smoe.org mailing lists
ivan@stellysee.de
| From | Andrea Kremer <kremer@shore.net> |
| Subject | Re: Billboard charts question |
| Date | Wed, 9 Jul 2003 00:30:04 -0400 (EDT) |
[Part 1 text/plain US-ASCII (1.0 kilobytes)]
(View Text in a separate window)
I have a Katrina-related ace-in-the-hole, is all. :)
:)
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Ed Lynn wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
For assistance, please contact
the smoe.org administrators.