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Post by doofus67 on Feb 1, 2019 23:30:17 GMT -5
1975 show: #13: "Never Can Say Goodbye"--Gloria Gaynor #12: "Doctor's Orders"--Carol Douglas and finally... #11: "Get Dancin''--Disco Tex (aka Sir Monti Rock III) and the Sex-O-Lettes About 15 minutes of pure 'Proto-Disco' perfection! My chiffon is wet... I knew that "Never Can Say Goodbye" was produced by Meco Monardo of Star Wars theme fame. I thought the same about "Doctor's Orders" because of its similar sound. But no, it was Ed O'Loughlin.
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Post by slf on Feb 2, 2019 9:13:27 GMT -5
I'd like to make a correction to a bit of erroneous trivia Casey provided in the intro to "Lady" by Styx. He was saying that the band used to be known as the Trade Winds and had a Top 40 hit in the '60's called "New York's A Lonely Town". He was only half-right. Early in the Chicago band's history, they did go by the name "The Tradewinds". But it was not the same band who recorded "New York's A Lonely Town". THAT song was by a duo from either New York or Rhode Island (my sources aren't consistent on this bit of info) consisting of Pete Anders and Vinnie Poncia. The band that eventually became Styx dropped the "Tradewinds" moniker after the other group had their hit. (But they didn't adopt the name Styx until the early '70's.) But there was no internet as we know it in 1975, so I suppose it was easy for Casey and his staff to get fooled by such erroneous info that sounded correct on the surface. (In the '80's, a DJ on WOWO, Ft. Wayne played "New York's A Lonely Town" on an oldies program and passed on the same piece of incorrect trivia.)
BTW, if you've never heard "New York's A Lonely Town" do yourself a favor and check it out on YouTube. It's a fantastic lost oldie! It's a surf rock tune that beats the Beach Boys at their own game.
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Post by mga707 on Feb 2, 2019 11:17:37 GMT -5
I'd like to make a correction to a bit of erroneous trivia Casey provided in the intro to "Lady" by Styx. He was saying that the band used to be known as the Trade Winds and had a Top 40 hit in the '60's called "New York's A Lonely Town". He was only half-right. Early in the Chicago band's history, they did go by the name "The Tradewinds". But it was not the same band who recorded "New York's A Lonely Town". THAT song was by a duo from either New York or Rhode Island (my sources aren't consistent on this bit of info) consisting of Pete Anders and Vinnie Poncia. The band that eventually became Styx dropped the "Tradewinds" moniker after the other group had their hit. (But they didn't adopt the name Styx until the early '70's.) But there was no internet as we know it in 1975, so I suppose it was easy for Casey and his staff to get fooled by such erroneous info that sounded correct on the surface. (In the '80's, a DJ on WOWO, Ft. Wayne played "New York's A Lonely Town" on an oldies program and passed on the same piece of incorrect trivia.) BTW, if you've never heard "New York's A Lonely Town" do yourself a favor and check it out on YouTube. It's a fantastic lost oldie! It's a surf rock tune that beats the Beach Boys at their own game. 100% correct above. The original Trade Winds also had a second top 40 hit in early '67, but under a different name: The Innocence. "There's Got To Be a Word!" reached #34. Just to confuse things even further. Poncia later became a fairly successful record producer. Whitburn says that Styx was originally known as 'TW4'.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Feb 2, 2019 11:39:56 GMT -5
I'd like to make a correction to a bit of erroneous trivia Casey provided in the intro to "Lady" by Styx. He was saying that the band used to be known as the Trade Winds and had a Top 40 hit in the '60's called "New York's A Lonely Town". He was only half-right. Early in the Chicago band's history, they did go by the name "The Tradewinds". But it was not the same band who recorded "New York's A Lonely Town". THAT song was by a duo from either New York or Rhode Island (my sources aren't consistent on this bit of info) consisting of Pete Anders and Vinnie Poncia. The band that eventually became Styx dropped the "Tradewinds" moniker after the other group had their hit. (But they didn't adopt the name Styx until the early '70's.) But there was no internet as we know it in 1975, so I suppose it was easy for Casey and his staff to get fooled by such erroneous info that sounded correct on the surface. (In the '80's, a DJ on WOWO, Ft. Wayne played "New York's A Lonely Town" on an oldies program and passed on the same piece of incorrect trivia.) BTW, if you've never heard "New York's A Lonely Town" do yourself a favor and check it out on YouTube. It's a fantastic lost oldie! It's a surf rock tune that beats the Beach Boys at their own game. 100% correct above. The original Trade Winds also had a second top 40 hit in early '67, but under a different name: The Innocence. "There's Got To Be a Word!" reached #34. Just to confuse things even further. Poncia later became a fairly successful record producer. Whitburn says that Styx was originally known as 'TW4'. Question -- should errors like this be deleted from programs?
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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 2, 2019 14:09:43 GMT -5
100% correct above. The original Trade Winds also had a second top 40 hit in early '67, but under a different name: The Innocence. "There's Got To Be a Word!" reached #34. Just to confuse things even further. Poncia later became a fairly successful record producer. Whitburn says that Styx was originally known as 'TW4'. Question -- should errors like this be deleted from programs? I think the errors should stay in the re-broadcasts--the whole point of listening to an old AT40 show is to enjoy it as it was originally presented. I enjoy listening to OTR (old time radio) and most of the shows were done live and it is interesting to pick up on mistakes and how they worked around them (or worked them into the show). I believe that an old AT40 should be treated the same (it is an historical broadcast). I may not care so much if mono songs are converted into stereo but please leave the content of what Casey said as is. Thanks.
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Post by caseyfan100 on Feb 2, 2019 16:05:06 GMT -5
For the 4th week in a row,WVLI is playing June '75.
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Post by mrjukebox on Feb 2, 2019 17:28:13 GMT -5
I remember hearing "New York's A Lonely Town" on New York's WCBS-FM when they played music from the 60's.
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Post by mga707 on Feb 2, 2019 21:59:24 GMT -5
Question -- should errors like this be deleted from programs? I think the errors should stay in the re-broadcasts--the whole point of listening to an old AT40 show is to enjoy it as it was originally presented. I enjoy listening to OTR (old time radio) and most of the shows were done live and it is interesting to pick up on mistakes and how they worked around them (or worked them into the show). I believe that an old AT40 should be treated the same (it is an historical broadcast). I may not care so much if mono songs are converted into stereo but please leave the content of what Casey said as is. Thanks. Agree. Leave errors in the rebroadcasts. As I said in an earlier post, changing them is like 'Soviet history'--altering the past.
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Post by matt on Feb 3, 2019 11:21:03 GMT -5
100% correct above. The original Trade Winds also had a second top 40 hit in early '67, but under a different name: The Innocence. "There's Got To Be a Word!" reached #34. Just to confuse things even further. Poncia later became a fairly successful record producer. Whitburn says that Styx was originally known as 'TW4'. Question -- should errors like this be deleted from programs? No -- one of the coolest parts of the rebroadcasts is their authenticity. Case in point: one of the more infamous errors in AT40 history was on the 1/12/74 show when Casey teased a story for the last segment of the show that never ended up getting told. However, if I recall correctly, Premiere deleted the tease when they rebroadcasted it...I was always disappointed they didn't leave it in since it's such a well-known event.
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Post by billyonaire on Feb 3, 2019 14:12:14 GMT -5
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Post by jmack19 on Feb 3, 2019 15:05:44 GMT -5
I'll go with:
"Running On Empty" "Dust In The Wind" "This Masquerade"
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Post by Dale Latimer on Feb 3, 2019 15:58:38 GMT -5
"This Masquerade" [EDIT: This is a Casey extra, so I doubt it'll get dropped...] "If I Can't Have You" ("On her way to one week at #1...") "Ebony Eyes"
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Post by vince on Feb 3, 2019 19:35:26 GMT -5
100% correct above. The original Trade Winds also had a second top 40 hit in early '67, but under a different name: The Innocence. "There's Got To Be a Word!" reached #34. Just to confuse things even further. Poncia later became a fairly successful record producer. Whitburn says that Styx was originally known as 'TW4'. Question -- should errors like this be deleted from programs? In my opinion, no. I like to hear the shows as close as possible to the original. I also like hearing the original mono mixes and single versions of the songs that don't get played anymore. I know they have to make the 1970 - 1972 shows stereo or a lot of station won't play them. The original AT40 song edits are also of interest to me, but the Premiere edits are annoying.
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Post by mga707 on Feb 3, 2019 19:41:54 GMT -5
Interesting show coming up, I'm looking forward to it. The most-weeks-at-#1 song of #78 enters the 40, while the most-weeks-at-#1 song of '77 falls out, to the delight of many. Interesting that there is an extra ('This Masquerade'), as this was the period when the three-hour format was showing it's limits due to average song length.
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Post by mrjukebox on Feb 3, 2019 22:34:46 GMT -5
2/11/78 first aired in 2008.
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