Hello, my friends, old and new! You may have noticed that lately, I don't write a new story during the week. It's the middle of the summer and I don't feel like being cooped up to do research and write a few thousand words, like most of you who don't feel like reading long stories right now, you and I would rather be swimming or something. However: I have recently come across a very interesting list of songs, celebrating the 60 years anniversary of the American Hot 100 of pop hits, as published by Billboard magazine. I think you'll enjoy listening to these songs that cover every single genre that was in fashion during all these years. I'm thinking of just presenting the songs with as few words as possible, just the necessary info. This way I can post regularly, perhaps even every day.
Position: 600
Song Title: Take On Me
Recording Artist: A-ha
Year of Release: 1984
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 599
Song Title: Bent
Recording Artist: Matchbox Twenty
Year of Release: 2000
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 598
Song Title: Start Me Up
Recording Artist: The Rolling Stones
Year of Release: 1981
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #2
Position: 597
Song Title: Wild Wild West
Recording Artist: The Escape Club
Year of Release: 1988
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 596
Song Title: Blue Velvet
Recording Artist: Bobby Vinton
Year of Release: 1963
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 595
Song Title: Little Star
Recording Artist: The Elegants
Year of Release: 1958
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 594
Song Title: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
Recording Artist: Leo Sayer
Year of Release: 1976
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 593
Song Title: Downtown
Recording Artist: Petula Clark
Year of Release: 1964
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 592
Song Title: Time in a Bottle
Recording Artist: Jim Croce
Year of Release: 1973
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 591
Song Title: Right Back Where We Started From
Recording Artist: Maxine Nightingale
Year of Release: 1975
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #2
Position: 590
Song Title: Shakedown
Recording Artist: Bob Seger
Year of Release: 1987
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 589
Song Title: Always
Recording Artist: Bon Jovi
Year of Release: 1994
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #4
Position: 588
Song Title: Hot Child in the City
Recording Artist: Nick Gilder
Year of Release: 1978
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 587
Song Title: Could've Been
Recording Artist: Tiffany
Year of Release: 1987
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 586
Song Title: Where Did Our Love Go
Recording Artist: The Supremes
Year of Release: 1964
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 585
Song Title: Boogie Fever
Recording Artist: The Sylvers
Year of Release: 1975
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 584
Song Title: Just the Two of Us
Recording Artist: Grover Washington, Jr. (with Bill Withers)
Year of Release: 1981
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #2
Position: 583
Song Title: Let's Dance
Recording Artist: David Bowie
Year of Release: 1983
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 582
Song Title: Love Machine (part 1)
Recording Artist: The Miracles
Year of Release: 1975
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Position: 581
Song Title: Wannabe
Recording Artist: Spice Girls
Year of Release: 1996
Peak Position on the Hot 100: #1
Later, babies!
This should be fun though I fear the upper reaches of this countdown will be a logjam of songs from 2000 and on considering how long songs stay on the charts these days as well as occupy the top spot. I'm looking at you Despacito! I figured there'd be songs I don't know and sure enough, I do not remember that Bon Jovi song. Of course, I had pretty much given up radio by this point and MTV was transitioning out of the music video biz.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I hope you're enjoying the lazy days of summer John and till the next post, Zigga Zig Ah!
I'm seriously happy that you're following this, my friend! You'll be surprised to learn that in the Top 5 there's only one 21st Century song - and - spolier alert - it's not Despacito. I'm back on a more or less daily mode - and I'm happy to have you along for the ride. Aloha!
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