Billboard Chart History - 10 Years: the 8s - Aug.

[Dawn]

For this week let's look at the top 10s for years ending in 8. It's been close to two months since our last "8"s chart, so hopefully there won't be much overlap.


August 14, 1948 (my dad's 5th birthday!)
TW LW NW
1 1 9 YOU CALL EVERYBODY DARLIN' - Al Trace & His Orch. w. vocal/Bob Vincent
2 7 8 TWELFTH STREET RAG - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orch.
3 9 5 IT'S MAGIC - Doris Day
4 4 11 MY HAPPINESS - The Pied Pipers
5 3 15 MY HAPPINESS - Jon & Sondra Steele
6 8 6 A TREE IN THE MEADOW - Margaret Whiting
7 2 6 YOU CAN'T BE TRUE, DEAR - Ken Griffin, organ (Note: The is the original version BEFORE [#14 below] the Jerry Wayne vocal was dubbed.)
8 10 10 LOVE SOMEBODY - Doris Day & Buddy Clark
9 5 5 **WOODY WOODPECKER - The Sportsmen & Mel Blanc (acapella)
10 6 11 *WOODY WOODPECKER - Kay Kyser & His Orch. w. vocal/Gloria Wood

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August 18, 1958

(TW = Position This Week; LW = Position Last Week; NW = Number Weeks on Chart; *Former #1)
TW LW NW
1 2 3 VOLARE (Nel Blu DiPinto Di Blu) - Domenico Modugno
2 14 5 LITTLE STAR - The Elegants
3 6 8 MY TRUE LOVE - Jack Scott
4 1 7 *POOR LITTLE FOOL - Rick Nelson
5 3 10 *PATRICIA - Perez Prado & His Orch. featuring Billy Regis on trumpet
6 10 6 JUST A DREAM - Jimmy Clanton
7 5 9 WHEN? - The Kalin Twins
8 8 8 REBEL ROUSER - Duane Eddy (Note: Twangy guitar Rock instrumental)
9 13 6 FEVER - Peggy Lee w. Orch. Conducted by Jack Marshall
10 4 9 SPLISH SPLASH - Bobby Darin

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 17th August, 1968

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

1 5 PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE
The Rascals (Atlantic)-5 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 HELLO, I LOVE YOU
The Doors (Elektra)-7 (1)
3 2 CLASSICAL GAS
Mason Williams (Warner Brother/Seven Arts)-9 (2)
4 11 BORN TO BE WILD
Steppenwolf (Dunhill)-6 (4)
5 20 LIGHT MY FIRE
Jose Feliciano (RCA)-4 (5)
6 3 STONED SOUL PICNIC
The 5th Dimension (Soul City)-12 (3)
7 8 TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME
The Vogues (Reprise)-10 (7)
8 9 SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE
Cream (Atco)-21 (8)
9 4 GRAZING IN THE GRASS
Hugh Masekela (Uni)-11 (1)
10 6 HURDY GURDY MAN
Donovan (Epic)-9 (5)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 12th August, 1978

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

1 2 THREE TIMES A LADY
The Commodores (Motown)-9 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 3 GREASE
Frankie Valli (RSO)-12 (2)
3 4 LAST DANCE
Donna Summer (Casablanca)-14 (3)
4 1 MISS YOU
The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-12 (1)
5 8 HOT BLOODED
Foreigner (Atlantic)-7 (5)
6 17 BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE
A Taste Of Honey (Capitol)-8 (6)
7 9 LOVE WILL FIND A WAY
Pablo Cruise (A&M)-11 (7)
8 12 COPACABANA (At the Copa)
Barry Manilow (Arista)-10 (8)
9 11 MAGNET AND STEEL
Walter Egan (Columbia)-12 (9)
10 16 AN EVERLASTING LOVE
Andy Gibb (RSO)-5 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending August 13, 1988

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

1 1 ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood - 10 (1)
2 2 HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe - 18 (2)
3 4 MAKE ME LOSE CONTROL Eric Carmen - 13 (3)
4 5 SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby - 12 (4)
5 6 1-2-3 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - 11 (5)
6 7 I DON'T WANNA GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John - 9 (6)
7 8 I DON'T WANNA LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE Chicago - 11 (7)
8 10 MONKEY George Michael - 6 (8)
9 3 HOLD ON TO THE NIGHTS Richard Marx - 13 (1)
10 12 JUST GOT PAID Johnny Kemp - 14 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending August 15, 1998

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

1 1 THE BOY IS MINE Brandy & Monica - 12 (1)
2 3 MY WAY Usher - 9 (2)
3 2 YOU'RE STILL THE ONE Shania Twain - 27 (2)
4 4 ADIA/ANGEL Sarah McLachlan - 12 (4)
5 5 MAKE IT HOT Nicole Featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott & Mocha - 8 (5)
6 8 NEVER EVER All Saints - 4 (6)
7 9 CRUSH Jennifer Paige - 7 (7)
8 6 TOO CLOSE Next - 27 (1)
9 7 COME WITH ME Puff Daddy Featuring Jimmy Page - 8 (4)
10 10 WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT Five - 11 (10)

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"Little Star" was a favorite of my parents' when I was growing up. They had a reissue 45 they used to play a lot.

Love that 1968 chart. "People Got to Be Free" was still #1 when I was born a month later, so it definitely had staying power.

I've probably mentioned this before, but a friend had a slumber party in September 1978, and I took along the 45 of "Boogie Oogie Oogie" to play. Two of my friends got into an argument over whether to listen to it or Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights" first. Seems a dumb thing to argue about in retrospect, but there's the logic of 5th grade girls for ya.

Thoughts?

[cairnterrier]

Don't laugh too hard, but I'm liking 1978....I remember clearly when all those songs were hits. Great year for music...not only some rather decent disco, but great early stuff by Van Halen, Supertramp, Billy Joel, and quite a few others.

[m c dornan]

Well Dawn, now the digits are all used up- is this the end, or will you do it all over again with a different time of year?

I've enjoyed it.

But thoughts?

1948: Youtube has a great ragtime piano version of 12th Street rag by Disneyland's Rod Miller.

Still got the multiple versions of songs here.

1958: Volare was in the Eurovision competition this year 1958, but incomprehensibly only came in at # 2.

1968: One of the best 60s lists in your whole series! Don't like Jose's version of Light My Fire as much as the Doors', but I like it quite a bit.

1978: One big fave here- Miss You. Disco Stones but it works. Youtube has a great parody of Copacabana called Star Wars Cantina, by a guy who sounds awfully like Barry Manilow.

1988: The "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like that" is one the few later Elton John songs that I like, after he went Hollywood-y. Or was it Las Vegas-y.

BTW Dawn, which song won, Boogie Oogie Oogie or Southern Nights?

[Ken]

'48 Chart - The only track here I'm familiar with is the Woody Woodpecker theme, one of the many cartoons I watched when I was little.

'58 Chart - Quite a few faves here, Duane, Rick and Bobby (from what I've heard Bobby hated the song, and didn't want to record it).

'68 Chart - A fantastic chart. Amazing music, during a very turbulent time. "People Got To Be Free" is among my favorite tunes from The Rascals (they had so many!). I had the Time / Peace Greatest Hits collection on cassette in High school and played it (and especially this track) over and over again. Always liked Jose's version of "Light My Fire" I still remember picking up a used copy on 45.

'78 Chart - I still remember hearing "Three Times a Lady" on the radio in the car while being driven to summer school earlier that summer. Great stuff here - Walter Egan (I love "Magnet and Steel"), Pablo Cruise, Foreigner etc. I heard the "Grease" soundtrack (on 8 - track - ) for the first time, at my cousins house.

'88 Chart - Not too many faves here, but I've always liked "Roll With It", Elton's "I Don't Want To Go On With You Like That" isn't quite "classic Elton" but it's good, I remember seeing the video. Being a huge Raspberries fan, it was nice to see Eric back on the charts.

'98 Chart - Shania is OK. I never did "get" the duet with Jimmy and Puff Diddy. The rest is forgettable.

[dave910]

Aug 12, 2010 8:24:55 GMT -5 Dawn said:

For this week let's look at the top 10s for years ending in 8. It's been close to two months since our last "8"s chart, so hopefully there won't be much overlap.


August 14, 1948 (my dad's 5th birthday!)
TW LW NW
1 1 9 YOU CALL EVERYBODY DARLIN' - Al Trace & His Orch. w. vocal/Bob Vincent
2 7 8 TWELFTH STREET RAG - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orch.
3 9 5 IT'S MAGIC - Doris Day
4 4 11 MY HAPPINESS - The Pied Pipers
5 3 15 MY HAPPINESS - Jon & Sondra Steele
6 8 6 A TREE IN THE MEADOW - Margaret Whiting
7 2 6 YOU CAN'T BE TRUE, DEAR - Ken Griffin, organ (Note: The is the original version BEFORE [#14 below] the Jerry Wayne vocal was dubbed.)
8 10 10 LOVE SOMEBODY - Doris Day & Buddy Clark
9 5 5 **WOODY WOODPECKER - The Sportsmen & Mel Blanc (acapella)
10 6 11 *WOODY WOODPECKER - Kay Kyser & His Orch. w. vocal/Gloria Wood

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August 18, 1958

(TW = Position This Week; LW = Position Last Week; NW = Number Weeks on Chart; *Former #1)
TW LW NW
1 2 3 VOLARE (Nel Blu DiPinto Di Blu) - Domenico Modugno
2 14 5 LITTLE STAR - The Elegants
3 6 8 MY TRUE LOVE - Jack Scott
4 1 7 *POOR LITTLE FOOL - Rick Nelson
5 3 10 *PATRICIA - Perez Prado & His Orch. featuring Billy Regis on trumpet
6 10 6 JUST A DREAM - Jimmy Clanton
7 5 9 WHEN? - The Kalin Twins
8 8 8 REBEL ROUSER - Duane Eddy (Note: Twangy guitar Rock instrumental)
9 13 6 FEVER - Peggy Lee w. Orch. Conducted by Jack Marshall
10 4 9 SPLISH SPLASH - Bobby Darin

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 17th August, 1968

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

1 5 PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE
The Rascals (Atlantic)-5 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 HELLO, I LOVE YOU
The Doors (Elektra)-7 (1)
3 2 CLASSICAL GAS
Mason Williams (Warner Brother/Seven Arts)-9 (2)
4 11 BORN TO BE WILD
Steppenwolf (Dunhill)-6 (4)
5 20 LIGHT MY FIRE
Jose Feliciano (RCA)-4 (5)
6 3 STONED SOUL PICNIC
The 5th Dimension (Soul City)-12 (3)
7 8 TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME
The Vogues (Reprise)-10 (7)
8 9 SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE
Cream (Atco)-21 (8)
9 4 GRAZING IN THE GRASS
Hugh Masekela (Uni)-11 (1)
10 6 HURDY GURDY MAN
Donovan (Epic)-9 (5)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 12th August, 1978

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

1 2 THREE TIMES A LADY
The Commodores (Motown)-9 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 3 GREASE
Frankie Valli (RSO)-12 (2)
3 4 LAST DANCE
Donna Summer (Casablanca)-14 (3)
4 1 MISS YOU
The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-12 (1)
5 8 HOT BLOODED
Foreigner (Atlantic)-7 (5)
6 17 BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE
A Taste Of Honey (Capitol)-8 (6)
7 9 LOVE WILL FIND A WAY
Pablo Cruise (A&M)-11 (7)
8 12 COPACABANA (At the Copa)
Barry Manilow (Arista)-10 (8)
9 11 MAGNET AND STEEL
Walter Egan (Columbia)-12 (9)
10 16 AN EVERLASTING LOVE
Andy Gibb (RSO)-5 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending August 13, 1988

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

1 1 ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood - 10 (1)
2 2 HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe - 18 (2)
3 4 MAKE ME LOSE CONTROL Eric Carmen - 13 (3)
4 5 SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby - 12 (4)
5 6 1-2-3 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - 11 (5)
6 7 I DON'T WANNA GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John - 9 (6)
7 8 I DON'T WANNA LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE Chicago - 11 (7)
8 10 MONKEY George Michael - 6 (8)
9 3 HOLD ON TO THE NIGHTS Richard Marx - 13 (1)
10 12 JUST GOT PAID Johnny Kemp - 14 (10)

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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending August 15, 1998

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

1 1 THE BOY IS MINE Brandy & Monica - 12 (1)
2 3 MY WAY Usher - 9 (2)
3 2 YOU'RE STILL THE ONE Shania Twain - 27 (2)
4 4 ADIA/ANGEL Sarah McLachlan - 12 (4)
5 5 MAKE IT HOT Nicole Featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott & Mocha - 8 (5)
6 8 NEVER EVER All Saints - 4 (6)
7 9 CRUSH Jennifer Paige - 7 (7)
8 6 TOO CLOSE Next - 27 (1)
9 7 COME WITH ME Puff Daddy Featuring Jimmy Page - 8 (4)
10 10 WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT Five - 11 (10)

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"Little Star" was a favorite of my parents' when I was growing up. They had a reissue 45 they used to play a lot.

Love that 1968 chart. "People Got to Be Free" was still #1 when I was born a month later, so it definitely had staying power.

I've probably mentioned this before, but a friend had a slumber party in September 1978, and I took along the 45 of "Boogie Oogie Oogie" to play. Two of my friends got into an argument over whether to listen to it or Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights" first. Seems a dumb thing to argue about in retrospect, but there's the logic of 5th grade girls for ya.

Thoughts?

Good list this week, Dawn. Here's my perspective.

1948 - I only know the "Woody Woodpecker Theme" from the cartoons as a kid. Didn't know there were two versions of the song.

1958 - Some of these songs I used to know listening to oldies station. No one touches the 50's anymore. I am more familiar with the Bobby Rydell remake of "Volare" from 1960. "Rebel Rouser" I remember from Forest Gump.

1968 - Pretty eclectic chart. Everything from rock, soul to adult pop. "Born To Be Wild" is considered to be one of the first heavy metal songs, because "heavy metal thunder" is one of the lines in the tune. Jose's cover of the Doors "Light My Fire" may not have aged to well, but it is a unique arrrangement. "Sunshine of Your Love" is one my favorites.

1978 - RSO label dominated the charts in '78. I got "Grease" 45 as a birthday present. Wore the damn thing out! Foreigner were one of the first hard rock bands to have platinum albums and singles as well! Rolling Stones go disco and had their last number one to date. While it worked for the Stones...some other acts suffered a backlash.

1988 - The summer before my Senior year. I tend to prefer Elton's 70's period, but this had a great beat and still holds up. Chicago had another hit with a huge ballad. But I feel they traded their trademark sound to adapt to the times. Steve Winwood was all over the radio. "Roll With It" was a testament to his love of R&B. I owned Terrence Trent D'Arby's first cassette. It was very good, but his ego pissed a lot of people off and by the time his sophomore CD came out...fans had moved on . BTW, Sheryl Crow recently covered "Sign Your Name" with Justin Timberlake on her new CD "100 Miles From Memphis".

1998 - A time when I could name every song on the top 10. Mixed bag for me. I as well was never to hip to the Puffy & Jimmy Page duet. I heard a rumor that Robert Plant was asked to collaborate on the track, but refused. Sarah and Shania were all over the radio that year. I always liked those two songs. Usher is the only one from that list who had a number one hit this year. Maybe the acts from the 90's don't have as much staying power as previous decades.

[H2IZCOOL]

1948: I remember only My Happiness and the Woody Woodpecker song.

1958:I am familiar with and own copies of all of these. It's a pretty good chart. "When" is top 500. Others that I like: Little Star, My True Love, Just a Dream, Rebel Rouser, and Splish Splash Despite the fact that the #1 song is called Volare on the list, back in the day it was called Nel Blu DiPinto di Blu. It wasn't called Volare until after Bobby Ridell covered it.

1968: So-so chart! My fave here is Classical Gas (top 500). Other faves are Born To Be Wild, and Sunshine of Your Love. Most of the songs on this chart are just OK for me.

1978: Surprisingly, this is my favorite chart! That's unusual for the late '70s. (more common for early '70s). I absolutely love Copacabana (top 500). Other really good songs include Three Times A Lady, Grease, I Miss You, Hot Blooded, and Magnet and Steel.

1988: I'm not familiar wuth many (actually I'm probably familiar with more than I know, but don't know them by the title. Maske Me Lose Control is by far my fave. I also like Roll With It and Hands to Heaven is OK also.

1998: I think I've heard that Branda and Monica song, didn't like it much. Don't recognize the rest.

[Jughead]

The 1978 chart is definitely a good one...and I tend not to like 1970's music!

The one thing I'll say about the 1988 chart is that it seems to be the year for power ballads. "Hands To Heaven", "Sign Your Name", "Hold On To The Nights". Crazy. And, George Michael's "Monkey" was really, really, BAD! I'm surprised it made top 10.

Back in '98, I remember hearing that Jennifer Paige song playing all the time that summer. I was thinking that she would go places, but she just disappeared after that song came out.