By Roger Nead
June 1, 2004
GUESS HE CAN FINALLY QUIT THAT JOB HELPING PEOPLE TO THEIR SEATS:
Just three weeks after becoming the 8th artist to defeat himself at #1 on the Hot 100, USHER pulls something even more rare this week. He is now only the 5th artist, following 50 CENT, ASHANTI, the BEE GEES, and THE BEATLES, to place 3 singles in the Top Ten at the same time, in the entire 46-year history of the Hot 100.
Actually, USHER is only the 3rd lead artist to accomplish this feat, as both 50 CENT and ASHANTI were only “featured” artists on at least one of their 3 simultaneous Top Tens.
THE BEATLES first did this on February 29th, 1964, when “I Want To Hold Your Hand” was at #1, “She Loves You” was at #2, and “Please Please Me” jumped to #6, from position #29. That was just the warm-up for the Fab Four though...On April 4th of that year, they owned the entire Top 5.
The BEE GEES accomplished the Top Ten trio on February 25th, 1978, with “Stayin’ Alive” at #1, “Night Fever” at #8, and “How Deep Is Your Love,” holding at #10. Unlike the Beatles hits, all of these songs were on the same label (RSO Records), from the same LP (The SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Soundtrack), and all three reached #1! (Please Please Me only peaked at #3).
WELCOME BACK “WELCOME BACK!”:
JOHN SEBASTIAN’S “Welcome Back” becomes the latest #1 hit to resurface on the Hot 100 as a remake, as MASE debuts this week at #52 with his version.
MASE’S version is only a remake in the loosest sense, since the verses are different, but it samples the original, and the chorus is still the same.
Sebastian’s original “Welcome Back,” which was the theme from WELCOME BACK KOTTER, was only the second TV show theme to reach the top, just three months after the “Theme From S.W.A.T.,” which was remade last year by DANNY SABER, as “S.W.A.T. 911,” for the soundtrack for the film version of S.W.A.T.
The new “Welcome Back” is also a welcome back for MASE, who hasn’t been on the chart in over 5 years. In 1997, MASE was a featured artist on two chart-toppers, “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down,” by PUFF DADDY Featuring MASE, and “Mo Money Mo Problems,” by NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Featuring PUFF DADDY & MASE.
U.S. Singles Chart:
Here are this week’s Top 10 singles:
1) Burn by USHER
2) I Don’t Wanna Know by MARIO WINANS Featuring ENYA & P. DIDDY
3) Naughty Girl by BEYONCE
4) Yeah! by USHER Featuring LIL JON & LUDACRIS
5) The Reason by HOOBASTANK
6) Overnight Celebrity by TWISTA
7) This Love by MAROON5
8) If I Ain’t Got You by ALICIA KEYS
9) Confessions Part II by USHER
10) Freek-A-Leek by PETEY PABLO
U.S. Album Chart:
Here are this week’s Top 10 albums:
1) Confessions by USHER
2) Tical 0: The Prequel by METHOD MAN
3) Catalyst by NEW FOUND GLORY
4) Here For The Party by GRETCHEN WILSON
5) So-Called Chaos by ALANIS MORISSETTE
6) D12 World by D12
7) The Reason by HOOBASTANK
8) Living Legends by 8BALL & MJG
9) Now 15 by VARIOUS ARTISTS
10) You Do Your Thing by MONTGOMERY GENTRY
Top 10 Most Downloaded Tracks:
Here are this week’s Top 10 Hot Digital Tracks:
1) The Reason by HOOBASTANK
2) Roses by OUTKAST
3) Burn by USHER
4) This Love by MAROON5
5) Naughty Girl by BEYONCE
6) Hey Mama by BLACK EYED PEAS
7) I Don’t Wanna Know by MARIO WINANS Featuring ENYA & P. DIDDY
8) Everytime by BRITNEY SPEARS
9) Ocean Avenue by YELLOWCARD
10) Don’t Tell Me by AVRIL LAVIGNE
Modern Rock Tracks:
Here are this week’s Top 10 Modern Rock tracks:
1) Lying From You by LINKIN PARK
2) Cold Hard Bitch by JET
3) Ch-Check It Out by BEASTIE BOYS
4) The Reason by HOOBASTANK
5) Slither by VELVET REVOLVER
6) (Can’t Get My) Head Around You by THE OFFSPRING
7) Talk Show On Mute by INCUBUS
8) Float On by MODEST MOUSE
9) The Outsider by A PERFECT CIRCLE
10) Love Song by 311
My Own Personal Top 30 Chart:
1) California Songs by LOCAL H
2) The Reasons by THE WEAKERTHANS
3) Am I The Same Girl by KING RADIO
4) Spitting Games by SNOW PATROL
5) Don’t Forget To Breathe by BEULAH
6) Wake Up by THE VANISHED
7) Homewrecker by HELLOGOODBYE
8) Passing By by ZERO 7
9) The Road Leads Where It’s Led by SECRET MACHINES
10) Somebody Told Me by THE KILLERS
11) Stakeout by FREEZEPOP
12) It’s All The Same by REVERIE SOUND REVUE
13) Madness by DELTRON 3030
14) The One You Want by THE GET UP KIDS
15) Trouble by DJ ME DJ YOU
16) Assessment by THE BETA BAND
17) Check Your Messages by THE MELIGROVE BAND
18) Laura by SCISSOR SISTERS
19) Make Up by ELEFANT
20) Hello Tomorrow by ZEBRAHEAD
21) 1979 Semi-Finalist by THE BAD PLUS
22) Walking Around Waiting Downtown by REVERIE SOUND MACHINE
23) Solitary Man by HIM
24) Looks Like They Were Right by LIT
25) You’re Gone by MARILLION
26) Better by COWBOY MOUTH
27) Is It Me? Is It True? by MIDTOWN
28) Catherine Was My June by FROM BUBBLEGUM TO SKY
29) Hold Me Up by YEAR OF THE RABBIT
30) Push For New by APHASIA
FUN & GAMES:
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This week: Hear the official weekly Billboard Top 50 chart from 21 years ago, June 1ST, 1983!
THE LOST 70’S
Ok, it’s time to re-live the seventies!
Be warned, this is not your local radio station’s “Disco Saturday Night.” But, if you thrill to the likes of: CHILLIWACK, RUBINOOS, HERMAN BROOD, STEALERS WHEEL, HOT CHOCOLATE and so-forth...Click here and rock on!
I’ll up date this one every couple of weeks.
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 Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart, June 1, 1996:
Tha Crossroads by BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY
#1 Song on Billboard’s Modern Rock Chart, June 1, 1991:
The Other Side Of Summer by ELVIS COSTELLO
#1 Song on the U.K Chart, June 1, 1986:
Spirit In The Sky by DOCTOR & THE MEDICS
#1 Song on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart, June 1, 1981:
The Waiting by TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
#1 Song on Billboard’s Country & Western Chart, June 1, 1976:
One Piece At A Time by JOHNNY CASH
#1 Song on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart, June 1, 1971:
Rainy Days And Mondays by THE CARPENTERS
#1 Song on Billboard’s R&B Chart, June 1, 1966:
It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s Man’s World by JAMES BROWN
#1 Album on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart, June 1, 1961:
Camelot – ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING
REMEMBER THESE?:
Here are the official Top Ten Charts, 5, 15, 25, and 35 years ago this week:
JUNE 1, 1999:
1) Livin’ La Vida Loca by RICKY MARTIN
2) If You Had My Love by JENNIFER LOPEZ
3) No Scrubs by TLC
4) Fortunate by MAXWELL
5) Kiss Me by SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER
6) Where My Girls At? by 702
7) Who Dat by JT MONEY Featuring SOLE
8) That Don’t Impress Me Much by SHANIA TWAIN
9) Every Morning by SUGAR RAY
10) 808 by BLAQUE
JUNE 1, 1989:
1) Rock On by MICHAEL DAMIAN
2) Soldier Of Love by DONNY OSMOND
3) Wind Beneath My Wings by BETTE MIDLER
4) Patience by GUNS N’ ROSES
5) I’ll Be Loving You (Forever) by NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
6) Every Little Step by BOBBY BROWN
7) Real Love by JODY WATLEY
8) Forever Your Girl by PAULA ABDUL
9) Buffalo Stance by NENEH CHERRY
10) Close My Eyes Forever by LITA FORD & OZZY OSBOURNE
JUNE 1, 1979:
1) Hot Stuff by DONNA SUMMER
2) Reunited by PEACHES & HERB
3) Love You Inside Out by BEE GEES
4) We Are Family by SISTER SLEDGE
5) Goodnight Tonight by WINGS
6) Just When I Needed You Most by RANDY VANWARMER
7) Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) by THE JACKSONS
8) In The Navy by THE VILLAGE PEOPLE
9) The Logical Song by SUPERTRAMP
10) Love Is The Answer by ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY
JUNE 1, 1969:
1) Get Back by THE BEATLES With BILLY PRESTON
2) Love (Can Make You Happy) by MERCY
3) Grazing In The Grass by THE FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION
4) Oh Happy Day by THE EDWIN HAWKINS’ SINGERS
5) Bad Moon Rising by CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
6) In The Ghetto by ELVIS PRESLEY
7) Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In by THE 5TH DIMENSION
8) Love Theme From “Romeo & Juliet” by HENRY MANCINI
9) These Eyes by THE GUESS WHO
10) Too Busy Thinking About My Baby by MARVIN GAYE
ROCK & ROLL TRIVIA QUESTION:
LAST WEEK’S QUESTION:
Name the only Hot 100 hit where both the artist name and the song title are palindromes.
THE ANSWER:
No, it’s not that big hit from “Bob” called “Racecar,” this distinction belongs to that popular Swedish quartet ABBA! (which stood for Anni-Frid, Benny, Bjorn, and Agnetha)
Their big palindrome hit was: “SOS,” which peaked at #15 in 1975.
Interestingly, Austrian band EDELWEISS sampled “SOS” for their 1989 Modern Rock hit “Bring Me Edelweiss,” using the same melody, and changing the words just slightly.
THIS WEEKS QUESTION:
Below I’ve listed six top artists of the 1980s. Re-arrange the list by when they first reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart (oldest to newest.)
1) A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
2) INXS
3) MADONNA
4) PRINCE
5) RICK SPRINGFIELD
6) TOMMY TUTONE
Answer next week!
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