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Post by erik on Nov 11, 2017 12:42:21 GMT -5
Today marks exactly fifty years (YIPE!!!) since Linda made her very first appearance on any of the chart listings in Billboard Magazine. This happened when, as a member of the Stone Poneys, Linda's "Different Drum" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #90. It would move up three spaces to #87 the following week; and the week after that, it would take a gigantic 33-point leap to #54, based on its being a #1 hit in the L.A. radio market:
DIFFERENT DRUM
11/11/67: #90 (her first Hot 100 hit)
11/18/67: #87
11/25/67: #54 (biggest one-week jump of any of her Hot 100 singles until 1980)
12/02/67: #43
12/09/67: #33 (her first Top 40 hit)
12/16/67: #28
12/23/67: #26
12/30/67: #19 (her first Top 20 hit)
01/06/68: #18
01/13/68: #14
01/20/68: #14
01/27/68: #13 (peak position)
02/03/68: #14
02/10/68: #20
02/17/68: #24
02/24/68: #29
03/02/68: #32
And this day in 1967 is when it all really began for her.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Nov 11, 2017 14:37:55 GMT -5
Very cool statistic. Happy Veteran's Day including my Dad who have served in our country's armed forces. You have my gratitude and respect. Your service is very humbling. eddiejinnj
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Post by sliderocker on Nov 11, 2017 18:43:00 GMT -5
Today marks exactly fifty years (YIPE!!!) since Linda made her very first appearance on any of the chart listings in Billboard Magazine. This happened when, as a member of the Stone Poneys, Linda's "Different Drum" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #90. It would move up three spaces to #87 the following week; and the week after that, it would take a gigantic 33-point leap to #54, based on its being a #1 hit in the L.A. radio market: DIFFERENT DRUM 11/11/67: #90 (her first Hot 100 hit) 11/18/67: #87 11/25/67: #54 (biggest one-week jump of any of her Hot 100 singles until 1980) 12/02/67: #43 12/09/67: #33 (her first Top 40 hit) 12/16/67: #28 12/23/67: #26 12/30/67: #19 (her first Top 20 hit) 01/06/68: #18 01/13/68: #14 01/20/68: #14 01/27/68: #13 (peak position) 02/03/68: #14 02/10/68: #20 02/17/68: #24 02/24/68: #29 03/02/68: #32 And this day in 1967 is when it all really began for her. Actually, I would argue November 4th, 1967 is the day it began for Linda, as that's when "Different Drum" debuted in the Cashbox Top 100 charts at number 100. It would spend five months on the Cashbox Top 100 charts from November 4th, 1967 through March 9th, 1968, two weeks longer in the Cashbox charts than in the Billboard charts. Its highest chart position in Cashbox was # 12, which held that position for three weeks. What's truly amazing is the fact there were other artists who likewise debuted in Billboard and Cashbox charts, who had record that charted as high as Linda's or higher, yet they are forgotten. Their records haven't been played in years, not even on golden oldie stations, maybe on the satellite stations once in a blue moon. "Different Drum" has never been off the radio airwaves since 1967, which for a record that barely missed the top ten (and should've been a top ten, if not top five)was remarkable. I believe people were sold on Linda the moment they heard her voice in 1967 and they knew she was a keeper. Again, all one has to do is look at all the other songs that were being played at the time and count the number that are still being played. Anyone who wants to look up the Cashbox charts to any year in the 60s can go here: 98.130.35.56/archives/60s_files/60s.html You can also look up the chart records of the 70s as well or the 50s. There were some major differences between what Billboard reported and Cashbox reported. Some records did better in Cashbox than what they did in Billboard. Occasionally there were wide differences between the two. I believe Cashbox was based on sales only whereas Billboard was sales and radio airplay. One thing I like about being able to look up the records in the Cashbox archives is remembering the songs that are long forgotten. Some of the records perhaps deserved that fate, some perhaps didn't but it can also be a jog down memory lane for anyone who there during that time and who remember the times. |
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Post by erik on Nov 11, 2017 19:41:18 GMT -5
NOTE: While Cashbox does tend to favor artists like Linda a bit more than Billboard does at times, I used the latter publication because, rightly or wrongly, it is considered the Music Industry Bible.
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 11, 2017 20:18:57 GMT -5
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I am guessing but the fact that Linda went solo and had a successful career under her own name kept Different Drum alive. It also didn't hurt that a famous Monkee wrote it. And aside from all of that it is a magical song. Sets a mood or feeling off in the listener that other songs don't do.
I often wondered why Cash Box was never the leader Billboard was, or seemed to be. Maybe Casey Kasem had something to do with that.
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 11, 2017 20:23:46 GMT -5
Very cool statistic. Happy Veteran's Day including my Dad who have served in our country's armed forces. You have my gratitude and respect. Your service is very humbling. eddiejinnj
Ditto. That is how and why my parents met. A dark time in the world (WWII). |
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