Ask Billboard: Which Songs Have the Longest Spans of Charting on the Hot 100?
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More than a couple weeks later and I still can’t believe she’s gone.
She seemed to be so kind, and I hope generations beyond will celebrate her legacy.
Which I think they have, because her signature hit “Jolene” returned to the Billboard Hot 100 at No.
16, a new peak for the song.
That got me thinking: Which songs have the longest gaps between debut date and peak date, the most time between debut and charting overall, and the longest spans of appearing on the chart? Thanks, Seira Alessanders Jakarta, Java Island, Indonesia Hi Seira, Even this week, heartfelt tributes continue to be shared, as Sally Field, one of Parton’s costars in 1989’s Steel Magnolias , said at the Primetime Emmys , “I adored her from day one.
How could you not? She was genuine and humble, supportive and blisteringly funny, with a bawdy sense of humor that would send any rude guy looking for a place to hide.
I couldn’t see then what a real giant Dolly was — not just as an artist, but as a human.
She was a humanitarian whose contributions had made a profound difference in the lives of so many in her home state of Tennessee and across our country.” As “Jolene” returned, as one of five songs by the legend on the Hot 100 dated Sept.
5, let’s look at enduring hits with both the longest spans of charting on the ranking and the most time between placing on it, through the Sept.
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