Billboard Chart History - 10 Years: the 3s

[Dawn]

Ok, this time let's look at top 10 charts for the years ending in "3":


July 17, 1943

(TW = Position This Week; LW = Position Last Week; NW = Number Weeks on Chart; *Former #1)
TW LW NW
1 2 3 ***YOU'LL NEVER KNOW - Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners (acapella) (Note: Song is an Oscar-winning song from the movie "Hello, Frisco, Hello")
2 1 6 ***/*COMIN' IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER - The Song Spinners (acapella)
3 3 4 ***IT CAN'T BE WRONG - Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners (acapella) (Note: The melody of this song is from the Bette Davis film "Now Voyager")
4 5 3 **IN THE BLUE OF EVENING - Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. w. vocal/Frank Sinatra (Note: Recorded June 17, 1942 and released at this time)
5 4 6 **ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL - Harry James & His Music Makers w. vocal/Frank Sinatra (Note: Recorded August 1939 and reissued at this time)
6 7 2 **IT'S ALWAYS YOU - Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. w. vocal/Frank Sinatra (Note: Recorded June 1941 and reissued at this time)
7 6 5 **LET'S GET LOST - Kay Kyser & His Orch. w. vocal/Harry Babbitt (Note: Recorded July 1942, the song is from the movie "Happy-Go-Lucky")
8 -- 2 ***JOHNNY ZERO - The Song Spinners (acapella) (Note: This is the flip side of #2 above)
9 9 7 DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE - Glen Gray & His Orch. w. vocal/Kenny Sargent
10 -- 16 **AS TIME GOES BY - Jacques Renard & Orch. w. vocal/Frank Munn (Note: Was recorded October 12, 1931 and first introduced in the 1931 musical "Everybody's Welcome"; the song is brought back here due to its revival in the movie "Casablanca" and enjoys a four month Billboard chart run)

**Due to the American Federation of Musicians strike creating a ban on musicians making new recordings, record companies went back into their files and released these recordings made before the strike.

***Recording made acapella due to the American Federation of Musicians strike

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July 18, 1953

(TW = Position This Week; LW = Position Last Week; NW = Number Weeks on Chart; *Former #1)
TW LW NW
1 2 12 I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU - Eddie Fisher featuring the soprano of Sally Sweetland w. Orch. Conducted by Hugo Winterhalter (Note: This was one of the most popular of all of Eddie's #1 hits)
2 1 17 *SONG FROM "MOULIN ROUGE" (Where Is Your Heart?) - Percy Faith & His Orch. w. vocal/Felicia Sanders (Note: Song is the theme melody from the "Moulin Rouge" movie score; It was 10 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Singles chart; Miss Sanders vocal here earned her a solo contract with Columbia Records)
3 3 6 NO OTHER LOVE - Perry Como w. Henri René & His Orch. (Note: A Rodgers & Hammerstein song from the musical "Me And Juliet;" was originally a theme from Rodgers' instrumental score for the TV series "Victory At Sea")
4 5 6 VAYA CON DIOS - Les Paul & Mary Ford (Note: Les & Mary's bigest hit; it was 11 weeks at the top of Billboard's best-seller chart and 1953's most popular single)
5 4 17 APRIL IN PORTUGAL - Les Baxter & His Orch. (Note: Song is from the 1947 Portuguese song "Coimbra")
6 8 5 P.S. I LOVE YOU - The Hilltoppers featuring Jimmy Sacca
7 7 15 RUBY - Richard Hayman & His Orch. (Note: This is the theme from the movie "Ruby Gentry")
8 6 9 TERRY'S THEME (From "Limelight") - Frank Chacksfield & His Orch. (Note: Theme was composed by Charlie Chaplin for his movie "Limelight")
9 9 5 YOU, YOU, YOU - The Ames Brothers
10 12 7 HALF A PHOTOGRAPH - Kay Starr w. Orch. Conducted by Harold Mooney

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US Hot 100 Singles Week Ending 20th July, 1963

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

1 2 SURF CITY
Jan and Dean (Liberty)-6 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 EASIER SAID THAN DONE
The Essex (Roulette)-7 (1)
3 4 SO MUCH IN LOVE
The Tymes (Parkway)-8 (3)
4 3 TIE ME KANGEROO DOWN, SPORT
Rolf Harris (Epic)-7 (3)
5 7 MEMPHIS
Lonnie Mack (Fraternity)-7 (5)
6 11 FINGERTIPS (Part 2)
Little Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-5 (6)
7 10 WIPE OUT
The Surfaris (Dot)-5 (7)
8 6 SUKIYAKI
Kyu Sakamoto (Capitol)-11 (1)
9 16 (You're the) DEVIL IN DISGUISE
Elvis Presley (RCA)-4 (9)
10 13 PRIDE AND JOY
Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-10 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 14th July, 1973

TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart

1 1 WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES
Billy Preston (A&M)-16 (2 weeks at #1)
2 2 KODACHROME
Paul Simon (Columbia)-9
3 5 BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN
Jim Croce (ABC)-13
4 7 SHAMBALA
Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-9
5 4 GIVE ME LOVE (Give Me Peace On Earth)
George Harrison (Apple)-9
6 8 YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
The Carpenters (A&M)-7
7 6 PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND
Clint Holmes (Epic)-17
8 11 SMOKE ON THE WATER
Deep Purple (Warner Brothers)-8
9 3 MY LOVE
Paul McCartney and Wings (Apple)-14
10 9 RIGHT PLACE WRONG TIME
Dr. John (Atco)-14

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 16th July, 1983

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

1 1 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
The Police (A&M)-7 (2 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 ELECTRIC AVENUE
Eddy Grant (Portrait)-14 (2)
3 3 FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING
Irene Cara (Casablanca)-16 (1)
4 4 NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO
Sergio Mendes (with Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller) (A&M)-14 (4)
5 6 WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'
Michael Jackson (Epic)-8 (5)
6 8 COME DANCING
The Kinks (Arista)-11 (6)
7 5 TOO SHY
Kajagoogoo (EMI-America)-13 (5)
8 10 OUR HOUSE
Madness (Geffen)-11 (8)
9 13 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW
Duran Duran (Capitol)-7 (9)
10 7 TIME (Clock Of the Heart)
Culture Club (Virgin)-14 (2)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending July 17, 1993

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

1 1 WEAK SWV - 13 (1)
2 4 CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE UB40 - 10 (2)
3 3 WHOOMP! (THERE IT IS) Tag Team - 8 (3)
4 2 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES Janet Jackson - 12 (1)
5 5 KNOCKIN' DA BOOTS H-Town - 15 (3)
6 7 HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY Rod Stewart - 13 (5)
7 6 SHOW ME LOVE Robin S - 16 (5)
8 9 I'LL NEVER GET OVER YOU (GETTING OVER ME) Expose - 17 (8)
9 18 I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) Proclaimers - 6 (9)
10 8 DRE DAY Dr. Dre - 10 (8)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending July 19, 2003

TW LW Weeks TITLE - Artist

1 1 9 CRAZY IN LOVE • Beyonce Featuring Jay-Z
2 2 13 MAGIC STICK • Lil' Kim Featuring 50 Cent
3 4 11 ROCK WIT U (AWWW BABY) • Ashanti
4 9 10 RIGHT THURR • Chingy
5 7 18 UNWELL • matchbox twenty
6 6 22 GET BUSY • Sean Paul
7 8 19 BRING ME TO LIFE • Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy
8 3 4 THIS IS THE NIGHT • Clay Aiken
9 12 10 MISS INDEPENDENT • Kelly Clarkson
10 15 8 NEVER LEAVE YOU - UH OOH, UH OOOH! • Lumidee

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Hearing "Kodachrome" always reminds me of when my parents helped my grandparents move in June 1973. Strange (and cool!) how songs can take you back in time, even to such a young age.

That 1973 chart is gold except for one song. The 1983 chart is pretty good as well.

I'm probably showing my age again, but I know only about 4-5 songs on the 1993 and 2003 charts altogether. I have to say I kind of like Janet Jackson's "That's the Way Love Goes," although Norman Brown's jazz instrumental cover of it is even better yet.

Thoughts?

[Jughead]

Wow...the '63 chart is so...beachy and summery and Australian?!? Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport was an actual song?!?

I actually have the opposite thing as you, Dawn...the older we go back, the less songs I know. I only recognize four songs from the '73 chart.

The 1983 chart (with the exception of that lame Sergio Mendez song) is probably my favourite of the bunch. The Kajagoogoo song is definitely in my list of top 10 one-hit wonders. I'd add the Madness song too, but the actually had another song in the 1970's called One Step Beyond which I like better than Our House.

I actually like the 1993 chart too. At the time, I was really into R&B and dance-pop music, so a lot of these songs I grew up listening to. Besides, the Proclaimers were on this chart, and nobody I know hates the Proclaimers.

Ugh...that 2003 chart I'll pass on. Did anyone ever think back in the 1970's or 1980's that we'd have songs like "Rock Wit U", "Right Thurr" and "Magic Stick" on a top 40 chart?!?

[Jughead]

One added note...I'd have hated to have been around in 1943 during that new music ban.

[Ken]

'43 - I had no ides there was a music ban in the 40's. I'm familiar with two tracks "As Time Goes By" and "Don"t Get Around Much Anymore"

'53 - I only know one here - "Vaya Con Dios" - RIP Les Paul.

'63 - I just heard on this morning's local news that Rolf Harris, who spent quite a bit of time in Vancouver is having a documentary film made about his life and decided to have it filmed here instead of in Australia. A lot of classics on this list and I've been hearing "Easier Said Than Done" on local oldies radio quite a bit recently.

'73 - As with the '63 chart, there are many faves here, Croce, Deep Purple, Three Dog Night, Sir Paul, Paul Simon etc. Love it

'83 - I've mentioned here before that we played "Flashdance" in the Junior stage Band. I remember hearing the Sergio Mendes track a lot at the time, he has a concert here at one of our local Casinos on August 7th.Never really cared for the Culture Club track. I seem to recall hearing "Come Dancing" for the first time while visiting at my cousins house - good memories!

'93 - Wow, there is a real decline between the '83 - '93 chart and again with the 93 - '03 Chart. Rod's "Have I Told You Lately is ok, other than that there is nothing special here.

'03 - Ugh

[m c dornan]

1943- Nice of the Song Spinners to let someone else be on the charts. The union head at the time of the ban (strike) was a guy named Petrillo. He got mentioned in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, where Bugs says something like "I sure hope Petrillo doesn't hear about this!".

1953- I know 5 songs here. There was a song called "PS I Love You" in 1953?!!?

1963- Lots of instrumentals here. My fave is "So Much in Love". "Tie Me Kangaroo" was ruined for me when I found out what "abos" were. I guess they deleted the verse later. But I heard it in '63, with the verse.

1973- Man, this is the poster child of what I didn't like about the 70s. Even with the people I generally like (McCartney, Harrison, Simon, Deep Purple) I don't like these songs. And "Playground in My Mind" is here!

1983- Well I like the Kinks' "Come Dancing".

[dave910]

Jul 14, 2010 8:16:09 GMT -5 Dawn said:

Ok, this time let's look at top 10 charts for the years ending in "3":


July 17, 1943

(TW = Position This Week; LW = Position Last Week; NW = Number Weeks on Chart; *Former #1)
TW LW NW
1 2 3 ***YOU'LL NEVER KNOW - Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners (acapella) (Note: Song is an Oscar-winning song from the movie "Hello, Frisco, Hello")
2 1 6 ***/*COMIN' IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER - The Song Spinners (acapella)
3 3 4 ***IT CAN'T BE WRONG - Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners (acapella) (Note: The melody of this song is from the Bette Davis film "Now Voyager")
4 5 3 **IN THE BLUE OF EVENING - Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. w. vocal/Frank Sinatra (Note: Recorded June 17, 1942 and released at this time)
5 4 6 **ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL - Harry James & His Music Makers w. vocal/Frank Sinatra (Note: Recorded August 1939 and reissued at this time)
6 7 2 **IT'S ALWAYS YOU - Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. w. vocal/Frank Sinatra (Note: Recorded June 1941 and reissued at this time)
7 6 5 **LET'S GET LOST - Kay Kyser & His Orch. w. vocal/Harry Babbitt (Note: Recorded July 1942, the song is from the movie "Happy-Go-Lucky")
8 -- 2 ***JOHNNY ZERO - The Song Spinners (acapella) (Note: This is the flip side of #2 above)
9 9 7 DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE - Glen Gray & His Orch. w. vocal/Kenny Sargent
10 -- 16 **AS TIME GOES BY - Jacques Renard & Orch. w. vocal/Frank Munn (Note: Was recorded October 12, 1931 and first introduced in the 1931 musical "Everybody's Welcome"; the song is brought back here due to its revival in the movie "Casablanca" and enjoys a four month Billboard chart run)

**Due to the American Federation of Musicians strike creating a ban on musicians making new recordings, record companies went back into their files and released these recordings made before the strike.

***Recording made acapella due to the American Federation of Musicians strike

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July 18, 1953

(TW = Position This Week; LW = Position Last Week; NW = Number Weeks on Chart; *Former #1)
TW LW NW
1 2 12 I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU - Eddie Fisher featuring the soprano of Sally Sweetland w. Orch. Conducted by Hugo Winterhalter (Note: This was one of the most popular of all of Eddie's #1 hits)
2 1 17 *SONG FROM "MOULIN ROUGE" (Where Is Your Heart?) - Percy Faith & His Orch. w. vocal/Felicia Sanders (Note: Song is the theme melody from the "Moulin Rouge" movie score; It was 10 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Singles chart; Miss Sanders vocal here earned her a solo contract with Columbia Records)
3 3 6 NO OTHER LOVE - Perry Como w. Henri René & His Orch. (Note: A Rodgers & Hammerstein song from the musical "Me And Juliet;" was originally a theme from Rodgers' instrumental score for the TV series "Victory At Sea")
4 5 6 VAYA CON DIOS - Les Paul & Mary Ford (Note: Les & Mary's bigest hit; it was 11 weeks at the top of Billboard's best-seller chart and 1953's most popular single)
5 4 17 APRIL IN PORTUGAL - Les Baxter & His Orch. (Note: Song is from the 1947 Portuguese song "Coimbra")
6 8 5 P.S. I LOVE YOU - The Hilltoppers featuring Jimmy Sacca
7 7 15 RUBY - Richard Hayman & His Orch. (Note: This is the theme from the movie "Ruby Gentry")
8 6 9 TERRY'S THEME (From "Limelight") - Frank Chacksfield & His Orch. (Note: Theme was composed by Charlie Chaplin for his movie "Limelight")
9 9 5 YOU, YOU, YOU - The Ames Brothers
10 12 7 HALF A PHOTOGRAPH - Kay Starr w. Orch. Conducted by Harold Mooney

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US Hot 100 Singles Week Ending 20th July, 1963

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

1 2 SURF CITY
Jan and Dean (Liberty)-6 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 EASIER SAID THAN DONE
The Essex (Roulette)-7 (1)
3 4 SO MUCH IN LOVE
The Tymes (Parkway)-8 (3)
4 3 TIE ME KANGEROO DOWN, SPORT
Rolf Harris (Epic)-7 (3)
5 7 MEMPHIS
Lonnie Mack (Fraternity)-7 (5)
6 11 FINGERTIPS (Part 2)
Little Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-5 (6)
7 10 WIPE OUT
The Surfaris (Dot)-5 (7)
8 6 SUKIYAKI
Kyu Sakamoto (Capitol)-11 (1)
9 16 (You're the) DEVIL IN DISGUISE
Elvis Presley (RCA)-4 (9)
10 13 PRIDE AND JOY
Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-10 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 14th July, 1973

TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart

1 1 WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES
Billy Preston (A&M)-16 (2 weeks at #1)
2 2 KODACHROME
Paul Simon (Columbia)-9
3 5 BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN
Jim Croce (ABC)-13
4 7 SHAMBALA
Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-9
5 4 GIVE ME LOVE (Give Me Peace On Earth)
George Harrison (Apple)-9
6 8 YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
The Carpenters (A&M)-7
7 6 PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND
Clint Holmes (Epic)-17
8 11 SMOKE ON THE WATER
Deep Purple (Warner Brothers)-8
9 3 MY LOVE
Paul McCartney and Wings (Apple)-14
10 9 RIGHT PLACE WRONG TIME
Dr. John (Atco)-14

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 16th July, 1983

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

1 1 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
The Police (A&M)-7 (2 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 ELECTRIC AVENUE
Eddy Grant (Portrait)-14 (2)
3 3 FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING
Irene Cara (Casablanca)-16 (1)
4 4 NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO
Sergio Mendes (with Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller) (A&M)-14 (4)
5 6 WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'
Michael Jackson (Epic)-8 (5)
6 8 COME DANCING
The Kinks (Arista)-11 (6)
7 5 TOO SHY
Kajagoogoo (EMI-America)-13 (5)
8 10 OUR HOUSE
Madness (Geffen)-11 (8)
9 13 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW
Duran Duran (Capitol)-7 (9)
10 7 TIME (Clock Of the Heart)
Culture Club (Virgin)-14 (2)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending July 17, 1993

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

1 1 WEAK SWV - 13 (1)
2 4 CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE UB40 - 10 (2)
3 3 WHOOMP! (THERE IT IS) Tag Team - 8 (3)
4 2 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES Janet Jackson - 12 (1)
5 5 KNOCKIN' DA BOOTS H-Town - 15 (3)
6 7 HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY Rod Stewart - 13 (5)
7 6 SHOW ME LOVE Robin S - 16 (5)
8 9 I'LL NEVER GET OVER YOU (GETTING OVER ME) Expose - 17 (8)
9 18 I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) Proclaimers - 6 (9)
10 8 DRE DAY Dr. Dre - 10 (8)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending July 19, 2003

TW LW Weeks TITLE - Artist

1 1 9 CRAZY IN LOVE • Beyonce Featuring Jay-Z
2 2 13 MAGIC STICK • Lil' Kim Featuring 50 Cent
3 4 11 ROCK WIT U (AWWW BABY) • Ashanti
4 9 10 RIGHT THURR • Chingy
5 7 18 UNWELL • matchbox twenty
6 6 22 GET BUSY • Sean Paul
7 8 19 BRING ME TO LIFE • Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy
8 3 4 THIS IS THE NIGHT • Clay Aiken
9 12 10 MISS INDEPENDENT • Kelly Clarkson
10 15 8 NEVER LEAVE YOU - UH OOH, UH OOOH! • Lumidee

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Hearing "Kodachrome" always reminds me of when my parents helped my grandparents move in June 1973. Strange (and cool!) how songs can take you back in time, even to such a young age.

That 1973 chart is gold except for one song. The 1983 chart is pretty good as well.

I'm probably showing my age again, but I know only about 4-5 songs on the 1993 and 2003 charts altogether. I have to say I kind of like Janet Jackson's "That's the Way Love Goes," although Norman Brown's jazz instrumental cover of it is even better yet.

Thoughts?

1943 - "As Time Goes By" is a lovely tune, I believe the most recent version I know of is Neil Diamond's cover from 1999.

1953 - "Vaya Con Dios" nice duet. People sometimes forget how big Les Paul and Mary Ford were during their day. Les was a brilliant guitar player and Mary had great vocal chops. Due to the stress of touring and making hits Paul and Ford would divorce years later. Mary passed in 1977 and we lost Les last year.

1963 - Some good ones here. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and the Sufaris. "Sukiaki" was a number one hit and one of the few times a foreign language song could be a hit. A Taste of Honey would add english lyrics and have a number three hit eighteen years later.

1973 - Just a little one back then. Like all of the songs, but "Playground in My Mind"? Leave this one for the cut-out bins!

1983 - I would listen to WHTT almost daily and not only hear these hits but a few that were just entering the charts. Top 40 used to be fun and adverturous.

1993 - I was into alternative music at the time. "That's the Way Love Goes" was one of my favorite songs that summer. The sample from that song is based on an old James Brown song "Papa Don't Take No Mess". I'd like to find that song somewhere. I still enjoyed R&B and rap music so I enjoy the Dr. Dre, Robin S., and Rod's unplugged version of "Have I Told You Lately" was Stewart's last top ten hit.

2003 - I wasn't following the radio that much, but I do remember the hits because our store had a playlist of all these songs. Not much I can stand. However, I do like Evenescene, matchbox twenty and Beyonce & Jay Z songs.

[H2IZCOOL]

1943:
I also knew nothing about the strike in '43. Of course I wasn't born till '44 and wasn't listening to much music then. But seriously, you'd think that it would have been something I would have heard about. Could you imagine some a-hole union trying to do that today with music? (Wait a minute; there is no music today.) With all the media availability and anyone being able to get their music heard, people woukld still get new music.

I've heard You'll Never Know, Blue of the Evening, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, and of course, As Time Goes By.

1953: I've heard most of these. I need to check out Terry's Theme. I saw Limelight when I'm pretty sure it was new. I know I was quite young at the time. I vaguely remember the movie, but I know I liked it. I think I had a crush on the woman who played the ballerina (who turned out to be actress Claire Bloom in one of her first roles). And I know I liked the music she danced to, which is Terry's Theme since her role was that of Terry. - But I don't remember the music now.

*** Added during edit: after I posted, I started thinking that I had a 45, that I haven't listened to in years, called (I thought) "Theme From Limelight." Yep. It's "Terry's Theme" by Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra. I just pulled it out. The label reads:

Terry's Theme From
"LIMELIGHT"

- which is why I must have been confused. I just played it. A beautiful orchestral instrumental featuring a piano solo. I can't imagine why I haven't listened to it in years. -- and a new entry into my top 500! ***


MC: Yes. P.S. I Love You was most definitely a song. It's not the Beatles song though. It just has the same title. I remember hearing that the Beatles had released a song by that title some time before I heard it, and I was surprised that it was a different song.

1963: Not a bad chart. The most "important" song on the chart is of course "Fingertips" (what key, what key), but Surf City (when Jan and Dean were still slightly out surfing the Beach Boys), Wipe Out, So Much In Love, Memphis (the instrumental), Suliaki and Devil In Disguise are also memorable. Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport by Australian Novelty star Rolf Harris is a lot of fun also.

1973: Yesterday Once More is my fave here. It's in my Top 500. Other favorites include Smoke On The Water, Give Me Love, Will It Go Round In Circles and My Love. I am also a big Three Dog Night and Jim Croce fan, but neither of these songs are in my top 5 by them. (I like Jim's reflective songs more than his barroom/uptempo songs (except I love Roller Derby Queen).
But 1973 is my favorite of all these charts today.

1983: Nothing really jumps out at me as great. I used to like Every Breath You Take, and musically I still think it's a very effective song. The subject matter, however, leaves me cold. Flashdance - I actually like more today than I did then. Same with Too Shy. I also like Our House.

1993: I know about 4 or 5 of these, but I can't say that I like any. Even Rod's song is pretty weak, IMO. I like Rod, but I didn't like his Back to the Standards period.

2003: Is that an actual year?

[Dawn]

Jul 14, 2010 8:35:02 GMT -5 Jughead said:

Wow...the '63 chart is so...beachy and summery and Australian?!? Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport was an actual song?!?

I actually have the opposite thing as you, Dawn...the older we go back, the less songs I know. I only recognize four songs from the '73 chart.

The 1983 chart (with the exception of that lame Sergio Mendez song) is probably my favourite of the bunch. The Kajagoogoo song is definitely in my list of top 10 one-hit wonders. I'd add the Madness song too, but the actually had another song in the 1970's called One Step Beyond which I like better than Our House.

I actually like the 1993 chart too. At the time, I was really into R&B and dance-pop music, so a lot of these songs I grew up listening to. Besides, the Proclaimers were on this chart, and nobody I know hates the Proclaimers.

Ugh...that 2003 chart I'll pass on. Did anyone ever think back in the 1970's or 1980's that we'd have songs like "Rock Wit U", "Right Thurr" and "Magic Stick" on a top 40 chart?!?

I really like the Kajagoogoo song as well. Good call on "One Step Beyond"...it's been ages since I've heard that.

I noticed that too about the more recent song titles. They seem to get more and more goofy as time goes on. I've never heard "Magic Stick," but I doubt I'm missing much!

[Dawn]

Jul 14, 2010 17:47:39 GMT -5 Ken said:

'43 - I had no ides there was a music ban in the 40's. I'm familiar with two tracks "As Time Goes By" and "Don"t Get Around Much Anymore"

'53 - I only know one here - "Vaya Con Dios" - RIP Les Paul.

'63 - I just heard on this morning's local news that Rolf Harris, who spent quite a bit of time in Vancouver is having a documentary film made about his life and decided to have it filmed here instead of in Australia. A lot of classics on this list and I've been hearing "Easier Said Than Done" on local oldies radio quite a bit recently.

'73 - As with the '63 chart, there are many faves here, Croce, Deep Purple, Three Dog Night, Sir Paul, Paul Simon etc. Love it

'83 - I've mentioned here before that we played "Flashdance" in the Junior stage Band. I remember hearing the Sergio Mendes track a lot at the time, he has a concert here at one of our local Casinos on August 7th.Never really cared for the Culture Club track. I seem to recall hearing "Come Dancing" for the first time while visiting at my cousins house - good memories!

'93 - Wow, there is a real decline between the '83 - '93 chart and again with the 93 - '03 Chart. Rod's "Have I Told You Lately is ok, other than that there is nothing special here.

'03 - Ugh

That's an interesting coincidence about Rolf Harris! I hadn't heard anything about him in quite a while...wasn't sure if he was still active at all in music or not.

Much as I like Sergio Mendes, that particular song isn't one of my favorites of his. Like you, I remember hearing it a lot back in the day.

[Dawn]

Jul 14, 2010 21:05:12 GMT -5 m c dornan said:

1943- Nice of the Song Spinners to let someone else be on the charts. The union head at the time of the ban (strike) was a guy named Petrillo. He got mentioned in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, where Bugs says something like "I sure hope Petrillo doesn't hear about this!".

1953- I know 5 songs here. There was a song called "PS I Love You" in 1953?!!?

1963- Lots of instrumentals here. My fave is "So Much in Love". "Tie Me Kangaroo" was ruined for me when I found out what "abos" were. I guess they deleted the verse later. But I heard it in '63, with the verse.

1973- Man, this is the poster child of what I didn't like about the 70s. Even with the people I generally like (McCartney, Harrison, Simon, Deep Purple) I don't like these songs. And "Playground in My Mind" is here!

1983- Well I like the Kinks' "Come Dancing".

I didn't know about that ban; interesting! (The notes in the posts are from the guy who compiled those early charts in a zip file). I'd like to research that ban more; sounds like it would make for an interesting story.

I've never heard that original version of "Kangaroo" - at least, not that I recall.

[Dawn]

Jul 15, 2010 23:38:05 GMT -5 dave910 said:

Jul 14, 2010 8:16:09 GMT -5 Dawn said:

Ok, this time let's look at top 10 charts for the years ending in "3":


July 17, 1943

(TW = Position This Week; LW = Position Last Week; NW = Number Weeks on Chart; *Former #1)
TW LW NW
1 2 3 ***YOU'LL NEVER KNOW - Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners (acapella) (Note: Song is an Oscar-winning song from the movie "Hello, Frisco, Hello")
2 1 6 ***/*COMIN' IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER - The Song Spinners (acapella)
3 3 4 ***IT CAN'T BE WRONG - Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners (acapella) (Note: The melody of this song is from the Bette Davis film "Now Voyager")
4 5 3 **IN THE BLUE OF EVENING - Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. w. vocal/Frank Sinatra (Note: Recorded June 17, 1942 and released at this time)
5 4 6 **ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL - Harry James & His Music Makers w. vocal/Frank Sinatra (Note: Recorded August 1939 and reissued at this time)
6 7 2 **IT'S ALWAYS YOU - Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. w. vocal/Frank Sinatra (Note: Recorded June 1941 and reissued at this time)
7 6 5 **LET'S GET LOST - Kay Kyser & His Orch. w. vocal/Harry Babbitt (Note: Recorded July 1942, the song is from the movie "Happy-Go-Lucky")
8 -- 2 ***JOHNNY ZERO - The Song Spinners (acapella) (Note: This is the flip side of #2 above)
9 9 7 DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE - Glen Gray & His Orch. w. vocal/Kenny Sargent
10 -- 16 **AS TIME GOES BY - Jacques Renard & Orch. w. vocal/Frank Munn (Note: Was recorded October 12, 1931 and first introduced in the 1931 musical "Everybody's Welcome"; the song is brought back here due to its revival in the movie "Casablanca" and enjoys a four month Billboard chart run)

**Due to the American Federation of Musicians strike creating a ban on musicians making new recordings, record companies went back into their files and released these recordings made before the strike.

***Recording made acapella due to the American Federation of Musicians strike

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July 18, 1953

(TW = Position This Week; LW = Position Last Week; NW = Number Weeks on Chart; *Former #1)
TW LW NW
1 2 12 I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU - Eddie Fisher featuring the soprano of Sally Sweetland w. Orch. Conducted by Hugo Winterhalter (Note: This was one of the most popular of all of Eddie's #1 hits)
2 1 17 *SONG FROM "MOULIN ROUGE" (Where Is Your Heart?) - Percy Faith & His Orch. w. vocal/Felicia Sanders (Note: Song is the theme melody from the "Moulin Rouge" movie score; It was 10 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Best Selling Singles chart; Miss Sanders vocal here earned her a solo contract with Columbia Records)
3 3 6 NO OTHER LOVE - Perry Como w. Henri René & His Orch. (Note: A Rodgers & Hammerstein song from the musical "Me And Juliet;" was originally a theme from Rodgers' instrumental score for the TV series "Victory At Sea")
4 5 6 VAYA CON DIOS - Les Paul & Mary Ford (Note: Les & Mary's bigest hit; it was 11 weeks at the top of Billboard's best-seller chart and 1953's most popular single)
5 4 17 APRIL IN PORTUGAL - Les Baxter & His Orch. (Note: Song is from the 1947 Portuguese song "Coimbra")
6 8 5 P.S. I LOVE YOU - The Hilltoppers featuring Jimmy Sacca
7 7 15 RUBY - Richard Hayman & His Orch. (Note: This is the theme from the movie "Ruby Gentry")
8 6 9 TERRY'S THEME (From "Limelight") - Frank Chacksfield & His Orch. (Note: Theme was composed by Charlie Chaplin for his movie "Limelight")
9 9 5 YOU, YOU, YOU - The Ames Brothers
10 12 7 HALF A PHOTOGRAPH - Kay Starr w. Orch. Conducted by Harold Mooney

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US Hot 100 Singles Week Ending 20th July, 1963

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

1 2 SURF CITY
Jan and Dean (Liberty)-6 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 EASIER SAID THAN DONE
The Essex (Roulette)-7 (1)
3 4 SO MUCH IN LOVE
The Tymes (Parkway)-8 (3)
4 3 TIE ME KANGEROO DOWN, SPORT
Rolf Harris (Epic)-7 (3)
5 7 MEMPHIS
Lonnie Mack (Fraternity)-7 (5)
6 11 FINGERTIPS (Part 2)
Little Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-5 (6)
7 10 WIPE OUT
The Surfaris (Dot)-5 (7)
8 6 SUKIYAKI
Kyu Sakamoto (Capitol)-11 (1)
9 16 (You're the) DEVIL IN DISGUISE
Elvis Presley (RCA)-4 (9)
10 13 PRIDE AND JOY
Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-10 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 14th July, 1973

TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart

1 1 WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES
Billy Preston (A&M)-16 (2 weeks at #1)
2 2 KODACHROME
Paul Simon (Columbia)-9
3 5 BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN
Jim Croce (ABC)-13
4 7 SHAMBALA
Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-9
5 4 GIVE ME LOVE (Give Me Peace On Earth)
George Harrison (Apple)-9
6 8 YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
The Carpenters (A&M)-7
7 6 PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND
Clint Holmes (Epic)-17
8 11 SMOKE ON THE WATER
Deep Purple (Warner Brothers)-8
9 3 MY LOVE
Paul McCartney and Wings (Apple)-14
10 9 RIGHT PLACE WRONG TIME
Dr. John (Atco)-14

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 16th July, 1983

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

1 1 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
The Police (A&M)-7 (2 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 ELECTRIC AVENUE
Eddy Grant (Portrait)-14 (2)
3 3 FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING
Irene Cara (Casablanca)-16 (1)
4 4 NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO
Sergio Mendes (with Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller) (A&M)-14 (4)
5 6 WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'
Michael Jackson (Epic)-8 (5)
6 8 COME DANCING
The Kinks (Arista)-11 (6)
7 5 TOO SHY
Kajagoogoo (EMI-America)-13 (5)
8 10 OUR HOUSE
Madness (Geffen)-11 (8)
9 13 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW
Duran Duran (Capitol)-7 (9)
10 7 TIME (Clock Of the Heart)
Culture Club (Virgin)-14 (2)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending July 17, 1993

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

1 1 WEAK SWV - 13 (1)
2 4 CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE UB40 - 10 (2)
3 3 WHOOMP! (THERE IT IS) Tag Team - 8 (3)
4 2 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES Janet Jackson - 12 (1)
5 5 KNOCKIN' DA BOOTS H-Town - 15 (3)
6 7 HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY Rod Stewart - 13 (5)
7 6 SHOW ME LOVE Robin S - 16 (5)
8 9 I'LL NEVER GET OVER YOU (GETTING OVER ME) Expose - 17 (8)
9 18 I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) Proclaimers - 6 (9)
10 8 DRE DAY Dr. Dre - 10 (8)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending July 19, 2003

TW LW Weeks TITLE - Artist

1 1 9 CRAZY IN LOVE • Beyonce Featuring Jay-Z
2 2 13 MAGIC STICK • Lil' Kim Featuring 50 Cent
3 4 11 ROCK WIT U (AWWW BABY) • Ashanti
4 9 10 RIGHT THURR • Chingy
5 7 18 UNWELL • matchbox twenty
6 6 22 GET BUSY • Sean Paul
7 8 19 BRING ME TO LIFE • Evanescence Featuring Paul McCoy
8 3 4 THIS IS THE NIGHT • Clay Aiken
9 12 10 MISS INDEPENDENT • Kelly Clarkson
10 15 8 NEVER LEAVE YOU - UH OOH, UH OOOH! • Lumidee

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Hearing "Kodachrome" always reminds me of when my parents helped my grandparents move in June 1973. Strange (and cool!) how songs can take you back in time, even to such a young age.

That 1973 chart is gold except for one song. The 1983 chart is pretty good as well.

I'm probably showing my age again, but I know only about 4-5 songs on the 1993 and 2003 charts altogether. I have to say I kind of like Janet Jackson's "That's the Way Love Goes," although Norman Brown's jazz instrumental cover of it is even better yet.

Thoughts?

1943 - "As Time Goes By" is a lovely tune, I believe the most recent version I know of is Neil Diamond's cover from 1999.

1953 - "Vaya Con Dios" nice duet. People sometimes forget how big Les Paul and Mary Ford were during their day. Les was a brilliant guitar player and Mary had great vocal chops. Due to the stress of touring and making hits Paul and Ford would divorce years later. Mary passed in 1977 and we lost Les last year.

1963 - Some good ones here. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and the Sufaris. "Sukiaki" was a number one hit and one of the few times a foreign language song could be a hit. A Taste of Honey would add english lyrics and have a number three hit eighteen years later.

1973 - Just a little one back then. Like all of the songs, but "Playground in My Mind"? Leave this one for the cut-out bins!

1983 - I would listen to WHTT almost daily and not only hear these hits but a few that were just entering the charts. Top 40 used to be fun and adverturous.

1993 - I was into alternative music at the time. "That's the Way Love Goes" was one of my favorite songs that summer. The sample from that song is based on an old James Brown song "Papa Don't Take No Mess". I'd like to find that song somewhere. I still enjoyed R&B and rap music so I enjoy the Dr. Dre, Robin S., and Rod's unplugged version of "Have I Told You Lately" was Stewart's last top ten hit.

2003 - I wasn't following the radio that much, but I do remember the hits because our store had a playlist of all these songs. Not much I can stand. However, I do like Evenescene, matchbox twenty and Beyonce & Jay Z songs.

I like both versions of "Sukiyaki." I remember reading about the decision to give the song that title back in the day; someone said it was akin to calling "Moon River" "Beef Stew." Not at all related to the lyrics, but I guess it was catchy.

I agree about "Playground in My Mind" - what a clunker. Hard to believe it became as popular as it did.

[Dawn]

Jul 18, 2010 11:48:00 GMT -5 H2IZCOOL said:

1943:
I also knew nothing about the strike in '43. Of course I wasn't born till '44 and wasn't listening to much music then. But seriously, you'd think that it would have been something I would have heard about. Could you imagine some a-hole union trying to do that today with music? (Wait a minute; there is no music today.) With all the media availability and anyone being able to get their music heard, people woukld still get new music.

I've heard You'll Never Know, Blue of the Evening, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, and of course, As Time Goes By.

1953: I've heard most of these. I need to check out Terry's Theme. I saw Limelight when I'm pretty sure it was new. I know I was quite young at the time. I vaguely remember the movie, but I know I liked it. I think I had a crush on the woman who played the ballerina (who turned out to be actress Claire Bloom in one of her first roles). And I know I liked the music she danced to, which is Terry's Theme since her role was that of Terry. - But I don't remember the music now.

*** Added during edit: after I posted, I started thinking that I had a 45, that I haven't listened to in years, called (I thought) "Theme From Limelight." Yep. It's "Terry's Theme" by Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra. I just pulled it out. The label reads:

Terry's Theme From
"LIMELIGHT"

- which is why I must have been confused. I just played it. A beautiful orchestral instrumental featuring a piano solo. I can't imagine why I haven't listened to it in years. -- and a new entry into my top 500! ***


MC: Yes. P.S. I Love You was most definitely a song. It's not the Beatles song though. It just has the same title. I remember hearing that the Beatles had released a song by that title some time before I heard it, and I was surprised that it was a different song.

1963: Not a bad chart. The most "important" song on the chart is of course "Fingertips" (what key, what key), but Surf City (when Jan and Dean were still slightly out surfing the Beach Boys), Wipe Out, So Much In Love, Memphis (the instrumental), Suliaki and Devil In Disguise are also memorable. Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport by Australian Novelty star Rolf Harris is a lot of fun also.

1973: Yesterday Once More is my fave here. It's in my Top 500. Other favorites include Smoke On The Water, Give Me Love, Will It Go Round In Circles and My Love. I am also a big Three Dog Night and Jim Croce fan, but neither of these songs are in my top 5 by them. (I like Jim's reflective songs more than his barroom/uptempo songs (except I love Roller Derby Queen).
But 1973 is my favorite of all these charts today.

1983: Nothing really jumps out at me as great. I used to like Every Breath You Take, and musically I still think it's a very effective song. The subject matter, however, leaves me cold. Flashdance - I actually like more today than I did then. Same with Too Shy. I also like Our House.

1993: I know about 4 or 5 of these, but I can't say that I like any. Even Rod's song is pretty weak, IMO. I like Rod, but I didn't like his Back to the Standards period.

2003: Is that an actual year?

That's good that you were able to become reacquainted with "Limelight." I'm not familiar with it, but will have to seek it out.

Ditto about Jim Croce. "Leroy Brown" and "You Don't Mess Around..." are the two that get the most play these days, but I think Jim was at his best with the more pensive material.

[H2IZCOOL]

Jul 21, 2010 8:58:25 GMT -5 Dawn said:

Jul 15, 2010 23:38:05 GMT -5 dave910 said:

1943 - "As Time Goes By" is a lovely tune, I believe the most recent version I know of is Neil Diamond's cover from 1999.

1953 - "Vaya Con Dios" nice duet. People sometimes forget how big Les Paul and Mary Ford were during their day. Les was a brilliant guitar player and Mary had great vocal chops. Due to the stress of touring and making hits Paul and Ford would divorce years later. Mary passed in 1977 and we lost Les last year.

1963 - Some good ones here. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and the Sufaris. "Sukiaki" was a number one hit and one of the few times a foreign language song could be a hit. A Taste of Honey would add english lyrics and have a number three hit eighteen years later.

1973 - Just a little one back then. Like all of the songs, but "Playground in My Mind"? Leave this one for the cut-out bins!

1983 - I would listen to WHTT almost daily and not only hear these hits but a few that were just entering the charts. Top 40 used to be fun and adverturous.

1993 - I was into alternative music at the time. "That's the Way Love Goes" was one of my favorite songs that summer. The sample from that song is based on an old James Brown song "Papa Don't Take No Mess". I'd like to find that song somewhere. I still enjoyed R&B and rap music so I enjoy the Dr. Dre, Robin S., and Rod's unplugged version of "Have I Told You Lately" was Stewart's last top ten hit.

2003 - I wasn't following the radio that much, but I do remember the hits because our store had a playlist of all these songs. Not much I can stand. However, I do like Evenescene, matchbox twenty and Beyonce & Jay Z songs.

I like both versions of "Sukiyaki." I remember reading about the decision to give the song that title back in the day; someone said it was akin to calling "Moon River" "Beef Stew." Not at all related to the lyrics, but I guess it was catchy.

I agree about "Playground in My Mind" - what a clunker. Hard to believe it became as popular as it did.

I remember that "Beef Stew" quote from back in the day. I think it was made by Kyo Sakamoto himself.