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Post by kahunaburger61 on Jul 27, 2011 2:41:09 GMT -5
I just read on the SXM message board that 70s on 7 will play Casey's 8/5/72 album countdown in 2 weeks (weekend of August 6-7). That's good news...unless the show is edited. Considering some of the music in this show gets no airplay these days, I'm a little surprised this program will make it into the spotlight again. A couple of other related items... Beginning with the Billboard issue dated August 26, 1972 (a few weeks after the LP show), the Soul LP chart was discontinued and "absorbed" into the Top 200 LP chart. Was that a factor why the LP show never developed? Probably not, but who knows? Also, if you look at Billboard's Top 40 Easy Listening chart at that point in time, I have to wonder if using it was ever considered for a sister program while the idea to pursue American Country Countdown developed. I remember former statistician Ben Marichal once told me the EL chart was "a joke." Regardless, if it had become reality, I may have listened for two reasons -- it was Billboard's chart (and credible from my outsider perspective), and it contained songs that I wasn't hearing anywhere else. I can look at any of those charts today and point to recordings I've never heard. Watermark would've been way ahead had that idea seen the light of day. Used to listen to Humble Harve's National Album countdown even though they used Record World's lame chart & played at 1am Saturday morning. Interesting show even though only a top 30 countdown. Wonder if those shows will ever be resurrected online? Imagine there would be no interest for over the air broadcast!!!
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Post by mkarns on Jul 27, 2011 10:17:41 GMT -5
From what I see, the problem with the easy listening chart in the '70s was that they actually called it "easy listening". It really should have been called middle-of-the-road, not easy listening. Does wikipedia have list of #1 easy listening songs? Tried looking up #1 R & B/Soul/Black/Hip Hop songs & #1 C & W songs years ago & found nothing! Bought Joel Whitburn's Top 40 R & B and Hip Hop Singles book on amazon a year ago. When I get update on finances will buy top 40 C & W songs book. This uses the Billboard Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary charts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_adult_contemporary_hits_(United_States)
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Post by dukelightning on Aug 26, 2011 15:56:07 GMT -5
There is a website that has accumulated old radio stations surveys and put them in a database. Obviously, they don't have every station for every week, but i thought I would search for Stairway To Heaven. Here are the results! #21 on KELO Witchita on 8/21/72 Hit bound on WAVZ New Haven on 9/2/72 Moves from 10-6 on WAMS Wilmington, DE on 9/11/72; then moves from 2-3 on 10/2/72 Moves 12-10-9 on KRIZ Phoenix from 9/16/72 thru 9/30/72 Moves 16-11-6 on WFIL Philadelphia from 10/2/72 thru 10/16; then spends at least 2 weeks at #1 for the first 2 weeks in November Moves from 3-6 on KKAM Pueblo on 12/22/72 What is this website and does it list rankings from stations known as AOR at the time? If not, is there a website that has access to rankings of weekly rankings of rock songs?
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Post by Dale Latimer on Aug 26, 2011 17:38:04 GMT -5
There is a website that has accumulated old radio stations surveys and put them in a database. Obviously, they don't have every station for every week, but i thought I would search for Stairway To Heaven. Here are the results! #21 on KELO Witchita on 8/21/72 Hit bound on WAVZ New Haven on 9/2/72 Moves from 10-6 on WAMS Wilmington, DE on 9/11/72; then moves from 2-3 on 10/2/72 Moves 12-10-9 on KRIZ Phoenix from 9/16/72 thru 9/30/72 Moves 16-11-6 on WFIL Philadelphia from 10/2/72 thru 10/16; then spends at least 2 weeks at #1 for the first 2 weeks in November Moves from 3-6 on KKAM Pueblo on 12/22/72 What is this website and does it list rankings from stations known as AOR at the time? If not, is there a website that has access to rankings of weekly rankings of rock songs? He's referring to ARSA (Airheads Radio Survey Archive), at www.las-solanas.com/arsa/index.phpand while most of the stations it chronicles are Top 40, there is a smattering of AOR, Alternative and even some Country and Disco stations.
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