My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: There Won’t Be Anymore

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Oh, y’all are gonna be mad at me today. I’m not (deliberately) cheating in using this song on the pop side, as I will explain. I’ll just duck under this table while you throw things and give you the next song on the list of my 100 favorite pop/rock/R&B/punk/whatever made the “Hot 100” songs. There Won’t Be Anymore - Charlie Rich Yes, this was a #1 country song. However, this was recorded more as a rock/pop album when it was originally recorded (in 1964). Plus, more “traditional” leaning country stations tended to shy away from people like Charlie Rich and Olivia Newton-John. When the “countrypolitan” sounds began dominating country music, we got two good results. One, RCA dug up some of Charlie Rich’s old RCA recordings that had bombed back in the 60s and re-released them on the heels of Rich’s pop-like successes like “Behind Closed Doors” on Epic Records. Two, the “outlaw” movement with Waylon and Willie and the boys started up, keeping an honest sound available in commercial country music. (That’s something we no longer have, sadly.) This did, and still does, sound more pop than country to me, and that’s why it’s occupying a place on the pop list. Sorry. There Won’t Be Anymore Written by Charlie Rich Recorded by Charlie Rich From Big Boss Man!, 1966 Re-released on There Won’t Be Anymore, 1974 Peak chart position: #18 (also charted #1 country) Today’s country song: “Three Steps to the Phone” And when your heart is breaking: