On That Note: And in the End
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Another chance for me to post my favorite song of ALL TIME: Barbara Mandrell's "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed", a #1 country song in every published music survey from November, 1978. It remained at the top for three weeks in Billboard magazine and was ranked the second biggest country hit for all of 1979 by Cashbox magazine (the chart "year" typically begins in November of the year before for these trade magazines). Such a simple song: one verse, with the rest of the lyrics all being chorus, but it was such a huge single that it made Mandrell a can't-miss superstar for the next six years. Twelve of her next sixteen single releases would go top 5 in Billboard, with six going all the way to #1. She'd get her own primetime tv variety show on NBC that ran for two seasons until health reasons (exhaustion and vocal strain) forced her to bow out. She became the first artist to ever win the CMA Entertainer of the Year award twice (1980-1981) and ONLY woman to win twice until Taylor Swift won for a second time in 2011 (not even Reba won more than one CMA Entertainer trophy). The song is a fade-out at the end, but the title is the last vocal audible.
Sylvia's "Drifter" a #1 Billboard Country Singles hit from 1981. This was Sylvia's first of two #1 single on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart (the first of four #1s in Cashbox) and was the third single released from the album of the same name.
Sylvia's "Drifter" a #1 Billboard Country Singles hit from 1981. This was Sylvia's first of two #1 single on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart (the first of four #1s in Cashbox) and was the third single released from the album of the same name.
A couple more that are last line AND first line title reference.
Shout-out to @drlove to make me think of The Lemonheads (reference to post #102)
Shout-out to @drlove to make me think of The Lemonheads (reference to post #102)
LINDA! Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
Song was written by Warren Zevon who had this which also qualifies...
Song was written by Warren Zevon who had this which also qualifies...