Comments on: Still at Labor http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/still-at-labor/ Our Top 40 Past . . . in the Present Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Willie http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/still-at-labor/#comment-5145 Willie Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:14:56 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=1309#comment-5145 Franke and the Knockouts first charted in 1981 with "Come Back" (#45 - Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart). That same year "Sweetheart" made it to #10 Pop & #27 Mainstream Rock and "You're My Girl" rose to #27 Pop. In 1982, they went to #38 Mainstream Rock with "Never Had It Better" and #24 Pop with "With You (Not Another Lonely Night). I guess you can't call them a one-hit wonder, can you? Franke and the Knockouts first charted in 1981 with “Come Back” (#45 – Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart). That same year “Sweetheart” made it to #10 Pop & #27 Mainstream Rock and “You’re My Girl” rose to #27 Pop. In 1982, they went to #38 Mainstream Rock with “Never Had It Better” and #24 Pop with “With You (Not Another Lonely Night).

I guess you can’t call them a one-hit wonder, can you?

]]> By: Shark http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/still-at-labor/#comment-5144 Shark Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:23:22 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=1309#comment-5144 Quick...name a couple of other songs by Frankie and the Knockouts besides "Sweetheart." Okay...so, they weren't real big hits,...I don't even know if they charted. But, at the stations I was working for back in the early 1980s, we played these songs: ""You're MY Girl," "No More Lonely Nights," and "Never Had It Better."...a song I heard Brant Miller play as his "test-pressing" one night on WLS. Quick…name a couple of other songs by Frankie and the Knockouts besides “Sweetheart.”

Okay…so, they weren’t real big hits,…I don’t even know if they charted. But, at the stations I was working for back in the early 1980s, we played these songs: “”You’re MY Girl,” “No More Lonely Nights,” and “Never Had It Better.”…a song I heard Brant Miller play as his “test-pressing” one night on WLS.

]]> By: Willie http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/still-at-labor/#comment-5143 Willie Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:27:30 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=1309#comment-5143 Too bad none of the links to The Lake worked, so I didn't catch you there. I listened off-and-on to most of your show on Magic 98. I loved hearing "Sweatheart" again. Plus, your back-timing to Delilah was spot-on. That was always one of my strengths when I was on the air. Too bad none of the links to The Lake worked, so I didn’t catch you there. I listened off-and-on to most of your show on Magic 98.

I loved hearing “Sweatheart” again. Plus, your back-timing to Delilah was spot-on. That was always one of my strengths when I was on the air.

]]> By: gaston monescu http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/still-at-labor/#comment-5142 gaston monescu Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:18:20 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=1309#comment-5142 'sweetheart'- classic. good one ’sweetheart’- classic.
good one

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