While driving around to take care of a few errands, I listened to a Siruis/XM 70s on 7 rebroadcast of Casey Kasem's American Top 40 for the week ending August 6, 1978.
46 years ago, I lived Springfield, Massachusettts and rarely listened to AM radio. It was impossible, however, to avoid this one-hit wonder by Dean Friedman. It spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 but only peaked at #26.
Guess when Ariel first appeared on the Social Security Administration list of top 1000 baby names for girls?
Source: SSA Popular Baby Names
Ariel timeline:
1977: "Ariel" debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending April 16.
1978: Ariel makes its first appearance on the SSA Baby Names Chart.
1984: The movie "Footloose" opened on February 17. One of its characters is a rebellious PK named Ariel Moore.
1989: Disney's "The Little Mermaid", a.k.a. Ariel, is released in theaters on November 13.
1990: Ariel reaches its peak on the SSA baby names chart.
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