Saturday, March 28, 2015

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1987


Jacob's Ladder - Huey Lewis and The News

March 14th 1987
(1 week)
(The 1st and only Hot 100 #1 song for Huey Lewis)

Top Ten Prison Songs




Casey Kasem's AT40 the 70s (03/28/2015)

Casey Kasem's AT40
The 70's
Week Ending March 31st 1973

40 - Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk
39 - Wildflower - Skylark
38 - A Letter To Myself - The Chi-Lites
37 - One Less Set of Footsteps - Jim Croce
36 - Drift Away - Dobie Gray
35 - Kissing My Love - Bill Withers
34 - Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
33 - Master of Eyes - Aretha Franklin
32 - Cook With Honey - Judy Collins
31 - Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
30 - Do You Want To Dance - Bette Midler
29 - You Are The Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
28 - Daddy's Home - Jermaine Jackson
27 - Big City Miss Ruth Ann - Gallery
26 - Peaceful - Helen Reddy
25 - Little Willie - The Sweet
24 - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - Spinners
23 - The Twelfth of Never - Donny Osmond
22 - I'm Just a Singer (In A Rock N Roll Band) - Moody Blues
21 - Cisco Kid - War
20 - Hummingbird - Seals and Crofts
19 - Stir It Up - Johnny Nash
18 - The Masterpiece - The Temptations
17 - Space Oddity - David Bowie
16 - Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III
15 - Aubry - Bread
14 - The Cover of the Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
13 - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree - Dawn
12 - Dueling Banjos - Deliverance/Soundtrack
11 - Call Me - Al Green
10 - The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
9  -  Sing - Carpenters
8  -  Danny's Song - Anne Murray
7  -  Last Song - Edward Bear
6  -  Break Up To Make Up - Stylistics
5  -  Ain't No Woman - Four Tops
4  -  Love Train - The O'Jays
3  -  Neither One of Us - Gladys Knight and The Pips
2  -  Also Sprach Zarathustra - Deodato
1  -  Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
(5th of 5 non consecutive weeks at #1)


Thursday, March 26, 2015

Billboard Album Chart 03/21/2015

Billboard Album Chart
Top 20
Week Ending March 21st 2015

20 - Lead Us Back : Songs of Worship - Third Day
(Debut)
19 - Morning Phase - Beck
18 - NOW 53 - Various Artist
17 - Montevallo - Sam Hunt
16 - Uptown Special - Mark Ronson
15 - American Beauty/American Psycho - Fall Out Boy
14 - Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons
13 - The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj
12 - Hozier - Hozier
11 - First Kiss - Kid Rock
10 - Title - Meghan Trainor
9  -  The Firewatcher's Daughter - Brandi Carlile
(Debut)
8  -  In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith
7  -  V - Maroon 5
6  -  Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean
5  -  X - Ed Sheeran
4  -  If You're Readying This It's Too Late - Drake
3  -  1989 - Taylor Swift
2  -  Fifty Shades of Grey - Soundtrack
1  -  Piece By Piece - Kelly Clarkson
(DEBUT)

Track listing[edit]

Piece by Piece – Standard edition[33][67]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Heartbeat Song"  
3:18
2."Invincible"  
  • Shatkin
  • Steve Mostynb
  • Oakb
3:58
3."Someone"  Matthew Koma
  • Kurstin
  • Halbert[a]
3:39
4."Take You High"   Shatkin4:20
5."Piece by Piece"  
Kurstin4:17
6."Run Run Run(featuring John Legend) Halbert4:32
7."I Had a Dream"  
  • Clarkson
  • Kurstin
Kurstin3:58
8."Let Your Tears Fall"  
  • Furler
  • Kurstin
Kurstin3:55
9."Tightrope"  
  • Clarkson
  • Kurstin
Kurstin3:32
10."War Paint"  
Halbert3:44
11."Dance with Me"  Dan RockettKurstin4:20
12."Nostalgic"   Halbert3:37
13."Good Goes the Bye"  
  • Halbert
  • Eric Olson
3:21
Total length:
50:31

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Elvis Gold Records



After six shows in three days at the Houston Astrodome, a special press conference was held on February 28, 1970. There Elvis was presented with RIAA Gold Records Awards for five records released in 1969. There were three singles (sales of 1,000,000 copies in the US): In The Ghetto,Suspicious Minds, and Don’t Cry, Daddy. There were also two albums (for $1,000,000 in wholesale sales in the US): FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS and FROM MEMPHIS TO VEGAS.

thank you http://www.elvis-atouchofgold.com


Billboard Album Chart (Top 20) March 14th 2015

Billboard Album Chart
Top 20
Week Ending March 14th 2015

20 - Just Kids - Mat Kearney
(Debut)
19 - Montevallo - Sam Hunt
18 - American Beauty/American Psycho - Fall Out Boy
17 - NOW 53 - Various Artist
16 - Uptown Special - Mark Ronson
15 - Hozier - Hozier
14 - Of Beauty and Rage - Red
13 - Title - Meghan Trainor
12 - The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj
11 - Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
10 - V - Maroon 5
9  -  Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons
8  -  In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith
7  -  A Fan of a Fan: The Album - Chris Brown and Tyga
(Debut)
6  -  X - Ed Sheeran
5  -  1989 - Taylor Swift
4  -  If You're Reading This Its Too Late - Drake
3  -  Fifty Shades of Grey - Soundtrack
2  -  First Kiss - Kid Rock
(Debut)
1  -  Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean
(Debut)


Official UK Music Charts- 8th-14th March 2015

Official UK Songs Chart
Top 100
Week Ending March 14th 2015