Yes, I know. There have been similar Disney stars like Selena who were big right off the bat, while Sabrina had to drastically change her image/look to achieve mainstream success. But her earlier stuff was pretty good, but songs like "Thumbs" didn't get much airplay.
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Increasing spin count of recurrent
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Yes, I know. There have been similar Disney stars like Selena who were big right off the bat, while Sabrina had to drastically change her image/look to achieve mainstream success. But her earlier stuff was pretty good, but songs like "Thumbs" didn't get much airplay.
That's when you increase spins on recurrents. Because there's still demand for the artist. Just not one particular song.
CHR programmer checking in... this is essentially correct. The label sent out 3 versions on release day. The album version, the "No Wet Edit" and the "No Wet & Thigh Edit" - which covers all versions being discussed here. No official "Radio Edit", stations chose whichever version they preferred.AFAIK: there is no official "radio edit" of this specific song at this time.
The album version, the "No Wet Edit" and the "No Wet & Thigh Edit" -
That's kind of how I order my meal at KFC.
Greasy, dripping-wet thighs (and legs) for me, all day long and twice on Sundays. Leave those bone-dry breasts for the prudes. And yes, I'm talking about chicken.That's kind of how I order my meal at KFC.
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That didn't happen until he already had a couple of huge hits under his belt along with no less than 7 successful albums, though (including a Christmas LP and a duet album with Bobbie Gentry). While his TV show certainly bolstered his popularity, he was already undeniably a massive star even a year before the Goodtime Hour premiered.Hosting a national TV show where he performed music didn't hurt.
Yes, he absolutely was. A major pop star, too, with several huge crossover hits to his name. Goodtime didn't premiere on TV until January of '69 (he had hosted the summer TV replacement for Smothers Brothers that previous summer).Wasn't he already a major country star when he got his own show, though? It's hard to imagine his label thinking about dropping him at that point.
That "experiment" with Al De Lory I mentioned (when Capitol was thinking about dropping him) took place in late '66 and early '67. The single "Burning Bridges" was the result and though it missed the pop chart, it performed well enough over on the country chart that Capitol decided to keep him.
By the time he got his TV show, he already had hits with "Gentle on my Mind," "By the Time I Get To Phoenix," and the sublime "Wichita Lineman," a #3 pop crossover smash. Even before his filling in for Smothers Brothers in the summer of '68, "Gentle" and "Phoenix" were hits. Gentle was a top-5 album, Phoenix top-15. '68 was a huge year for Glen, and while he likely did get a boost from filling in for the Smothers show, it wasn't his own show at that point.
Edit: Oh, and I almost forgot... Glen also co-starred alongside John Wayne in 1969's "True Grit" movie. It premiered in June 1969, which means Campbell was almost certainly chosen for the part before January of that year when "Goodtime" premiered on TV. Great film, too!
Ahh, thanks for the clarification there! I figured those edits were label-generated.CHR programmer checking in... this is essentially correct. The label sent out 3 versions on release day. The album version, the "No Wet Edit" and the "No Wet & Thigh Edit" - which covers all versions being discussed here. No official "Radio Edit", stations chose whichever version they preferred.
That didn't happen until he already had a couple of huge hits under his belt along with no less than 7 successful albums, though (including a Christmas LP and a duet album with Bobbie Gentry). While his TV show certainly bolstered his popularity, he was already undeniably a massive star even a year before the Goodtime Hour premiered.
He made regular appearances on the Smothers Brothers show in 1967 and 68 before he got his own show. He was tied in with Mason Williams, the musical director of the Smothers Brothers show. Steve Martin & Rob Reiner, who were producers on the Smothers Brothers show, went on to produce Glen's show when it debuted. I'm not saying his first hits were a result of TV, but he had a multi-tiered career of music, TV, and other things that made him even bigger. Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby were models for what he was doing.