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Subject: Trivia question
In the BillBoard top hits for 1961 OlDsKoOl fAiRy had posted "Exodus" by Ferrante and Teischer at #10.
When was the last time a song performed by an orchestra got into the top ten?
Has a song performed by an orchestra ever made it to #1
I'm talking from 1960 on. I'm sure that before the 60's a lot of songs done by orchestras made it to number 1.
I don't know the answer to this question and I don't want to take the time to do the research.
Subject: Re: Trivia question
Well Eli,
If we leave out Electric Light Orchestra (cheaters ! ;D)...
In Britain,
# 9 Dec 1994 "Riverdance" Bill Whelan featuring Anuna and the RTE Concert Orchestra
# 1 Sept 1973 "Eye Level" Simon Park Orchestra
FB :)
Subject: Re: Trivia question
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Well Eli,
If we leave out Electric Light Orchestra (cheaters ! ;D)...
In Britain,
# 9 Dec 1994 "Riverdance" Bill Whelan featuring Anuna and the RTE Concert Orchestra
# 1 Sept 1973 "Eye Level" Simon Park Orchestra
FB :)
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Yeah I heard about that River Dance thing, never did hear the actual music though.
I've never even heard of Eye Level. I guess in 73 I was too busy listening to Ozzy and Black Sabbath(I still can't believe he did drugs!!)
Thanks Fuss.
Subject: Re: Trivia question
Hey! How about "Love is Blue" by the Paul Muriat Orchestra in 1967?Did it not go to #1?
Quoting:
Well Eli,
If we leave out Electric Light Orchestra (cheaters ! ;D)...
In Britain,
# 9 Dec 1994 "Riverdance" Bill Whelan featuring Anuna and the RTE Concert Orchestra
# 1 Sept 1973 "Eye Level" Simon Park Orchestra
FB :)
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Subject: Re: Trivia question
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Hey! How about "Love is Blue" by the Paul Muriat Orchestra in 1967?Did it not go to #1?
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Hi Uncle Randy - can't speak for America - only have info re the UK...
There it got to # 12 as it's hghest mark.
But I would agree if you are saying it was deserving of # 1 status ! :D
Subject: Re: Trivia question
Didn't the Tiajuana Brass Band have a top 10 hit-"Taste of Honey" comes to mind. Can't recall the year. There was also Micheal Murphy's "Beethovon's 5th" from Saturday Night Fever.
Cat
Subject: Re: Trivia question
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Didn't the Tiajuana Brass Band have a top 10 hit-"Taste of Honey" comes to mind. Can't recall the year. There was also Micheal Murphy's "Beethovon's 5th" from Saturday Night Fever.
Cat
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Hi Cat
Wasn't "A Fifth Of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy, rather than the "Wildfire" guy ?
Subject: Re: Trivia question
Didn't a version of Amazing Grace played on the bagpipes do pretty well in the U.K. charts? It was by the Royal Dragoon guards or something similar. Not an orchestra I know but no singing involved.
I also think there was a version of the Floral Dance by the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band. But maybe they only did the music for the Terry Wogan version.
Subject: Re: Trivia question
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Hi Cat
Wasn't "A Fifth Of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy, rather than the "Wildfire" guy ?
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You are probably right, Hey, I got the Murphy part right. Dosen't that count?
What about Chuck Mangone-didn't he have a top 10 hit with "Feels so Good?"
Cat
Subject: Re: Trivia question
How about Love's Theme by the Love Unlimited Orchestra? It reached #1 in February 1974.
Subject: Re: Trivia question
Theme to Love Story - 1970 John Williams
Theme to The Sting (The Entertainer) - 1974 Marvin Hamlish
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Nadias Theme (also known as theme to The Young and The Restless)
Subject: Re: Trivia question
Maybe these ???
Theme from a Summer Place
Theme from the Alamo
Never on a Sunday
Tequila
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Has a song performed by an orchestra ever made it to #1
I'm talking from 1960 on. I'm sure that before the 60's a lot of songs done by orchestras made it to number 1.
I don't know the answer to this question and I don't want to take the time to do the research.
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Subject: Re: Trivia question
Of course, we can't forget those great Medley songs from the early 1980's.
Hooked On Classics comes immediately to mind.
Subject: Re: Trivia question
??? OK, thinking heads on - Doris Day sang It's Magic and the Army and the RAF had parody versions - the Army's was It's Tragic. It's the RAF version I'm trying to get the words of ? Any old fly boys out there who can remember ?
Subject: Re: Trivia question
I found that the Song or Album by Lawrence Welk Orchestra
titled "Calcutta" held the #1 chart position for 11 weeks in 1961.
Is that what you were looking for?
Jd