Blondie: All the Top 40 Hits

2019-03-23

Author : Craig Halstead
Release : 2019-03-23
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Book Rating : 330/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Blondie: All the Top 40 Hits written by Craig Halstead. This book was released on 2019-03-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blondie was formed in New York by singer Debbie Harry and her guitarist boyfriend Chris Stein, after they left a band calledthe Stilettoes in July 1974. The band's name was inspired by 'Hey, Blondie!' catcalls directed at Debbie.Blondie signed with Private Stock Records, and released their debut album BLONDIE in December 1976, but initially at leastit wasn't successful. The band's second album, PLASTIC LETTERS, was moderately successful, but it really wasn't until the band's third album PARALLEL LINES was released that global success on a massive scale really took off.For the purposes of this book, to qualify as a Top 40 hit, a single or album must have entered the Top 40 chart in at least one of the featured countries. The Top 40 hits are detailed chronologically, according to the date they first entered the chart in one or more of the featured countries. Each Top 40 single and album is illustrated and the catalogue numbers and release dates are detailed, for the USA and the UK, followed by the chart runs in each country.The main listings are followed by 'The Almost Top 40 Singles', which gives an honourable mention to singles that peaked between no.41-50 in one or more countries, but which failed to enter the Top 40 in any. There is also a points-based list of the Top 20 singles and Top 20 albums, plus a fascinating Trivia section, which looks at the most successful singles and albums in each of the featured countries.

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 9th Edition

2010-10-05 Music

Author : Joel Whitburn
Release : 2010-10-05
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 546/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 9th Edition written by Joel Whitburn. This book was released on 2010-10-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Reference Guide to America’s Most Popular Songs and Artists Spanning More than Fifty Years of Music Beginning with Bill Haley & His Comets’ seminal “Rock Around the Clock” all the way up to Lady Gaga and her glammed-out “Poker face,” this updated and unparalleled resource contains the most complete chart information on every artist and song to hit Billboard’s Top 40 pop singles chart all the way back to 1955. Inside, you’ll find all of the biggest-selling, most-played hits for the past six decades. Each alphabetized artist entry includes biographical info, the date their single reached the Top 40, the song’s highest position, and the number of weeks on the charts, as well as the original record label and catalog number. Other sections—such as “Record Holders,” “Top Artists by Decade,” and “#1 Singles 1955-2009”—make The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits the handiest and most indispensable music reference for record collectors, trivia enthusiasts, industry professionals and pop music fans alike. Did you know? • Beyoncé’s 2003 hit “Crazy in Love” spent 24 weeks in the Top 40 and eight of them in the #1 spot. • Billy Idol has had a total of nine Top 40 hits over his career, the last being “Cradle of Love” in 1990. • Of Madonna’s twelve #1 hits, her 1994 single “Take a Bow” held the spot the longest, for seven weeks—one week longer than her 1984 smash “Like a Virgin.” • Marvin Gaye’s song “Sexual Healing” spent 15 weeks at #3 in 1982, while the same song was #1 on the R&B chart for 10 weeks. • Male vocal group Boyz II Men had three of the biggest chart hits of all time during the 1990s. • The Grateful Dead finally enjoyed a Top 10 single in 1987 after 20 years of touring. • Janet Jackson has scored an impressive 39 Top 40 hits—one more than her megastar brother Michael!

Blondie's Parallel Lines

2016-03-24 Music

Author : Kembrew McLeod
Release : 2016-03-24
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 396/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Blondie's Parallel Lines written by Kembrew McLeod. This book was released on 2016-03-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blondie's Parallel Lines mixed punk, disco and radio-friendly FM rock with nostalgic influences from 1960s pop and girl group hits. This 1978 album kept one foot planted firmly in the past while remaining quite forward-looking, an impulse that can be heard in its electronic dance music hit “Heart of Glass.” Bubblegum music maven Mike Chapman produced Parallel Lines, which was the first massive hit by a group from the CBGB punk underworld. By embracing the diversity of New York City's varied music scenes, Blondie embodied many of the tensions that played out at the time between fans of disco, punk, pop and mainstream rock. Debbie Harry's campy glamor and sassy snarl shook up the rock'n'roll boy's club during a growing backlash against the women's and gay liberation movements, which helped fuel the “disco sucks” battle cry in the late 1970s. Despite disco's roots in a queer, black and Latino underground scene that began in downtown New York, punk is usually celebrated by critics and scholars as the quintessential subculture. This book challenges the conventional wisdom that dismissed disco as fluffy prefab schlock while also recuperating punk's unhip pop influences, revealing how these two genres were more closely connected than most people assume. Even Blondie's album title, Parallel Lines, evokes the parallel development of punk and disco-along with their eventual crossover into the mainstream.

The Best of Blondie (Songbook)

2004-11-01 Music

Author : Blondie
Release : 2004-11-01
Genre : Music
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Download or read book The Best of Blondie (Songbook) written by Blondie. This book was released on 2004-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Our collection features 15 of the best songs from these new wave punk rockers, including: Atomic * Call Me * Dreaming * Hanging on the Telephone * Heart of Glass * One Way or Another * Rapture * The Tide Is High * and more.

Billboard

2006-03-18

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Release : 2006-03-18
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Download or read book Billboard written by . This book was released on 2006-03-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

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