Missing Top 40 hit from Eddie Rabbitt

Does anyone know if Eddie Rabbitt's "I Don't Know Where to Start" exists anywhere on CD? Though the song isn't listed in the database presumably because it fell short of the Top 40 on some music chart publications, it did reach #35 in Billboard. Given that all of Rabbitt's Top 40 singles were released on Elektra, I'm puzzled as to why "I Don't Know Where to Start" never seems to pop up on any of the artist's many compilations. (And if you'll notice, songs like "Step by Step" and "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" never show up on the same Rabbitt best-of CDs with other hits like "I Love a Rainy Night" and "Drivin' My Life Away". It appears his recordings have somehow ended up scattered among different owners.)

Jim is right. It is on the "Step By Step" CD... if you're willing to pay out the butt for it. I had a friend who bought the CD and spent about $40 dollars for it, though he had to do a lot of negotiating to get it down to that. To start with, they want about a hundred bucks.

That said, I do believe he still has the CD. I could ask, if you'd like.

Thanks, guys! I will very likely be taking you all up on your kind offers to help me track down and obtain these last remaining Top 40 hits missing in my CD collection.

Edited by Todd Ireland

One heck of a deal there Brad. Over four years later, has "I Don't Know Where To Start" surfaced on another CD release since or is it just the Step By Step cd that includes this song?

Jeff, going back to 1960, I have made notes in pencil in my BB "Pop
Annual" books as to what BB Top 40 hits Pat doesn't include in his db.
There's actually a "flip side" to this as well - there are also songs that Pat
does include in his db that did not make the BB Top 40, due to a higher
peak in Cashbox; I've also noted these in pencil as well. The only thing to
keep in mind is that Pat, on occasion, has "changed his mind" on a db
track. (I recall Melanie's "Ruby Tuesday", which used to appear
in his db, but no longer does, due to a later re-evaluation. His
prerogative, obviously, and this was a very rare case, as best I can tell.) So
my findings are based on what he had included in his db at the time I
researched it. I also found that, once in a while, Pat will include a "peak
year" different than BB does, always for December/January peakers. (For
example, during our recent mono/stereo stock 45 project, Todd & I
discovered that Ian Thomas' "Painted Ladies" appears in my Pop Annual as
1974, while Pat has it as 1973 in his db - there are others; usually a
couple each year.) Jeff, I know from my years on here that Pat has long
been an ardent supporter/believer in the Cashbox charts, and this fact
accounts for all the above differences. Again, his prerogative. But if others
feel like you, and would also like to know what these specific "straggler"
titles are, feel free to chime in. This would simply be a "by popular
demand" thing on my part. I can't imagine that Pat would have a problem
here, as only fellow, paying db subscribers would find this type of
"supplemental db info" useful. I can certainly say that making these notes
has helped me "navigate" around Pat's db a little easier over the years,
especially in regard to doing/not doing a specific song search, so I can
see why you asked the question here, Jeff. Any others interested? Let me
know, as there'll be a decent bit of work in it for me to get all these new
details all up and posted. I just wanna make sure there's enough Board
interest to go to all the trouble/bother.   

Edited by jimct