80s BB Top 40 hits not in db/reverse
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Topic: 80s BB Top 40 hits not in db/reverse
Posted By: jimct
Subject: 80s BB Top 40 hits not in db/reverse
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 10:39am
In a recent thread, Jeff (Fetta) requested a list of BB Top 40 hits not in
Pat's db (due to lower peak rankings in Cashbox). I have long had this info
noted in one of my RR "Pop Annual" books. Since Jeff is currently working
on an 80's project, he's most anxious to know of those "stragglers" first.
Conversely, there are are songs included in Pat's db that did *not* reach
BB's Top 40, due to a higher peak in Cashbox - I will note these as well.
Finally, there are a few Dec/Jan peakers each year where Pat's db has it in
Dec. of one year, while BB has it in Jan. of the next year (or vice versa). I'll
also make note of those. And since 99.999% of all Top 30 peaking hits are
in both BB and Pat's db, I started my yearly analysis with songs peaking on
BB at #31, and then on up to #40. I'll start with the year 1980, and add
more 80's years as time allows:
1980 BB Top 40 hits not in Pat's db:
-Barry Manilow--I Don't Want To Walk Without You (#36)
-Donna Summer--Walk Away (#36)
-Dolly Parton--Starting Over Again (#36)
-Kenny Loggins--Keep The Fire (#36)
-Livingston Taylor--First Time Love (#38)
-Blondie--Atomic (#39)
-Elton John--Don't You Wanna Play This Game No More? (#39)
-Bonnie Pointer--I Can't Help Myself (#40)
-Paul Simon--One Trick Pony (#40)
-Change--A Lover's Holiday (#40)
-Alice Cooper--Clones (We're All) (#40)
1980 non-BB Top 40 hits that are in Pat's db:
-Robert John--Lonely Eyes
-Queen--Play The Game
-Mac Davis--It's Hard To Be Humble
-Romantics--What I Like About You
Peak year difference:
-Tom Johnston--Savannah Nights (Pat's db: 1979; BB: 1980)
(P.S.-Thanks, Aaron, for the massive help, good buddy! I forgot that you
and I worked together on something a while back, and that I'd shared this
specific info with you at that time.)
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 11:05am
Here's some from 1981, and I have verified that it should include all of them:
John Denver - Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) (#36)
Firefall - Staying With It (#37)
Bette Midler - My Mother's Eyes (#39)
Blues Brothers - Who's Making Love (#39)
Billy & The Beaters - I Can Take Care Of Myself (#39)
Get Wet - Just So Lonely (#39)
Evelyn King - I'm In Love (#40)
Stephanie Mills /Teddy Pendergrass - Two Hearts (#40)
Andy Gibb - Me (Without You) (45 length) (#40)
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 11:06am
1982, which should include all entries from that year:
Eddie Rabbitt - I Don't Know Where To Start (#35)
Blondie - Island Of Lost Souls (#37)
Ray Parker Jr. - Let Me Go (#38)
Air Supply - Young Love (#38)
Jeffrey Osborne - I Really Don't Need No Light (#39)
Willie Nelson - Let It Be Me (#40)
Genesis - Man On The Corner (#40)
Paul Davis - Love Or Let Me Be Lonely (#40)
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 11:08am
1983, which has been updated, so it should be complete:
Olivia Newton - John-Tied Up (#38)
Charlie-It's Inevitable (#38)
Pat Benatar - Looking For A Stranger (#39)
Vandenberg - Burning Heart (#39)
Michael Stanley Band - My Town (#39)
Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me (#40)
Sonny Charles - Put It In A Magazine (#40)
Manhattan Transfer - Spice Of Life (#40)
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 11:09am
1984...
Robin Gibb-Boys Do Fall In Love (#37)
Joyce Kennedy & Jeffrey Osborne - The Last Time I Made Love (#40)
Styx - Music Time (#40)
Real Life - Catch Me I'm Falling (#40)
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 11:10am
1985:
Graham Parker & The Shot - Wake Up (Next To You) (#39)
Ratt - Lay It Down (#40)
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 11:11am
My notes say that all Billboard top 40 hits for 1986 are included in the database.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 11:12am
Here's 1987:
Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All (#38)
Club Nouveau - Why You Treat Me So Bad (#39)
Duran Duran - Skin Trade (#39)
Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (#40)
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 11:13am
1988:
Dan Reed Network-Ritual (#38)
Corey Hart - In Your Soul (#38)
Cure - Just Like Heaven (#40)
Cover Girls - Promise Me (#40)
Boy George - Live My Life (#40)
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 11:15am
And 1989:
Cover Girls - My Heart Skips A Beat (#38)
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Posted By: Fetta
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 12:10pm
Wow Aaaron.... Look at you go!!!!!!!!
Thanks. Much appreciated.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 12:43pm
Well, I had this info already typed out, so I was hoping to save Jim some work. I might have the 70s, too. I'll take a look.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 12:47pm
1979:
#34-Yvonne Elliman--Love Pains
#34-Thelma Houston--Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
#36-Ironhorse--Sweet Lui-Louise
#37-Blues Brothers--Rubber Biscuit
#37-Electric Light Orchestra--Confusion
#37-Pink Lady-Kiss In The Dark
#37-Niteflyte--If You Want It
#37-Dobie Gray--You Can Do It
#39-Bellamy Brothers--If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me
#39-Mary MacGregor--Good Friend
#39-Melissa Manchester--Pretty Girls
#39-Meat Loaf--You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
#40-Bette Midler--Married Men
#40-Eric Clapton--Watch Out For Lucy
#40-Sylvester--I (Who Have Nothing)
#40-Exile--You Thrill Me
#40-Rickie Lee Jones--Young Blood
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 12:49pm
1978:
#34-Cheryl Ladd--Think It Over
#35-Cars--My Best Friend's Girl
#36-Switch--There'll Never Be
#36-Carly Simon & James Taylor--Devoted To You
#36-Foghat--Stone Blue
#37-Dolly Parton--Heartbreaker
#38-Commodores--Flying High
#38-Rufus/Chaka Khan--Stay
#38-Jimmy "Bo" Horne--Dance Across The Floor
#39-Wings--London Town
#39-Moody Blues--Steppin' In A Slide Zone
#39-Rare Earth--Warm Ride
#39-Kiss--Rocket Ride
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 12:52pm
1977:
#28-Elton John--Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance!)
#31-Hot Chocolate--So You Win Again
#31-Facts Of Life--Sometimes
#35-Carpenters--All You Get From Love Is A Love Song
#36-Cerrone-Love In 'C' Minor - Pt. I
#36-C.J. & Co.--Devil's Gun
#37-Al Green--Keep Me Cryin'
#37-Doobie Brothers--It Keeps You Runnin'
#37-KC & The Sunshine Band--I Like To Do It
#37-Latimore--Somethin' 'Bout 'Cha
#38-Aerosmith--Back In The Saddle
#38-Starbuck--Everybody Be Dancin'
#39-Ambrosia--Magical Mystery Tour
#39-Silvetti--Spring Rain
#39-Commodores--Fancy Dancer
#39-Marie Osmond--This Is The Way That I Feel
#40-Isley Brothers--Livin' In The Life
#40-Manfred Mann's Earth Band--Spirit In The Night (this was first released as a 45 before "Blinded By The Light." It was remixed, put out again after "Blinded...", and this remix is the Top 40 hit.)
#40-10cc--People In Love
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 12:55pm
1976:
#33-Johnnie Taylor--Somebody's Gettin' It
#35-Road Apples--Let's Live Together
#36-John Denver--Like A Sad Song
#36-Larry Santos--We Can't Hide It Anmore
#36-Neil Sedaka--Steppin' Out
#37-John Valenti-Anything You Want
#37-Alan Parsons Project--(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether
#38-Donny Osmond--C'mon Marianne
#38-Boz Scaggs--It's Over
#38-Four Seasons--Silver Star
#39-Daryl Hall & John Oates--Do What You Want, Be What You Are
#39-Earth, Wind & Fire--Can't Hide Love
#39-Michael Murphey--Renegade
#40-Stampeders--Hit The Road Jack
#40-Paul Simon--Still Crazy After All These Years
#40-Supremes--I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking
#40-Average White Band--Queen Of My Soul
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 12:56pm
1975:
#33-Al Martino-Volare
#33-Billy "Crash" Craddock--Ruby, Baby
#34-Neil Diamond--I've Been This Way Before
#36-Judy Collins--Send In The Clowns (database includes the 1977 #19 chart run)
#37-George McCrae--I Get Lifted
#37-Temptations--Glasshouse
#38-Marshall Tucker Band--Fire On The Mountain
#38-Travis Wammack--(Shu-Doo-Pa-Poo-Poop) Love Being Your Fool
#38-Graham Central Station--Your Love
#39-Wings--Letting Go
#40-C.W. McCall-Wolf Creek Pass
#40-Temptations--Happy People
#40-Doobie Brothers--Sweet Maxine
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 12:57pm
All lists for the 1970s and 1980s should be up to date for songs that were Billboard Top 40 hits but are not in Pat's database.
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Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 1:01pm
A couple of additional 1980s hits that I have noted as "NID" (not in Downey):
Charlie - It's Inevitable (1983)
Robin Gibb - Boys (Do Fall In Love) (1984)
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 1:12pm
Thanks, Paul! I was just updating my lists as you posted this. I have now included all of them above, which was also missing "Ritual" by Dan Reed Network (1988).
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 1:13pm
1970:
#37-Smokey Robinson & The Miracles--Point It Out
#39-Mary Hopkin--Temma Harbour
#40-James Brown--Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn (Part Two)
1971:
#37-Bread--Mother Freedom
#38-Diana Ross--Surrender
#38-People's Choice--I Likes To Do It
#40-B.B. King--Ask Me No Questions
1972:
#37-Michael Murphey--Geronimo's Cadillac
#37-Barbra Streisand--Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead
#40-Beverly Bremers--We're Free
#40-Jerry Lee Lewis--Me And Bobby McGee
1973:
#31-John & Ernest--Superfly Meets Shaft
#38-Ann Peebles--I Can't Stand The Rain
#40-El Chicano--Tell Her She's Lovely
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 1:15pm
1974:
#33-Earth, Wind & Fire--Devotion
#34-Johnnie Taylor--We're Getting Careless With Our Love
#36-Beach Boys--Surfin' U.S.A. (listed under 1963 in database)
#37-Marilyn Sellars--One Day At A Time
#37-Billy Paul--Thanks For Saving My Life
#39-Bill Haley & His Comets--(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock (this re-entered in 1974 because it was the original opening theme for the sitcom "Happy Days"; database lists it under 1955)
#39-Melba Montgomery--No Charge
#39-Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods--The Heartbreak Kid
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 1:20pm
Finally, I cannot take ANY credit for putting any of this info together. The research on this was done several years ago by our own jimct. I just happened to remember that it was done, and I made sure to save a copy.
Thank you, Jim!!
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Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 14 March 2012 at 1:48pm
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**I have moved the non-BB Top 40 hits to a separate thread!**
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 17 March 2012 at 12:08am
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Thanks, Jim and Aaron! Another useful tool to assist Top 40 music collectors with their music libraries and research!
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Posted By: Fetta
Date Posted: 17 March 2012 at 8:17am
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Thanks everyone. This is great stuff!
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Posted By: LunarLaugh
Date Posted: 30 October 2024 at 1:41pm
Is there a reason I still can't find The Moody Blues "Steppin' In A Slide Zone" in the database? It reached #39 in 1978 (2 weeks) but is MIA when
I search for the band or the title.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 30 October 2024 at 2:59pm
Yes, the reason is that many years ago, Pat used a chart average position to determine what gets included. For a 1978 hit, he might have used the average peak from Billboard, Cash Box, and Record World.
Several people have expressed interest in having all Billboard top 40 hits added to the database, and I do plan on making these updates.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 01 November 2024 at 7:05am
If anyone has researched the 1950s, 1960s, and 1990s, please add that info here. I believe all Billboard top 40 hits in the last ~30 years are likely in the database, as there were no other publications used for averaging.
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