2006-08-13 15:01:47 · 11 answers · asked by hhskd922 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
either the macarena or hey jude probably
2006-08-13 15:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by Kelsey the Great 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wreck of old 97
No ballad composition has touched more Americans than the song describing the wreck of mail train No.97. "Old 97," which consisted of four cars and locomotive No.1102, crashed on September 27, 1903. Running behind schedule, Engineer Joseph A. Broady was trying to make up time as his train approached Danville down a three-mile grade. He realized he did not have enough air pressure to slow the train for an upcoming curved trestle, and in vain he reversed the engine to lock the wheels. "Old 97" vaulted off the trestle, and 11 people were killed. Photographs taken from above the scene ran in newspapers across the country.
Train wrecks occurred relatively frequently at the time, and it was the ballad which sustained this accident's national fame. "The Wreck of the Old 97" was initially recorded commercially by Virginia musicians G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter, but when it was released by light-opera singer Vernon Dalhart, it became the first million-selling record in the United States.
2006-08-13 22:06:43 · answer #2 · answered by Ibredd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the UK, Frankie Laine's "I believe" spent 18 weeks at number one in 1953, but this was on three seperate occassions - 9 weeks between 21 April and 22 June, 6 weeks between 29 June and 10 August, and 3 weeks between 18 August and 7 September. Bryan Adams' 1991 hit "Everything I do (I do it for you)" spent 16 consecutive weeks at number one - 7 July to 26 October.
2006-08-13 22:42:15 · answer #3 · answered by Rachel O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the charts, but John Michael Montgomery's "Rope the Moon" was #1 on MY chart throughout my 5th & 6th grade years! This happy obsession is how I best rember age 11 (my 12th year).
2006-08-13 22:04:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jackson's Thriller
2006-08-13 22:05:49 · answer #5 · answered by wanninonni 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
La Macarena
2006-08-13 22:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by crishbk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men-"One Sweet Day"
16 weeks
set back in 1995
2006-08-13 22:12:27 · answer #7 · answered by jlyn1980 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found something that says "Hey Jude" was the longest, but I'm thinking that "Macarena" broke that record.
2006-08-13 22:17:36 · answer #8 · answered by Genea_80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Hey Jude" by the Beatles.
2006-08-13 22:13:07 · answer #9 · answered by Rara 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bye bye american pie
2006-08-13 22:07:10 · answer #10 · answered by Sad Mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋