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Originally posted by brianc33616
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Okay so I did some more research into that 17 week #1... It spent 17 weeks at #1 on the radio charts (most played by disk jockeys as it was known back then) HOWEVER that is merely a component chart (a la today's modern radio chart) towards then's HONOR ROLL (today's Hot 100)
On the disk jockeys chart this is its chart run that I cared about starting from August 16:
7-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-4-4
So no #2 weeks.
However on the Honor Roll (the 40s Hot 100 which takes jukeboxes, jockeys, and sales into account...) It spent 13 weeks at #1. Here is the run from Sep 20 when it debuted:
4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-4
So 13 weeks at #1 and 14 in the T2
So I dont believe it is right to consider it to have the record since the Billboard Honor Roll existed and was a composite chart like our H100.
Therefore it doesn't even have the record for its own chart as Jockeys was the radio chart and Iris got 18 (nonconsecutive) weeks in the 90s.
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