Artist	Song
Mac Davis	Stop and Smell the Roses
Styx	Too Much Time On My Hands
Supremes	Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart
Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody
The Motels	Only The Lonely
Elton John	Mama Can't Buy You Love
Sam Cooke	Twistin' The Night Away
Jane Wiedlin	Rush Hour
John Lennon	#9 Dream
A Flock of Seagulls	I Ran (So Far Away)
U2	Mysterious Ways
Aretha Franklin	Rock Steady
Madonna	Rescue Me
Evelyn "Champagne" King	Shame
Talking Heads	Burning Down The House
Stevie Wonder	Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Dey
Desmond Dekker and the Aces	The Israelites
The Drifters	On Broadway
Aerosmith	What It Takes

Comment:

This is the first of a two disk set that I'm giving to my sister for Christmas. The theme, silly though it may be, is this: my sister's favorite number is 9 and all of these songs peaked at # 9 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart at some point between 1962 and 1991. It should be noted that "Bohemian Rhapsody" has charted twice: in 1976, when it peaked at #9 and in 1991 when it peaked at #2. I'm going with it's original ranking here. Also, it is true: Lennon's "#9 Dream" did peak at #9! What you won't find here is songs with "9" in the title: "Love Potion #9," "99 Red/Luftballoons," "Revolution #9," etc. That's a theme CD for another day. Vol 2 of this CD, featuring a similarly eclectic mix of #9 hits, should be appearing here soon. And, yes, I realize that some of these songs are quite cheesy, but, believe me, that's part of the fun.

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