Chris's Billboard Top 3000 Countdown Podcast
My name is Chris, and this is a fun and informative discussion of Billboard's Top 3000 songs of all-time, based on rankings from the first Billboard U.S. Hot 100 chart in 1958 until the end of the year 2022. Each episode will have me talking about a set of 20 songs in countdown fashion, Casey Kasem style.
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Episode 21 discusses songs #2600-#2581, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:
| Duran Duran
| Donna Summer
| Linda Ronstadt
| KISS
| Petula Clark
| Sia
| Lavert
| The Rolling Stones
This is a set where it's time to dance! Whether it's the sock hop, the disco, or the club, many of these 20 so...
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Episode 20 discusses songs #2620-#2601, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:
| Dionne Warwick
| Bad English
| Lionel Richie
| Freddie Cannon
| Beyonce
| Al Green
| Bruce Springsteen
| Connie Francis
We've hit the 400 song mark with this episode! Thank you all for listening... if you're new ...
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This is a companion episode to the first 19 podcasts, where all 380 reviewed songs are packed together in a stream of 6-18 second clips. If you like the songs listed, there's a full review and critique along with many Billboard chart statistics in the regular podcasts.
For a listing of these songs, please go to my Facebook group (Chris's Billboard Top 3000 Countdown Podca...
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Episode 19 discusses songs #2640-#2621, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:
| Madonna
| Glen Campbell
| M.I.A.
| Alvin and the Chipmunks
| Foreigner
| Celine Dion
| Spice Girls
| Britney Spears
| Mary J. Blige
This is the diva episode, with 4 of them in this 20 song set, plus sev...
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Episode 18 discusses songs #2660-#2641, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:
| Foreigner
| Michael Jackson
| Elvis Presley
| Ja Rule
| Ric Astley (No, not that song. A different song.)
| Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
| The Grass Roots
| The Drifters
| Elton John
60's h...
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Episode 17 discusses songs #2680-#2661, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:
| Rod Stewart
| The Beatles
| Arrested Development
| Barry White
| The Hollies
| Melanie
| Barbra Streisand
| Electric Light Orchestra
| Guns N' Roses
An absolute wonderful blitz of 70'...
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Episode 16 discusses songs #2700-#2681, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:
| Elvis Presley
| Shirley Shirley Bo Birley, Banana Fanna Fo Firley, Fee Fi Mo Mirley, Shirley Ellis
| Bobby Brown
| Marvin Gaye
| Madonna
| The Police
| Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
| Melissa Manchester
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This is a bonus episode from my normal Top 3000 Podcast, recorded live from London, England. The 10 Greatest Beatles songs, according to Billboard's Hot 100 rankings.
Do YOU know what the top songs in Beatles history are? They're all #1 hits amongst their 20 overall #1's, still the most by any act in Billboard history. Take a journey with me and find out! I hope ...
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Episode 15 discusses songs #2720-#2701, which brings us to 300 songs reviewed overall, 10% of the entire countdown completed! Artists featured include:
| The 4 Seasons
| Ariana Grande
| Sugar Ray
| Lita Ford w special guest star!!!
| TLC
| George Michael w special guest star!!
| Bryan Adams
| Kool & The Gang
| Cher w special guest star!!
Lo...
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Episode 14 discusses songs #2740-#2721. Artists featured include:
| Daryl Hall & John Oates
| Earth, Wind & Fire
| Firefall
| Justin Bieber
| Paul Anka
| Lady Gaga
| OneRepublic
| Andy Gibb
| Culture Club
A very eclectic mix, with a slant toward 70's, and some disco! 2 of the best songs ever that peaked at #9, some remakes...
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Episode 13 discusses songs #2760-#2741. Artists featured include:
| Frank Sinatra
| Three Dog Night
| Bobby Vinton
| Expose
| The Clash
| Spice Girls
| Ariana Grande
| REO Speedwagon
| Styx
A 60's centric episode, but every decade is represented through the 2010's. We have the lowest ranked #1 song, point-wise, of the entire 7...
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Episode 12 discusses songs #2780-#2761. Artists featured include:
| The Cars
| Neil Sedaka
| The Police
| Bobby Brown
| Bryan Adams
| Prince
| Bad Bunny
| Sam Smith
| Foreigner
A whole slew of 80's and 90's songs, mixed with tunes from all the decades. The band with 3 songs that peaked at #41!!! Plus, what was Prince'...
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This is a bonus episode to my Billboard Top 3000 Countdown Podcast series. It's a full form long distance dedication, and it chronicles the day I fell in love with American Top 40.
March 7, 1982.
Remember that time? Olivia Newton-John and Daryl Hall & John Oates, J. Geils Band and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts were ruling the charts, and a 9-year-old boy was about to d...
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Episode 11 discusses songs #2800-#2781. Artists featured include:
| Michael Jackson
| Steely Dan
| Billy Idol
| Paul McCartney
| Elton John
| Justin Timberlake
| Cyndi Lauper
| Tommy James
| Selena Gomez
| Bob Dylan
A power packed group of classic rock, lots of 80's hits, and a group that almost made me wet myself during a ...
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Episode 10 discusses songs #2820-#2801. Artists featured include:
| Stevie Wonder
| The Dave Clark Five
| Kodak Black
| Michael McDonald
| ABBA
| Bob Seger
| Blues Image
| Nelly Furtado
| John Denver
3 of the greatest classic rock songs are in this set.
Plus... A response song! What is that, you may ask? Tune to find out! And song ti...
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Episode 9 discusses songs #2840-#2821. Artists featured include:
| Katy Perry
| The Jacksons
| Bow Wow
| The Trashmen
| Montell Jordan
| Melissa Etheridge
| Classics IV
| Bad Company
| Johnny Nash
| Soul Asylum
1 song in this set went all the way to #1!!
Plus the #1 song of the rock era that never hit the Top 10!!
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This is Episode 8 of Chris's Top 3000 songs of the Hot 100 Rock Era podcast, according to Billboard magazine.
Episode 8 discusses songs #2860-#2841. Artists featured include:
| Huey Lewis & The News
| Whitney Houston
| Lobo
| Bon Jovi
| Al Green
| The Black Eyed Peas
| Ne-Yo
| Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
| Jan & De...
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This is Episode 7 of Chris's Top 3000 songs of the Hot 100 Rock Era podcast, according to Billboard magazine.
Episode 7 discusses songs #2880-#2861. Artists featured include:
| Elton John
| Bread
| Aretha Franklin
| Backstreet Boys
| Frankie J
| Linda Scott
| Johnny Rivers
| Roberta Flack & Donny Hathway
| Jay & The America...
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This is Episode 6 of Chris's Top 3000 songs of the rock era podcast, according to Billboard magazine.
Episode 6 discusses songs #2900-#2881. Artists featured include:
| The Guess Who
| Chicago
| Lil Jon
| Freddy Fender
| Pat Benatar
| Smokey Robinson
| Shawn Mendes
| Lynyrd Skynyrd
| The Stylistics
| Johnny Lee
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This is Episode 4 of Chris's Top 3000 songs of the rock era podcast, according to Billboard magazine.
Episode 4 discusses songs #2940-#2921. Artists featured include:
| Madonna
| JAY-Z
| Selena Gomez
| Lolita
| Brook Benton
| Sister Janet Mead
| Johnny Rivers
| One Direction
| Miami Sound Machine
| The Beach Boys
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