45 years ago today, (Week Ending) March 29, 1980, Bette Midler debuted on the Billboard AC chart at #47 with "The Rose". She went on to spend five weeks at #1. Also, leaped up ten notches to #76 on the Hot 100 and eventually peaked at #3 for three weeks there.
I’ve collected many 45RPM singles over many years, but this is one from my mom's collection that I inherited.
"Starting All Over Again" is a 1972 song by the cousin duo #MelAndTim. It is the title track of their second LP. It was their second and final top 40 hit in the U.S. and Canada. It peaked at number 19 on the #Billboard #Hot100, spending five months on the American charts. On the #RAndB chart, the song peaked at number 4. The cousins performed "Starting All Over Again" on #SoulTrain on March 17, 1973. They appeared on the show along with #AlGreen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBvdhODRNHI
"Change of Heart" is a song by American singer and songwriter #CyndiLauper, released on November 11, 1986 as the second single from her second album, #TrueColors (1986). It went gold in the US, peaking at No. 3 on the #Billboard #Hot100. The song was written by #singersongwriter #EssraMohawk. Popular remixes by #ShepPettibone were also released. A #musicVideo was produced for the song, filmed in #TrafalgarSquare in #London. It features Lauper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGV1xTgJf0Q
"Lonely Days" is a #ballad written and performed by the #BeeGees. It appeared on their album #2YearsOn, and was released as a single, becoming their first Top Five hit in the US, peaking at number three in the #Billboard #Hot100 and reaching number one in the #Cashbox and #RecordWorld charts. #BarryGibb later re-recorded the song with country quartet #LittleBigTown for his 2021 album #Greenfields.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7KQ0xUfFjA
"Cradle of Love" is a song by English rock musician #BillyIdol, released in 1990 as the first single from his fourth album #CharmedLife. The song became Idol's last top-10 hit in the United States, where it reached No. 2 on the #Billboard #Hot100. It was also Idol's first and only No. 1 hit on the Billboard #MainstreamRockTracks chart. On the #UKSingleChart, it stalled at No. 34.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNxIF476D78
"Love Is Alive" is a song by #GaryWright taken from the 1975 album #TheDreamWeaver. It features Wright on vocals and keyboards and #AndyNewmark on drums, with all music except for the drums produced on the keyboards. The album's #titleCut and "Love Is #Alive" both peaked at No. 2 on the #Billboard #Hot100 singles chart. "Love Is Alive" spent 27 weeks on the chart, seven weeks longer than "Dream Weaver". Billboard ranked "Love Is Alive" as the #No9SongOf1976.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM6y_KBwAps
"Heat Wave" is a 1963 song written by the #HollandDozierHolland songwriting team. It was first made popular by the #Motown vocal group #MarthaAndTheVandellas, who issued it as a single on July 10, 1963, on the Motown subsidiary #Gordy label. The single reached #numberOne on the #Billboard Hot #RAndB chart—where it stayed for four weeks—and peaking at number 4 on the Billboard #Hot100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpr0I1o99h0
"Laughter in the Rain" is a song composed and recorded by #NeilSedaka, with lyrics by Phil Cody. It includes a 20-second saxophone solo by #JimHorn. The song hit No. 1 on the #Billboard #Hot100 in February 1975.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-4QuV06JYE
"Automatic" is a song recorded by American #vocalGroup #thePointerSisters for their tenth studio album #BreakOut (1983). The song was released by the #Planet label on January 13, 1984, as the second single from the album. It was written by Brock Walsh and #MarkGoldenberg. "Automatic" reached number five on the US #Billboard #Hot100 and became one of their #signatureSongs. Eventually, three other singles from Break Out reached the top-ten on the Hot 100 consecutively.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDU6K02igoU
"Songbird" is a song by #KennyG, played on a #sopranoSaxophone, and the third #single from his 1986 album #Duotones. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard #AdultContemporaryChart, No. 4 on the #Hot100 chart, No. 4 on #Cashbox and No. 23 on the #RAndBChart. In the UK the song peaked at no. 22. When released in 1987, the song became the first instrumental to reach the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 since the "#MiamiViceTheme" by #JanHammer (a No. 1 hit) in 1985.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfhk1in7WRE
"Windy" is a #pop song written by #RuthannFriedman and recorded by #theAssociation. The song reached No. 1 on the #Billboard #Hot100 in July 1967, becoming the group's second U.S. No. 1 hit following "#Cherish" in 1966. Billboard ranked the record as the #No4SongFor1967. The lead vocals were sung primarily by #guitarist and new band member #LarryRamos along with vocalist Russ Giguere (both would sing lead together in the band's last Top 40 hit "#TimeForLivin"). Ramos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRqUUaM8tnI
"Somebody's Baby" is a song written by #JacksonBrowne and #DannyKortchmar and recorded by Browne for the 1982 #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh #movieSoundtrack. Reaching No. 7 on the US #Billboard #Hot100 after debuting at No. 73 on July 31, 1982, the track would be Browne's last top ten hit, as well as the highest-charting single of his career, spending a total of nineteen weeks on the chart. The song reached No. 14 on the Billboard #AdultContemporary chart, as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk2NHZukTYg
"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a 1969 song written and recorded by #PaulLeka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band #Steam. It was released under the #Mercury subsidiary label #Fontana and became a number-one pop single on the #Billboard #Hot100 in late 1969, and remained on the charts in early 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRlTjErEDPQ
"Tangled Up in Blue" is a song by American singer-songwriter #BobDylan and the opening track of his 15th studio album #BloodOnTheTracks (1975). It was released as the album’s sole single, reaching No. 31 on the #Billboard #Hot100. Written by Dylan and produced by David Zimmerman, Dylan's brother, the song concerns relationships from different narrative perspectives. Dylan has altered the lyrics in subsequent performances, changing the point of view.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKcNyMBw818
"Crush" is a song by American singer #JenniferPaige. The #teenPop song was written by Andy Goldmark, #MarkMueller, Berny Cosgrove and Kevin Clark. It was released as the first single from her debut album, Jennifer Paige (1998). The #musicVideo for "Crush" was produced by Kati Haberstok and directed by David Hogan. "Crush" topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand while peaking at number three on the US #Billboard #Hot100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYGJel4SsAs
"Oh Girl" is a song written by #EugeneRecord and recorded by American #soul vocal group #theChiLites, with Record on vocals and also producing. It was released as a single on #BrunswickRecords in 1972. Included on the group's 1972 album #ALonelyMan, "Oh Girl" centers on a relationship on the verge of break-up. "Oh Girl" was the Chi-Lites' first and only No. 1 single on the #Billboard #Hot100, peaking at that position in May 1972 for one week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwjsVD23Z3E
"I Go Crazy" is a song written, composed, and recorded by American singer-songwriter #PaulDavis. It was the first single released from his 1977 album Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales, and his second-highest peaking pop hit, peaking at #7 on the #Billboard chart in 1978. The song entered the #Hot100 on August 27, 1977 and began slowly climbing, peaking in March and April 1978, before dropping off the chart the week after May 27, 1978. Overall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L886mjb0O8
"You Can Have Her" is a song written by Bill Cook. The song was a hit single for #RoyHamilton in 1961 and #SamNeely in 1974. It has also been recorded by many other artists, including #JerryLeeLewis, #CharlieRich, #WaylonJennings, and #JimEdBrown. #ElvisPresley performed an impromptu version at his Inglewood Forum, LA, Afternoon Show on the 11th May 1974. In 1961, Roy Hamilton's version spent 10 weeks on the #Billboard #Hot100, reaching No. 12.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryP0s-VFA-w
"I Love Music" is a song by #American #RAndB group #TheOJays. It was written by production team #GambleAndHuff. The song appeared on The O'Jays 1975 album, #FamilyReunion. The #single reached number five on the US US #Billboard #Hot100 and number one on the soul singles chart. In the UK, the song peaked at number 13 in the Top 40 singles charts in March 1976. The single spent eight weeks at number one on the US #DiscoFileTop20 chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuOnb4rAIgk
"Kiss" is a song composed, written, and produced by American musician #Prince. Released by the #PaisleyPark label as the lead single from Prince and #theRevolution's eighth studio album, #Parade (1986), on February 5, 1986, it was a No. 1 hit worldwide, holding the top spot of the US #Billboard #Hot100 chart for two weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a9kOCHYZIw
