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Bowie later said that Lennon was the "energy" and the "inspiration" for "Fame", which is why he received a writing credit; [58] O'Leary states that Lennon wrote the song's intro chord progression. [5] In 1980, Lennon stated: "We took some Stevie Wonder middle eight and did it backwards, you know, and we made a record out of it!" [54] [57]
Each vocalist on the recording (Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder) is given individual credit for a number-one song. Both Wham! and George Michael get one credit for "Careless Whisper". Technically the song is a solo recording and was released as such in many parts of the world except the U.S., where it charted as ...
The song was a major commercial success in North America, becoming Bowie's first number 1 single on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Singles Chart. The song was one of the most successful singles of the year, ranking at number 8 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 .
Mariah Carey has been named Billboard's top-selling female artist of all time.As of writing, she boasts 19 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 — just one shy of the all-time record set by The ...
Wonder loved her singing and wrote “Tell Me Something Good” specifically to suit her voice, and doing that gave the band their first hit, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart ...
The Billboard Hot 100 is a singles chart published by Billboard that measures the most popular singles in the United States, based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay. Throughout the history of the Hot 100 and its predecessor charts, many songs have set records for longevity, popularity, or number of hit singles ...
This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1975. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 27, 1975, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 2, 1974 through November 1, 1975. [1]
David Sanborn, the influential saxophonist whose Grammy-winning career included collaborations with Stevie Wonder and David Bowie, has died. He was 78.