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Post by freakyflybry on Nov 21, 2015 17:23:16 GMT -5
Another reverse jinx in 1987: Casey said that Belinda Carlisle had yet to reach #1 either solo or with the Go-Go's, and that maybe "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" would be it. Ultimately, it did hit #1.
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Post by davewollenberg on Nov 28, 2015 14:00:57 GMT -5
On the 11-25-72 show, Casey said that 'Stone in love with you', looked like it was headed for #1. It only peaked at #10.
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Post by jamesff on Nov 29, 2015 17:39:53 GMT -5
It looks like the 11-25-1972 show was the one he started the next week predictions. Of course he would be wrong most of the time.
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Post by tarobe on Nov 30, 2015 12:03:06 GMT -5
On last week's 1980 (aired by that station some get upset for mentioning) countdown, Casey mentioned every time D Ross makes the top 10, she hits #1 and I'm Coming Out was looking to make it her 6th straight top tenner to also be a chart topper. However it would stall at #5. And she would never hit #1 again!
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Post by mkarns on Nov 30, 2015 12:10:39 GMT -5
On last week's 1980 (aired by that station some get upset for mentioning) countdown, Casey mentioned every time D Ross makes the top 10, she hits #1 and I'm Coming Out was looking to make it her 6th straight top tenner to also be a chart topper. However it would stall at #5. And she would never hit #1 again! Doesn't "Endless Love" count? The statistic that Casey mentioned applied to Diana's post-Supremes duet and collaboration hits as well.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Nov 30, 2015 12:30:49 GMT -5
Hello jamesff--yes you are correct the November 25, 1972 was the first week that Casey (and the staff) tried to predict the following weeks chart topper. The predictions lasted about a year, until December of 1973, and then it was dropped. It seemed like a silly idea to me but maybe it was meant to be a way to connect to those chart buffs that wrote the Top 40 down every week. By the way, I don't believe Casey made the predictions on his own but it was Casey and the staff making those guesses.
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Post by tarobe on Nov 30, 2015 16:26:10 GMT -5
On the 11-30-74 program, Casey, outroing "Junior's Farm," said "Paul McCartney and Wings...Headed probably for another #1 song..." Nope.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Dec 11, 2015 17:47:55 GMT -5
On this week's 1983 show Casey declared.. with a track record like Barry Manimellow, it is no wonder he has just released a 2nd greatest hits album. He would never reach the top 40 again. On same show Casey said H&O were climbing and D&J might have another #1 on their hands. Say It Isn't So couldn't overcome Michael mania though.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Dec 20, 2015 11:14:44 GMT -5
On this week's 1976 show Casey said Elt's headed for #1 with this song. But Sorry Seems To Be would only get Reg to #3.
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Post by dukelightning on Dec 20, 2015 12:23:52 GMT -5
Sorry lasvegas, but that song only made it to #6. Too bad Premiere did not choose the top 100 of 1977 as a lot of people wanted/predicted. That song kicked it off.
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Post by mkarns on Dec 21, 2015 18:25:30 GMT -5
On this week's 1976 show Casey said Elt's headed for #1 with this song. But Sorry Seems To Be would only get Reg to #3. In that same show, Casey said that the Spinners' "Rubberband Man" was previously a #1 soul hit, and that "they're trying to reach that position on American Top 40", which it couldn't quite do, hitting #2 for three weeks. It was of course blocked by Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)", which Casey made a big point of saying was the biggest #1 of the calendar year 1976. That statistic and commentary may have contributed to the decision for AT40 to make its own year end countdown for 1977; calling the biggest hit for calendar year 1976 the top hit of 1977 would have been confusing to many listeners, who weren't necessarily familiar with Billboard's cutoff dates and methodology.
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Post by mkarns on Jan 13, 2016 13:37:03 GMT -5
SXM last weekend replayed 1/8/72, in which Casey said "The Jackson 5, they're heading for the top with a song called 'Sugar Daddy'". The song jumped from 21 to 12 that week, but then soon stalled out and only peaked at #10.
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Post by Michael1973 on Feb 12, 2016 11:29:53 GMT -5
Sorry if this has been mentioned already. On the recently aired 1/30/88 show, Casey talks about how George Harrison had recently moved into second place behind Paul McCartney for artist with the most #1 songs. He ends the segment by saying something like, "Now that George's career has been resurrected, he probably has the best chance of taking over Paul's record."
Yeah, except for the part where George's next top 40 hit would be his last...
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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 12, 2016 13:59:39 GMT -5
Sorry if this has been mentioned already. On the recently aired 1/30/88 show, Casey talks about how George Harrison had recently moved into second place behind Paul McCartney for artist with the most #1 songs. He ends the segment by saying something like, "Now that George's career has been resurrected, he probably has the best chance of taking over Paul's record." Yeah, except for the part where George's next top 40 hit would be his last... Hey Michael1973, You probably meant to say that George moved into second place behind Paul as the EX-Beatle with the second most #1's. By the way, on the Cash Box charts Paul had ten #1's, Ringo had 4, John had 3 and George had 3 (Kinda interesting).
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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 13, 2016 13:31:46 GMT -5
Uh-oh, Casey just said on the SiriusXM rebroadcast from 2/14/76 that Elton John was probably headed to Number 1 with 'Grow Some Funk Of Your Own'. The song was at #17 that week and not only did the song not make #1 it never even made it to the top 10. Kinda weird since the song was technically a double sided hit with I Feel Like A Bullet (in the gun of Robert Ford) getting some airplay , as well. I remember that the song dropped completely out of the Top 40 the week after it peaked at #14.
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