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Post by bobbo428 on Nov 30, 2014 0:43:00 GMT -5
In the 1982 show, Casey said that Neil Diamond, who was at #5, was "doing all right." Little did we know that he would make the top 40 only one more time--and have not hits after his next single.
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Post by mkarns on Dec 1, 2014 22:57:07 GMT -5
On 11/18/72 Casey introduced Bread's "Sweet Surrender" saying "it looks like nothing's going to stop them." They would break up in 1973. The following week AT40 began the regular feature of Casey guessing the next week's #1, which would continue for about a year. Their first guess was wrong, predicting "I'd Love You To Want Me" would reach #1 when it was jumped by "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone". Another miss on the 11/25/72 show was when Casey said the Stylistics' "I'm Stone In Love With You" was "looking like a contender for #1". It only peaked at #10.
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Post by trekkielo on Dec 1, 2014 23:25:25 GMT -5
From May 6th, 1972, Casey Kasem said, this debuted 2 weeks ago at 36, last week moved 6 to 30, this week moves 5, to 25, it's on its way (a play on "I'm on my way" in the lyrics) Paul Simon, Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard.
It never got higher than 22 for 2 weeks, 3 weeks later!
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Post by SFGuy on Dec 4, 2014 5:28:00 GMT -5
From November 30, 1974, Casey said Three Degrees "When Will I See You Again" went to the top in England and "it looks like it may reach the top on American Top 40". It will peak at number 2.
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Post by davewollenberg on Dec 5, 2014 16:17:19 GMT -5
Casey said that Barbra Streisand was trying for a 6th number #1, with 'Comin' in and out of your life'. It'd only peak at #11.
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Post by mga707 on Dec 5, 2014 16:30:26 GMT -5
Casey said that Barbra Streisand was trying for a 6th number #1, with 'Comin' in and out of your life'. It'd only peak at #11. I noticed that in this show the two future #1 songs, "I Can't Go For That" and "Centerfold", had relatively small moves (up four and five respectively), while the Streisand song and the two others with big moves ("Don't Stop Believin'" and "Cool Night") would not get anywhere near #1.
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Post by davewollenberg on Dec 5, 2014 16:33:49 GMT -5
As a solo artist, though. Babs hit #8 in '96, with Bryan Adams on 'I finally found someone'.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Dec 6, 2014 15:30:33 GMT -5
On this week's 1974 show, Casey said Stevie was "looking to make it back to back #1s". Wonder's Boogie On would hit the daily double on the soul chart but on AT40 it would stall at #3.
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Post by freakyflybry on Dec 13, 2014 13:44:00 GMT -5
Reverse jinxes on this week's 1987 AT40: - Casey wondered if Whitney Houston would get her 6th straight #1. She did. - In a story about Debbie Gibson and how she gauged family and friends' reactions to her songs, she said she was banking on "Staying Together" and "Out Of The Blue" being hits. Both would become hits, though nothing was said of "Foolish Beat" which would hit #1.
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Post by jmack19 on Dec 22, 2014 23:15:25 GMT -5
Elton John was jinxed several times according to this thread, and 8/16/75 was another one when Casey said that "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" was still climbing toward #1. That was a reasonable assumption given Elt's track record at the time, but it got no higher than that week's position of #4. As mentioned above by lasvegaskid, "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" moved to #7 in 5 short weeks only to see it spend the next 3 weeks at #6.
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Post by davewollenberg on Jan 4, 2015 21:24:56 GMT -5
Reverse jinx on the year-end '80 show. Casey said that Eddie Rabbitt scored his biggest hit with, 'Drivin' my life away'. A few momths later, Eddie hit #1 with 'I love a rainy night'.
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Post by mkarns on Jan 17, 2015 19:56:56 GMT -5
On 1/18/86, Casey introed Pat Benatar's "Sex as a Weapon" (at its peak position of #28) with a recap of her chart history, and said that despite 14 top 40 hits she was "still looking for that big #1." She never found it; afterward she only had one more top 40 hit ("All Fired Up", which reached #19 in 1988.)
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jan 23, 2015 16:03:18 GMT -5
On this week's 1984 show, Casey said "it's Barry Manimellow's 25th top 40 hit". That did it. Hard to believe but he would never reach the countdown again.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jan 23, 2015 17:15:35 GMT -5
On this week's 1984 show, Casey said ONJ has had a top tenner for six straight years. She would never get there again.
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Post by freakyflybry on Jan 28, 2015 23:54:16 GMT -5
Reverse jinx on this week's 1979 show: Herb Alpert's "This Guy's In Love With You" was played as an extra as his only #1, a vocal hit so unlike his usual instrumental style. I'm not sure if his #1 hit later that year, "Rise", would become a bigger hit, but it was an instrumental more in line with his usual sound unlike the vocal track that was his only other #1 before.
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