Nov. 20, 1961: "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean hit #1 for 15 weeks on Billboard's Country music chart.
Nov. 20, 1965: In a usual week, a song or two may make a gigantic leap up the "Top 40" music charts. But on this day the CKLG Vancouver Silver Dollar Survey Top 40 songs included many songs that make huge jumps up the chart. Included: "I Got You" by James Brown from 35>>4. "I Can Never Go Home" from the Shangri-Las from 25>>5. "Something About You" by the Four Tops from 24>>6. "Let Me Be" by the Turtles from 31>>12. "Over and Over" by the Dave Clark Five from 29>>13. "Flowers on the Wall" by the Statler Brothers from 39>>14, "Hang on Sloopy" by Ramsey Lewis debuted at 15. "I Will" by Dean Martin debuted at 16 and "Fever" by the McCoys from 38>>17.
Nov. 20, 1970: "Wall Street Week" debuted on PBS with host Louis Reykheiser.
"RECORD RECORDS" Most of these songs have had some sort of record chart achievement on various music charts from Billboard as well as others from all around the world. Others may have been pioneers in their particular genre. A different song every day. Keep checking back.
Featuring:
**#1 for a record of number of weeks on a music chart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXp413NynFk
TODAY: Smooth by Santana feat. Rob Thomas
#1 for a record 25 weeks on BILLBOARD'S HOT ADULT CONTEMPORARY CHART
#1 for 12 weeks on Billboard's Top 100. The last #1 song of the 20th century.
Featured so far: *Canadian
1920-1955 (pre-rock era): Near You/Francis Craig & His Orchestra/1947 (17 weeks)
Adult Contemporary Chart (Billboard): You'll Be in My Heart/Phil Collins (19 weeks) (tie)
*Because You Loved Me/Celine Dion (19 weeks) (tie)
Australia: Hey Jude/Beatles (15 weeks)
Imagine/John Lennon (Song most played on Australian radio 1965-2004)
Austria: Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Elton John (18 weeks)
ARC Top 40 (US): I Will Always Love You/Whitney Houston (11 weeks)
Belgium: The Ketchup Song/Las Ketchup (12 weeks) (tie)
Axel F/Crazy Frog (12 weeks) (tie)
Billboard Top 100 (rock era): One Sweet Day/Boyz II Men & Mariah Carey (16 weeks)
Canada: Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Elton John (45 weeks)
Cashbox: I Will Always Love You/Whitney Houston (13 weeks)
Finland: Teit Meista Kauniin/Apulanta (19 weeks)
France: Mambo #5/Lou Bega (20 weeks)
Hot Adult Contemporary (Billboard): Smooth/Santana feat. Rob Thomas
Hot Latin American Tracks (Billboard): La Tortura by Shakira feat. Alejandro Sanz
Indonesia: *My Heart Will Go On/Celine Dion (14 weeks) (tie)
I Will Always Love You/Whitney Houston (14 weeks) (tie)
Hung Up/Madonna (14 weeks) (tie)
Ireland: Riverdance/Bill Whelan (18 weeks)
Japan: Tsunami/Southern All Stars (10 weeks)
Latvia: It's No Good/Depeche Mode (10 weeks) (tie)
Blue (da ba dee)/Eiffel 65 (10 weeks ) (tie)
Lithuania: *Say It Right by Nelly Furtado (10 weeks)
*All Good Things (Come to an End) by Nelly Furtado (9 weeks)
Mexico: Tal Vez/Ricky Martin (14 weeks)
New Zealand: Rivers of Babylon/Boney M (14 weeks)
Netherlands: Rood by Marco Borsato (20 weeks)
Norway: Love Hurts/Nazareth (18 weeks) (tie)
You're the One That I Want/John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (18 weeks) (tie)
Sailing/Rod Stewart (18 weeks) (tie)
Romania: Hung Up by Madonna (12 weeks) (tie)
*Say It Right by Nelly Furtado (12 weeks) (tie)
South Africa: I Can See Clearly Now/Johnny Nash (13 weeks)
Sweden: The Ketchup Song/Las Ketchup (17 weeks)
Switzerland: Whenever Wherever/Shakira (17 weeks)
U.K.: *Everything I Do (I Do it for You)/Bryan Adams (16 weeks)
United World Chart: Macarena/Los Del Rio (17 weeks)
SOUNDATHON 09
3 PM Nov. 13-3 PM Nov. 20 CFUN (TEAM 1410) carries a lot of ESPN programming. TEAM 1040 carries a lot of local programs with ESPN programming to fill in the rest of the schedule. Sports radio all over North America receives between a 1.5 & 3% share of the audience and most are happy because their audience supports their sponsors. This week, CKST, Vancouver's first all-sports radio station which launched on May 7, 2001. It has been the most successful format on the 1040 frequency.
Click LISTEN LIVE and look for the link to listen to TEAM 1040.
3 PM Nov. 20-3 PM Nov. 27: Our third and final week, looking at local sports radio. Back in 1991, KJR 950 Seattle, a 60s & 70s Top 40 powerhouse, became one of the first all-sports radio stations after THE FAN started in New York, 4 years earlier. Like Vancouver, the play-by-play rights are competitive and both cities have lost their NBA franchise. There is also an all-sports radio station at AM 1150 Bellingham which also covers the Seattle sports teams very well. LISTEN LIVE!!
My name is Brian
Walks.
This website
is dedicated to the history of radio and
television surrounding Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This
includes the Lower Mainland area from Hope to Powell River and Whistler
BC, all of Vancouver Island and stations in Blaine, Bellingham and
Lynden, Washington, USA. This website is not meant in any way to
compete with any individual websites or radio or TV websites that
service this area. In fact, I welcome your input. You can
e-mail me at my HOTMAIL
account and
title each correspondence "Vancouver Radio Museum".
brianwalks@hotmail.com or try my new
e-mail address: brian.walks@gmail.com.
Featured in the Vancouver Radio Museum:
The Time Tunnel:
The Time Tunnel is a chronological history of radio and television
in the Greater Vancouver area.
Updated: Nov.
6, 2009
RADIO
STATION GALLERIES:
CJOR Updated: May 21, 2009
CISL Updated: May 19,
2009
CBU AM
Updated Sept. 8, 2008
CKLG Updated:
Oct. 21, 2008
Fraser Valley Radio Updated
Oct. 21, 2008
CJVI
Updated Oct. 22, 2008
CKNW Updated:
Sept. 4, 2008
CFAX Updated Oct. 21, 2008
CKWX Updated:
Feb. 22,
2006
CKDA Updated Oct. 22, 2008
CHQM
Updated: Oct. 7, 2008
CFUN Updated: Sept. 3, 2008
CFMS-CIOC Updated
Nov. 4, 2005
CFOX Updated:
Dec. 3,
2005
CFMI
Updated: Feb. 26,
2009
CBU FM
Updated: Dec. 1, 2005.
TV STATION GALLERIES:
CHEK TV Updated: Aug. 21, 2009
CHAN/BCTV Updated:
Aug. 8, 2009
CKVU TV Updated Oct.
21, 2009
The
Pioneer Years now has
its own
page with 34 photos from
Vancouver Radio's early years 1922-1950.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2005.
A big thank you to Gord
Lansdell, Chuck Davis
and Christopher Walks
for their support and encouragement in launching this website. Also
thanks for contributions to Jack
Bennest, Alan Newberry, Joseph Planta, Wilf Ray and
Major Pash for their
contributions.
VANCOUVER CLASSIC TV FEATURE: Update every Saturday morning.
THE VANCOUVER HISTORIC CLASSIC TV GRIDS from Dec. 1, 1956-May 2, 1986.
From now on, a look at special local, national and international dates in TV history as covered on local television. This week: A look back at Grey Cup 1985 in Montreal. B.C. played Hamilton.
LOCAL PROGRAMMING:
7:00 (12) Kids Club Cartoons
2:00 (2) Western Gardener
3:00 (6) Newscience
(8) Wrestling
(12) Kids Club Cartoons
3:30 (6) Weekend Report
4:00 (2) Class of 85
(6) Island Country Garden
4:30 (2) Doctor, Doctor (with Dr. Art Hister)
5:00 (6) Wrestling
5:30 (21) Laurier's People
6:00 (6,8) News Hour
9:30 (2) Steve Fonyo
10:30 (2) This Week in B.C.
11:15 (2) Night Final
(6) Weekend Edition
(8) News Hour Final
11:30 (2) Sportsline (with Steve Armitage)
