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To: Hugin

I think it was the Funk Brothers on the most.

Bear in mind: A #2 gets no mention. The Wrecking Crew played on a lot of Top Tens.

Thanks to The Beatles, California Girls - which Brian Wilson considers his most perfect record - “only” went to #3.

The Beach Boys “only” had six #1s. Remove just The Beatles from the charts, and how many would they have had?

Some great bands never have a single #1.


27 posted on 10/27/2018 4:07:46 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: YogicCowboy

Well here’s a pretty interesting site...

List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number-one_singles_from_1958_to_1969

15 Motown songs on the list, 12 of them by The Supremes (2nd only to The Beatles). Still only a small percentage of the #1 songs for the decade. If you look at how many LA based artists are in that group, and considering they played on records for everyone from Sinatra to the Byrds and the Monkees I still think the W.C. had to have had more.


28 posted on 10/27/2018 4:31:38 PM PDT by Hugin ("Not one step from his weapons should a traveler take"...Havamal 38)
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30 posted on 10/27/2018 4:49:10 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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