The KissFAQ


The Complete Cashbox KISS Album Chart Action, 1974-89

This work covers KISS' chart activity in the top-100 of the US Cashbox singles charts
Useful as a comparrison with with Billboard entries used in the general singles chart. "nc" means that no chart was issued that week...

Quick facts:
Highest Charting Cashbox Single: "Beth" (#7)
Longest Charting Cashbox Single: "New York Groove" (21 Weeks)
Highest Cashbox Single Chart Debut: "Beth" (#55)

Nothin' To Lose (Single)

Released: March 1974
Notes: Did not chart on the Cashboard Top-100 Singles Chart...

Kissin' Time (Single)

Released: May 1974
Chart Peak: #79 (6/22/74) with 5 weeks on charts.

Notes: KISS' first appearance on the Cashboard Top-100 Singles Chart. This would be their second single which had been recorded with Kerner & Wise in April 1974.

Rock And Roll All Nite (Single)

Released: April 1975
Chart Peak: #57 (6/14/75) with 6 weeks on charts.

Rock And Roll All Nite (Live Single)

Released: October 1975
Chart Peak: #17 (1/24/76) with 15 weeks on charts.

Shout It Out Loud (Single)

Released: March 1976
Chart Peak: #24 (5/15/76) with 13 weeks on charts.

Flaming Youth (Single)

Released: June 1976
Chart Peak: #80 (7/10/76) with 4 weeks on charts.

Detroit Rock City (Single)

Released: August 1976
Chart Peak: #87 (9/4/76) with 2 weeks on charts.

Notes: The original release of the third single, as NB-863, pushing "Detroit Rock City". Many DJ copies bear the date stamp 8/14/76, indicating that was the receipt date of the single. However, the single bombed, though DJs were soon flipping the single over and playing the B-side instead. In the second chart week Cashboard were refering to the entry as "Detroit Rock City/Beth", rather than just listing the A-side. They were also indication "Beth" as a new entry on the charts.

Beth (Single)

Released: August 1976
Chart Peak: #7 (11/13/76) with 20 weeks on charts.

Notes: By late-August 1976 the "Beth" B-side was getting more radio airplay than the A-side. As a result Casablanca quickly reissued the single with "Beth" as the A-side. For the first three weeks Cashbox referred to the single as "Beth/Detroit Rock City" before totally dropping "Detroit Rock City" from the entry on October 2nd. Even with its success "Beth" would only be the 92nd most successful single on Cashbox in 1976.

Hard Luck Woman (Single)

Released: December 1976
Chart Peak: #19 (2/12/77) with 13 weeks on charts.

Calling Dr. Love (Single)

Released: February 1977
Chart Peak: #10 (6/4/77) with 18 weeks on charts.

Christine Sixteen (Single)

Released: June 1977
Chart Peak: #20 (8/27/77) with 11 weeks on charts.

Love Gun (Single)

Released: September 1977
Chart Peak: #55 (10/21/77) with 7 weeks on charts.

Rocket Ride (Single)

Released: February 1978
Chart Peak: #46 (4/15/78) with 10 weeks on charts.

Ace Frehley: New York Groove (Single)

Released: September 1978
Chart Peak: #16 (2/3/79) with 21 weeks on charts.

Paul Stanley: Hold Me, Touch Me (Single)

Released: October 1978
Chart Peak: #41 (12/30/78) with 12 weeks on charts.

Gene Simmons: Radioactive (Single)

Released: November 1978
Chart Peak: #51 (1/13/79) with 9 weeks on charts.

I Was Made For Lovin' You (Single)

Released: May 1979
Chart Peak: #8 (8/11/79) with 19 weeks on charts.

Sure Know Something (Single)

Released: August 1979
Chart Peak: #44 (10/27/79) with 11 weeks on charts.

Shandi (Single)

Released: May 1980
Chart Peak: #56 (7/26/80) with 8 weeks on charts.

A World Without Heroes (Single)

Released: November 1981
Chart Peak: #57 (1/30/82) with 11 weeks on charts.

Heaven's On Fire (Single)

Released: September 1984
Chart Peak: #53 (11/17/84) with 11 weeks on charts.

Tears Are Falling (Single)

Released: September 1985
Chart Peak: #51 (11/23/85) with 15 weeks on charts.

Crazy Crazy Nights (Single)

Released: September 1987
Chart Peak: #79 (10/24/87) with 7 weeks on charts.

Reason To Live (Single)

Released: October 1987
Chart Peak: #82 (1/16/88) with 8 weeks on charts.

Let's Put The 'X' In Sex (Single)

Released: December 1988
Chart Peak: #93 (1/28/89) with 2 weeks on charts.

Hide Your Heart (Single)

Released: October 1989
Chart Peak: #83 (12/23/89) with 4 weeks on charts.