![]() According to the FebruBillboard country chart, one of the weeks when "On Second Thought" was #1, it had a catalog number of Capitol B-44527. When Universal's artist roster was switched to Capitol, a couple of its current singles were re-assigned to Capitol with new catalog numbers. Most of them were not on the new label very long. ![]() The last number appears to be UVL-66033, so it made it through 37 singles in all.Įvery Universal artist was reassigned to Capitol Nashville, with the possible exception of Carl Perkins (yes, that Carl Perkins) and a couple guest artists who appeared on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Will the Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two album. (Meanwhile, acts like George Jones who were once mainstays of the top - or at least the Top 10 - could no longer even get arrested on the chart.)Īfter a breather, we come forth with the first "new" #1 of the new year and new decade.Īccording to the listings at 45cat, Jimmy Bowen's Universal label had three singles as part of MCA's regular numbering system before it was assigned a new series starting with UVL-66000. Those like George Strait who had #1's in the past, now had individual numbers that had much longer stays, the equivalent of a run at the top switching from passing-by truck stops to full-fledged hotel suites. In 1990 alone, we saw first #1's from the likes of Lorrie Morgan and Travis Tritt. The switchover from the old perennials, some dating back to the 1950's, to the "new guard" that began assembling over the prior decade, was virtually complete by this point. 17 issue became Hot Country Singles And Tracks. It would come to be reflected in the title of this chart, which after the Feb. This ensured that, for the first time since the 1970's, country songs had longer durations at the top than had been the case over the last decade. ![]() ![]() 20, 1990 issue of Billboard, the methodology in compiling the C&W charts was changed so that it reflected airplay only, from lists compiled by Nielsen. ![]() For the first time since the 1960's thread, we spotlight an entire decade instead of half of one, as was the case in the 1980's where, it seemed, every week there was a different #1 on the charts. ![]()
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