Caffè Lattè presents:

THE TOP 100

Country🌾Pop Crossover 

SONGS

(#100-91). Continues: next week.

 

🐄100🫏

A WHITE SPORT COAT

(AND A PINK CARNATION)

Marty Robbins 1957

 

Marty Robbins topped the Billboard US Country Chart with this self-penned single that peaked at #2 Pop.

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🐄99🫏

BREATHE

Faith Hill 1999

This was the title song from Faith Hill’s fourth album release. It reached #1 on the Country and Adult Contemporary charts as well as peaking at #2 Pop.

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🐄98🫏

NOT READY TO MAKE NICE

The Chicks 2006

At the time the trio was known as The Dixie Chicks. The women co-wrote the song which was produced by Rick Rubin. On Billboard’s Hot 100, the single climbed to #4.

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🐄97🫏

LOOKIN’ FOR LOVE

Johnny Lee 1980

Lifted as a single off the ‘Urban Cowboy’ movie soundtrack, this hit topped the Country Chart for 3 weeks and went Top 5 on the Pop equivalent.

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🐄96🫏

YOU AND I

Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gale 1982

This duet reached #1 on Billboard’s Country Chart as well as #7 Pop.

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🐄95🫏

THANK GOD I’M A COUNTRY BOY

John Denver 1975

A live version of this song topped both the Country and Pop charts for one week.

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🐄94🫏

DON’T FALL IN LOVE WITH A DREAMER

Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes 1980

Written by Kim Carnes and her husband David Ellingson, this song was recorded as a duet by the former and Kenny Rogers. The single reached the Top 5 Country and Pop.

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🐄93🫏

DANNY’S SONG

Anne Murray 1972

Anne Murray transformed the song from its rock original version by Loggins & Messina to a countrified remake that topped the Adult Contemporary Chart as well as making the Top 10 on Billboard’s Country and Pop listings.

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🐄92🫏

IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW)

Olivia Newton-John 1974

Olivia Newton-John broke through in America via the Country music route before achieving even more success with her later Pop releases. This song was produced by her frequent producer John Farrar. The single peaked in the Top 5 on the Country, Pop and Adult Contemporary charts.

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🐄91🫏

THE END OF THE WORLD

Skeeter Davis 1962

Chet Atkins produced the original version of this song that has been covered by the likes of Herman’s Hermits, Carpenters and ABBA’s Agnetha Fältskog.

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Caffè Lattè presents a new countdown starting today...

 

THE TOP 100

Country🌾Pop Crossover 

SONGS

 

 

TRACING POPULAR TASTES : US #1 SINGLES LEADERBOARD.  

This post: 1955-2017. More: tomorrow.

Caffè Lattè traces the shifts in popular music through the decades…

-THE LEADERBOARD-

The Rock Era is said to have begun in 1955 when “Rock Around The Clock” became the first rock ‘n’ roll disc to reach #1 on Billboard’s Singles Chart. Since then, pop music has spawned countless sub-genres, including: new wave, disco, Merseybeat, garage, hip hop, punk, grunge, funk, psychedelic soul, folk rock and Motown.

This series charts the changes in trends and how they have impacted the chart statistics from the American perspective. Every single that reached #1 in the U.S.A. since mid- 1955 to the present is taken into account. Acts are ranked according to how many chart-topping songs they have achieved and separated by number of weeks spent in the top position.

The Beatles moved into the top of this leaderboard in 1970 and have remained in front ever since. No other act has accumulated as many No. 1 singles. There has been much change in the lower ranks over subsequent decades. We are only counting lead artists and excluding featured acts.

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas” finally reached #1 and has frequently returned to the top. Among new chart champs are Taylor Swift, Drake, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande and The Weeknd.

 

PART TWELVE

July 1955-2020

1.    THE BEATLES                                  20      59

2.    MARIAH CAREY                              19      84

3.    ELVIS PRESLEY                               17      77

4.    MICHAEL JACKSON*                      13      37

5.    RIHANNA*                                        12      52

6.    MADONNA                                        12      32

7.    THE SUPREMES                               12      22

8.    WHITNEY HOUSTON                       11      31                       

9.    KATY PERRY                                    10     35

10.USHER                                               9      47

11.JANET JACKSON                              9      31

12.THE BEE GEES                                 9      27

13.ELTON JOHN*                                  8      30     

14.PAUL McCARTNEY                          8      25

15.GEORGE MICHAEL                         8      18     

16.THE ROLLING STONES                   8      17

17.TAYLOR SWIFT                               7      20

18.STEVIE WONDER*                           7      17

19.PHIL COLLINS                                 7      15

20.BEYONCÉ                                         6      41

21.DIANA ROSS*                                   6      20

22.PAULA ABDUL                                 6      15

23.HALL & OATES                                6      14     

24.BOYZ II MEN                                    5      50

25.DRAKE*                                            5      40

26.EMINEM                                           5      25

27.LIONEL RICHIE                               5      21

28.ARIANA GRANDE                             5      18

29.BRUNO MARS*                                 5      16

30.THE WEEKND                                  5      15

 

THE TIME CAPSULE: SONGBIRD. More retro tomorrow.

<<<THE T⏳ME CAPSULE<<<

SONGBIRD

Barbra Streisand

1978

U.S.A. - #25

Trivia:

"Songbird" was the title track and first single lifted off Barbra Streisand's twentieth studio album. The song spent two weeks at #1 on the Billboard Easy Listening Chart.

Check out all the songs that have been featured in this daily segment on Spotify, including today’s retro track.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1fw40hqEA0Fgh4cq4yoXD0?si=BYCiWGK3QRim_FaIIkAIdg

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TRACING POPULAR TASTES : US #1 SINGLES LEADERBOARD.  

This post: 1955-2016. More: tomorrow.

Caffè Lattè traces the shifts in popular music through the decades…

-THE LEADERBOARD-

 

The Rock Era is said to have begun in 1955 when “Rock Around The Clock” became the first rock ‘n’ roll disc to reach #1 on Billboard’s Singles Chart. Since then, pop music has spawned countless sub-genres, including: new wave, disco, Merseybeat, garage, hip hop, punk, grunge, funk, psychedelic soul, folk rock and Motown.

This series charts the changes in trends and how they have impacted the chart statistics from the American perspective. Every single that reached #1 in the U.S.A. since mid- 1955 to the present is taken into account. Acts are ranked according to how many chart-topping songs they have achieved and separated by number of weeks spent in the top position.

The Beatles moved into the top of this leaderboard in 1970 and have remained in front ever since. No other act has accumulated as many No. 1 singles. There has been much change in the lower ranks over subsequent decades. We are only counting lead artists and excluding featured acts.

Rihanna and Katy Perry continued accumulating chart-topping singles.

 

PART TWELVE

July 1955-2016

1.    THE BEATLES                                  20      59

2.    MARIAH CAREY                              18      79

3.    ELVIS PRESLEY                               17      77

4.    MICHAEL JACKSON*                    13      37

5.    RIHANNA*                                        12      52

6.    MADONNA                                        12      32

7.    THE SUPREMES                              12      22

8.    WHITNEY HOUSTON                     11      31                       

9.    KATY PERRY                                    10     35

10.USHER                                                 9      47