Billboard Chart History - 10 Years: the 7s

[Dawn]

This time, let's look at the years ending in "7"s:

June 28, 1947
TW LW NW
1 1 5 CHI-BABA, CHI-BABA - Perry Como
2 4 2 PEG O' MY HEART - The Three Suns
3 2 7 *PEG O' MY HEART - Jerry Murad & The Harmonicats
4 3 5 I WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDER - Eddy Howard & His Orch. w. vocal/Eddy Howard
5 6 3 THAT'S MY DESIRE - Sammy Kaye & His Orch. w. vocal/Don Cornell
6 5 7 ACROSS THE ALLEY FROM THE ALAMO - The Mills Brothers
7 -- NEW THAT'S MY DESIRE - Frankie Laine
8 7 2 PEG O' MY HEART - Art Lund
9 8 2 I WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDER - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians w. vocal/Don Rodney & The Lombardo Trio
10 -- NEW PEG O' MY HEART - Buddy Clark

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June 24, 1957

(TW = Position This Week; LW = Position Last Week; NW = Number Weeks on Chart; *Former #1)
TW LW NW
1 1 8 LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND - Pat Boone w. Billy Vaughn & His Orch.
2 3 19 SO RARE - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. w. The Arthur Malvin Singers
3 6 6 BYE BYE LOVE - The Everly Brothers
4 2 13 *ALL SHOOK UP - Elvis Presley
5 3 12 *A WHITE SPORT COAT - Marty Robbins w. Ray Conniff & His Orch. & Chorus
6 5 11 DARK MOON - Gale Storm w. Billy Vaughn & His Orch. (Note: It's strange to have the same song released on the same label by two different artists to compete, but Dot Records owner/president, Randy Hughes, did not have much faith in the version by Bonnie Guitar [see #12 below] and had Gale cover the song; it knocked Bonnie's version out of the box)
7 16 6 OLD CAPE COD - Patti Page
8 10 6 TEENAGER'S ROMANCE - Rick Nelson
9 10 7 SEARCHIN' - The Coasters
10 7 16 LITTLE DARLIN' - The Diamonds

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 24th June, 1967

TW LW TITLE-Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 1 GROOVIN'
The Young Rascals (Atlantic)-10 (4 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 RESPECT
Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-9 (1)
3 3 SHE'D RATHER BE WITH ME
The Turtles (White Whales)-7 (3)
4 7 WINDY
The Association (Warner Brothers)-5 (4)
5 6 LITTLE BIT O'SOUL
The Music Explosion (Laurie)-7 (5)
6 20 SAN FRANCISCO (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
Scott McKenzie (Ode)-5 (6)
7 5 SOMEBODY TO LOVE
Jefferson Airplane (RCA)-13 (5)
8 11 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
Frankie Valli (Philips)-6 (8)
9 12 SUNDAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
Spanky and Our Gang (Mercury)-6 (9)
10 15 LET'S LIVE FOR TODAY
The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-7 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 25th June, 1977

TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 2 GOT TO GIVE IT UP (Part 1)
Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-11 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 3 GONNA FLY NOW (Theme From "Rocky")
Bill Conti (United Artists)-10 (2)
3 6 UNDERCOVER ANGEL
Alan O'Day (Pacific)-13 (3)
4 4 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME
Foreigner (Atlantic)-14 (4)
5 5 LUCILLE
Kenny Rogers (United Artists)-14 (5)
6 1 DREAMS
Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers)-11 (1)
7 7 LONELY BOY
Andrew Gold (Asylum)-15 (7)
8 16 DA DOO RON RON
Shaun Cassidy (Warner Brothers/Curb)-7 (8)
9 10 ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS
Hot (Big Tree)-19 (9)
10 11 JET AIRLINER
The Steve Miller Band (Capitol)-9 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending June 27, 1987

TW LW TITLE Artist - Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 3 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston - 7 (1)
2 1 HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - 12 (1)
3 4 IN TOO DEEP Genesis - 10 (3)
4 6 ALONE Heart - 7 (4)
5 2 ALWAYS Atlantic Starr - 14 (1)
6 9 SONGBIRD Kenny G - 13 (6)
7 12 SHAKEDOWN Bob Seger - 6 (7)
8 5 DIAMONDS Herb Alpert - 12 (5)
9 10 JUST TO SEE HER Smokey Robinson - 14 (9)
10 7 WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE Bon Jovi - 12 (7)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending June 28, 1997

TW LW TITLE Artist - Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 1 I'LL BE MISSING YOU Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112 - 3 (1)
2 2 MMMBOP Hanson - 9 (1)
3 3 RETURN OF THE MACK Mark Morrison - 18 (2)
4 6 BITCH Meredith Brooks - 10 (4)
5 4 LOOK INTO MY EYES Bone Tugs N Harmony - 2 (4)
6 5 SAY YOU'LL BE THERE Spice Girls - 6 (3)
7 7 I BELONG TO YOU (EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR FACE) Rome - 16 (6)
8 8 IT'S YOUR LOVE Tim McGraw & Faith Hill - 7 (8)
9 10 G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. Changing Faces - 8 (8)
10 9 THE FRESHMEN The Verve Pipe - 19 (5)


I've never heard "Peg O My Heart," but judging from that '40s chart, it must have been very popular!

Interesting to see how the song titles progressed from the very innocent-sounding "Love Letters in the Sand" and "Teenage Romance" in the '50s to "Bitch" and "G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." in the '90s.

I remember the Spice Girl craze of the time...there was even some speculation at one time that their popularity would rival the Beatles. It wasn't long after "Say You'll Be There," though, that the group faded away.

[Jughead]

Blecch. With the exception of "The Freshman" and "Bitch", the '97 chart SUCKED! I think that's why I mostly listened to classic rock in 1997.

That 1987 chart wasn't all that memorable either.

Now, 1967...now, we're talking. Though '67 was 14 years before I was born, I like almost every single song on that chart.

Actually, the '77 chart was pretty good too. 1977 was one of those years where there were so many styles of music all over the charts, so seeing all the rock songs on there is kind of cool!

[Ken]

1947 - Wow, four versions of the same song on the chart at the same time - whoa! lol .

1957 - A few faves included - Elvis, The Everly's, Marty Robbins and The Diamonds

1967 - The beginnings of the "Summer of Love." Every track is a classic and a huge fave of mine.

1977 - I bought Steve Miller's "Jet Airliner" and it spent plenty of time on my record player, I really got into Steve's music at that time also adding "Jungle Love" and "Swingtown" to my 45 collection. Lucille was HUGE, I remember hearing it on a regular basis along with Rumours - my brother had the 8- track. I seem to remember a buddy of mine buying Da Doo Ron Ron. I remember listening to "Got To Give it Up and "Gonna Fly Now" on K- tel's "Music Machine."


1987 - There are a few faves here (Genesis, Heart and Bon Jovi but the quality of the music in the top 40 had started to slowly decline.

1997 - No faves here. Dawn I also remember the Spice Girls craze my niece LOVED them at the time. The last I heard of Meredith Brooks she opened for the Stones around the time "Bitch" was a hit (maybe a little after) and at one particular gig, got booed (sp?) off the stage and was forced to cut her set short.

[m c dornan]

1957: "So Rare" was in 1957? I'd swear it was part of the 1940s big band sound.

1967: You can't hardly tell the Summer of Love was going on here. I think the 60s music I really listened wasn't on the charts- it was on LPs and FM radio. Didn't help that no song from "Sgt. Pepper" was a single.

On the other hand, there's two songs I like on the 1987 chart (Always and Shakedown) and that's pretty good for the 1980s (for me).

1997: #5: I think it's Bone Thug n Harmony. I don't know why I know that.

[dave910]

Jun 22, 2010 8:41:23 GMT -5 Dawn said:

This time, let's look at the years ending in "7"s:

June 28, 1947
TW LW NW
1 1 5 CHI-BABA, CHI-BABA - Perry Como
2 4 2 PEG O' MY HEART - The Three Suns
3 2 7 *PEG O' MY HEART - Jerry Murad & The Harmonicats
4 3 5 I WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDER - Eddy Howard & His Orch. w. vocal/Eddy Howard
5 6 3 THAT'S MY DESIRE - Sammy Kaye & His Orch. w. vocal/Don Cornell
6 5 7 ACROSS THE ALLEY FROM THE ALAMO - The Mills Brothers
7 -- NEW THAT'S MY DESIRE - Frankie Laine
8 7 2 PEG O' MY HEART - Art Lund
9 8 2 I WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDER - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians w. vocal/Don Rodney & The Lombardo Trio
10 -- NEW PEG O' MY HEART - Buddy Clark

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June 24, 1957

(TW = Position This Week; LW = Position Last Week; NW = Number Weeks on Chart; *Former #1)
TW LW NW
1 1 8 LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND - Pat Boone w. Billy Vaughn & His Orch.
2 3 19 SO RARE - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. w. The Arthur Malvin Singers
3 6 6 BYE BYE LOVE - The Everly Brothers
4 2 13 *ALL SHOOK UP - Elvis Presley
5 3 12 *A WHITE SPORT COAT - Marty Robbins w. Ray Conniff & His Orch. & Chorus
6 5 11 DARK MOON - Gale Storm w. Billy Vaughn & His Orch. (Note: It's strange to have the same song released on the same label by two different artists to compete, but Dot Records owner/president, Randy Hughes, did not have much faith in the version by Bonnie Guitar [see #12 below] and had Gale cover the song; it knocked Bonnie's version out of the box)
7 16 6 OLD CAPE COD - Patti Page
8 10 6 TEENAGER'S ROMANCE - Rick Nelson
9 10 7 SEARCHIN' - The Coasters
10 7 16 LITTLE DARLIN' - The Diamonds

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 24th June, 1967

TW LW TITLE-Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 1 GROOVIN'
The Young Rascals (Atlantic)-10 (4 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 RESPECT
Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-9 (1)
3 3 SHE'D RATHER BE WITH ME
The Turtles (White Whales)-7 (3)
4 7 WINDY
The Association (Warner Brothers)-5 (4)
5 6 LITTLE BIT O'SOUL
The Music Explosion (Laurie)-7 (5)
6 20 SAN FRANCISCO (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
Scott McKenzie (Ode)-5 (6)
7 5 SOMEBODY TO LOVE
Jefferson Airplane (RCA)-13 (5)
8 11 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
Frankie Valli (Philips)-6 (8)
9 12 SUNDAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
Spanky and Our Gang (Mercury)-6 (9)
10 15 LET'S LIVE FOR TODAY
The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-7 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 25th June, 1977

TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 2 GOT TO GIVE IT UP (Part 1)
Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-11 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 3 GONNA FLY NOW (Theme From "Rocky")
Bill Conti (United Artists)-10 (2)
3 6 UNDERCOVER ANGEL
Alan O'Day (Pacific)-13 (3)
4 4 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME
Foreigner (Atlantic)-14 (4)
5 5 LUCILLE
Kenny Rogers (United Artists)-14 (5)
6 1 DREAMS
Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers)-11 (1)
7 7 LONELY BOY
Andrew Gold (Asylum)-15 (7)
8 16 DA DOO RON RON
Shaun Cassidy (Warner Brothers/Curb)-7 (8)
9 10 ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS
Hot (Big Tree)-19 (9)
10 11 JET AIRLINER
The Steve Miller Band (Capitol)-9 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending June 27, 1987

TW LW TITLE Artist - Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 3 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston - 7 (1)
2 1 HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - 12 (1)
3 4 IN TOO DEEP Genesis - 10 (3)
4 6 ALONE Heart - 7 (4)
5 2 ALWAYS Atlantic Starr - 14 (1)
6 9 SONGBIRD Kenny G - 13 (6)
7 12 SHAKEDOWN Bob Seger - 6 (7)
8 5 DIAMONDS Herb Alpert - 12 (5)
9 10 JUST TO SEE HER Smokey Robinson - 14 (9)
10 7 WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE Bon Jovi - 12 (7)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending June 28, 1997

TW LW TITLE Artist - Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 1 I'LL BE MISSING YOU Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112 - 3 (1)
2 2 MMMBOP Hanson - 9 (1)
3 3 RETURN OF THE MACK Mark Morrison - 18 (2)
4 6 BITCH Meredith Brooks - 10 (4)
5 4 LOOK INTO MY EYES Bone Tugs N Harmony - 2 (4)
6 5 SAY YOU'LL BE THERE Spice Girls - 6 (3)
7 7 I BELONG TO YOU (EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR FACE) Rome - 16 (6)
8 8 IT'S YOUR LOVE Tim McGraw & Faith Hill - 7 (8)
9 10 G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. Changing Faces - 8 (8)
10 9 THE FRESHMEN The Verve Pipe - 19 (5)


I've never heard "Peg O My Heart," but judging from that '40s chart, it must have been very popular!

Interesting to see how the song titles progressed from the very innocent-sounding "Love Letters in the Sand" and "Teenage Romance" in the '50s to "Bitch" and "G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." in the '90s.

I remember the Spice Girl craze of the time...there was even some speculation at one time that their popularity would rival the Beatles. It wasn't long after "Say You'll Be There," though, that the group faded away.

1947 - Chi-Baba Chi-Baba. Hey, was Perry Como singing about weed? Maybe not as pristine as we thought.

1957 - Got a chance to see a "reformed" Coasters back in April. I've always loved "Searchin'". Elvis and the Everly Bros. are always a treat.

1967 - Summer of Love was in full-bloom. The only song I don't know is the Spanky and Our Gang tune.

1977 - People often say the 70's was lackluster time for music. But looking at the diversity of the top 10: Foreigner, Steve Miller Band & Marvin Gaye. Maybe it's time to give this period of music more credit.

1987 - My high school years. Geneis had their most accessible album and most successful to date. Bon Jovi were the hottest band at that time. Heart had a comeback in the 80's letting outside writers to craft hits. Smokey Robinson had his second comeback of the deacade. Some songs haven't aged, but a decent mix.

1997 - I was sitll following the radio and the charts at this time. I liked Hanson because they were one of the only "boy bands: to write their own stuff and play their instruments. Spice Girls were good pop. The other songs haven't aged well for me. Sadly, this is time where people weren't that into singles. More stuff that were airplay only songs didn't get represented on the Hot 100.

[Dawn]

Jun 22, 2010 14:54:25 GMT -5 Jughead said:

Blecch. With the exception of "The Freshman" and "Bitch", the '97 chart SUCKED! I think that's why I mostly listened to classic rock in 1997.

That 1987 chart wasn't all that memorable either.

Now, 1967...now, we're talking. Though '67 was 14 years before I was born, I like almost every single song on that chart.

Actually, the '77 chart was pretty good too. 1977 was one of those years where there were so many styles of music all over the charts, so seeing all the rock songs on there is kind of cool!

'67 was indeed an awesome year musically. As I've mentioned before, I wish I'd been old enough to have experienced it firsthand. That must have been amazing.

'77 music was very varied, I remember. A song like "Gonna Fly Now" would never be able to chart these days, but back then, it was all over the radio. And hearing "Lucille" and "Feels Like the First Time" together was pretty cool as well.

[Dawn]

Jun 23, 2010 17:05:33 GMT -5 Ken said:

1947 - Wow, four versions of the same song on the chart at the same time - whoa! lol .

1957 - A few faves included - Elvis, The Everly's, Marty Robbins and The Diamonds

1967 - The beginnings of the "Summer of Love." Every track is a classic and a huge fave of mine.

1977 - I bought Steve Miller's "Jet Airliner" and it spent plenty of time on my record player, I really got into Steve's music at that time also adding "Jungle Love" and "Swingtown" to my 45 collection. Lucille was HUGE, I remember hearing it on a regular basis along with Rumours - my brother had the 8- track. I seem to remember a buddy of mine buying Da Doo Ron Ron. I remember listening to "Got To Give it Up and "Gonna Fly Now" on K- tel's "Music Machine."


1987 - There are a few faves here (Genesis, Heart and Bon Jovi but the quality of the music in the top 40 had started to slowly decline.

1997 - No faves here. Dawn I also remember the Spice Girls craze my niece LOVED them at the time. The last I heard of Meredith Brooks she opened for the Stones around the time "Bitch" was a hit (maybe a little after) and at one particular gig, got booed (sp?) off the stage and was forced to cut her set short.

I have Music Machine! Lots of good songs on that compilation.

That '87 list is kind of a mixed bag for me too. I like about half of it, but on a chart from, say, 1982, I probably would have liked at least 7 or 8 songs of the ten, if not more.

That's interesting about Meredith Brooks. In the beginning it seemed like she would be another Alanis Morissette and sell a ton of albums, but she never really seemed to shake her "one hit wonder" status.

[Dawn]

Jun 23, 2010 23:25:18 GMT -5 m c dornan said:

1957: "So Rare" was in 1957? I'd swear it was part of the 1940s big band sound.

1967: You can't hardly tell the Summer of Love was going on here. I think the 60s music I really listened wasn't on the charts- it was on LPs and FM radio. Didn't help that no song from "Sgt. Pepper" was a single.

On the other hand, there's two songs I like on the 1987 chart (Always and Shakedown) and that's pretty good for the 1980s (for me).

1997: #5: I think it's Bone Thug n Harmony. I don't know why I know that.

It's strange that "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" wasn't released as a single. Granted, it was more "psychedelic" sounding than much of the top 40 material of the time, but still wouldn't have sounded out of place on AM.

I think you're right about Bone Thug...I don't know the song, but I've seen that artist's name someplace.

[Dawn]

Jun 23, 2010 23:55:41 GMT -5 dave910 said:

Jun 22, 2010 8:41:23 GMT -5 Dawn said:

This time, let's look at the years ending in "7"s:

June 28, 1947
TW LW NW
1 1 5 CHI-BABA, CHI-BABA - Perry Como
2 4 2 PEG O' MY HEART - The Three Suns
3 2 7 *PEG O' MY HEART - Jerry Murad & The Harmonicats
4 3 5 I WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDER - Eddy Howard & His Orch. w. vocal/Eddy Howard
5 6 3 THAT'S MY DESIRE - Sammy Kaye & His Orch. w. vocal/Don Cornell
6 5 7 ACROSS THE ALLEY FROM THE ALAMO - The Mills Brothers
7 -- NEW THAT'S MY DESIRE - Frankie Laine
8 7 2 PEG O' MY HEART - Art Lund
9 8 2 I WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDER - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians w. vocal/Don Rodney & The Lombardo Trio
10 -- NEW PEG O' MY HEART - Buddy Clark

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

June 24, 1957

(TW = Position This Week; LW = Position Last Week; NW = Number Weeks on Chart; *Former #1)
TW LW NW
1 1 8 LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND - Pat Boone w. Billy Vaughn & His Orch.
2 3 19 SO RARE - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. w. The Arthur Malvin Singers
3 6 6 BYE BYE LOVE - The Everly Brothers
4 2 13 *ALL SHOOK UP - Elvis Presley
5 3 12 *A WHITE SPORT COAT - Marty Robbins w. Ray Conniff & His Orch. & Chorus
6 5 11 DARK MOON - Gale Storm w. Billy Vaughn & His Orch. (Note: It's strange to have the same song released on the same label by two different artists to compete, but Dot Records owner/president, Randy Hughes, did not have much faith in the version by Bonnie Guitar [see #12 below] and had Gale cover the song; it knocked Bonnie's version out of the box)
7 16 6 OLD CAPE COD - Patti Page
8 10 6 TEENAGER'S ROMANCE - Rick Nelson
9 10 7 SEARCHIN' - The Coasters
10 7 16 LITTLE DARLIN' - The Diamonds

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 24th June, 1967

TW LW TITLE-Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 1 GROOVIN'
The Young Rascals (Atlantic)-10 (4 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 RESPECT
Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-9 (1)
3 3 SHE'D RATHER BE WITH ME
The Turtles (White Whales)-7 (3)
4 7 WINDY
The Association (Warner Brothers)-5 (4)
5 6 LITTLE BIT O'SOUL
The Music Explosion (Laurie)-7 (5)
6 20 SAN FRANCISCO (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
Scott McKenzie (Ode)-5 (6)
7 5 SOMEBODY TO LOVE
Jefferson Airplane (RCA)-13 (5)
8 11 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
Frankie Valli (Philips)-6 (8)
9 12 SUNDAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
Spanky and Our Gang (Mercury)-6 (9)
10 15 LET'S LIVE FOR TODAY
The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-7 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 25th June, 1977

TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 2 GOT TO GIVE IT UP (Part 1)
Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-11 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 3 GONNA FLY NOW (Theme From "Rocky")
Bill Conti (United Artists)-10 (2)
3 6 UNDERCOVER ANGEL
Alan O'Day (Pacific)-13 (3)
4 4 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME
Foreigner (Atlantic)-14 (4)
5 5 LUCILLE
Kenny Rogers (United Artists)-14 (5)
6 1 DREAMS
Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers)-11 (1)
7 7 LONELY BOY
Andrew Gold (Asylum)-15 (7)
8 16 DA DOO RON RON
Shaun Cassidy (Warner Brothers/Curb)-7 (8)
9 10 ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS
Hot (Big Tree)-19 (9)
10 11 JET AIRLINER
The Steve Miller Band (Capitol)-9 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending June 27, 1987

TW LW TITLE Artist - Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 3 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston - 7 (1)
2 1 HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - 12 (1)
3 4 IN TOO DEEP Genesis - 10 (3)
4 6 ALONE Heart - 7 (4)
5 2 ALWAYS Atlantic Starr - 14 (1)
6 9 SONGBIRD Kenny G - 13 (6)
7 12 SHAKEDOWN Bob Seger - 6 (7)
8 5 DIAMONDS Herb Alpert - 12 (5)
9 10 JUST TO SEE HER Smokey Robinson - 14 (9)
10 7 WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE Bon Jovi - 12 (7)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending June 28, 1997

TW LW TITLE Artist - Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 1 I'LL BE MISSING YOU Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112 - 3 (1)
2 2 MMMBOP Hanson - 9 (1)
3 3 RETURN OF THE MACK Mark Morrison - 18 (2)
4 6 BITCH Meredith Brooks - 10 (4)
5 4 LOOK INTO MY EYES Bone Tugs N Harmony - 2 (4)
6 5 SAY YOU'LL BE THERE Spice Girls - 6 (3)
7 7 I BELONG TO YOU (EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR FACE) Rome - 16 (6)
8 8 IT'S YOUR LOVE Tim McGraw & Faith Hill - 7 (8)
9 10 G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. Changing Faces - 8 (8)
10 9 THE FRESHMEN The Verve Pipe - 19 (5)


I've never heard "Peg O My Heart," but judging from that '40s chart, it must have been very popular!

Interesting to see how the song titles progressed from the very innocent-sounding "Love Letters in the Sand" and "Teenage Romance" in the '50s to "Bitch" and "G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." in the '90s.

I remember the Spice Girl craze of the time...there was even some speculation at one time that their popularity would rival the Beatles. It wasn't long after "Say You'll Be There," though, that the group faded away.

1947 - Chi-Baba Chi-Baba. Hey, was Perry Como singing about weed? Maybe not as pristine as we thought.

1957 - Got a chance to see a "reformed" Coasters back in April. I've always loved "Searchin'". Elvis and the Everly Bros. are always a treat.

1967 - Summer of Love was in full-bloom. The only song I don't know is the Spanky and Our Gang tune.

1977 - People often say the 70's was lackluster time for music. But looking at the diversity of the top 10: Foreigner, Steve Miller Band & Marvin Gaye. Maybe it's time to give this period of music more credit.

1987 - My high school years. Geneis had their most accessible album and most successful to date. Bon Jovi were the hottest band at that time. Heart had a comeback in the 80's letting outside writers to craft hits. Smokey Robinson had his second comeback of the deacade. Some songs haven't aged, but a decent mix.

1997 - I was sitll following the radio and the charts at this time. I liked Hanson because they were one of the only "boy bands: to write their own stuff and play their instruments. Spice Girls were good pop. The other songs haven't aged well for me. Sadly, this is time where people weren't that into singles. More stuff that were airplay only songs didn't get represented on the Hot 100.

LOL about Perry Como!

Here's the Spanky and Our Gang song. Although it's staged to look like a live performance, it's lip-synched, as it sounds exactly like the record. Great harmonies, nice pop arrangement.

[H2IZCOOL]

1947: I've heard Peg O' My Heart, but I have no idea which version (if any of these) . I'm famiar with a song called "That's My Desire", but it's a doo wop song by a group called the Channels. (I just googled it - it's the same song). I didn't realize the Hollies covered it also; that may be worth checking out.. The others I'm unfamiliar with.

1957: Great chart that shows the influx of Rock N Roll and R&B really beginning to take off, but the Jimmy Dorseys and Patti Pages were still making hits.

Interesting about Dark Moon. In Boston the only version we knew was the Bonnie Guitar version. I didn't learn about the Gale Storm version until maybe the late '60s.

Little Darlin' is in my top 500.

1967: One of my single favorite years for music - maybe the best! Four top 500 songs on this chart: Little Bit Of Soul, San Francisco, Can't Take My Eyes off You, and Somebody To Love. And I really like all ten songs!

1977: One top 500 song - Angel In Your Arms. (I don't even know why I like it; it's not in a style I usually like.). But I like several others too: Feels Like The First Time, Dreams and Lonely Boy particularly. Good chart

1987: A few good songs: "Alone" is probably my favorite I'm still working on my 500 chart (up to 438) and this may make it. I also like the Smokey song, the Bon Jovi, and Atlantic Starr.

Whitney and Kenny G --- not so much.

1997: Amazingly, I do not recognize a single song!