They Sold A Million

[Daved]

I guess it's tough when you're trying to compete with Boris Karloff

[Spacehopper]

Yeah, I now see it was. Dreadful by Jerry Gainey(IMHO) better by Dawn Penn

better still by tommy raye...and theres another rnb version too on ace,recently reissued but cant remember who at the moment!..probably both before jerry gainey? certainly sound it....barbara and the browns did a better version on mgm..a bit later early 70s maybe?

dean

[Spacehopper]

actually while talkin bout dawn penn...first done on studio one yonks ago but can remember in the 90s when it was remade by her and steelie and cleavie i was djing reggae and gettin new tunes straight from jamaica....played this in a pub on a ja 7" bout 6 months before it was released in uk and the place went mad...knew it was gonna be a big hit

sorry for going off topic mods!!

Edited March 6, 2012 by spacehopper

[boba]

Indeed:

Obviously didn't reach the chart though.

yeah, like I was saying, it's not clear to me how records reach this section, does anyone know? Also, I thought the records under 100 were part of a section called "bubbling under" -- did they give this section that name later?

[Pomonkey]

A special award to our good friend Harvey Scales:

Scales received national recognition for co-writing Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping single for Johnnie Taylor, "Disco Lady". "Disco Lady" was the very first platinum single in the history of the Recording Industry Association of America, selling over two million copies. It was certified platinum on April 22, 1976. As a result, Scales is the first songwriter of a platinum single in America.

[George G]

yeah, like I was saying, it's not clear to me how records reach this section, does anyone know? Also, I thought the records under 100 were part of a section called "bubbling under" -- did they give this section that name later?

Not just replying to you but to everyone....this section listed records that someone(s) guessed that they might hit the charts. They are forward looking predictions not based on any feedback other than the BB reviewers. None of these record had to have airplay to reach this. The last record on this list, Natasha by Glas Menagerie, is a Philly area garage 45 and probably 10x rarer than the Jimmy Mack record in terms of copies in circulation. I doubt it got played anywhere other than maybe a couple times on a local station. There were other rather rare and valuable garage records that made this list (on other weeks).

I don't know how records made the list. I do know that BB had reviewers that were sent records and they actually auditioned them. It's also likely that they were just reacting to hype provided to them by promo guys - 'this record is gonna be a smash' - and added them to the pile without hearing. Back in the 1980s (and probably before) people more aggresive than me were contacting old BB reviewers to see if they kept a closet full of records. I never heard of any great scores from this.

[boba]

Not just replying to you but to everyone....this section listed records that someone(s) guessed that they might hit the charts. They are forward looking predictions not based on any feedback other than the BB reviewers. None of these record had to have airplay to reach this. The last record on this list, Natasha by Glas Menagerie, is a Philly area garage 45 and probably 10x rarer than the Jimmy Mack record in terms of copies in circulation. I doubt it got played anywhere other than maybe a couple times on a local station. There were other rather rare and valuable garage records that made this list (on other weeks).

I don't know how records made the list. I do know that BB had reviewers that were sent records and they actually auditioned them. It's also likely that they were just reacting to hype provided to them by promo guys - 'this record is gonna be a smash' - and added them to the pile without hearing. Back in the 1980s (and probably before) people more aggresive than me were contacting old BB reviewers to see if they kept a closet full of records. I never heard of any great scores from this.

yeah, I was pretty much guessing / saying this too in my earlier post. I doubt they would react to the stupid hype flyers and letters though, given that every single thing came with them.