How big of a presence did Reprise Records have on the pop charts in the '60's and '70's?
According to Fred Bronson's book "Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits", the label enjoyed a pretty successful chart run between 1962 and 1976, after which time
the Reprise imprint was "deactivated" by Warner Brothers. (It would be resurrected again in the late '80's ... in fact, according to Bronson's book, the biggest hit EVER released by Reprise Records was Eric Clapton's #2 smash "Tears In Heaven" from 1992!)
Here are The Top 30 Records released by the label during their first go 'round, 1962 - 1976:
# 1 - SOMETHIN' STUPID - Nancy and Frank Sinatra (1967)
# 2 - EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY - Dean Martin (1964)
# 3 - HEART OF GOLD - Neil Young (1972)
# 4 - THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN' - Nancy Sinatra (1966)
# 5 - SUNDOWN - Gordon Lightfoot (1974)
# 6 - THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD - Gordon Lightfoot (1976)
# 7 - STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT - Frank Sinatra (1966)
# 8 - WELCOME BACK - John Sebastian (1976)
# 9 - IF I HAD A HAMMER - Trini Lopez (1963)
#10 - MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur (1974)
#11 - THAT'S LIFE - Frank Sinatra (1966)
#12 - SAY YOU LOVE ME - Fleetwood Mac (1976)
#13 - TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME - The Vogues (1968)
#14 - SUGAR TOWN - Nancy Sinatra (1966)
#15 - IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND - Gordon Lightfoot (1971)
#16 - HELP ME - Joni Mitchell (1974)
#17 - LOLA - The Kinks (1970)
#18 - RHIANNON - Fleetwood Mac (1976)
#19 - SOMETHING'S BURNING - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (1970)
#20 - I'VE GOTTA BE ME - Sammy Davis, Jr. (1968)
#21 - HAPPY DAYS - Pratt and McClain (1976)
#22 - YOU REALLY GOT ME - The Kinks (1964)
#23 - MY SPECIAL ANGEL - The Vogues (1968)
#24 - RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (1969)
#25 - ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT - The Kinks (1964)
#26 - BANG A GONG - T. Rex (1972)
#27 - JUST DROPPED IN (TO SEE WHAT CONDITION MY CONDITION WAS IN) - The First Edition
#28 - WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I - Sammy Davis, Jr. (1962)
#29 - TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU - The Kinks (1964)
#30 - THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN TO MY HEART - Dean Martin (1964)
