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Tuesday Night Open Thread

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Because of my inaccurate charts — a problem I’ve now fixed — I missed a big hit from 1944 during this ongoing listing of number one hits of the 1940s. With nine weeks at the top of the charts, it was one of the biggest hits of that year.

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Thursday Night Open Thread

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As I said before, I’m not a big fan of the B-52s. The band, I mean. But, I never really hated them either. They were thing once. And maybe still, I don’t know. None of their songs are played on SiriusXM 40s Junction, so I don’t really hear what all the kids listen to these days.

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Tuesday Night Open Thread

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Catching up on the number one hits of the 1940s, as we are often doing on Tuesday nights, I discovered I somehow missed this monster from 1941.

Jimmy Dorsey (with vocals by Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell) spent ten weeks atop the chart staring in March 1941.

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Thursday Night Open Thread

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Like many of my generation, I think “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” is Elton John’s best album. Probably because of the sheer number of songs on the two-disk set. Some of the songs are great, and some are as bad as just okay, but I don’t think there’s a stinker among them. Of course, it’s been a while — years — since I just sat and listened to the whole thing, so I may change my mind about that. But my memory of it is that it’s a great album.

This was one I really enjoyed way back when. Let’s see if I still do enjoy it.

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Tuesday Night Open Thread

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Continuing to play catchup on the number one hits of the 1940s, this Tuesday offering is one we missed from September 1940. Part of the problem, as mentioned before, was the incomplete charts. Then there’s the fact that in those early years, there were two or three charts (Billboard adjusted stuff a lot in those days) that were equally considered. This one didn’t hit the top of the Best Sellers chart, but was top of the Juke Box Record Buying Guide chart.

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