I would love to see the early Billboards of the 70's and re-watch the launch and rise of our fave singles. How much fun was AM's American Top 40? "Keep your feet on the ground and....
That's hilarious Harry! In the past, when googling for Carpenter info online, I'd have to weed out the various Carpenters' unions links. Not surprising that a Carpenters item would be linked to hardware.
I may have mentioned this before, but ... Back in the 70s, when Andy Williams was the regular host of the Grammys, he did a humorous bit about songs that were NOT nominated in the current year. I specifically remember two in particular:
"I Am Woman" by Alice Cooper
"If I Had a Hammer" by the Carpenters
"Those were such happy times, and not so long ago...."
Chart positions for most countries can be found on Wikipedia, although I don't know how reliable they are. All I can say is that the US positions are right on the mark.
Carpenters Worldwide iTunes Performance | Last update: 2015-09-22
(They Long To Be) Close To You
#93 Cambodia
Rainy Days And Mondays
#102 Cambodia
Album: Carpenters: Gold - Greatest Hits
#19 New Zealand
#37 Philippines
#75 Vietnam
#109 Australia
#123 Cambodia
#130 Hong Kong
#141 Ireland
#147 Sri Lanka
#175 Singapore
#194 Japan
Amazon Today: #1 Best Seller Traditional Pop, Christmas Portrait.(#123 in Music). Billboard Song Charts: #57 Home For The Holidays ,#76 I'll Be Home For Christmas,
#81 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, #82 Merry Christmas Darling.
Album Christmas Portrait#40.
December 6,2015:
Pop Vortex: Christmas Portrait #21
Carpenters Worldwide iTunes/Spotify Performance | Last update: 2015-12-06 Album: Christmas Portrait
iTunes: #71 United States #120 Canada
Holiday 100 (note this is not airplay, but "holiday 100").
#57 - Home For the Holidays - Carpenters
#76 - I'll Be Home for Christmas - Carpenters
#81 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Carpenters
#82 - Merry Christmas, Darling - Carpenters
Holiday Albums
#40 - Christmas Portrait - Carpenters
PopVortex:
Chart of today's top Christmas and holiday albums last updated: Tuesday, December 8 2015, 12:35 am." #22Christmas Portrait Special Edition (#76 of All Albums)
(@$7.99).
Christmas Songs:
#58 Merry Christmas Darling
Carpenters Gold #28
of Top 100 Pop Albums (@$19.99)
Billboard Holiday Charts/Week ending January 2, 2016: Special Edition Christmas Portrait#22 (Total Weeks on Chart:186) Billboard Top 200 Albums:
Peaking this week#93
(Weeks on Chart:35)
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