American Dance Traxx

[Mike]

Hmmmm. Based on the relative chart movements, it could possibly be the very next week, February 24. The only questions I'd have is, that would mean BIG drops for Paula Abdul and Doug Lazy, in fact Paula would slide from 1 to 13! Were huge plunges like that common, or would those rule out the mystery countdown being 2/24?

The other reason I'm thinking it is February 24 is that "Escapade" hit #1 on the CHR countdowns on March 3 (both AT40 and the R&R countdowns), so the idea that this would be March 3 and she'd be #1 on those and not also on Dance Traxx just doesn't add up to me.

In any case, here's how that would look in chart movement form, if this is February 24. No real big upward moves besides Biz Markie leaping eight:

#25 (D) Timmy T - Time After Time
#24 (21) Sybil - Walk On By
#23 (D) The Good Girls - Your Sweetness
#22 (24) Seduction - Heartbeat
#21 (19) Michel'le - No More Lies
#20 (D) The Brat Pack - You're the Only Woman
#19 (5) Doug Lazy - Let the Rhythm Pump
#18 (20) Impedance - Tainted Love
#17 (22) Rob n Raze feat. Leila K - Got to Get
#16 (10) Seduction - Two to Make it Right
#15 (17) Fascinated - Remember
#14 (14) The Chimes - 1-2-3
#13 (1) Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract
#12 (16) Lisa Stansfield - All Around the World
#11 (12) Kaoma - Labamda
#10 (13) The B-52s - Roam
#9 (11) A'me Lorain - Whole Wide World
#8 (9) Inner City - Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin'
#7 (15) Biz Markie - Just a Friend
#6 (8) Madonna - Keep it Together
#5 (7) Technotronic - Get Up (Before the Night is Over)
#4 (6) Roxette - Dangerous
#3 (3) Milli Vanilli - All or Nothing
#2 (4) Janet Jackson - Escapade
#1 (2) D'Mob feat. Cathy Dennis - Come on and Get My Love

(DROPPERS: Yvonne – There’s A Party Going On [LW 25], Expose - Tell Me Why [LW 23], India - Right From the Start [LW 18])

[disman00911]

Note that the recordings of the 8/02/1992 ADT show, which aired on New York’s Hot 97, only go up to the #12 track. The top 11 songs and the two most requested tracks are missing. Neither the “New Track” or “Club Sizzler” are heard in the aircheck but they are likely “Keep it Comin’” by C&C Music Factory and “Time Will Tell” by Nu Shooz respectively.

They are not heard in the airchecks but Downtown Julie Brown mentions TLC, Frankie Knuckles and Ce Ce Peniston, the latter of whom had the previous week’s #1 song with “Keep On Walkin” so that one is somewhere in the countdown.  Based on the charts on the 8/01/1992 issue of Billboard, the other likely songs on the countdown are TLC’s “Baby Baby Baby” and Frankie Knuckles' “Rain Falls”.

I’ll reedit this post if there is a part three uploaded.  Here's part one and part two again.

August 02, 1992
# 25 - AB Logic - The Hitman
# 24 - Black Sheep - Strobelite Honey
# 23 - Laura Eena - Our Love
Most Requested #5 - Boyz II Men - End of the Road
# 22 - Lidell Townsell - Get With U
# 21 - Eric B and Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique
# 20 - The Movement - Jump
# 19 - Mary J. Blige - You Remind Me
Most Requested #4 - Kris Kross - Jump
# 18 - Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson - The Best Things in Life Are Free
# 17 - Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back
# 16 - Jade - I Wanna Love You
# 15 - Shabba Ranks - Mr. Loverman
# 14 - ATL and the Lost Civilization - Tequila
Most Requested #3 - Mariah Carey - I'll Be There
# 13 - Das EFX - They Want EFX
# 12 - Rozella - Everybody's Free
# 11 - N/A
# 10 - N/A
# 11 - N/A
# 9 - N/A
# 8 - N/A
# 7 - N/A
# 6 - N/A
# 5 - N/A
# 4 - N/A
# 3 - N/A
# 2 - N/A
# 1 - N/A
Most Requested #2 - N/A
Most Requested #1 - N/A
New Track - C&C Music Factory - Keep it Comin’
Club Sizzler - Nu Shooz - Time Will Tell

My Personal Thoughts
# 25 - One of my favorite early 90s dance tunes. Used to hear this one a lot on B96 back then although it seems ADT played a different version than the one I’m used to.
# 24 – Decent but prefer their earlier hit “The Choice is Yours”
# 23 – Not too familiar with this one as I am with her earlier hit “This is the Last Time” but it’s decent
Most Requested #5 - One of Boyz II Men’s greatest songs
# 22 - One of my favorite 90s house/dance records. Used to hear this one and “Nunu” on B96 all the time back then.
# 21 – I like this one but prefer other tracks from them like “Paid in Full” and “I Know You Got Soul”.
# 20 - One of my favorite techno/rave tracks from that era. Used to hear it on B96 a lot back then.
# 19 - This one’s alright but prefer other Mary J Blige songs (i.e. “Real Love”)
Most Requested #4 - I liked this one back then and still do
# 18 - I liked this song a lot but prefer the dance version by David Morales, which was the version I remember hearing a lot on B96 when it came out.
# 17 - Liked it when I was younger but am a bit burned out by it due to overplay
# 16 - I like it but my favorite track from them is “Don’t Walk Away”
# 15 - I don’t have too many favorite Reggae/Dancehall songs but this is one of my favorites from those genres.
# 14 - Not too familiar with this one but I kinda like it
Most Requested #3 - One of Mariah’s best ballads and actually prefer over the Jackson 5 original
# 13 - ADT played the remix version instead of the album version. Still like it however.
# 12 - One of my all-time favorite 90s dance tunes
New Track - Never heard of it as I only know of their 1990/1991 hits (i.e. “Gonna Make You Sweat”) and even their 1994 single “Do You Wanna Be Funky”.
Club Sizzler – Never heard of it as I only know of their big 1986 hit “I Can’t Wait” and the follow-up “Point of No Return”.