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#1 Songs on Hot 100 that should have been
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Creedence Clearwater Revival hits which never got past #2.
It's possible that if the BeeGees had released "More Than a Woman" as a single, it would indeed have been a hit (and probably #1 at that, if it didn't run into competition from the other BeeGees hits out there at the time), but it would also have contributed to the anti-BeeGees backlash of the '80s happening even faster than it did, due to the inevitable BeeGees overkill.
As for Creedence, I believe "Proud Mary" was their biggest hit, but I believe that "Bad Moon Rising" probably stood the best chance of hitting #1. It was held out of #1 by the "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"! Can you believe that? Talk about being gypped! (Of course, "Love Theme" might qualify for that "never should have been #1 thread!)
As for Creedence, I believe "Proud Mary" was their biggest hit, but I believe that "Bad Moon Rising" probably stood the best chance of hitting #1. It was held out of #1 by the "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"! Can you believe that? Talk about being gypped! (Of course, "Love Theme" might qualify for that "never should have been #1 thread!)
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firepoint525 said:
Sat nite fever almost, but not quite, duplicated the feat by the Beatles on 4/04/1964. One week the Bee Gees had four of the top songs in the country either as artists or writers featuring the Bee Gees , brother Andy Gibb and Evonne Elliman. And The number 1 LP Sat Nite Fever..... close but no cigar.....
Wasn't Samantha Sang also in the top 10 about that time? They had five songs in the top 10 at about that time, but just not the top five all at once. And their combined dominance of the number one spot (at least as songwriters) lasted just one week longer than that of the fab four during the initial wave of Beatlemania!hornet61 said:
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firepoint525 said:
Roger that..I missed Samantha Sang, good catch.
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oldies76 said:
agony is John Lennon stalling at #2 with Woman ....he would have been the only artist with twp posthumous #1's.
"Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen likely would have hit #1 if it hadn't been banned by some stations for (allegedly) obscene lyrics (It really was, "I smell magnolias in her hair", and not that other line.)
hornet61 said:
Yeah, Woman is a great song that should have been #1. I guess Reo and Blondie had other plans.
Also Rolling Stones "Start Me Up" or Styx "Best of Times" should have peaked at 1.
The problem with 1981, three songs occupied #1 for 27 weeks total, about half the year, essentially blocking other songs. Physical (81-82), Bette Davis Eyes & Endless Love.
In '82 you had: I Love Rock & Roll, Ebony & Ivory, Eye of the Tiger & Centerfold, taking up 26 more weeks, half the year, blocking even more chart movement.
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oldies76 said:
worse yet mid 2000 I think only 7 #1's for the whole year.
Double-check this for me: did "Woman" hit #1 on one of those "lesser" charts like Radio & Records and/or Cashbox? Whatever was published at that time.hornet61 said:
I know that Springsteen had a #1 with "Dancing in the Dark" in '84 on Radio & Records, but it was #2 for four weeks on Billboard.
gr8oldies said:
I have some lyric sheets that have it as "smell the rose in her hair."Corky Marlowe said:
At any rate, it was held out of #1 by "Dominique" by the Singing Nun! I can't recall anyone ever playing that one, except on countdowns of #1 songs! Talk about getting ripped off and cheated out of #1!
gr8oldies said:
I realize that. #1 only means "More popular than all the other crap on the list this week". Still, in the overall scheme of things, chances are that most #1 songs are better than most songs that don't make it to #1. There will always be exceptions. But one exception doesn't negate the fact that a large number of #1 songs in a year is more likely to mean that there were more good songs than it is to mean something else.
The mid-70's were a great time for good music. There were multiple genres out there, and many really good artists in all of them. Kvetching about having too much good music to chose from is something only a radio programmer would do. A music fan would regard a richness of good music as a blessing, not something to complain about.
Good and great are in the ear of the beholder. "Dominque" is a simple, sweet little song that I enjoy very much. It as a piece of music and a recording, that along with how it became a hit, is unique. In fact I've got the whole original LP which is quite lavish in its packaging and there are a number of memorable little tunes on it. Sweet and peaceful would be a good general description of her output. She actually was a good songwriter. Some people will be put off by the language barrier as she doesn't sing in English, but there are/were budget LPs out that were done in English and the songs stand up well in the translation. (By the way, I know about her change to politically radical views in the late 1960s and her sad death).
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