Saturday, October 22, 2011

Just a few more things....

Still finding neat info in Joel Whitburn & BILLBOARD's TOP POP SINGLES 1955-2002, tho I think it & I R both about Xhausted, so this'll likely B the last list of Great Lost Singles chart info....

* Tracy Chapman's "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" peaked at #75 in Fall 1988.
* Mac Davis's "It's Hard to be Humble," #43, Spring '80.
* The Wackers' "I Hardly Know Her Name" failed to reach BILLBOARD's "Hot 100."
* Love: "My Little Red Book," #52, Spring '66.
* Manfred Mann: "My Little Red Book" "bubbled under" at #124 in '65.
* Pratt and McClain's "When My Ship Comes In" failed 2 reach the Hot 100, early '74.
* Monaco: "What Do You Want from Me?," #61 on the Airplay chart, Summer '97.
* Bette Midler: "You're Moving Out Today," #42, Spring '77.
* Creedence Clearwater Revival: "I Put a Spell On You," #58, Winter '68; "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" (edited), #43, Winter '76.
* Marshall Crenshaw's "Whenever You Are On My Mind" failed to reach the Hot 100, Summer '82.
* Buddy Miles: "Them Changes," #62, Summer '71.
* John Miles: "Highfly," #68, Spring '76.
* Mrs. Miller: "Downtown," #82, Spring '66. (A funny tone-deaf cover of Petula Clark's big hit....)
* Steve Miller: "Living in the USA," #94, Winter '68/#49, Spring '74.
* Frank Mills: "Love Me Love Me Love," #46, Winter '72. (Kinda creepy....)
* Beatles: "I'm Down," #101, Summer '65. (Hilarious B-side of "Help!")
* Monkees: "Porpoise Song," #62, Fall '68; "Listen to the Band," #63, Summer '69; "Goin' Down," #104, Winter '67; "As We Go Along," #106, Fall '68.
* Moody Blues: "Ride My See-Saw," #61, Fall '68; "Never Comes the Day," #91, Summer '69; "Blue World," #62, Winter '83.
* Motels: "Take the 'L'," #52, Fall '82.
* Records: "Starry Eyes," #56, Fall '79. "Teenarama" failed 2 reach the Hot 100 -- not really a suprise....
* Mouth & MacNeal: "Hey You Love," #87, Fall '72.
* Graham Nash & David Crosby: "Southbound Train," #99, Summer '72.
* Van Morrison: "Wavelength," #42, Fall '78; "Moondance," #92, Fall '77.
* National Lampoon: "Deteriorata," #91, Fall '72.
* New England: "Hello Hello Hello," #69, Fall '79.
* Randy Newman: "It's Money That Matters," #60, Winter '88; "I Love L.A." failed 2 reach the Hot 100.
* Nilsson: "Remember (Christmas)," #53, Winter '72.
* Nirvana: "All Apologies," #45 on Airplay chart, Winter '94; "You Know You're Right," #45, Fall 2002.
* O'Jays: "992 Arguments," #57, Winter '72.
* Alan Parsons Project: "Days are Numbers (The Traveler)," #71, Spring '85; "You Don't Believe," #54, Winter '83; "Psychobabble," #57, Winter '82; "The Raven," #80, Fall '76.
* Pretenders: "Stop Your Sobbing," #65, Summer '80.
* Prince: "Anotherloverholeinyohead," #63, Summer '86.
* Donald Fagen: "New Frontier," #70, Winter '83.
* Jose Feliciano: "Feliz Navidad," recorded 1970, #70 on Airplay chart, Winter '98.
* 13th Floor Elevators: "You're Gonna Miss Me," #55, Summer '66.
* Austin Roberts: "How Can I Tell You?," failed 2 reach the Hot 100, Spring '73.
* The Who: "The Kids Are Alright," #106, Summer '66.

2 comments:

Gardenhead said...

wut only #106 for 'the kids are alright?' bummer for the who

TAD said...

G: You're right, of course, but Summer '66 was early days 4 The Who over here -- "Happy Jack" didn't crawl in2 the US Top 30 until Spring '67, & "My Generation" & "I Can't Explain" had both bombed here B4 that (#74 & #93, respectively)....