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• 1994 – BUMP N’ GRIND / R. Kelly
• 1984 – AGAINST ALL ODDS (Take A Look At Me Now) / Phil Collins
• 1974 – TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia) / MFSB featuring The Three Degrees
• 1964 – CAN’T BUY ME LOVE / The Beatles
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Welcome to another #1 Songs On This Date! – another four-pack of the best of the best from the Top 40 Rock ‘n’ Roll music era.
It begin on January 6th, 2016 and 179 distinct number one singles from the years 1956 through 1995 have now been featured since then – with hundreds more to follow.
They’re all part of a permanent archive that’s being built at HouseoftheHits.com which will ultimately feature ALL 837 different number one singles as listed in 2,080 weekly national music charts published by Billboard® within that 40-year timeframe.
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Fortunately, HouseoftheHits has every one of those charts – plus secondary data – as published in the essential Joel Whitburn’s Record Research series (CD-ROM and eBook edition formats).
Everything is stored digitally on a HouseoftheHits computer – as are all 837 number one singles (in high-quality audio) from the music vault.
With the availability of precise data and the HOTH song files – together with some amazing technology – approximately 600 – 700 of those Billboard® chart-toppers will be presented this year – with the remainder to follow in early 2017.
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As the archive grows you will have continual free access to the accumulating repository, indexed by Decade, Month and Year. Plus, EVERY Title and Artist will be (blue) hyper-linked for smooth, easy navigation from song to song – with more great features to be added along the way.
Again, it will contain every #1 single in America, plus interesting commentary about each song (written by yours truly) and presented with a crystal clear High-Definition audio version of the complete original hit to instantly play as often as you wish.
The ever-expanding library is found HERE and you can bookmark this link for future instant access.
Enjoy! 😎
[NOTE]
Due to copyright issues, some audio song files may not play on smartphones, tablets and connected devices. A PC, Mac or laptop may be required.
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#1 / April 30th, 1994
BUMP N’ GRIND
R. Kelly
[1994]
Number One: 4 weeks
Replaced: THE SIGN / Ace Of Base
Succeeded by: THE SIGN / Ace Of Base
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Instant Billboard chart success was not to be for Chicago R&B singer-songwriter R. (Robert) Kelly.
His 1993 debut album titled Born Into The ’90s yielded a healthy four singles – all of which charted, but none cracked the Top 30.
But in 1994 it was a different story. His second LP release in late ’93, 12 Play (aka foreplay times three) produced the #20 hit Sex Me (Parts I & II) and the followup, Bump N’ Grind.
BNG debuted within the Hot 100 at #59 on February 4th, 1994 and nine weeks later claimed the top spot. It was beginning its fourth and final week there on this date.
https://youtu.be/g6V1ubsDrk8
[Trivia Bit] The term “bump and grind” soon became a popular catch phrase. Even an ESPN SportsCenter host – the late Stuart Scott – used the phrase during his on-air commentaries.
Other #1 Singles by R. KELLY (2)
• 1998 / I’M YOUR ANGEL (R. Kelly & Céline Dion)
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#1 / April 30th, 1984
AGAINST ALL ODDS (Take A Look At Me Now)
Phil Collins
[1984]
Number One: 3 weeks
Replaced: FOOTLOOSE / Kenny Loggins
Succeeded by: HELLO / Lionel Richie
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Phil Collins enjoyed a 26-year career as the drummer, and eventually the lead singer, for the UK band Genesis. He began drumming in 1970, became their vocalist five years later, and quit the band in 1996.
Starting in 1981, Phil concurrently maintained an extremely successful solo career throughout that decade, which included seven Billboard number ones – of which Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) was his first.
The record’s climb to the top came after a very down period in Collins’ life. In one of the UK’s top music publications, Mojo, Collins revealed in 2015 –
“Against All Odds was written in the same misery that the rest of (the album) Face Value came from, but I wasn’t drawn to it initially. I didn’t like it as much as ‘You Know What I Mean,’ and I thought there was only room for one of those on the album. I don’t know what would have happened to it if (Movie Director) Taylor Hackford hadn’t got in touch.”
Hackford had approached Phil to write a song for his film starring Jeff Bridges, ‘Against All Odds,’ so Collins went back to the song that didn’t make it onto Face Value and adapted it to fit the movie.
https://youtu.be/H189rZkSuwc
[Trivia Bits] Phil Collins’ early claim to fame was as a ‘extra’ in The Beatles‘ debut film ‘A Hard Day’s Night,’ as he recounts …
https://youtu.be/EiKj007MA0g
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When recorded during Face Value, Against All Odds was originally titled How Can You Sit There – which, as Collins pointed out – had sat in the ‘can’ containing his unreleased tracks.
Collins ‘retired’ in 2012, and despite hip and back surgeries in recent years, Phil now claims to be feeling better, and in December of 2015 announced several new projects, including the release of an upcoming autobiography.
He’s also begun to re-issue his solo albums – for which all of the original self-portrait cover photos have been cleverly re-shot to show Phil in the ‘now’ – and is ambitiously readying a comeback tour and a new solo album.
The latter would be Phil’s first work to follow a collection of Motown covers titled Going Back from 2010, and his first disc of original material since 2002’s Testify.
Concert-wise, since his aptly titled ‘First Final Farewell Tour’ wrapped up in 2005, he completed a Genesis reunion tour in 2007, but hasn’t performed at all since 2012 and his retirement.
In a recent Rolling Stone magazine interview, Collins declared – “I’m no longer officially retired. The horse is out of the stable and I’m raring to go.”
Maybe he’ll be 2016’s ‘comeback kid.’
Other #1 Singles for PHIL COLLINS (8)
• 1985 / ONE MORE NIGHT
• 1985 / SUSSUDIO
• 1985 / SEPARATE LIVES (Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin)
• 1986 / INVISIBLE TOUCH (Genesis)
• 1988 / GROOVY KIND OF LOVE
• 1989 / TWO HEARTS
• 1989 / ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE
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#1 / April 30th, 1974
TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia)
MFSB featuring The Three Degrees
[1974]
(Single Version)
Number One: 2 weeks
Replaced: BENNIE AND THE JETS / Elton John
Succeeded by: THE LOCO-MOTION / Grand Funk
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https://youtu.be/ZEBEiMqZA5c
[Trivia Bits]
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#1 / April 30th, 1964
CAN’T BUY ME LOVE
The Beatles
[1964]
(Single Version)
Number One: 5 weeks
Replaced: SHE LOVES YOU / The Beatles
Succeeded by: HELLO, DOLLY! / Louis Armstrong
[Note] On April 4th, 1964 – the date Can’t Buy Me Love had secured the #1 spot on Billboard – the record joined four other Fab Four singles to hold down all five chart positions of their Top 5 – a never-before-seen wonderment to this very day! (See the ‘Trivia Bit’ below)
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I know, ho-hum. But seriously, apart from the incredible feat mentioned above – if that wasn’t enough – they impressively set another Hot 100 record during that week in 1964.
When Can’t Buy Me Love hit #1 on that historic fourth day of April, it became the Fab’s third chart-topper in a row, following I Want To Hold Your Hand (7 weeks) and She Loves You (2 weeks).
Most significantly, the succession occurred in uninterrupted chronological order on Billboard (for hockey lovers, that trio of singles had just scored a true ‘hat trick’)!
It broke a 7+ year record previously owned by Elvis Presley when ‘The King’ had a pair of back-to-backers in 1956: Don’t Be Cruel b/w Hound Dog immediately succeeded by Love Me Tender.
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With CBML riding high for five more, the Beatles had a stranglehold on the pole position for a total of 14 straight weeks.
Oh, another record here. Can’t Buy Me Love made the leap to #1 from outside the Top 20 – from number 27. Another first. And that’s where it debuted the previous week on March 21st.
And The Beatles were just getting warmed up!
https://youtu.be/gOC-3LU0woA
[Trivia Bit] Can’t Buy Me Love was part of a spectacular record-breaking feat in pop music history in 1964. On April 4th, it joined four other smash hits by the Beatles to occupy the entire Top 5 of Billboard’s Hot 100 during that week! (See the related link)
Related: THE BEATLES: The Week That Was … Early April 1964 & Top 5 Domination!
Other #1 Singles by THE BEATLES (20)
• 1964 / I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
• 1964 / SHE LOVES YOU
• 1964 / LOVE ME DO
• 1964 / A HARD DAY’S NIGHT
• 1964 / I FEEL FINE
• 1965 / EIGHT DAYS A WEEK
• 1965 / TICKET TO RIDE
• 1965 / HELP!
• 1965 / YESTERDAY
• 1966 / WE CAN WORK IT OUT
• 1966 / PAPERBACK WRITER
• 1967 / PENNY LANE
• 1967 / ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
• 1967 / HELLO GOODBYE
• 1968 / HEY JUDE
• 1969 / GET BACK (The Beatles with Billy Preston)
• 1969 / COME TOGETHER b/w SOMETHING
• 1970 / LET IT BE
• 1970 / THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD b/w FOR YOU BLUE
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Produced & Written By: Rick Murray Hunter / HouseoftheHits.com
Songs Source: The Music Vault of HouseoftheHits Inc.
Billboard® Chart Data: Joel Whitburn’s Record Research (eBook Editions)
• The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits (5th Edition) by Fred Bronson
• The Billboard Book Of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits by Adam White and Fred Bronson
• The Billboard Book Of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits by Wesley Hyatt
• The Billboard’s Hottest Hot 100 Hits (4th Edition) by Fred Bronson
• 1000 UK Chart Hits (Kindle Edition) by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh
• All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release (Kindle Edition) by Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon
• The Beatles’ Story On Capitol Records / Part One: The Singles (Digital Edition) by Bruce Spizer
• The Beatles’ Story On Capitol Records / Part Two: The Albums (Digital Edition) by Bruce Spizer
• The website BeatlesBible.com
• The Archives of RollingStone.com
Record Sleeve & Label Graphics: Courtesy of 45cat.com
Other #1 Songs on This Date Posts are HERE
