Record Research, the music chart reference publisher founded by Joel Whitburn, has launched its first podcast, A Heart for the Charts. The series debuted October 6 with Thelma Houston and The Fleetwoods’ Gretchen Christopher discussing what it took to reach No. 1—and what happened afterward.
The opening episode, “The Day I Went to Number One,” follows Houston’s years of work leading up to “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” her first time hearing the song on the radio, and the promotional campaign that followed. Christopher revisits The Fleetwoods’ high school beginnings and the success of “Come Softly to Me,” along with the group’s later chart milestones.

– Hypebot