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 The Supremes Keep Hangin' On | Type: Internet Article |
| | The Supremes Keep Hangin' On | Feb 17, 2004 | by Fred Bronson
Summary:
Crewe's first No. 1 was the Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't Cry" in November 1962, and his most recent was the June 2001 version of "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera (news), Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink. |
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The answer to "Where did our love go?" is that our love for Diana Ross (news) & the Supremes has never gone away. The Motown trio has its highest-charting album in almost 30 years, as "The No. 1's" (Motown/UTV) enters the latest Billboard 200 at No. 72. That's the best performance for the act since "Anthology" peaked at No. 66 in 1974.
This newest collection of greatest hits is the first Supremes album to appear on the chart since 1986, when the "25th Anniversary" collection went to No. 112. "The No.1's" is the 26th album featuring Ross, Mary Wilson (news) and Florence Ballard (and her replacement, Cindy Birdsong) to reach the Billboard albums survey. The trio's chart span now stretches to 39 years and five months, dating back to the debut of "Where Did Our Love Go" the week of Sept. 19, 1964.
The new occupant of pole position on The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart is "Slow Jamz" by Twista Featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx (news). It's the first chart-topper for Twista, West and Foxx, but hardly the first for songwriters Burt Bacharach (news) and Hal David.
The veteran songsmiths receive credit on "Jamz" for the sampling of Luther Vandross (news)' version of their "A House Is Not a Home." That gives Bacharach his seventh No. 1 and David his fourth.
Before "Jamz" moved to the head of the class, Bacharach ranked No. 30 on the list of songwriters with the longest span of rock-era No. 1s. He and David are now tied for third place with an expanse of 35 years and eight months between "This Guy's in Love With You" by Herb Alpert in 1968 and "Slow Jamz."
The only songwriters with longer spans of No. 1 hits are Lincoln Chase and Bob Crewe. Chase was credited on Bert Kaempfert's "Wonderland by Night" in January 1961 as well as Mariah Carey (news) & Jay-Z's "Heartbreaker" in October 1999. Crewe's first No. 1 was the Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't Cry" in November 1962, and his most recent was the June 2001 version of "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera (news), Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink.
"Slow Jamz" is Atlantic's 39th No. 1 hit in the rock era and the first since Sean Paul's "Get Busy" on VP/Atlantic ruled for three weeks in May 2003.
If "Yeah!" by Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris had gone to No. 1 this issue, the Arista label would have had three consecutive chart-toppers for the first time in the company's history. "Yeah!" is poised to become Arista's 35th No. 1 song.
"Bright Lights" by Matchbox Twenty has dimmed on The Billboard Hot 100, falling off the chart after a 21-week run. That song's predecessor, "Unwell" (Atlantic), is healthier than ever, as it continues to rebound. In its 49th chart week, the track rises four places to No. 36.
"Unwell" is the longest visitor on the Hot 100 since Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" had a 49-week run that ended in August 2002.
Only eight songs have had chart runs of 49 weeks or more in this millennium. The champ is Creed's "Higher," with a 57-week run that concluded in December 2000. |
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