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Post by seminolefan on Mar 28, 2024 16:02:31 GMT -5
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Post by at40petebattistini on Mar 28, 2024 16:14:07 GMT -5
The 3/31/73 issue of Billboard contains an extensive section about radio syndication, including write-ups about AT40, American Country Countdown (perhaps its first public reference, as this was 6 months before its launch), and Black 40, an apparently short-lived countdown of the week’s top R&B singles. At this time in 1973, many of the radio syndicators described likely credited Watermark Inc. for opening radio’s once-closed syndication doors, with the success of its AT40 and The Elvis Presley Story programming. Also in that same section of Billboard, look for AT40’s full-page ad, proclaiming “Stereo…Now”, another step forward by Watermark to address changes in radio listening.
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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 28, 2024 17:16:47 GMT -5
I wonder if "Pillow Talk" inspired Donna Summer to record "Love To Love You Baby"-They're both sensual songs.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 28, 2024 18:37:11 GMT -5
<<<< WTOJs 1973 will be.... ten minutes of restored audio!! Sunday 9am EDT Part of that 10 minutes comes from or is restoring "Master of Eyes". They edited one of my fave Aretha songs that I think is the first AT40 appearance of Quincy Jones who produced it.
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 28, 2024 21:11:10 GMT -5
I wonder if "Pillow Talk" inspired Donna Summer to record "Love To Love You Baby"-They're both sensual songs. And before "Pillow Talk" a year earlier there was another sensual song called "Jungle Fever".
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Post by mga707 on Mar 28, 2024 21:35:27 GMT -5
<<<< WTOJs 1973 will be.... ten minutes of restored audio!! Sunday 9am EDT Part of that 10 minutes comes from or is restoring "Master of Eyes". They edited one of my fave Aretha songs that I think is the first AT40 appearance of Quincy Jones who produced it. It is indeed a fine Aretha single. Her next one, which reached #20 at the end of summer '73 and was also 'Q'-produced, is my all-time Aretha favorite: The amazing, gives-me-goosebumps "Angel". Written by her sister Carolyn, as Aretha alludes to in the spoken prologue. I think you're right about "Master Of Eyes" being Jones' first AT40 appearance as a producer. His first top 40 single since Lesley Gore's 1965 "My Town, My Guy, and Me".
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Post by jmack19 on Mar 28, 2024 22:49:40 GMT -5
I'll go with 4/3/71 over 4/8/72 for next weekend. The 4/3/71 show was last featured by Premiere in 2017. The 1972 show last aired in 2018. I'll go with 3/31/79 for the B show.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 29, 2024 7:49:30 GMT -5
Part of that 10 minutes comes from or is restoring "Master of Eyes". They edited one of my fave Aretha songs that I think is the first AT40 appearance of Quincy Jones who produced it. It is indeed a fine Aretha single. Her next one, which reached #20 at the end of summer '73 and was also 'Q'-produced, is my all-time Aretha favorite: The amazing, gives-me-goosebumps "Angel". Written by her sister Carolyn, as Aretha alludes to in the spoken prologue. I think you're right about "Master Of Eyes" being Jones' first AT40 appearance as a producer. His first top 40 single since Lesley Gore's 1965 "My Town, My Guy, and Me". Looks like I was right. Though when you mentioned Lesley Gore, I had my doubts. First of all, in the Record Research book, it says 'all of the above produced by Quincy Jones' below "My Town, My Guy and Me". So that would include her big hits especially her #1 hit "It's My Party". So I thought that might have been an extra earlier than the 1973 show. But it was not after perusing Pete's book. I think Casey mentioned it at some point but did not play it until doing the 60s archives feature in the early 80s.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 29, 2024 12:50:13 GMT -5
I'll go with 4/3/71 over 4/8/72 for next weekend. The 4/3/71 show was last featured by Premiere in 2017. The 1972 show last aired in 2018. I'll go with 3/31/79 for the B show. Hope you're right. Would love to hear that '71 show. Recall that when I heard it back then, I thought 'That's going to #1' when "Joy To the World" made its big 34-to-11 jump on that week. Only bad thing is if we hear 1971 next week we probably won't get to hear the magnificent (joking) "Battle Hymn Of Lt. Calley" in another month, unless Sirius-XM comes through for us.
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Post by jmack19 on Mar 29, 2024 15:56:43 GMT -5
So does WQCY. Along with other stations, such as WPAC & WPNC on Saturday as well as WIHG on Sunday, that are likely to air the show, 1977 is not going to be difficult to find this weekend.
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 30, 2024 8:06:43 GMT -5
AT40: The 70's 3/31/1973 leads off with a country ballad by a member of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In which was in its final season at that time named Jud Strunk with "Daisy a Day" at #40.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 30, 2024 10:44:18 GMT -5
AT40: The 70's 3/31/1973 leads off with a country ballad by a member of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In which was in its final season at that time named Jud Strunk with "Daisy a Day" at #40. That final '72-'73 season of 'Laugh-In' was Strunk's only season on the show. Apart from Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, the only other cast members from the first season that started in January 1968 who were still on the show in that final season were Ruth Buzzi and announcer (and AT40 guest host) Gary Owens.
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Post by rgmike on Mar 30, 2024 11:09:10 GMT -5
AT40: The 70's 3/31/1973 leads off with a country ballad by a member of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In which was in its final season at that time named Jud Strunk with "Daisy a Day" at #40. I had forgotten that "Daisy" stayed at #40 for 2 consecutive weeks before resuming its climb to a #14 peak.
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Post by kani on Mar 30, 2024 11:48:07 GMT -5
WPNC now airing 1977
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Post by rgmike on Mar 30, 2024 12:47:17 GMT -5
AT40: The 70's 3/31/1973 leads off with a country ballad by a member of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In which was in its final season at that time named Jud Strunk with "Daisy a Day" at #40. That final '72-'73 season of 'Laugh-In' was Strunk's only season on the show. Apart from Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, the only other cast members from the first season that started in January 1968 who were still on the show in that final season were Ruth Buzzi and announcer (and AT40 guest host) Gary Owens. R&M had taken over as producers and ousted George Schlatter (a/k/a "Crazy Effing George", who they did not get along with) and the influx of new faces/departure of old favorites did not help the show's ratings.
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