Last Pop Broadway hit song
Last Pop Broadway hit song
sking
Stand-by Joined: 12/8/08
#1Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/25/09 at 11:18pmWhat was the last Broadway song that was a hit on the pop charts? Of course not counting the Disney movie songs. I cant personally think of any since maybe "One Night in Bangkok" from Chess.
#2re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 12:25am
Donny Osmond's version of "This is the Moment" hit #64.
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#2re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 12:27amWoops, sorry, I just realized that's for the whole album, not the song. Back to the drawing board!
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#3re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 1:13amThe last #1 hit on the US charts was Louis Armstrong's version of "Hello, Dolly!"
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sking
Stand-by Joined: 12/8/08
#4re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 1:41amLol...ok Ill accept even one that hit in the top 50 or so songs...and yes I mean songs not albums. I just cant remember ANY in the last 20 years that got any significant radio play.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#5re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 5:48amDid "Seasons of Love" make the charts?
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sking
Stand-by Joined: 12/8/08
#6re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 6:26amHumm...it reached #33 in 2005(???). I was thinking that was the only possible one lately, though I was expecting for it to be in the 90's...oops wait that was the Movie release...ok thats CHEATING! Im still going with Bangkok.And before that...Memory? Thatd be 1981 and without a doubt a huge hit.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#7re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 6:50amDid Memory or Bangkok grace the US charts?
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Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#8re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 6:56amHow about Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life" (#15 on Billboard's Hot 100) and Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl" (#7 on Billboard's Hot 100)?
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dg22894
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
#9re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 7:15amWicked Made it and So did some songs from rent.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#10re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 9:21am
When did Wicked make the pop charts?
And, can we really consider Jay-Z or Stefani? It was largely sampling that they did.
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#11re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 9:23amNo Matter What from Whistle Down The Wind was pretty popular by Boyzone
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kooky
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
#12re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 9:35am
This should fit in somewhere ........ " If He Came Into My Life Today "
from " Mame "
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#13re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 9:38amAdding to Smaxie's list, Gwen Stefani's "Wind It Up," which draws from "Lonely Goatherd."
kooky
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
#14re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 9:40amAlso, " WHAT I DID FOR LOVE " Chorus Line
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#15re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 10:02amWhen did "What I Did For Love" make the pop charts?
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kooky
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
#16re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 10:07am
In the 70's when it first opened .... many people recorded it, artists in that era
of course.
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Updated On: 3/26/09 at 10:07 AM
BNN
Broadway Star Joined: 12/12/05
#17re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 10:58amWhen the Evita movie came out I believe "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" was on the pop charts and got a ton of radio play.
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hmpeterson
Featured Actor Joined: 6/19/08
#18re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 11:04amDidn't Barbara Streisand's version of "Somewhere" from her Broadway Album hit the pop charts?
#19re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 11:39amI could have sworn Someone Like You from Jekyll and Hyde hit the charts, but I'm not entirely sure. No Matter What was definitely on the UK charts, but I don't know about the US. Did Boyzone ever hit the US charts at all?
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ErinDillyFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/06
#20re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 12:46pm
"Seasons of Love" from the movie soundtrack went to #33 in 2005
Wow, it does seem like the movie has been out over 3 yrs.
ErinDillyFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/06
#21re: Last Pop Broadway hit song
Posted: 3/26/09 at 2:38pm
American Idol - David Cook released
"The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera.
It went to #77 in the Hot 100 in spring 2008.
