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Todd Ireland 
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 Topic: "Born to Be Alive" - Patrick HernandezPosted: 26 August 2005 at 11:20am |
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Pat:
Edtop40 has reported that the 45 version of Patrick Hernandez's "Born to Be Alive" runs 3:23 which I believe is also the run time printed on the record label. Therefore, it can be said then that the song fades out :05 sooner on the Mega Hits Dance Classics Volume 9 (Priority 7058) CD and presumably on other CDs sporting a 3:18 run time. |
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aaronk
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Posted: 24 August 2012 at 6:53pm |
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Did this song get much airplay during it's Hot 100 chart run? The reason I ask is because it's nowhere to be found on the Radio & Records pop chart archive, which would mean that it didn't crack the top 40 for airplay.
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musicmanatl
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Posted: 24 August 2012 at 6:59pm |
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Aaron, that is odd because it received a ton of airplay in Cleveland on both G98 and Zip 106. It definitely was an airplay hit in my part of the country.
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Hykker
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Posted: 24 August 2012 at 7:08pm |
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According to Whitburn, it made #16 in Billboard. Top 10 in Boston on WRKO, remember hearing it a lot on JB-105 in Providence too.
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Santi Paradoa
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Posted: 24 August 2012 at 7:36pm |
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This song was all over South Florida radio back in '79.
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aaronk
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Posted: 24 August 2012 at 7:42pm |
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I wonder if the archive has just accidentally omitted it. I'll send the webmaster an email to find out.
As a side note, there have been big Hot 100 hits that never made the R&R top 40, such as "Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring and "Pac Man Fever" by Buckner & Garcia. |
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Fetta
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Posted: 24 August 2012 at 7:46pm |
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WABC was playing primarily Disco in 1979 but "Born To Be Alive" didn't even make their year end Top 100.
http://www.musicradio77.com/Top1979.html I know that 92 KTU definitely played it. |
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aaronk
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Posted: 24 August 2012 at 7:50pm |
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That's interesting, Jeff! Here's another disco record that doesn't appear in the R&R archive: "Come To Me" by France Joli, which made it to #15 on the Hot 100.
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Posted: 25 August 2012 at 3:05am |
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Ah
summer of '79 is burned into my memory, and both of those songs got lots of airplay on long island. |
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Posted: 25 August 2012 at 3:27am |
Don't recall this one getting much airplay in the Minneapolis/St. Paul market, outside of AT40. Remember, the national R&R chart was only a Top 30 at that time. A lot of disco records had a hard time cracking Top 40 playlists, especially in the midwest markets. |
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