whitney houston "star spangled banner"

Ed - you are also forgetting that it reached #6 in 2001 in the wake of 9/11

the only problem with your statement, Pat, is that Cashbox wasn't being published in 2001, when the track had even greater popularity in the wake of 9/11.

True, it was much more of a sales than an airplay hit (in Billboard #1 sales vs #45 airplay - again in 2001)

Edited by cmmmbase

That is REALLY WEIRD that it didn't chart in Cash Box at all. It hit #20 on the Hot 100 in the March 30, 1991 issue. (Though its first chart run is strangely missing from Billboard.biz's online database.)

All I can speculate is that Cash Box was much more heavily airplay-based than Billboard by that time (which I've long suspected), or that they discounted it as a charity single (which it was).

However, the song did re-enter a decade later, peaking in the top ten on the Hot 100, so it should be in the database.

JMD1961 wrote: It also never made it to Radio and Records Top 40, though it did make it to #19 on ARC's Weekly Top 40 chart.

Interesting. Though, you know, the ARC chart is just a fan-made chart... It was never a published chart back in the day.

I entered the comment about this song not charting on the Cash Box charts in 1991 before I caught the comment by cmmmbase that Cash Box was not being printed in 2001 which is correct. I now recall looking for this song to show up on the R&R charts in 2001 after it entered the Billboard charts but as pointed out above it did not chart on the R&R chart and since I did not hear any radio airplay, I elected not to enter this song in the database even though it did eventually reach #6 in Billboard based on sales alone. This is a tough one to call but if there is a strong sentiment that it should be entered in the database I would oblige. In recent chart history there are many examples of primarily c&w songs that have charted from the number 30 to 40 positions on the Billobard Hot 100 that I have not included in the database for the same reason I did not include "The Star Spangled Banner" - they just didn't get any pop airplay.