Alternate List of Billboard #1 Hits: Katarn Edition
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It's your TL ; personally, I don't want to make up an ATL death of anyone still alive in OTL, it feels wrong to me.
(Except in hypothetical situations involving world leaders, Presidential successions, etc.)
(Except in hypothetical situations involving world leaders, Presidential successions, etc.)
Well that wouldn't work once we got to the modern day. We wouldn't be able to kill anyone off which is more than a little ASB. Look, I know this was dark and over the top but I was going to do it at some point and I figured it would be better to do it now before you guys waste hours of planning. Last time she still dominated the charts (in fact she still had the longest number one ever on the last thread at 15 weeks, and had 12 number ones total), and I'd prefer to prevent the butterfly genocide.
Oh and you do know Eric Clapton is still alive right?
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Does that mean I mustn't have Shirley McClaine channel her ghost into a pop career? >; k
Oh and you do know Eric Clapton is still alive right?
Yeah, considering how much drugs he did in OTL, I didn't argue the ATL-smite. Like I said, it's my own personal rule.
I have always found the death of future famous people as children to be more than a little disgusting. When famous people are killed as adults far earlier than OTL it can be great (look at "No W", "The Selma Massacre", or "Losing the peace" for example) but when they're killed as children I usually view it as cheap since it's usually fueled by the author's grudge against the person. This is far from the only TL that pulls the stunt so this isn't just a problem I have with you.
Anyway...
February 4th, 1978: "Count on Me"[1] - Marty Balin
[1] The theme song to the film Count on Me with Elliott Gould and Jill Clayburgh, it reached #1 following Balin's performance of the song at the Golden Globes on January 28th. At the ceremony, George Lucas asked Balin if he would participate in a Star Wars Christmas special; Balin said no and urged Lucas to drop the idea for the ridiculous special entirely, which he did.
February 4th, 1978: "Count on Me"[1] - Marty Balin
[1] The theme song to the film Count on Me with Elliott Gould and Jill Clayburgh, it reached #1 following Balin's performance of the song at the Golden Globes on January 28th. At the ceremony, George Lucas asked Balin if he would participate in a Star Wars Christmas special; Balin said no and urged Lucas to drop the idea for the ridiculous special entirely, which he did.
February 25th, 1978: "Love is Like Oxygen" - Sweet
March 4th, 1978: "U.O. Me (You're Very Welcome In Waldolala)"- Luv'
March 4th, 1978: "U.O. Me (You're Very Welcome In Waldolala)"- Luv'
The Downbeats release Free as a Bird (1978)
March 18th, 1978 - Free as a Bird - The Downbeats
March 25th, 1978 - Free as a Bird - The Downbeats
Event: The Downbeats release their next album: Free As A Bird. After seeing a screening of David Lynch's debut film Eraserhead, John and Paul thought it would be fun to do a cover of the Lady in the Radiator's song In Heaven. With Bill providing a heart beat like drumbeat, and John using a mellotron to recreate the sound design of Alan Splat, the four preform, what David Lynch himself calls "A Touching Tribute" to the film
The Downbeats - Free as a Bird
1. Free As A Bird
2. Jumpin Jack Flash
3. Old Siam Sir
4. The Tank (Instrumental Jam)
5. In Heaven (Everything is Fine)
6. Real Love
7. After The Ball/Now and Then
8. Shine On
9. India
10. We're Open Tonight
March 25th, 1978 - Free as a Bird - The Downbeats
Event: The Downbeats release their next album: Free As A Bird. After seeing a screening of David Lynch's debut film Eraserhead, John and Paul thought it would be fun to do a cover of the Lady in the Radiator's song In Heaven. With Bill providing a heart beat like drumbeat, and John using a mellotron to recreate the sound design of Alan Splat, the four preform, what David Lynch himself calls "A Touching Tribute" to the film
The Downbeats - Free as a Bird
1. Free As A Bird
2. Jumpin Jack Flash
3. Old Siam Sir
4. The Tank (Instrumental Jam)
5. In Heaven (Everything is Fine)
6. Real Love
7. After The Ball/Now and Then
8. Shine On
9. India
10. We're Open Tonight
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Ted Nugent plane crash (1978)
April 8th, 1978: "Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me" - Peter Brown
April 15th, 1978: "Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me" - Peter Brown
Event: Ted Nugent's plane crashes a few miles out of Phoenix, Arizona shortly after taking off for a concert in San Diego on March 30th. The pilot and co-pilot are killed instantly on impact, as are several of the dozen passengers aboard. Despite every member of Nugent's backing band surviving the crash and the ensuing 16 hours of desert heat before rescue, Nugent himself was thrown from the plane at over 100 mph and died instantly upon hitting the ground.
April 15th, 1978: "Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me" - Peter Brown
Event: Ted Nugent's plane crashes a few miles out of Phoenix, Arizona shortly after taking off for a concert in San Diego on March 30th. The pilot and co-pilot are killed instantly on impact, as are several of the dozen passengers aboard. Despite every member of Nugent's backing band surviving the crash and the ensuing 16 hours of desert heat before rescue, Nugent himself was thrown from the plane at over 100 mph and died instantly upon hitting the ground.
April 22nd, 1978: "I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass"- Silver Pistol
April 29th, 1978: "I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass"- Silver Pistol
An LP is coming as soon as I can access my laptop. I just didn't want to get on tonight and find out it's 1986...lol
April 29th, 1978: "I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass"- Silver Pistol
An LP is coming as soon as I can access my laptop. I just didn't want to get on tonight and find out it's 1986...lol
"I Will Always Love You (But I Won't Be A Snitch)"
-- Whitney Houston and Meat Loaf singing a duet about drug informants.