By Roger Nead
January 13, 2004
SEEMS LIKE ONLY “YESTERDAY”:
This is going to be another one of those “quick” columns. For one reason very little is happening on the Billboard pop charts, (in fact the only chart below that has a different #1 than last week is my Top 30 chart), and also, I’m currently slaving away at the Palm Springs Film Festival, and I don’t have much time.
Since the current chart is so dull, I think I’ll talk about something that happened on the Hot 100 40 years ago this week. It was the week of January 18th, 1964...BOBBY VINTON had the #1 song...but the big news was the weeks top debut. Coming in at #45 was the first song by THE BEATLES to enter the pop chart: “I Want To Hold You Hand.”
It would take the song only two more weeks to reach the #1 spot, where it would sit for 7 weeks (more than any other song that year), and in a mere two months, THE BEATLES would have the entire Top 5 locked up, something unheard of these days.
For the record, back in August of 1963 THE BEATLES’ single for “From Me To You” did “bubble-under” the Billboard chart, peaking at #116, but I don’t think that’s nearly as significant.
Well, regardless if you like THE BEATLES or not, if you care about this kind of stuff you have to admit that it’s a pretty important anniversary in Pop Chart history, although, I have to say that I’m no where near old enough to remember this event, nor am I old enough to remember when THE BEATLES broke-up! (But, I do remember when WINGS broke-up, wow! How sad was that!)
U.S. Singles Chart:
1) Here are this week’s Top 15 singles:
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3) Hey Ya! by OUTKAST
4) The Way You Move by OUTKAST Featuring SLEEPY BROWN
5) Milkshake by KELIS
6) You Don’t Know My Name by ALICIA KEYS
7) Stand Up by LUDACRIS Featuring SHAWNNA
8) Walked Outta Heaven by JAGGED EDGE
9) Here Without You by 3 DOORS DOWN
10) Slow Jamz by TWISTA Featuring KANYE WEST & JAMIE FOXX
11) Suga Suga by BABY BASH Featuring FRANKIE J
12) Me, Myself And I by BEYONCE
13) It’s My Life by NO DOUBT
14) Someday by NICKELBACK
15) Get Low by LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ
16) Baby Boy by BEYONCE Featuring SEAN PAUL
Holidae In by CHINGY Featuring LUDACRIS & SNOOP DOGG
Album Chart:
Here are this week’s Top 15 albums:
1) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OUTKAST
2) The Diary Of Alicia Keys by ALICIA KEYS
3) Now 14 by VARIOUS ARTISTS
4) The Very Best Of Sheryl Crow by SHERYL CROW
5) The Singles 1992-2003 by NO DOUBT
6) The Black Album by JAY-Z
7) Fallen by EVANESCENCE
8) Beg For Mercy by G-UNIT
9) Shock’n Y’all by TOBY KEITH
10) Soulful by RUBEN STUDDARD
11) Closer by JOSH GROBAN
12) Blink-182 by BLINK-182
13) Metamorphosis by HILARY DUFF
14) In The Zone by BRITNEY SPEARS
15) Afterglow by SARAH McLACHLAN
Top 10 Most Downloaded Tracks:
Here are this week’s top 10 Hot Digital Tracks:
1) Hey Ya! by OUTKAST
2) It’s My Life by NO DOUBT
3) Milkshake by KELIS
4) White Flag by DIDO
5) Stacy’s Mom by FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
6) The Way You Move by OUTKAST Featuring SLEEPY BROWN
7) Clocks by COLDPLAY
8) Crazy In Love by BEYONCE Featuring JAY-Z
9) The First Cut Is The Deepest by SHERYL CROW
10) Where Is The Love? by BLACK EYED PEAS
Modern Rock Tracks:
Here are this week’s top 10 Modern Rock tracks:
1) Numb by LINKIN PARK
2) Hit That by THE OFFSPRING
3) (I Hate) Everything About You by THREE DAYS GRACE
4) Are You Gonna Be My Girl by JET
5) Meant To Live by SWITCHFOOT
6) Feeling This by BLINK 182
7) Megalomaniac by INCUBUS
8) I Am The Highway by AUDIOSLAVE
9) Away From Me by PUDDLE OF MUDD
10) Fortune Faded by RET HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Top Rap Tracks:
Here are this week’s top 15 Rap tracks:
1) The Way You Move by OUTKAST Featuring SLEEPY BROWN
2) Slow Jamz by TWISTA Featuring KANYE WEST & JAMIE FOXX
3) Stand Up by LUDACRIS Featuring SHAWNNA
4) Damn! by YOUNGBLOODZ Featuring LIL JON
5) Change Clothes by JAY-Z
6) Runnin (Dying To Live) by TUPAC Featuring THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
7) Salt Shaker by YING YANG TWINS Featuring LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ
8) Get Low by LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ
9) Holidae In by CHINGY Featuring LUDACRIS & SNOOP DOGG
10) Through The Wire by KANYE WEST
The U.K. Top 10:
Here are this week’s top 10 singles in the U.K.:
1) Mad World by MICHAEL ANDREWS Featuring GARY JULES
2) Changes by OZZY & KELLY OSBOURNE
3) This Groove/Let Your Head Go by VICTORIA BECKHAM
4) Shut Up by BLACK EYED PEAS
5) Bring It On/My Lover’s Prayer by ALLISTAIR GRIFFIN
6) Leave Right Now by WILL YOUNG
7) Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) by THE DARKNESS
8) I’m Your Man by SHANE RICHIE
9) I Won’t Change You by SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR
10) Ladies Night by ATOMIC KITTEN Featuring KOOL & THE GANG
My Own Personal Top 30 Chart:
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1) Reconstruction Site by THE WEAKERTHANS
2) This Boy Is Exhausted by THE WRENS
3) Autobahn by ANBERLIN
4) Over The Edge by ZEBRAHEAD
5) Top Of The World by WILDHEARTS
6) A Man Like Me by BEULAH
7) From Blown Speakers by THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
8) Plea From A Cat Named Virtute by THE WEAKERTHANS
9) Last Defense by YEAR OF THE RABBIT
10) Sink Florida, Sink by AGAINST ME!
11) Numbered Days by EELS
12) On To You by THE CONSTANTINES
13) Sunsets by POWDERFINGER
14) Getaway by STEREOPHONICS
15) J’aime Ta Femme (I Like Your Girl) by PLANET SMASHERS
16) Gimme That by SLOAN
17) Ocean Avenue by YELLOWCARD
18) The Soldiering Life by THE DECEMBERISTS
19) Don’t Steal Our Sun by THE THRILLS
20) Chain Smoking by DYKEHOUSE
21) Get It On by DIFFUSER
22) My Baby’s Taking Me Home by SPARKS
23) Still In Love Song by THE STILLS
24) Quality Revenge At Last by HEY MERCEDES
25) The Weakest Shade Of Blue by PERNICE BROTHERS
26) Back In The Mud by BUBBA SPARXXX
27) Lighthouse by THE WAIFS
28) Goin’ Down On It by HOT ACTION COP
29) Magic Love by BENT
30) Beautiful Night by BURDEN BROTHERS
#1 ON BILLBOARD’S CHARTS
Here’s a look at what topping all the pop charts this week:
#1 on the R&B Singles Chart = You Don’t Know My Name by ALICIA KEYS
#1 on the R&B Albums Chart = The Diary Of Alicia Keys by ALICIA KEYS
#1 on the Country Singles Chart = There Goes My Life by KENNY CHESNEY
#1 on the Country Albums Chart = Shock’n Y’all by TOBY KEITH
#1 on the Latin Singles Chart = Mientes Tan Bien by SIN BANDERA
#1 on the Latin Albums Chart = La Historia Continua... by MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS
#1 on the Dance Music Club Play Chart = A Thousand Beautiful Things by ANNIE LENNOX
#1 on the Mainstream Rock Chart = Numb by LINKIN PARK
#1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart = Drift Away by UNCLE KRACKER Featuring DOBIE GRAY
#1 on the Top Internet Album Sales Chart = From The Depths Of Dreams (EP) by SENSES FAIL
#1 on the Top DVD Sales Chart = PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
#1 on the Top Music Videos Chart = Live In Texas by LINKIN PARK
FUN & GAMES:
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This week: Hear the official weekly Billboard Top 50 chart from 34 years ago, January 13th, 1970
TOP O’ THE CHARTS:
Let’s go through time and see what was at #1 this week on the various popular music charts!
#1 Song on the U.K. Chart, January 13, 1998:
Never Ever by ALL SAINTS
#1 Song on Billboard’s Modern Rock Chart, January 13, 1993:
Not Sleeping Around by NED’S ATOMIC DUSTBIN
#1 Song on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart, January 13, 1988:
On The Turning Away by PINK FLOYD
#1 Album on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart, January 13, 1983:
Business As Usual by MEN AT WORK
#1 Song on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart, January 13, 1978:
Just The Way You Are by BILLY JOEL
#1 Song on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart, January 13, 1973:
You’re So Vain by CARLY SIMON
#1 Song on Billboard’s R&B Chart, January 13, 1968:
I Second That Emotion by SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES
#1 Song on Billboard’s Country & Western Chart, January 13, 1963:
The Ballad Of Jed Clampett (Theme From “The Beverly Hillbillies”) by FLATT & SCRUGGS
REMEMBER THESE?:
Here are the official Top Ten Charts, 8, 18, 28, and 38 years ago this week:
JANUARY 13, 1996:
1) One Sweet Day by MARIAH CAREY & BOYZ II MEN
2) Exhale (Shoop Shoop) by WHITNEY HOUSTON
3) Hey Lover by LL COOL J
4) Gangsta’s Paradise by COOLIO Featuring L.V.
5) Diggin’ On You by TLC
6) Breakfast At Tiffany’s by DEEP BLUE SOMETHING
7) Fantasy by MARIAH CAREY
8) Before You Walk Out Of My Life by MONICA
9) Name by GOO GOO DOLLS
10) Missing by EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
JANUARY 13, 1986:
1) That’s What Friends Are For by DIONNE & FRIENDS
2) Say You, Say Me by LIONEL RICHIE
3) Party All The Time by EDDIE MURPHY
4) Alive & Kicking by SIMPLE MINDS
5) I Miss You by KLYMAXX
6) Small Town by JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
7) Talk To Me by STEVIE NICKS
8) Burning Heart by SURVIVOR
9) Walk Of Life by DIRE STRAITS
10) Tonight She Comes by THE CARS
JANUARY 13, 1976:
1) I Write The Songs by BARRY MANILOW
2) Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) by DIANA ROSS
3) Convoy by C.W. McCALL
4) Love Rollercoaster by OHIO PLAYERS
5) Fox On The Run by SWEET
6) I Love Music by THE O’JAYS
7) Love To Love You Baby by DONNA SUMMER
8) You Sexy Thing by HOT CHOCOLATE
9) Times Of Your Life by PAUL ANKA
10) Walk Away From Love by DAVID RUFFIN
JANUARY 13, 1966:
1) We Can Work It Out by THE BEATLES
2) The Sounds Of Silence by SIMON & GARFUNKEL
3) She’s Just My Style by GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS
4) Five O’Clock World by THE VOGUES
5) Ebb Tide by THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
6) Day Tripper by THE BEATLES
7) Flowers On The Wall by THE STATLER BROTHERS
8) The Men In My Little Girl’s Life by MIKE DOUGLAS
9) As Tears Go By by THE ROLLING STONES
10) No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In) by THE T-BONES
POP CULTURE CALENDAR:
Here are some pop-culture events that happened this week:
JANUARY 13TH:
(1979) Soul singer DONNY HATHAWAY, who joined ROBERTA FLACK on two #1 R&B hits: “Where Is The Love,” and “The Closer I Get To You,” and sang the theme to the hit 70’s TV show MAUDE, committed suicide by jumping from the 15th floor of New York City’s Essex House Hotel.
(1984) MGM/UA Pictures release the skiing comedy HOT DOG: THE MOVIE, to theaters nation-wide.
JANUARY 14TH:
(1972) NBC TV debuts a new sit-com from the producer of TV’s top rated show ALL IN THE FAMILY, called: SANFORD & SON. Starring Redd Foxx, “Sanford” quickly becomes the second most popular show on TV.
(1976) ABC TV airs the premier episode of the sci-fi spin-off THE BIONIC WOMAN, starring Lindsay Wagner, Wednesday at 8:00.
JANUARY 15TH:
(1965) THE WHO release their first single: “I Can’t Explain” in the UK. It will reach #8 on the UK chart, a few weeks later.
(1968) NBC TV air the final episode of the popular secret agent show THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
(1974) Four days after canceling LOVE AMERICAN STYLE, ABC TV debuts a show spun-off from it, called: HAPPY DAYS. By its third season HAPPY DAYS is the highest rated show on TV. Aaaaaaayyyyyy!
(1981) NBC TV airs the first episode of the Emmy winning hit HILL STREET BLUES, Thursday night at 10:00.
JANUARY 16TH:
(1976) She was a little bit country, and he was a little bit rock & roll, but their show was a big hit. ABC TV aired the first episode of THE DONNY & MARIE SHOW, Friday at 8:00.
(1980) PAUL McCARTNEY began ten days in a Japanese prison after a trip to “juniors farm” netted the former Beatle a pound of marijuana.
(1981) AVCO/Embassy Pictures release David Cronenberg’s film SCANNERS, to theaters nation-wide.
(1995) Fledging network UPN premiers the first episode of the 4th STAR TREK series: STAR TREK: VOYAGER.
JANUARY 17TH:
(1969) The self-titled debut release from British “super-group” LED ZEPPELIN was released on Atlantic records.
(1975) ABC TV airs the premier episode of BARETTA, starring Robert Blake, Friday night at 10:00.
JANUARY 18TH:
(1974) ABC TV airs the first episode of THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, starring Lee Majors, Friday at 8:30.
(1979) ABC TV debuts the comedy series DELTA HOUSE, spun-off from the box office smash NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE. Despite the fact that the TV show featured many of the same actors of the film, it’s canceled after only three months on the air.
(1981) Punk rocker WENDY O. WILLIAMS, lead singer of THE PLASMATICS, was arrested in Milwaukee, WI, for simulating masturbation with a sledgehammer on stage.
JANUARY 19TH:
(1976) The four members of THE BEATLES turned down a $30 million advance from tour promoter Bill Sargent, to reform.
(1978) UK punk rockers THE SEX PISTOLS call it quits after only two years in existence. Lead singer JOHNNY LYNDON would go on to form an even better band called: PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.
ROCK & ROLL TRIVIA QUESTION:
Test your rock IQ and answer my question!
LAST WEEK’S QUESTION:
Below is a list of well-known pop songs. They all reached the Top 40, but what very distinct fact do they have in common?
1) I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
2) Unchained Melody
3) At The Hop
4) Alley Oop
5) Macarena
6) You’ve Got A Friend
7) Abraham, Martin & John
8) Blue Suede Shoes
THE ANSWER:
All 8 of these classic pop hits had two different versions chart in Billboard’s Top 40, at the same time!
“I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony),” which was inspired by a Coke commercial, reached #7 by THE NEW SEEKERS, and #13 by THE HILLSIDE SINGERS, both on January 15th, 1972.
After appearing in the hit film GHOST, two different versions of “Unchained Melody,” both performed by THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, made the Top 40. One was the Brothers original version that reached #4, in 1965, and the other was a newly recorded version, available on cassette single only.
Back in February of 1958, “At The Hop” was a #1 hit for DANNY & THE JUNIORS, and a #21 hit for NICK TODD.
In 1960, there were actually three versions of “Alley-Oop” to chart, but one only got to #59. THE HOLLYWOOD ARGYLES version reached #1 on July 11th, and a week earlier a version by DANTE & THE EVERGREENS peaked at #15.
Of course, back in 1996, the “Macarena” was such a national phenomenon, that while THE BAYSIDE BOYS English mix of LOS DEL RIO’S Spanish hit was at #1, the original version made it up to #23.
CAROLE KING was so hot in 1971, that two weeks after JAMES TAYLOR took her song “You’ve Got A Friend” to #1, ROBERTA FLACK & DONNY HATAWAY’S version was peaking at #29.
Seven months after DION took “Abraham, Martin & John” to #4, dueling versions by SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES, and bawdy black comedian “MOMS” MABLEY, were peaking at #33, and #35, respectively.
And finally, on April 28th, 1956, while CARL PERKINS original version of “Blue Suede Shoes” was at #5 (on it’s way to a #2 peak), ELVIS PRESLEY’S remake was at #20.
THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:
Ok, this one may seem like a repeat of last weeks question, but I swear the answer is very different!
Below is a list of well-known pop songs. They all reached the Top 40, but what very distinct fact do they have in common?
1) Valerie by STEVE WINWOOD
2) Venus by FRANKIE AVALON
3) Candle In The Wind by ELTON JOHN
4) Breaking Up Is Hard To Do by NEIL SEDAKA
5) Don’t Stand So Close To Me by THE POLICE
6) I Honestly Love You by OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
7) Walk-Don’t Run by THE VENTURES
8) She Loves You by THE BEATLES
9) Love Will Keep Up Together by THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE
Answer next week!
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