Voice of the Past

During a week in which all the big guns held close to their previous chart positions, a voice from the past swooped into the upper reaches of the singles rankings. “Real Love,” the second Beatles “reunion” song to be built on a John Lennon home recording, registered at No. 2 on The Times’ Southern California singles chart, and No. 5 nationally.

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (1) 1 2 All Eyez on Me, 2Pac (2) 2 3 Score, Fugees (3) 6 4 Relish, Joan Osborne (10) 3 5 Daydream, Mariah Carey (4) 4 6 Waiting to Exhale, soundtrack (5) 5 7 (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis (8) 7 8 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, the Smashing Pumpkins (13) 15 9 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (11) 8 10 Seal, Seal (19) 9

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TOP 10 SINGLES *--*

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Because You Loved Me, Celine Dion (1) 1 2 Real Love, the Beatles (5) ... 3 Sittin’ Up in My Room, Brandy (4) 2 4 Down Low (Nobody Has to Know), R. Kelly (3) 7 5 All the Things (Your Man Won’t Do), Joe (9) 6 6 Not Gon’ Cry, Mary J. Blige (2) 4 7 Nobody Knows, Tony Rich Project (6) 5 8 1 2 3 4 (Sumpin’ New), Coolio (10) 12 9 Doin’ It, LL Cool J (11) 10 10 Jesus to a Child, George Michael (19) 3

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TOP 10 RAP ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 All Eyez on Me, 2Pac (1) 1 2 Score, Fugees (2) 2 3 Gangsta’s Paradise, Coolio (3) 3 4 Dogg Food, Tha Dogg Pound (7) 4 5 Str8 Off Tha Streets of . . . Compton, Eazy-E (6) 5 6 Mr. Smith, LL Cool J (4) 6 7 Young Rich & Dangerous, Kris Kross (8) 7 8 Temple of Boom, Cypress Hill (11) 9 9 E.1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (10) 8 10 Don’t Be a Menace, soundtrack (9) 10

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