Another survey showing Cashman and West's "American City Suite" at #1 ... how did this song not do better on the national charts? (And in this case, it's in at least its second week on top!)
Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)" has finally been replaced by his follow-up hit, "Clair," which already sits at #4 on this week's list.
We've also seen several surveys now that show J.J. Cale's hit "Lies" listed ... that one only made it to #42 in Billboard.
And notice that Boise's KFXD is also showing a couple of album tracks that are evidently getting enough airplay and/or positive listener response to chart with the rest of their Top 36 Hits ...
"Naughty Girl" by Mac Davis" and "Leave A Little Room" by The Fifth Dimension ... not songs that you typically associate with AM airplay (especially since both artists currently had other hits on the chart at the time.)
Billy Lee Riley makes another appearance with his hit "I Got A Thing About You, Baby," a song that topped the charts three months ago in Georgia. Again, there's that "consistency" factor we keep talking about ... if it takes 3-6 months for a record to catch on in different markets, that record will NEVER have enough momentum at any given point in time to make a noticeable enough mark on the charts ... and that's a real shame ...
Imagine a record that reaches #1 in three major cities, spread out over a four month period ... that record might only achieve an accumulative ranking of #42 on the national charts and completely slip thru the cracks in the cities where it wasn't played. (The same would be true of an artist out on tour, say as an opening act. They knock the socks off their audience everywhere they go but by the time those new fans are going to the store to buy their latest record, it's already too late because the record peaked a month ago somewhere else.) The charts are only as good as that moment in time.
New this week is one of my favorite early James Taylor tunes ... "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" premiers on the KFXD Chart this week at #34 ... right behind Eric Clapton's "Let It Rain" ... BOTH are tracks well worth listening to today. (kk)
