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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Carole Bayer Sager: Top 40 Songs

First posted 12/15/2019.

Songwriter Carole Bayer was born 70 years ago on this day in 3/8/1947 in Brooklyn, NY. She was married to record-producer Andrew Sager from 1970 to 1978 and has also been romantically linked to songwriters Marvin Hamlisch and Burt Bacharach (married 1985 to 1991). She won an Academy Award (“Arthur’s Theme” by Christopher Cross) and Grammy Award (“That’s What Friends Are For,” Dionne & Friends). For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

Top 40 Songs

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. In the event of songs which have been recorded more than once, only the top-ranked song is included in the list. Songs which hit #1 on the following charts have been noted: Billboard Hot 100 pop charts (US), Cashbox (CB), Hit Records (HR), Radio & Records (RR), Billboard R&B chart (RB), Billboard country chart (CW), United Kingdom pop chart (UK), Canadian pop chart (CN), and Australian pop chart (AU).

DMDB Top 1%:

1. That's What Friends Are For (Dionne Warwick with Elton John, Gladys Knight, & Stevie Wonder, 1985) #1 US, AC, RB, CN, AU

DMDB Top 5%:

2. Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) (Christopher Cross, 1981) #1 US, CB, HR, RR, AC
3. A Groovy Kind of Love (Phil Collins, 1988) #1 US, CB, RR, AC, UK, CN
4. On My Own (Patti LaBelle with Michael McDonald, 1986) #1 US, CB, RR, RB, CN
5. Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon, 1977) #1 RR, AC
6. When I Need You (Leo Sayer, 1977) #1 US, CB, HR, RR, AC, UK, CN
7. A Groovy Kind of Love (The Mindbenders, 1966) #1 CB, HR

DMDB Top 10%:

8. Heartlight (Neil Diamond, 1982) #1 AC
9. Don’t Cry Out Loud (Melissa Manchester, 1978)

DMDB Top 20%:

10. It’s My Turn (Diana Ross, 1980)
11. Love Power (Dionne Warwick with Jeffrey Osborne, 1987) #1 AC

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

12. Midnight Blue (Melissa Manchester, 1975) #1 AC
13. You’re Moving Out Today (Carole Bayer Sager, 1977) #1 AU
14. You’re the Only One (Dolly Parton, 1979) #1 CW
15. Making Love (Roberta Flack, 1982)
16. Heartbeaker (Dolly Parton, 1978) #1 CW
17. Try It on My Own (Whitney Houston, 2002)
18. You’re Moving Out Today (Bette Midler, 1977)
19. Fly Away (Peter Allen, 1981)
20. Ever Changing Times (Aretha Franklin with Michael McDonald, 1991)

21. Looking Through Your Eyes (LeAnn Rimes, 1998)
22. I’d Rather Leave While I’m in Love (Rita Coolidge, 1979)
23. On the Way to the Sky (Neil Diamond, 1981)
24. Front Page Story (Neil Diamond, 1982)
25. Turn Around (Neil Diamond, 1984)
26. Through the Eyes of Love (Melissa Manchester, 1979)
27. The Prayer (Andrea Bocelli with Celine Dion, 1998)
28. Break It to Me Gently (Aretha Franklin, 1977)
29. Some Changes Are for Good (Dionne Warwick, 1981)
30. Over You (Natalie Cole with Ray Parker, Jr.; 1988)

31. Love Always (El DeBarge, 1986)
32. A Chance for Heaven (Christopher Cross, 1984)
33. Stronger Than Before (Carole Bayer Sager, 1981)
34. Finder of Lost Loves (Dionne Warwick with Glenn Jones, 1985)
35. Take Good Care of You and Me (Dionne Warwick with Jeffrey Osborne, 1989)
36. That’s What Friends Are For (Rod Stewart, 1982)
37. I Never Loved You Anyway (The Corrs, 1997)
38. Night Shift (Quarterflash, 1991)
39. Someone Else’s Eyes (Aretha Franklin, 1991)
40. It’s the Falling in Love (Michael Jackson with Patti Austin, 1979)

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Monday, October 5, 1998

Phil Collins’ Hits released

First posted 9/15/2020.

Hits

Phil Collins

Rating:

4.174 out of 5.00
(average of 4 ratings)

Released: October 5, 1998

Recorded: 1981-1998

Peak: 6 US, 1¹ UK, 1³ CN, 2 AU

Sales (in millions): 3.0 US, 1.8 UK, 13.1 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: mainstream pop-rock

Tracks: (1) Another Day in Paradise (2) True Colors (3) Easy Lover (with Philip Bailey) (4) You Can’t Hurry Love (5) Two Hearts (6) I Wish It Would Rain Down (7) Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (8) Something Happened on the Way to Heaven (9) Separate Lives (with Marilyn Martin) (10) Both Sides of the Story (11) One More Night (12) Sussudio (13) Dance into the Light (14) A Groovy Kind of Love (15) In the Air Tonight (16) Take Me Home

Total Running Time: 74:01

Awards:

A Brief History:

Phil Collins made his name as the drummer of Genesis, later becoming the band’s lead singer after Peter Gabriel’s departure in 1975. In 1981, he released his first solo album. Through the ‘80s and ‘90s, he continued to work with Genesis and release solo albums. The Hits compilation he released in 1998 covers six of those studio albums, indicated below.

The Studio Albums:

Face Value (1981)
Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
No Jacket Required (1985)
…But Seriously (1989)
Both Sides (1993)
Dance into the Light (1996)

Under each album snapshot, songs featured on the anthologies below are noted. If the song charted, the date of the song’s release or first chart appearance and its chart peaks are noted in parentheses. Click for codes to singles charts.

Face Value (1981):

Face Value was only represented by one song on the Hits set although four songs from the album charted, including the U.S. top-20 hit “I Missed Again.”

In the Air Tonight (1/17/81, 19 US, 19 CB, 2 AR, 2 UK, 3 AU, 2 CN, sales: 3 million)

Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982):

Like Face Value, this album was only represented with one song despite eight chart hits, most notably “I Don’t Care Anymore,” a top-40 hit which also hit #3 on the album rock chart.

You Can’t Hurry Love (11/6/82, 10 US, 10 CB, 9 AC, 24 AR, 1 UK, 9 CN, 3 AU)

No Jacket Required (1985):

Three top-ten hits from this album were included on Hits, but the top-five “Don’t Lose My Number” didn’t make the cut, nor did four other charting songs from the album.

One More Night (12/30/84, 1 US, 1 CB, 4 AR, 1 AC, 80 RB, 4 UK, 1 CN, 2 AU, gold single)
Sussudio (1/14/85) 1 US, 1 CB, 10 AR, 30 AC, 8 RB, 12 UK, 10 CN, 8 AU, gold single)
Take Me Home (7/25/85, 7 US, 7 CB, 2 AR, 2 AC, 19 UK, 23 CN, 64 AU)

…But Seriously (1989):

Six songs from this album made various charts; three are included on Hits. Most notably absent was the top-five hit “Do You Remember?”

Another Day in Paradise (10/7/89, 1 US, 1 CB, 1 AC, 7 AR, 2 UK, gold single)
I Wish It Would Rain Down (1/6/90, 3 US, 3 CB, 3AC, 5 AR, 7 UK)
Something Happened on the Way to Heaven (4/28/90, 4 US, 3 CB, 2 AC, 34 AR, 15 UK)

Both Sides (1993):

Collins’ heydays were behind him as this album failed to match the success of his last two albums, 1985’s No Jacket Required and 1989’s …But Seriously. Both albums hit #1 and produced four top-ten hits each in the United States. Both Sides, however, failed to send any songs into the top 20 and the album didn’t even make the top 10. The album did produce two top-40 hits, “Both Sides of the Story” and “Everyday,” the latter which wasn’t included on the Hits collection.

Both Sides of the Story (10/8/93, 25 US, 20 CB, 10 AC, 24 AR, 7 UK, 2 CN, 41 AU)

Dance into the Light (1996):

Like Both Sides, this album failed to hit the U.S. top 10 and didn’t even generate a top-40 hit in America.

Dance into the Light (9/28/96, 45 US, 45 CB, 6 AC, 9 UK, 7 CN, 36 AU)

Hits (1998):

Collin’s 1998 Hits collection gathered some of his biggest singles from six studio albums as well as cuts from several different soundtracks: “Against All Odds” from the 1984 soundtrack of the same name, “Separate Lives” from 1985’s White Nights, and “A Groovy Kind of Love” and “Two Hearts,” both from 1988’s Buster soundtrack. Also included was “Easy Lover,” his duet with Philip Bailey from 1984, featured on Bailey’s Chinese Wall album. The collection included one new song – a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors.” All told, the compilation included fourteen U.S. top 40 hits, seven of which reached #1.

Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (2/25/84, 1 US, 1 CB, 2 AC, 1 AR, 2 UK, 1 CN, 3 AU, gold single)
Easy Lover (with Philip Bailey) (11/20/84, 2 US, 1 CB, 15 AC, 5 AR, 1 UK, 1 CN, 4 AU)
Separate Lives (with Marilyn Martin) (10/5/85, 1 US, 1 CB, 1 AC, 4 UK, 1 CN, 14 AU)
A Groovy Kind of Love (8/22/88, 1 US, 1 CB, 1 AC, 1 UK, 1 CN, 2 AU, gold single)
Two Hearts (11/14/88, 1 US, 1 AC, 6 UK, 1 CN, 13 AU)
True Colors (10/10/98, 66 US, 2 AR, 26 UK)

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