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Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart

Currently, "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" is tied with "Hey Jude" for third amongst longest-running number-one songs by British artists on the Billboard pop charts, behind "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John (14 weeks, 1997-1998) and "We Found Love" by Rihanna with Calvin Harris (10 weeks, 2011).

Back of My Lac'

The album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at number 5, selling 105,000 copies in its first week.

Billboard Top Country Hits: 1964

Billboard Top Country Hits: 1964 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1990, featuring 10 hit country music recordings from 1964.

Billboard Top Hits: 1979

The track lineup includes six songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including the No. 1 song of 1979, "My Sharona" by The Knack.

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1955

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1955 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1955.

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1965

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1965 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1965.

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1966

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1966 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1966.

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1970

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1970 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1989, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1970.

Black Rob

Despite subsequently appearing on releases by P. Diddy and G. Dep, he did not make another hit single: his second album, The Black Rob Report failed to perform as strongly as his debut and quickly disappeared from the Billboard 100 charts.

Carl Groszman

He is most notable for his song "A Dose of Rock and Roll" which was covered by Ringo Starr in 1976 for his album Ringo's Rotogravure Starr's cover of the song reached #26 on the U.S. singles chart and stayed on the Billboard for 9 weeks.

Christian Rich

They recently contributed to Drake's #1 Billboard album Nothing Was the Same on the intro of "Pound Cake" which features Jay Z and produced a song for Childish Gambino's upcoming album slated for a late December release.

Come Share My Love

Released in 1986 under Atlantic Records, the album peaked at #171 on the Billboard 200 and #19 on the Billboard R&B Albums Chart.

Corbin/Hanner

Under this lineup, they would record two albums for Alfa Records, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard country music charts.

Dave Dresden

The duo released numoerous singles and number one Billboard hits like "Tracking Treasure Down" and "Dangerous Power"; they also released one self-titled studio album together, Gabriel & Dresden which was named as the "2006 Album of the Year" by M8 magazine.

Dawn Eden

Eden began writing about rock music under the abbreviated name Dawn Eden in 1985 for fanzines, eventually becoming a popular-music historian, writing for Mojo, Salon, New York Press, and Billboard, among others.

Debbie Moore

Notable campaigns included Revlon, and a billboard in Times Square in New York plus Silvikrin shampoo, Rolo, Timex, and The Guardian.

Disneymania

It was considered a commercial success, and achieved Gold certification from the RIAA in February 2003, despite peaking at 52nd place on the Billboard 200.

Dorrough Music

The album debuted at number thirty-six on the U.S. Billboard 200, number six on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and number two on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart, selling 13,000 copies in its first-week sales.

En Bancarrota

This song became his first (and to date only) number-one hit at the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart and was later covered by Elvis Martínez, Raulin Rosendo and Floria Márquez.

Frank Marino

Their records charted in Billboard, and they toured extensively, playing such venues as California Jam II (1978).

Frankie LaRocka

It reached #12 on the Billboard 200 album chart and featured a top ten single hit in the Bruce Springsteen song Streets of Philadelphia.

Gil Saunders

The album garnered three Billboard R&B chart hits including "Today's Your Lucky Day," "Don't Give Me Up," and "I Really Love You." Saunders also co-lead with Harold on the track "What We Both Need (Is Love)" which was popular on local Philadelphia radio station WDAS-FM in Philadelphia.

God in Me

So far the song has also spent 76 weeks on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and has currently peaked at #5.

Half as Much

It was first recorded by country music singer Hank Williams in 1952 and reached #2 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.

Hello Rockview

The album yielded two singles, "History of a Boring Town" and "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads", with "History of a Boring Town" reaching #39 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart.

Hugo Peretti

In 1957, they bought into Roulette Records where they both wrote songs for various artists such as Valerie Carr and produced major hits for Jimmie Rodgers including "Honeycomb" (Billboard # 1) and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (Billboard # 3), and "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" and "Secretly".

In a Special Way

Produced, by El DeBarge and the writing credits varying from El, Marty, James and Bunny, the album reached gold after the releases of the following singles "Time Will Reveal" and "Love Me in a Special Way" (which features fellow Motown artist Stevie Wonder on harmonica), which hit number one on the Billboard R&B and adult contemporary singles chart respectively.

Jack Rhodes

Leon Payne (Rhodes' step-brother) wrote "I Love You Because", which has been covered by — among others — Elvis Presley (Elvis Presley LP, 1956), Al Martino (Billboard Hot 100 #3, 1963), Jim Reeves (UK Singles Chart #5, 1964), Johnny Cash, Matt Monro and Slim Whitman.

Joshua Kadison

It peaked at #19 on the U.S. Billboard charts, and Filipino actor/singer Jericho Rosales recorded and released a version of it on his own 2009 album Change. Painted Desert Serenade went platinum in the US and Germany, and went multi-platinum in Australia and New Zealand.

Judith Pronk

Pronk (as part of Alice DeeJay) was also successful in the United States, where "Better Off Alone" reached number 3 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play, number 12 on the Rhythmic Top 40, and number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the spring of 2000.

Kike Posada

In April 1997, he was invited to a participate in a panel at the Billboard Latin Music Conference to speak, along with prestigious producers and musicians such as Phil Manzanera and Jorge Santana (brother of Carlos Santana) on the future of Rock in Spanish in the U.S.

Kristy McNichol

The album included the single "He's So Fine" (a cover of The Chiffons' 1963 hit), which peaked at #70 on the Billboard chart.

Lincoln Mayorga

With Ed Cobb of the Four Preps, Mayorga also branched out into instrumental rock and roll, forming The Piltdown Men, a studio group whose "Brontosaurus Stomp" made the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960 and whose other records had greater success in the UK charts.

Liz Hengber

She composed three additional top-five country hits (Billboard) for Reba McEntire - "It's Your Call" (1993), "And Still" (1995),” and "Forever Love" (1998).

McCamey, Texas

They had a 1963 hit song called Hey Paula that made it to number one on the Billboard Top 40 charts.

Moné

She scored three hits on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart: "We Can Make It" (#1, 1995), "Movin'" (#2, 1996) and "Partay Feeling" (As B-Crew featuring Barbara Tucker, Dajae, Ultra Nate and Moné) (#22, 1997).

More Than a Memory

In addition to its chart debut, this song was Brooks' first Number One hit single on Billboard since "To Make You Feel My Love" in 1998 (see 1998 in country music).

Morningside Road railway station

ScotRail retains an advertising hoarding on the bridge next to the clock, where they display posters advertising passenger rail services.

Olav Basoski

A remake of "Bam Bam" (originally recorded by Sister Nancy), it became a hit in the United States at both clubs and radio, where it debuted at number 22 on Billboards Hot Dance Airplay chart in its March 27, 2006 issue.

Princess Disneymania

The album became the lowest-peaking of the series, peaking at #191 on the Billboard 200.

Reba: Duets

The album's second single, "The Only Promise That Remains" (with Justin Timberlake) was released in November 2007, but only reached #72 on the Billboard Pop 100 and did not chart the Hot Country Songs list.

Rich Dodson

He is most well known for penning the groups' biggest hit, "Sweet City Woman" which hit Number 1 in Canada, and Number 8 on Billboard in 1971.

Save Your Kisses for Me

Among many cover versions, country singer Margo Smith had a number ten hit on the Country charts in 1976, while Bobby Vinton had a Billboard top 100 hit in the same year with his version.

The BusBoys

A follow-up song, "Cleanin' Up the Town," written for the soundtrack to the 1984 film Ghostbusters, was a minor hit for the group, reaching #68 on Billboards Hot 100 Singles chart in the United States.

The Kendalls

Their albums accounted for more than thirty singles on the Billboard country singles charts, including three Number One hits "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" (also a No. 69 pop hit), "Sweet Desire" and "Thank God for the Radio", as well as seven more Top Ten hits.

The Man with All the Toys

As a single that year it had limited success (No. 6 on the Billboard Christmas chart), but built sales over successive Christmases and is listed by Billboard in the Top 100 selling Christmas songs in history, though well below the Beach Boys' 1963 Christmas single "Little Saint Nick".

The Reason Why

"Little White Church," which was released in March 2010 as the album's lead-off single, has since become a Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

The Road to Hollywood

Dick Stewart as Jerry, Bing's Chum from Billboard Girl (archive footage)

To Anyone

In the United States, the album peaked at number seven on the Billboard World Albums chart.

You're the Apple of My Eye

Recorded after they were denied the opportunity to record another Blackwell song, "Don't Be Cruel", "You're the Apple of My Eye" was The Four Lovers' first exposure to U.S. national publicity, reaching the #62 position on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning the quartet an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.


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Amy Grant discography

Heart in Motion produced the hit singles "Baby Baby", "Every Heartbeat", "That's What Love Is For" and "Good for Me", all of which made it into the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, with the first two reaching No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.

Big Reese

His most recent accomplishments include Mariah Carey "Shake It Off" remix ft Jay-Z and Young Jeezy, Rick Ross "Street Life" ft Lloyd, Young Dro "It Ain't Over" and Lloyd "You" ft Lil' Wayne which went #1 on the BillBoard HIP HOP/R&B chart and #1 on Billboard HOT 100 Airplay chart also #1 on the R&R charts and became the number one Ringtone in the country.

Cass Daley

"The Old Piano Roll Blues" peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and stayed on the chart for ten weeks in 1950, and "Aba Daba Honeymoon" peaked at #23 in 1951, and charted for three weeks.

Definition of a Band

The first single "What Kind of Man Would I Be" (charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks) was directed by art director Frank Kozik.

Go West Young Man

Michael W. Smith most notably performed "Place in This World", which peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and "For You" on various shows, for example The Arsenio Hall Show, to promote the album.

Greatest Stories Live

"A Better Place to Be" was released as a single, and did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

I'll Be Good to You

Thirteen years later in 1989, it became a number one R&B hit again, with Chaka Khan and Ray Charles doing the lead vocals on Quincy Jones' Back on the Block album, and went to number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.

I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter

In January 1963 the original B-side of "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter": "Al di là", picked up enough airplay to reach #90 on the Billboard Hot 100 (#87 in Cash Box).

In a Word or 2

Two singles found some success on the charts, the Prince-produced "Born 2 B.R.E.E.D." reached to 89 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Full Term Love" peaked at 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has appeared on the Class Act soundtrack.

Into the Skyline

The album got to #8 in the UK Album Chart, whilst in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, "You Lied to Me" was a Top 40 hit, and "Irresistible" made the Adult Contemporary Top Ten; however, the album descended the chart rapidly.

Lean into It

The band's breakthrough release, Lean into It peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 charts, while the single "To Be with You" became the band's first and only song to hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

N.O.R.E.

The reggaeton single "Oye Mi Canto", was released in 2004 and became a major hit, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

New Kind of Feeling

In the U.S., both of the album's singles, "Shadows in the Moonlight" and "I Just Fall in Love Again", topped both the country and A/C singles charts; both songs also charted in the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Shadows in the Moonlight" reaching number 25,and "Broken Hearted Me" reaching number 12.

Respect Yourself

Actor Bruce Willis, with help from June Pointer of The Pointer Sisters, reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100, number 20 on the Hot Black Singles chart and number 22 on the Adult Contemporary chart (1987)

The Cup of Life

However, after the success of "Livin' la Vida Loca", it re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999, and reached number forty-five.

The First Night

It, however, became Monica's sixth domestic top 10 hit of her career (following Top 10 singles "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)", "Before You Walk Out of My Life", "For You I Will") and her second number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 since "The Boy Is Mine" in early 1998.

The Happenings

The group had nine Billboard Hot 100 Singles hits from 1967 to 1968, including covers of "Go Away Little Girl" (a #1 hit for Steve Lawrence in 1962) and the jazz song "My Mammy" (popularized by Al Jolson in the 1920s).

The Mocking Bird

The first version, made April 16, 1952, was released on Columbia's Okeh label in 1952 (reaching #23 on the Billboard chart that year) and re-released four years later on Columbia (#67 on the 1956 chart.) A new recording was made in 1958, entering the Billboard Hot 100 list on November 24, 1958, eventually reaching #32 on that chart.

The Royalettes

The Royalettes' biggest hit was "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" in 1965, charting at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #28 on the Billboard R&B chart.

Times Two

Its second single, "Cecilia" (a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's hit, featuring work by Paul Simon himself, and produced by Club Nouveau's Jay King), was less successful, reaching #79 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Timmy T

Timmy got a record deal with Quality Records, and "Time After Time" went on to peak at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Traci Hale

Her best known compositions include "Case of the Ex", as recorded by Mýa, and Rihanna's "What's My Name?", which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Trinidad James

His debut single, "All Gold Everything" has charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B/Hip-Hop charts.