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.

Sing with your Children

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By Diane Forrest

I have grown up singing.  I love music, all kinds, from opera to rap, well some rap anyway. When I was in kindergarten I sang my first solo at our end of the year program.  The song was "A tisket a tasket a green and yellow basket, I wrote a letter to my love, and on the way I dropped it."

For as long as I can remember I have always been in a choir.  I started in church choirs, then school choirs, and then back to the adult choir at church.  It probably won't come as a shock when I tell you when my son was born I would always sing to him too.  As he got older, he learned the words to the songs and sing with me.  It is a wonderful thing to spend time with your children and sing and have fun.  I guess that is why March is Sing with your Child Month.

Some people may not think they can sing, or don't like to sing, but starting your child off with music is not only a great bonding experience, you could be planting the seeds for the next American Idol. To quote the song by the Carpenters, "Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear just sing, sing a song."

Below are a few songs to get you started:

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The Wheels on the Bus

The wheels on the bus go round and round

Round and round, round and round

The wheels on the bus go round and round

All through the town.

The wipers on the bus go "Swish, swish, swish,

Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish"

The wipers on the bus go "Swish, swish, swish"

All through the town.

The door on the bus goes open and shut

Open and shut, open and shut

The door on the bus goes open and shut

All through the town.

The horn on the bus goes "Beep, beep, beep

Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep"

The horn on the bus goes "Beep, beep, beep"

All through the town.

The gas on the bus goes "Glug, glug, glug

Glug, glug, glug, glug, glug, glug"

The gas on the bus goes "Glug, glug, glug"

All through the town.

The money on the bus goes "Clink, clink, clink,

Clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, clink"

The money on the bus goes "Clink, clink, clink"

All through the town.

The baby on the bus says, "Wah, wah, wah!

Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah!"

The baby on the bus says, "Wah, wah, wah!"

All through the town.

The people on the bus say, "Shh, shh, shh,

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh"

The people on the bus say, "Shh, shh, shh"

All through the town.

The mommy on the bus says, "I love you,

I love you, I love you"

The daddy on the bus says, "I love you, too"

All through the town.

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Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,

Little lamb, little lamb,

Mary had a little lamb,

Its fleece was white as snow

Everywhere that Mary went,

Mary went, Mary went,

Everywhere that Mary went

The lamb was sure to go

It followed her to school one day

School one day, school one day

It followed her to school one day

Which was against the rules.

It made the children laugh and play,

Laugh and play, laugh and play,

It made the children laugh and play

To see a lamb at school

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

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This Old Man

This old man, he played one,

He played knick-knack on my thumb;

Knick-knack paddy whack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played two,

He played knick-knack on my shoe;

Knick-knack paddy whack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played three,

He played knick-knack on my knee;

Knick-knack paddy whack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played four,

He played knick-knack on my door;

Knick-knack paddy whack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played five,

He played knick-knack on my hive;

Knick-knack paddy whack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played six,

He played knick-knack on my sticks;

Knick-knack paddy whack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played seven,

He played knick-knack up in Heaven;

Knick-knack paddy whack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played eight,

He played knick-knack on my gate;

Knick-knack paddy whack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played nine,

He played knick-knack on my spine;

Knick-knack paddy whack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played ten,

He played knick-knack once again;

Knick-knack paddy whack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

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Old MacDonald had a farm

Old MacDonald had a farm,

Ee i ee i oh!

And on that farm he had some chickens,

Ee i ee i oh!

With a cluck-cluck here,

And a cluck-cluck there

Here a cluck, there a cluck,

Everywhere a cluck-cluck

Old MacDonald had a farm

Ee i ee i oh!

Old MacDonald had a farm,

Ee i ee i oh!

And on that farm he had some dogs,

Ee i ee i oh!

With a woof-woof here,

And a woof-woof-woof there

Here a woof, there a woof,

Everywhere a woof-woof

Old MacDonald had a farm

Ee i ee i oh!

Old MacDonald had a farm,

Ee i ee i oh!

And on that farm he had some turkeys,

Ee i ee i oh!

With a gobble-gobble gobble-gobble here,

And a gobble-gobble gobble-gobble there

Here a gobble-gobble, there a gobble-gobble,

Everywhere a gobble-gobble-gobble

Old MacDonald had a farm

Ee i ee i oh!

Old MacDonald had a farm,

Ee i ee i oh!

And on that farm he had some cows,

Ee i ee i oh!

With a moo-moo here,

And a moo-moo there

Here a moo, there a moo,

Everywhere a moo-ooo

Old MacDonald had a farm,

Ee i ee i oh!

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The itsy bitsy spider

The itsy bitsy spider

Climbed up the waterspout

Down came the rain

And washed the spider out.

Out came the sun

And dried up all the rain

So the itsy-bitsy spider

Climbed up the spout again!