Obscure Music Trivia Thread

Born in the USA?
Saturday Night Fever soundtrack?

 

Bruce - Born in the USA
MJ - Thriller
Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation

Stumped beyond that.

 

You sure it's six albums with seven or more top 10s... and not seven albums with six or more top 10s?

If it's the latter than the artist to do it twice is Janet Jackson, with "Rhythm Nation" and "Janet."

 

Nope, it’s the former. And Janet is not the one to do it twice.

The ones guessed correctly so far:
— Thriller
— Born in the USA
— Rhythm Nation

Michael, Janet and Bruce all did it once. The one who did it twice has yet to be named.

Also, Saturday Night Fever isn’t included because I meant to clarify the albums were not compilations but rather released by individual artists.

 

Ha! Not in the top 100.

Since we're now past 24 hours, the answer is: pure bubble gum.

"Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies -- yes, the comic book characters. It's one of the very few No. 1 hits by a fictional band.

It was on the charts for 22 weeks and spent four weeks at No. 1.

For the record, the real singers were Ron Dante, who portrayed Archie, and Toni Wine, who voiced both Betty and Veronica.

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/20/761616330/50-years-later-the-archies-sugar-sugar-is-still-really-sweet#:~:text="Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies — yes, from,Billboard Hot 100 on Sept.

FYI, the top 10 for the year, according to Billboard:

1. "Sugar, Sugar" -- The Archies
2. "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" -- The 5th Dimension
3. "I Can't Get Next to You" -- The Temptations
4. "Honky Tonk Women" -- The Rolling Stones
5. "Everyday People" -- Sly and the Family Stone
6. "Dizzy" -- Tommy Roe
7. "Hot Fun in the Summertime" -- Sly and the Family Stone
8. "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" -- Tom Jones
9. "Build Me Up Buttercup" -- The Foundations
10. "Crimson and Clover" -- Tommy James and the Shondells

The Beatles had three songs in the top 100: Get Back at 25, Something at 83 and Come Together at 85.

Some of the more unexpected entries (at least to me) include Henry Mancini's "Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet" (15), "I've Gotta Be Me" by Sammy Davis Jr. (51) and Ray Stevens' "Gitarzan" (61).

Here's a link to the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1969

Oh, and "Sweet Caroline" came in at No. 22.

 

Seems like one of the early Beatles albums might have done that in '64 or '65 when they were dominating the charts.

I know at one point they had the top five songs and something like 14 total on the charts at the same time.

 

Nope.

Hint: The three remaining albums all came out in the last five years.

 

OK, my other favorite music trivia question is one I've actually posted the answer to on this board in a different thread a few years ago. So if you want to look it up it will be easy.

"Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen is one of the most popular songs in rock history, but it famously only made it as high as No. 2 on the Billboard chart on its release in 1963.

What No. 1 hit song kept "Louie Louie" from reaching the top spot?

Bonus question: "Louie Louie" actually hit No. 2 twice, falling back in late December 1963 (hmmm... that should be a song) but rallying back in January '64. Again, though, it couldn't break through to No. 1. Which song thwarted "Louie Louie" the second time?

 

Seeing no more takers, here are the other three albums that spawned seven or more top 10 hits:

— “Scorpion,” Drake.
— “Certified Lover Boy,” Drake.
— “Midnights,” Taylor Swift (record for the most, with 10).

 

Is that mostly based on the downloads/streams when the albums came out?

 

I’d assume so.

All of Drake’s top 10s on one album charted within a day of its streaming release. Something like 700 million streams in a week.

 

From a great book I'm reading by Stereogum's Tom Breihan: Name the N0. 1 song on Billboard magazine's very first Hot 100 list (which combined single sales and radio airplay).

Hint: the Hot 100 list was first published in 1958.