Became a pop hit? I know most music these days is rap but how far back do you have to go to find a top ten hit?
I mean a song written specifically FOR a show, not a song written and later interpolated into a show.
When Was The Last Time A Song Written For A Broadway Show
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 24, 2021 4:39 AM |
The shun comesh up... I shink about you... the coffee cup... I shink about you...
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 23, 2021 5:50 PM |
By “pop hit” do you mean Billboard Top 40?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 23, 2021 6:30 PM |
The Neil Diamond version of “I Dreamed A Dream” got a lot of play at least on Adult Contemporary stations back in the 80s. It did not make me want to see the show.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 23, 2021 7:41 PM |
To reach #1 the last is "Aquarius"/"Let The Sunshine In"
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 23, 2021 8:02 PM |
Somehow everyone in America knew the words to at least phrases from "Tomorrow" and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," even though I don;t think those were top 10 hits.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 24, 2021 12:49 AM |
LIAR!
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 24, 2021 12:53 AM |
I remember stations playing " Don't Cry for Me, Argentina," and hearing people sing it on tv shows. I thought it was the most ridiculous thing to sing.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 24, 2021 1:59 AM |
Rent tried to make Seasons of Love a pop hit by having Stevie Wonder record it. One critic said it sounded like Stevie was being castrated.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 24, 2021 4:25 AM |
Jay Z's "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" was a top 10 hit in many countries in 1999.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 24, 2021 4:39 AM |