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The Hits Man 
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 Posted: 11 December 2018 at 8:52am |
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In 1970, the Sunshine album by The Archies was issued on
the Calendar label. It is possible the pressing plant used for my copies had left-over Calendar label stock. |
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Paul Haney
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Posted: 11 December 2018 at 9:59am |
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Found this on the Songfacts website, re: "Sugar Sugar":
The song met with resistance at radio stations, which didn't want to play a cartoon band. According to Andy Kim, Don Kirshner hired an experienced promotion man to work the stations. His tactic was to visit the stations, play the song for the program directors, but not reveal the artist until they agreed to play it. In some cases, he could only get them to play it once, but that was all he needed because the phones would light up. Said Kim: "That was the best part of being in the music world then - you really had such an active audience response to what they hear. And you didn't have that many choices. So, if the audience loves it, you play it. And that started what became a wildfire all across this planet. When I toured, no matter where I was, I'd start the song and everyone would sing along." |
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Chartman
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Posted: 11 December 2018 at 1:33pm |
Prior to 1985 there were 125 songs that bubbled under that eventually reached #1 - all but 30 bubbled under for only one week. "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy and "Car Wash" by Rose Royce bubbled under for 5 weeks - Reddy actually charted 115-99-98-97-107-106-106-104, then 6 weeks later began its run to #1. "Baby, Come Back To Me" by Patti Austin bubbled for 4 weeks After 1992 "Maria Maria" by Santana bubbled for 8 weeks "Cheerleader" by OMI and "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon bubbled for 5 weeks "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter and "Black Beatles" by Rae Sremmurd bubbled for 4 weeks Currently "Freestyle" by Lil Baby has bubbled for 36 weeks. It fell off the chart this week (due to 3 new releases by Hip Hop "stars") but will certainly return next week. |
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AndrewChouffi
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Posted: 12 December 2018 at 6:41am |
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To Chartman:
Thank you for all the research! In particular, I had forgotten how long it took to make "Baby Come To Me" a hit. I remember programming the track as an LP cut as a 'slow dance' in a nightclub I was working almost a year before it became a consensus radio hit. The LP vinyl actually had an extended intro that I'm not sure ever made it to CD! Andy |
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KentT
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Posted: 12 December 2018 at 7:57pm |
I think this 45 climbed the charts when the Archies cartoon began the season, and the TV cross promotion helped the track gain airplay, and chart action from the TV show success. |
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