SuperRadioFan said:
Just about any song that "bubbled under" the Hot 100 in the 60s is not a song I care to hear or would even remember. Puh-leeze now I agree that songs that made the Top 10 and a few that made it to the Top 20 might be a decent listen. But playing stiffs (and David is correct about stiffs) that NO ONE remembers unless they were the artist or a relative is not going to mean you are the best.
Well you've just shown me your mind is closed on the subject.
There are plenty of good songs that only bubbled under and some that didn't even hit the charts, for what ever
reason. It coulld be because they were blocked by a payola record, bad distribution, small label or what ever, but
there are some out there, you just have to look.
From what I've seen, David is fine for running station, but I wouldn't let him pick music. Like I said before, he wouldn't
know a stiff if he was in Duckie's morgue.
Here's an example of two songs I don't mind hearing maybe once every few years.... "Roses and Rainbows" and "The Eggplant that ate Chicago". Neither made the Top 40 (Billboard) but may have made the Top 100. If that is true and they weren't just "bubbling under" the Top 100, just think of the typical oldies junkie who may not remember even these two songs. Do ya think anyone would want to hear a song that peaked at #108??
Both made the top 100. "Roses and Rainbows" I don't like and would not be on my playlist, but being as Glenn Beck says
"a sick twisted freak" I do like the "Eggplant that ate Chicago" and it would be on my list. Although played sparingly.
Yes people will listen to a song that peaked at #108, if it's a good song. I have not now nor have I ever advocated
just playing all 11,000 songs plus the bubbling unders.
Each song has to be listened to and of course if it's a
stinker you don't use it. But that still leaves you plenty of songs. One example I like is "Too Bad For You" by Sunny Gale.
It came out around January of '64 and WKNR Detroit played it. Unfortunatly not to much later the Beatles came along
turned the music world upside down. Bottom line Each song has to be judged.
As to your assertion about 11,000 songs between 1955 and 1972, consider this...
Most year-end Top 100s of the day included mostly songs which made the Top 10 and some which peaked at between #11 and #20. 18 years x 100 songs = 1,800 songs that few people will remember all of them. That leaves over 9,000 songs and few will remember any of them so no "Wow" factor there, Mike.
1,800 songs? and the commercial stations only play 450? see the problem? But truthfully there are more than that. You just
don't see it, or should I say you refuse to hear it.
The "WOW" factor comes from playing a song that either brings back a nice memory that hasn't been heard in a long time,
or a good song they may never have heard. The possiblities ane not endles but they are vast and it's better to be vast
than half vast.
Mike Dane
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