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« Reply #1750 on: June 07, 2012, 06:50:22 PM » |
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Just when you thought this thread was just about sunk? I found one that I don't believe was mentioned. Brownsville station, which went to #3 in early 1974 with "smokin in the boys room" followed that up with the "classic" kings of the party which peaked at #31 later that year.
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« Reply #1751 on: June 08, 2012, 08:28:57 AM » |
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Just when you thought this thread was just about sunk? I found one that I don't believe was mentioned. Brownsville station, which went to #3 in early 1974 with "smokin in the boys room" followed that up with the "classic" kings of the party which peaked at #31 later that year.
You read all 176 pages? And to keep the space/time continuum intact, I offer up Eric Carmen's "Sunrise"...which followed up "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" in 1976 but only made it to #34. |
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The late great Jay Trachman said it best: Radio's not a job, it's your mistress. Thank God my wife understands!
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« Reply #1752 on: June 08, 2012, 09:08:28 PM » |
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I remember playing Eric Carmen's "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again". Ranks right up there with "All By Myself" and "Alone Again, Naturally" on the depression scale. Maybe Pearl Jam will bring it back like they did J. Frank Wilson's "Last Kiss".
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« Reply #1753 on: June 09, 2012, 08:30:51 AM » |
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I remember playing Eric Carmen's "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again". Ranks right up there with "All By Myself" and "Alone Again, Naturally" on the depression scale. Maybe Pearl Jam will bring it back like they did J. Frank Wilson's "Last Kiss".
Don't forget this 1973 remake by Wednesday... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiAMe1zsQ0 Died at #34 - but peaked at #2 in Canada. |
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« Reply #1754 on: June 09, 2012, 09:39:25 AM » |
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Coming next: Kid Rock does DOA by Bloodrock.
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« Reply #1755 on: June 10, 2012, 11:22:27 AM » |
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Here's one that I thought of the other day. Dunno if it's been mentioned or not.
Ha Ha Said The Clown. We played The Yardbirds' version, which was a stiff in N. America. Manfred Mann's version was a hit in England, but IMO not as good.
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« Reply #1756 on: June 12, 2012, 06:56:02 PM » |
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What a surprise to find this thread still has a pulse. Amazing. So here's one more log to throw on the fire, a song we played to death on that 1 kilowatt flamethrower in the Pennsylvania Poconos. It but went absolutely nowhere. Seems the PD loved the group and all the jocks loved the song and the label was only too happy to send us singles and promo albums. A dangerous combination. Submitted for your consideration and dancing pleasure, from around 1973, Good Feeling To Know, from Poco. |
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« Reply #1757 on: June 13, 2012, 09:21:24 AM » |
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"Good Feeling To Know, from Poco."
Not a top 40 hit, to be sure--but that song actually had quite a life on early album rock FM, it was a frequent play in the closest thing stations like WCMF, QFM 97 (the original name of what we now now as 97 Rock), WNEW-FM and its brethren had to a hot rotation. If we ranked songs by airplay, requests and album sales back then to the degree we do now, instead of zeroing in on singles sales as we did back in the day, Poco might have had a better run.
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« Reply #1758 on: June 13, 2012, 12:11:10 PM » |
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Albert Hammond's "I'm A Train". Inched up to #31 in 1974 then kept heading down the track (backwards).
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« Reply #1759 on: June 14, 2012, 09:31:12 PM » |
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How about a whole album that the critics raved about, and got some airplay, but couldn't break into the top 30? Anybody remember Emitt Rhodes, a McCartney sound-alike who had a couple of albums in the early '70s? I remember playing "Live Till You Die" way back when. Here's a sample... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uarlsqwCtXQ |
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