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| From | Ed Lynn <pasquinade@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Billboard charts question |
| Date | Tue, 08 Jul 2003 22:42:35 -0400 |
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Andrea Kremer wrote:
> from a friend of mine who is also a friend of Katrina's:
>
> "Walking on Sunshine" entered the US singles chart in March 1985. (The
> flip side? "Going Down to Liverpool," already covered by the Bangles.) It
> stayed on the chart for 21 weeks, peaking not at #2 or #6, but at #9. (The
> two other singles from the record tanked. "Do You Want Crying" made it to
> #37, but "Que Te Quiero" stalled at #71.) They had only one more Top 40
> single, the lousy "That's the Way," which hit #16 in 1989. As it turns
> out, I have many of Joel Whitburn's Billboard books, but I know those
> numbers by heart."
You've one-upped me again, Andrea. :)
My book only goes to '88, but I got it for fifty cents at a used book
sale. I actually meant to qualify that last post but hit send too
quickly. :)
ed.
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