As a DC & piano bar enthusiast... this article brought me great joy! As a promoter, I found the stats super interesting... and the next time I'm in DC, I'm going to stop by for a cocktail & a tune or several. Cheers!
Great article. I wonder too as with DJ playlists how much location influences the results. Of course Joel is a pianist icon but would they ranks as high in LA or the melting pot of Vegas? Curious. What's really odd to me is the Alabama song sitting at number 5. A great sing-along but I wonder about the theme being a "touchy subject" and being irrelevant for young adults today. Are there that many that would know the song?
Looking Glass were not one-hit wonders. Jimmy Loves Maryanne spent 15 weeks on the charts and reached number 33 on the Hot 100 and 16 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
This was a good one, thanks for sharing. For “Fly Me To The Moon” I feel like there should be a shout out to Basie (or perhaps a nod if we’re in a piano bar) and certainly a tip of the hat to Bart Howard for what I think is the original version, titled “In Other Words.”
Very amusing article. One thing I have spent more time wondering that I should is how so many of mid-80s hits "feel like" they have been accepted as standards since being released. "Time After Time", "Careless Whisper", "So Far Away", "Waiting for a Girl Like You", perhaps "Smooth Operator", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" etc. I wonder if these batch of songs is aging much more slowly than expected. Anyway, this is just to say that "Pink Pony Club" and "Good Luck Babe" feel similarly timeless.
And of course, The Killers are seriously underrated.
As a DC & piano bar enthusiast... this article brought me great joy! As a promoter, I found the stats super interesting... and the next time I'm in DC, I'm going to stop by for a cocktail & a tune or several. Cheers!
Great article. I wonder too as with DJ playlists how much location influences the results. Of course Joel is a pianist icon but would they ranks as high in LA or the melting pot of Vegas? Curious. What's really odd to me is the Alabama song sitting at number 5. A great sing-along but I wonder about the theme being a "touchy subject" and being irrelevant for young adults today. Are there that many that would know the song?
Looking Glass were not one-hit wonders. Jimmy Loves Maryanne spent 15 weeks on the charts and reached number 33 on the Hot 100 and 16 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
I think it’s fair to say that from the contemporary perspective that they only had one enduring hit
This was a good one, thanks for sharing. For “Fly Me To The Moon” I feel like there should be a shout out to Basie (or perhaps a nod if we’re in a piano bar) and certainly a tip of the hat to Bart Howard for what I think is the original version, titled “In Other Words.”
Very amusing article. One thing I have spent more time wondering that I should is how so many of mid-80s hits "feel like" they have been accepted as standards since being released. "Time After Time", "Careless Whisper", "So Far Away", "Waiting for a Girl Like You", perhaps "Smooth Operator", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" etc. I wonder if these batch of songs is aging much more slowly than expected. Anyway, this is just to say that "Pink Pony Club" and "Good Luck Babe" feel similarly timeless.
And of course, The Killers are seriously underrated.