Posted by Mike Riccio on August 29, 2008 at 20:44:57:
In Reply to: Tonight's 60s 70s Show (08-29-2008) posted by Bob Radil on August 29, 2008 at 12:34:54:
Happy Labor Day weekend, boys and girls. It's time to pay tribute to the songs that were laboring to stay on the chart this very week through the years.
Yes, once again, kiddies, it's time to scrape the bottom of the barrel, explore the ocean floor, dig to the bottom of your pockets and purses, and discover the songs that on this very date in chart history were celebrating their week in the sun...er, make that, week in the moon...er make that eclipse of the moon! They're the songs that were at #100 for this date in history.
1964 - Can't Get Over (The Bossa Nova) - Eydie Gorme (NOT the follow-up to "Blame It on the Bossa Nova", in fact, this came SIX songs later. It was the flip side of "I Want You to Meet My Baby" and only started getting play once the "A" side was peaking. It only got to #87 and would be Eydie's last chart song for five years.)
1965 - Soul Heaven - Dixie Drifter (This was a tribute to three recently departed soul artists. Bet you'll NEVER guess who they were...unless, of course, you decide to request THIS song. Any guesses?)
1966 - Day Tripper - The Vontastics (John, Paul, George and Ringo...All those #1's and all those chart hits...and then there's Jose, Ray, Bob and Kenny from Chicago...The Vontastics!...with their ONLY song to ever make the chart in its ONLY week on the chart...Imagine having only ONE chart hit in your career that was on the chart for ONE week at #100...They're the Anti-Beatles!)
1967 - Requium for the Masses - Association (The flip side of "Never My Love")
1968 - Naturally Stoned - Avant-Garde (Before Chuck Woolery was hooking people up on "The Dating Game", he was singing in THIS group. First week on the chart...peaked at #40 and actually stuck around for 2 1/2 months!)
1974 - You Won't See Me - Anne Murray (In her last week on the chart after a FIVE MONTH run that peaked at #8!)
1975 - When You're Young and In Love - Choice Four (A Van McCoy production)
1976 - Tear the Roof Off the Sucker - Parliament (In its 17th and final week on the chart)
1979 - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio - Edwin Starr
So there you go. The worst of the best. The least of the most. The bottom of the top.
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