Gusto - 12 Years

 

1996 - Let's All Chant #21

2008 - Disco's Revenge #34

Edited April 24, 201114 yr by Bray

Engelbert Humperdinck (27 years):

Too Beautiful To Last (1972) => Quando Quando Quando (1999)

 

Talk about literally just qualifying here, QQQ reached #40 :D

 

You could also technically have Nancy Sinatra (34 years between 1971 and 2005), but she was only credited as a featured act on SYD because it used her voice :kink:

Edited April 24, 201114 yr by superbossanova

Tears For Fears - 10 Years

 

1995 - Raoul And The Kings Of Spain #31

2005 - Closest Thing To Heaven #40

Al Martino - 18 Years

 

1955 - The Man From Laramie #19

1973 - Spanish Eyes #5

 

Nat King Cole - 32 Years

 

1962 - Dear Lonely Hearts #37

1994 - Let's Face The Music And Dance #30

 

(the gap to LFTMAD is reduced to 7 years if you count a re-issue of 1957 #2 hit 'When I Fall In Love' that got to #4 in 1987 as a new hit - but then there's a 25 year gap between DLH and the re-issue of WIFIL so a very long gap either way)

 

Bing Crosby - 20 Years

 

1957 - Around The World #5

1977 - White Christmas #5

 

(obviously WC was a re-issue but the song had never charted before as it was released fore the chart's inception)

 

Louis Armstrong - 26 Years

 

1968 - What A Wonderful World #1

1994 - We Have All The Time In The World #3

Edited April 24, 201114 yr by Bray

Excluding remixes and re-enries,

 

Blondie - 17 years

 

1982 - War Child - No. 39

1999 - Maria - No. 1

 

 

Hmm, seems there are loads over 15/20 years, but once you get to 30 years there's only a few... interesting.

 

Two musical legends now :D

 

Johnny Cash (27 years)

One Piece At A Time (1976) => Hurt/Personal Jesus (2003)

 

Lou Reed - two big gaps between his only lead top 40 hits!

Walk On The Wild Side (1973) => Soul Man (1987) => Satellite of Love (2004)

Hmm, seems there are loads over 15/20 years, but once you get to 30 years there's only a few... interesting.

 

There aren't many acts with a 30 year span of top 40 hits at all, let alone a 30 year gap between one hit and the next :P

Shakin' Stevens - 14 Years

 

1991 - I'll Be Home This Christmas #34

2005 - Trouble/This Ole House #20

 

13 years actually as Radio (featuring Queen's Roger Taylor) made no 37 in October 1992 as detailed in my previous post!

 

Phil Everly - 11 Years

 

1983 - She Mean's Nothing To Me [Phil Everly & Cliff Richard] #9

1994 - All I Have To Do Is Dream [Cliff Richard With Phil Everly] #14

 

Kiki Dee - 12 Years

 

1981 - Star #13

1993 - True Love [Elton John & Kiki Dee] #2

 

Dusty Springfield - 17 Years

 

1970 - How Can I Be Sure #36

1987 - What Have I Done To Deserve This #2

 

Tammy Wynette - 15 Years

 

1976 - I Don't Wanna Play House #37

1991 - Justified And Ancient [KLF Featuring Tammy Wynette] #2

 

The Carpenters - 12 Years

 

1978 - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft #9

1990 - Merry Christmas Darling #25

 

England World Cup Squad - 12 Years

 

1970 Back Home #1

1982 This Time #2

 

Santana - 23 Years

 

1977 She's Not There #11

2000 Smooth [santana Featuring Rob Thomas] #3

 

The Smurfs - 18 Years

 

1978 Christmas In Smurfland [Father Abraham & The Smurfs] #19

1996 I'v Got A Little Puppy #4

 

The Wombles - 23 Years

 

1975 Let's Womble Party Tonight #34

1998 Remember You're A Womble #13

 

Roy Wood - 25 Years

 

1975 Oh What A Shame #13

2000 I Wish It Could Be A Wombling Christmas [The Wombles With Roy Wood] #22

Edited April 24, 201114 yr by Pop B!tch

13 years actually as Radio (featuring Queen's Roger Taylor) made no 37 in October 1992 as detailed in my previous post!

 

Calm yourself down - That went un-noticed as he changed his name to 'Shaky' for that release :teresa:

Amy Winehouse - 4 years since Tears Dry On Their Own reached the top 40.. so i guess from then until whenever she releases her next album.

Thanks guys! Here are the US Hot 100 equivalents (gap of over 20 years, incl. re-releases and featuring appearances)

 

Jimmy Buffett (Fins, 1979 – It's Five o' Clock Somewhere, 2003)

Jimmy Cliff (Wonderful World Beautiful People, 1969 – I Can See Clearly Now, 1993)

The Contours (Do You Love Me, 1962 – Do You Love Me, 1988)

Dobie Gray (You Can Do It, 1979 – Drift Away, 2003)

Aaron Neville (Tell It Like It Is 1966 – Don't Know Much 1989)

Roy Orbison (Twinkle Toes 1966 – You Got It 1989)

Dolly Parton (Islands in the Stream 1983 – When I Get Where I'm Going 2006)

Tammy Wynette (Standy by Your Man 1969 – Justified & Ancient 1992)

Edited April 27, 201114 yr by SKOB

Some of these are interesting, but I really don't think you can include re-releases or remixes.

We still doing this :P?

 

The Jackson 5 - 20 Years

 

1989 - Nothing (That Compares 2 U) #33 [as The Jacksons]

2009 - Who's Lovin' You #36

Edited April 28, 201114 yr by Bray

I would never classify The Jacksons same band as The Jackson 5. Somehow. Even though their line-up had a hell of a lot more original members than let's say Sugarbabes' :P

Edited April 28, 201114 yr by SKOB

I would never classify The Jacksons same band as The Jackson 5. Somehow.

 

Then the gap increases to 36 years, back to The Jackson 5's last hit under their original name which was 'Skywriter' in 1973. I don't see why they should be separated though as they *are* the same band under a different name :P But whatever floats your boat

Edited April 28, 201114 yr by Bray