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re: Regional Hits That Never Broke Nationally
Posted on 3/11/25 at 8:36 am to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 3/11/25 at 8:36 am to Mizz-SEC
"I Won't Be Home Tonight" - Tony Carey, 1982
This power pop gem only made it to #79 nationally, but was a big hit in the Midwest thanks to KSHE - St. Louis
This power pop gem only made it to #79 nationally, but was a big hit in the Midwest thanks to KSHE - St. Louis
This post was edited on 3/11/25 at 8:39 am
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Posted on 3/11/25 at 8:41 am to Mizz-SEC
There was a band from Mandeville named Pandemic that played a lot of shows around BR/NOLA area from the 2007-2013 range. They opened for 12 Stones a few times. They were an excellent live band and had some really good songs and a great vocalist. I always thought they were going to hit it big, but they quit touring after a while and just went back to normal life. I had a ton of fun at their shows when I was at LSU.
https://www.reverbnation.com/pandemictunes
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https://www.reverbnation.com/pandemictunes
Spotify
Posted on 3/11/25 at 8:45 am to Mizz-SEC
"How About Love" - Chocolate Milk (1976)
Produced by Allen Toussaint, reached #79 nationally on the R&B charts.
Produced by Allen Toussaint, reached #79 nationally on the R&B charts.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 8:53 am to low end
"Back When My Hair Was Short" - Gunhill Road, 1973
The group got their start at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, NYC
Kenny Rogers produced and it made to #40 nationally but was much bigger in the Great Lakes region.
The group got their start at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, NYC
Kenny Rogers produced and it made to #40 nationally but was much bigger in the Great Lakes region.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:46 am to Mizz-SEC
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"All These Things" - The Uniques
Written by "N. Neville", a pseudonym of Allen Toussaint.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 1:12 pm to Mizz-SEC
In Atlanta, Marvelous 3/Butch Walker had a pretty big moment that didn't really translate elsewhere, although I think he developed a cult following. They did have a national hit, but many stayed regional.
They headlined Music Midtown one night with a massive crowd (tens of thousands) for what was essentially a glorified local band.
They headlined Music Midtown one night with a massive crowd (tens of thousands) for what was essentially a glorified local band.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 3:33 pm to Mizz-SEC
This song was a big hit here in NOLA back in the early 90s, and it's what the NOLA rappers used to become massive hits nationally.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 5:54 pm to Mizz-SEC
What you going to give me for my piece of corn bread?
Posted on 3/11/25 at 6:01 pm to Mizz-SEC
Big in Houston in the ‘70s.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 6:12 pm to hogcard1964
quote:I like the DWDD cover
A local Chicago group named The Houndz had some airplay in Chicago radio in 1979 with covers of The Rolling Stones' - Under My Thumb and Manfred Mann's - Doo Wa Diddy.
Both were awful.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 6:24 pm to timbo
quote:Regional hits w/no nat'l impact were becoming very rare by the '70s, thanks to pre-CC chains like Drake*, & programming consultants like the Friday Morning Quarterback Newsletter. Presumably they were given, er... "Special compensation" when plugging a record.
It’s a shame that regional radio hits have gone the way of the dodo bird. frick Clear Channel for buying radio stations coast to coast and making them all sound the same
*To be fair, CCR became stars when "Susie Q" was added to the Drake chain playlist
Posted on 3/11/25 at 6:33 pm to FightinTigersDammit
quote:
Rod Bernard and the Twisters- 'This Could go on Forever '.
quote:It was a top 20 pop hit on the BB chart
Regional Hits That Never Broke Nationally
Posted on 3/11/25 at 6:48 pm to Kafka
Was it? That's fairly incredible.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 5:53 pm to Kafka
I dunno. When I was a kid in the 80s, there were a couple of songs that were regional hits that broke nationally - "At this Moment" by Billy Vera and the Beaters. If I remember, a DJ in Philly started playing it, then it ended up in an episode of Family Ties, then it became a hit.
And in South Louisiana, there were all those electro dance songs by Kyper, Egyptian Lover, Stevie B, Debbie Deb that were all over the local top 40 stations but didn't do much nationally. (Although I just saw on Wikipedia that "Tic Tac Toe" was a top 20 hit. Carry on)
And in South Louisiana, there were all those electro dance songs by Kyper, Egyptian Lover, Stevie B, Debbie Deb that were all over the local top 40 stations but didn't do much nationally. (Although I just saw on Wikipedia that "Tic Tac Toe" was a top 20 hit. Carry on)
Posted on 3/12/25 at 6:14 pm to timbo
Posted on 3/12/25 at 6:16 pm to Kafka
I'm fairly certain that was a relatively known tune nation wide. The Damned covered it in the 1980s.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:35 pm to Jake88
quote:It hit #99 as a single on BB & was on the album Forever Changes, which made #154 on the BB chart. So it got about as much attention nationally as a Velvet Underground track.
I'm fairly certain that was a relatively known tune nation wide.
I was so shocked to learn it made top 10 ANYWHERE - Wiki says it made No. 7 on both Los Angeles station KHJ-AM and San Diego station KGB-AM - that I felt it was worthy of mention.
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