Alternate List of Billboard#1 Hits

Zacoftheaxes

The cultural version of the "List of Presidents" thread, this thread follows the Billboard charts from week to week from December 15th, 1973 to December 14th, 2013, displaying the #1 song in America. We'll start with the historical #1, "The Most Beautiful Girl" by Charlie Rich, from that point on, anything can happen. This will take a while to finish, but it should be a fantastic project.

Only rule is to wait two posts before going again.

Idea for this thread inspired by the fantastic Dirty Laundry by Andrew T

So let's go:

December 15th, 1973: "The Most Beautiful Girl" by Charlie Rich
 

Confortius

I would love to get involved in this thread but I don't know the exact weeks that songs came out and where they actually were on the charts. Do you have any sources I can go to and study the OTL charts?
 

Zacoftheaxes

Confortius said:
I would love to get involved in this thread but I don't know the exact weeks that songs came out and where they actually were on the charts. Do you have any sources I can go to and study the OTL charts?
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Billboard.com keeps an archive of what was the #1 hit and Wikipedia has lists (along with top ten hits of every year). Most songs that have an article on Wikipedia will have a release date as well.

As we move on through the chart songs and possibly bands will have to be made up (with annotations explaining if they're an alternate form of an OTL band or what not).
 

Zacoftheaxes

December 15th, 1973: "The Most Beautiful Girl" by Charlie Rich
December 29th, 1973: "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" by Aretha Franklin
January 5, 1974: "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" by Barry White
January 12, 1974: "Living for the City" - Stevie Wonder
January 19, 1974: "Forever Young" - Bob Dylan and the Band.
January 26th, 1974: "Living for the City" - Stevie Wonder
February 9, 1974: "The Joker" - The Steve Miller Band
February 16th, 1974: "The Joker" - The Steve Miller Band
 
Andrew T

Andrew T

Thanks for the shout-out, Zacoftheaxes! Wow, there were some terrible #1s in 1974....

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December 15th, 1973: "The Most Beautiful Girl" by Charlie Rich
December 29th, 1973: "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" by Aretha Franklin
January 5, 1974: "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" by Barry White
January 12, 1974: "Living for the City" - Stevie Wonder
January 19, 1974: "Forever Young" - Bob Dylan and the Band.
January 26th, 1974: "Living for the City" - Stevie Wonder
February 9, 1974: "The Joker" - The Steve Miller Band
February 16th, 1974: "The Joker" - The Steve Miller Band
February 23rd, 1974: "Boogie Down" by Eddie Kendricks
March 2nd, 1974: "The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand
March 9th, 1974: "The Way We Were" - Barbara Streisand
March 16th, 1974: "You and Me (Babe)"- Ringo Starr
March 23rd, 1974: "Dancing Machine" by The Jackson Five
March 30, 1974: "Dancing Machine" by The Jackson Five
 
The Walkman

The Walkman

As long as we can keep "Seasons in the Sun" off the top, we'll be fine. :)

April 6th, 1974: "Dancing Machine" - The Jackson Five
 
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