died.
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Post by Hervard on May 20, 2008 20:31:55 GMT -5
It was helped to the top by the fact that people were still reeling from the murder of John Lennon and almost all things pertaining to the Beatles went through the roof after he died. Yes, indeed! Around the time this song went to #1 on the Billboard chart, George Harrison's "All Those Years Ago", a tribute to Lennon, hit number one on the R&R chart. It broke the record (at the time) for the number of stations that added it the first week. As a result, it shot up the chart rapidly, wasting absolutely no time hitting #1. As for shocker's statement about the title of the song - it was always the full title, naming every single song, which made it the longest #1 song title in history on a technicality. If it had been called simply "Medley" (which is how R&R listed it), the longest song title would be BJ Thomas' "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" (although, since that contains a subtitle, there's even debate about that). As for this song, even though it was a Top Five R&R song, I don't remember hearing this song. I probably thought it was just a Beatles song and didn't give it a second thought. It's pretty good, but, as shocker mentioned, kind of cheesy. |
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Post by freakyflybry2 on May 21, 2008 0:09:58 GMT -5
It's okay to hear from time to time, but nothing I'd want to hear too often. I generally prefer the individual songs from the medley.  |
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Post by shocker on Aug 4, 2008 3:04:52 GMT -5
It's okay to hear from time to time, but nothing I'd want to hear too often. I generally prefer the individual songs from the medley. I agree. "Sugar Sugar" and "Do You Want to Know a Secret" sounded much better when performed by the original artists. Nobody can top John Lennon or Paul McCartney. Many have tried to copy them, and many have followed them; but nobody can top them. They were legends, to say the least! :) |
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Post by dth1971 on Apr 22, 2012 13:17:56 GMT -5
Anyone remember the #28 Stars on 45 medley "A Tribute to Stevie Wonder" in 1982?
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Post by disman00911 on Sept 10, 2021 10:35:29 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Feb 21, 2023 18:14:02 GMT -5
Nice mix of classics. I like it.
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