LET’S JUST ‘BLESS’ AND SAY GOODBYE: “Chart Beat” reader Larry Dhooge of Forest Grove, Ore., asks that we consider the phenomenon of a song spending its entire top-10 life in its peak position. Dana-Bashian says he doesn’t recall ever seeing any weekly top-10 of the Hot 100 having two different artists with the same last name (albeit a stage name in the Doggs’ case).ĭana-Bashain adds that “21 Questions” joins “13 Questions” by Seatrain and “Questions 67 and 68” by Chicago as the only numbered questions to make the top-50 of the Hot 100. TWO DOGG NIGHT: “Chart Beat” reader David Dana-Bashian of Garden Grove, Calif., notes that “21 Questions” by 50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg and “Beautiful” by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell & Uncle Charlie Wilson are now both in the top-10 of Billboard’s Hot 100. 1 song was “To Be Loved by You” (one week in April 1996). 1: “She Is His Only Need” (one week in April 1992), “I Saw the Light” (three weeks in July 1992), and “No One Else on Earth” (four weeks in October-November 1992). Her first three solo efforts all went to No. This new release is Wynonna’s 25th chart entry away from the Judds. 55 with “What the World Needs” (Asylum/Curb). Wynonna’s been away from the Hot Country Singles & Tracks tally for almost three years she was last seen on this chart in summer 2000 with “Going Nowhere,” which stopped at No. RETURN ENGAGEMENT II: Another solo female artist returns to a Billboard chart this week. Jewel’s most recent Hot 100 entry prior to “Intuition” was “Standing Still,” which went as high as No. “Foolish Games” was a hit later in the year, peaking at No. The Utah-born singer’s biggest hit to date is the double-sided single “You Were Meant for Me” / “Foolish Games.” “You Were Meant for Me” peaked at No. The first Jewel single to chart, “Who Will Save Your Soul,” peaked at No. 73, “Intuition” reveals a new, poppier side of Jewel that is indicative of the direction she’s taken on the new CD. RETURN ENGAGEMENT I: Just three weeks shy of the seventh anniversary of her first appearance on Billboard’s Hot 100, Jewel returns to the chart with the first taste of her forthcoming Atlantic album, “0304.” Debuting at No. “The Complex” features a number of guest artists, including Dave Matthews and Tracy Bonham. Two years later, the second Blue Man Group release, “The Complex” (Blue Man Group/Lava) enters The Billboard 200 at No. “Audio,” the first album released by performance artists Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, and Chris Wink, peaked at No. With the success of “Beware of the Boys,” Larson’s career chart span expands to 46 years, four months, and three weeks, dating back to the debut of the Four Preps’ “Dreamy Eyes.” Phillips’ career chart span is extended to 42 years, three months, and two weeks, counting back to the debut of Simone’s “Trouble in Mind.”īLUE MAN UP: The audience for Blue Man Group must be growing. 63 with “Ain’t That Just the Way,” a remake of a Barbi Benton song released in the 1970s. In January 1998, Larson and Phillips were credited as songwriters on the Hot 100 when Lutricia McNeal went to No. Coincidentally, Rhymes’ single entered the Hot 100 exactly five years ago this week. 10 with “Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up,” which also sampled the “Knight Rider” theme. Larson and Phillips were last on the Hot 100 as songwriters in 1998, when Busta Rhymes went to No. He is the author of “Stu Who?: Forty Years of Navigating the Minefields of the Music Business,” a new book detailing his life in the music industry. The first single he produced to reach the Hot 100 was “Trouble in Mind” by Nina Simone in January 1961. Phillips has composed numerous film and television scores, including the movie “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” and TV series like “BJ and the Bear,” “Get Christie Love,” and “Quincy.” He produced a number of hit singles on the Colpix label, including “Johnny Angel” for Shelley Fabares, “She Can’t Find Her Keys” for Paul Petersen, and “Goodbye Cruel World” for James Darren. As a songwriter, he first charted with the Four Preps’ memorable “26 Miles (Santa Catalina),” a No. As an artist, Larson first charted on the Billboard pop singles chart with the Four Preps’ “Dreamy Eyes” the week of Dec. The song melds bhangra beats with the theme to the 1980s TV series “Knight Rider,” and that means Glen Larson and Stu Phillips, the writers of the show’s theme, are back in the top-40.īefore Larson produced TV series like “Knight Rider,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “The Six Million Dollar Man,” and many others, he was a member of the Los Angeles-based pop quartet known as the Four Preps. “Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)” (Sequence) by Panjabi MC featuring Jay-Z climbs 49-40 this week. GOOD KNIGHT: Two names with long histories on Billboard’s Hot 100 are back on the chart, thanks to a collaboration between a U.K.-based artist and an American hip-hop icon.
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