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Friday, January 4, 2013

Pop Music Chart Day – 2013 Update

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By Terry Orr

Who has 20 number one hit songs?

So here we go guys and dolls – a list of the best since 1955!

Most weeks at number one:

16 weeks	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men — "One Sweet Day" (1995-1996)
14 weeks	Whitney Houston — "I Will Always Love You" (1992-1993)
	Boyz II Men — "I'll Make Love to You" (1994)
	Los del Río — "Macarena" (Bayside Boys mix) (1996)
	Elton John — "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997-1998)
	Mariah Carey — "We Belong Together" (2005)
	The Black Eyed Peas — "I Gotta Feeling" (2009)
13 weeks	Boyz II Men — "End of the Road" (1992)
	Brandy and Monica — "The Boy Is Mine" (1998)
12 weeks	Santana featuring Rob Thomas — "Smooth" (1999-2000)
	Eminem — "Lose Yourself" (2002-2003)
	Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris — "Yeah!" (2004)
	The Black Eyed Peas — "Boom Boom Pow" (2009)

Most weeks at number two (without hitting number one):

10 weeks	Foreigner — "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (1981)
	Missy Elliott — "Work It" (2002)
9 weeks	Donna Lewis — "I Love You Always Forever" (1996)
	Shania Twain — "You're Still the One" (1998)
8 weeks	Shai — "If I Ever Fall in Love" (1992)
	Deborah Cox — "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" (1998)
	Brian McKnight — "Back at One" (1999)
	Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy — "I Don't Wanna Know" (2004)

Most total weeks in the top ten:

32 weeks	LeAnn Rimes — "How Do I Live" (1997–1998)
30 weeks	Santana featuring Rob Thomas — "Smooth" (1999–2000)
29 weeks	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock — "Party Rock Anthem" (2011–2012)
28 weeks	Jewel — "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" (1997–1998)
26 weeks	Savage Garden — "Truly Madly Deeply" (1997–1998)
25 weeks	Chubby Checker — "The Twist" (1960 and 1962), Toni Braxton — "Un-Break My Heart" (1996–1997), Timbaland featuring OneRepublic — "Apologize" (2007–2008)

Most total weeks on the Hot 100:

76 weeks	Jason Mraz — "I'm Yours" (2009)[3]
69 weeks	LeAnn Rimes — "How Do I Live" (1998)
68 weeks	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock — "Party Rock Anthem" (2012)
65 weeks	Jewel — "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" (1998), Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" (2012)
64 weeks	Carrie Underwood — "Before He Cheats" (2007)
62 weeks	Lifehouse — "You and Me" (2006)
60 weeks	Los del Río — "Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix) (1997), Lady Antebellum — "Need You Now" (2010)
58 weeks	Santana featuring Rob Thomas — "Smooth" (2000), The Fray — "How to Save a Life" (2007)
57 weeks	Creed — "Higher" (2000), Kings of Leon — "Use Somebody" (2010)
56 weeks	Paula Cole — "I Don't Want to Wait" (1998), Faith Hill — "The Way You Love Me" (2001), The Black Eyed Peas — "I Gotta Feeling" (2010)

Number-one debuts:

Michael Jackson	"You Are Not Alone" (September 2, 1995)
Mariah Carey	"Fantasy" (September 30, 1995)
Whitney Houston	"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (November 25, 1995)
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	"One Sweet Day" (December 2, 1995)
Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112	"I'll Be Missing You" (June 14, 1997)
Mariah Carey	"Honey" (September 13, 1997)
Elton John	"Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (October 11, 1997)
Céline Dion	"My Heart Will Go On" (February 28, 1998)
Aerosmith	"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (September 5, 1998)
Lauryn Hill	"Doo Wop (That Thing)" (November 14, 1998)
Clay Aiken	"This Is the Night" (June 28, 2003)
Fantasia	"I Believe" (July 10, 2004)
Carrie Underwood	"Inside Your Heaven" (July 2, 2005)

Most Hot 100 entries

Glee Cast (204)

Lil Wayne (109)

Elvis Presley (108)

James Brown (91)

Ray Charles (74)

Aretha Franklin (73)

The Beatles (71) (tie)

Jay-Z (71) (tie)

Most top 40 singles

Elvis Presley (80)

Elton John (57)

Lil Wayne (55)

The Beatles (50) tie

Glee Cast (50) tie

Madonna (49)

Most top 10 singles

Madonna (38)

Elvis Presley (36) (Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100)

The Beatles (34)

Stevie Wonder (28) tie

Michael Jackson (28) tie

Elton John (27) tie

Janet Jackson (27) tie

Mariah Carey (27) tie

Most number-one singles

The Beatles (20)

Mariah Carey (18)

Elvis Presley (17) (Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100)

Michael Jackson (13)

Madonna (12) tie

Rihanna (12) [29] tie

The Supremes (12) tie

Whitney Houston (11)

Janet Jackson (10) tie

Stevie Wonder (10) tie

Most cumulative weeks at number one

79	Elvis Presley (tie) (Pre Hot 100)†
79	Mariah Carey (tie)
59	The Beatles
50	Boyz II Men
47	Rihanna (tie)
47	Usher (tie)
37	Michael Jackson
36	Beyoncé
34	Elton John
33	Janet Jackson

[Source: Wikipedia]

Wow. The things we learn research articles to share. Some of these folks – I dare say that some are unknown to me – yeah, yeah – I know – showing my age once again.

Congratulations to all of these gifted and talented folks – and thanks for sharing your music with all of us.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Happy Father's Day

I'm seein' my father in me

I guess that's how it's meant to be

And I find I'm more and more like him each day

I notice I walk the way he walks

I notice I talk the way he talks

I'm startin' to see my father in me

And I'm happy to see my father in me

By Diane Forrest

My husband loved to listen to Paul Overstreet every time we went somewhere in the car. There was one particular song he was fond of, it was called Seeing my Father in Me. His father was a Baptist Preacher. He worked hard during the week at Coca Cola Bottling Co. and did many side jobs too. On Sunday's he could be found delivering sermons at his church, and the evenings would find him visiting the sick, and members of his congregation. My husband was so proud of his father, and wanted to emulate him as much as possible. I never had the pleasure of meeting this man, but heard many wonderful stories about him, and saw many pictures. Every time Paul Oversstreets song came on, my husband would ask me if I thought he looked like his dad. While I didn't see much of a resemblance, I know that he would have been proud of the man my husband had become.

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Today is Father's Day. It was first celebrated in 1910, as a compliment to Mother's day which was celebrated in May. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. Six years later, the day was made a permanent national holiday when President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972.

Father's day hold's the record as the most collect calls made, however with the phone plans available today, collect calls are a thing of the past. Father's Day has not received the glory that Mother's day had found. I heard a story once by Jerry Clower, he was a Southern Comedian who visited my church one Sunday. He was explaining to the congregation the difference between being involved and committed. To demonstrate his point he used the illustration of breakfast, and the part that the pig and chicken played in preparing the meal. He explained that the chicken was involved with breakfast, it laid the eggs, however the pig was really committed to the breakfast, because it gave its life so that we could have bacon. That is how most of the world views mothers and fathers. Some fathers are just involved in the child rearing process.

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I am fortunate to be blessed with a wonderful father; he is smart, funny and admired by many. He worked long and hard to provide for his family, and we never wanted or needed anything. His work kept him away from home, birthdays, and special occasions like sporting activities or school events, but his work responsibilities made it possible to provide a roof over our heads and food in our mouths, and clothes on our backs, and it was more important for him to make these sacrifices for our well-being.

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There are many men today who shirk their family responsibilities. I was reading an article not too long ago about a man, 33 years old, who has 30 children, and was asking the court for help to lower his child support payments. Some of his children only received a dollar and a half per month. You can read that story here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/desmond-hatchett-30-kids_n_1528850.html

This man is not a father, but a baby making machine. Any man can make a baby, but it takes a special man to be a father. My son's father and I separated before he was born. I worried for many years about the affects it would have on my son. Luckily, I moved in with my parents, so he was always around my father, then when I remarried, he had a wonderful stepfather to guide him. I also had him involved in many church activities so he had many male role models surrounding him. When he turned 16, I asked all the men who had been active in his life to write a letter to him, giving him advice for the future. I put them all in a book, and he still reads them through from time to time.

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Today is a day to salute all the father's. If your father was a part of your life, let him know how much you appreciate him. If your father is no longer in your life, make an important man in your like your honorary father for the day. It may be a relative, neighbor or friend, but let him know what an important part he plays in your life, and to all the father's out there, and especially to my daddy, Happy Father's Day!!!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Pop Music Chart Day

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By Akindman,

On January 4, 1936, Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade. The first Music Popularity Chart was calculated in July 1940. A variety of song charts followed, which were eventually consolidated into the Hot 100 by mid-1958. The Hot 100 currently combines single sales, radio airplay and digital downloads.

All of Billboard's charts use this basic formula. What separates the charts is which stations and stores are used – each musical genre having a core audience or retail group. Each genre's department at Billboard is headed up by a chart manager, who makes these determinations.

Here are some of the Top Pop Music Charts:

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