View Full Version : 50 years ago: Stevie's UPTIGHT was on Billboard's Top 40: The version by --BILL COSBY
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Boogiedown
09-20-2017, 01:25 AM
yep! :eek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3T2J9bLKww
If you don't already know, without looking it up ,
how well do you think each "UPTIGHT" version did on the Billboard Hot 100?
Stevie's?:confused: Bill's? :confused:
[[and which do you think peaked higher? :rolleyes::confused:)
marv2
09-20-2017, 02:18 AM
I don't know the answer, but that was great! I can't remember hearing it before now. Thanks.
jobeterob
09-20-2017, 07:26 PM
Stevie had a huge R & B hit - 5 weeks at 1; and Bill reached 18 I think
But on the big chart Stevie ended up at 3 and Bill ended up at 4
TomatoTom123
09-21-2017, 06:21 AM
Initially I was incredibly confused by this thread, lol...
Thought process:
A version of "Uptight" by Bill Cosby!?
That Bill Cosby?!
Wasn't he a comedian?
Wait, it charted?!
Wikipedia to da rescue: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ole_Man_[[Uptight,_Everything%27s_Alright)
TomatoTom123
09-21-2017, 06:27 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3T2J9bLKww
OH MY, what is this? That is the dumbest song I've ever heard, loool :D :p
copley
09-21-2017, 10:48 AM
Back in the day I loved this song and you know what, I still do! It's the first time that I had heard of Bill Cosby who is still a relative unknown in the UK!
Boogiedown
09-24-2017, 02:10 AM
Initially I was incredibly confused by this thread, lol...
Thought process:
A version of "Uptight" by Bill Cosby!?
That Bill Cosby?!
Wasn't he a comedian?
Wait, it charted?!
Wikipedia to da rescue: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ole_Man_[[Uptight,_Everything%27s_Alright)
good Tom Tom ! You found the title [[which took every allowable space) provocative as hoped ! :p
So yes Bill Cosby took this thing all the way to Number Four on Billboard's Hot 100 ! Not a bad radio run , especially for a skit requiring over four minutes airtime ! Stevie's original peaked just one place higher at Number Three , making their chart performances just about a tie.
That's Cosby's only Top Forty appearance .
He scores better on the Soul chart though on his return there almost ten years later with :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NEWlg-wAdE
TomatoTom123
09-24-2017, 04:11 AM
good Tom Tom ! You found the title [[which took every allowable space) provocative as hoped ! :p
So yes Bill Cosby took this thing all the way to Number Four on Billboard's Hot 100 ! Not a bad radio run , especially for a skit requiring over four minutes airtime ! Stevie's original peaked just one place higher at Number Three , making their chart performances just about a tie.
That's Cosby's only Top Forty appearance .
He scores better on the Soul chart though on his return there almost ten years later with :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NEWlg-wAdE
Wow, they were within one place of each other on the Pop Charts...
And "Yes, Yes, Yes", LOL, I just listened to the song and quite like it [[and it actually makes sense) :)
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