It’s time for another edition of Mr. Romance’s Top 10 Countdown Show, a look back at the 10 most popular songs on the Adult Contemporary chart for the week of July 1, 1997. Click here if you missed last week’s show featuring 1975.
Get ready for pop culture, trivia and all your lite hits that might just bring back some memories or maybe you’ll discover some new soft rock favorites.
Top 10 Countdown Show Pop Culture
The year was 1977: Google.com was registered as a domain name, Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to ever win The Masters and Beanie Babies became the latest must-have toy.
At the movies, you were watching
Titanic
Men in Black
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
On television:
Seinfeld
ER
Veronica’s Closet
And television host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel began his TV career as the co-host of Win Ben Stein’s Money on Comedy Central
Top 10 Countdown Show Trivia Question
In September of 1997, an artist released a rewritten version of his 1973 tribute to Marilyn Monroe. It became the second best-selling single of all time, second only to Bing Crosby’s 1942 holiday song, White Christmas. Can you guess this mystery song? Take a listen to the show below for the answer.
Song Spotlight
Best known for his debut single, Duncan Sheik also achieved much success as a composer for motion pictures and Broadway musicals, winning the 2006 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for his work on the Broadway smash musical Spring Awakening. But back to that debut hit as it earned Duncan a Grammy nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Spending 26 weeks on our chart, it’s up 2 to #19 this week: Barely Breathing.
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Sit back, relax and enjoy your favorite love songs from the week of July 1, 1997.
An avid record collector, lover of all desserts and sometimes seen wearing multiple Swatch watches, Dave has been lending his voice for over 20 years heard on such prominent brands as Intel, RCA, Eddie Bauer, Kellogg‘s, Pizza Hut, Lexus, and infomercial giants Guthy-Renker and Beachbody. His narration projects include Japan’s preeminent automobile series Best Motoring International and Hot Version, along with GTChannel, QVC, Universal Music Enterprises, and ViSalus Sciences.