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Post by bobbo428 on Nov 29, 2019 21:43:11 GMT -5
On December 1, 1973 Casey said of Neil Diamond’s then-current single, “It’s a big one, titled ‘Be’”. It went no higher than the #34 it was at that week, not a big hit by most standards and certainly not for Neil at the time. Casey should have known that "Be" wasn't going to BE a big hit because it only moved up one notch, which should have been a red flag.
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Post by mga707 on Nov 29, 2019 22:47:53 GMT -5
Although the movie was a flop, Neil's soundtrack LP was a success if I recall right. Looking at Wiki the album reached #2 and was double platinum. You're right--checked Whitburn, the LP did indeed reach #2 for a week. And 34 weeks on the top 200 LP chart, which isn't bad. Would actually be Diamond's highest-charting LP. beating 1974's "Serenade" and 1980's "The Jazz Singer" soundtrack by one position.
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Post by pb on Nov 30, 2019 7:26:23 GMT -5
Neil Diamond's 2008 album Home Before Dark got to #1. Of course, by then LPs were basically gone (or at least in decline before their recent comeback) and hitting #1 in 2008 wasn't quite the same as hitting it in 1973.
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Post by rgmike on Nov 30, 2019 14:15:24 GMT -5
This week (Dec 1 1973) Casey says he thinks "Ruby Red Dress" is on its way to being Ms. Reddy's third #1. Ooops.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Dec 6, 2019 14:14:32 GMT -5
On this week's 1986 show Casey said Pointer Sisters collaboration w/Richard Perry had produced a Goldmine of hits. That Goldmine would run dry after this tune and so would their partnership with Perry soon thereafter.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jan 11, 2020 12:35:15 GMT -5
On this week's 1978 show Casey said Dolly had taken Here You Come Again to #1 on the country chart and could do the same on AT40. Close, but not quite as she would top out at #3.
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Post by pb on Jan 11, 2020 12:40:18 GMT -5
Also this weekend they are playing 1/8/72 in which Casey says that the Jackson 5's "Sugar Daddy" was "headed for the top" after jumping from #21 to #12. It would peak at #10.
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Post by mga707 on Jan 11, 2020 13:05:47 GMT -5
Also this weekend they are playing 1/8/72 in which Casey says that the Jackson 5's "Sugar Daddy" was "headed for the top" after jumping from #21 to #12. It would peak at #10. He was 1 for 2 on this show: He correctly pegged "Let's Stay together" as a future #1.
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Post by chrislc on Jan 11, 2020 17:16:25 GMT -5
Just heard this one on Archive Org. On 11/04/1978 Casey said that Alive Again by Chicago "looks like it could be one of their biggest". Ohh Casey, you should have known better by then to overreact to a big early chart move!
It wound up being their 16th biggest hit to date.
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 14, 2020 19:36:49 GMT -5
Is there a thread for jinxes by people other than Casey? I am not going to go through all the threads to find out so I will post here. In a story that Shadoe Stevens told on the 1/14/89 AT40, Eugene Wolfgramm said that the Jets had a 10 year plan when they formed whereby no one would leave for a solo career until 10 years had passed. He broke the vow well before that time was reached to form Boys Club. Shadoe quoted him as saying that the Jets were still hitting big despite his absence. Guessing comment was discovered by the AT40 staff from a couple months before this show aired. Regardless, the Jets had already had their last hit by the fall of 1988.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jan 14, 2020 20:33:09 GMT -5
^ Which is a shame, because their Greatest Hits album from 1990 had some new songs on it that were, IMO, solid hits. But it was clear by then their ship had sailed.
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Post by mkarns on Jan 18, 2020 18:53:36 GMT -5
On 1/16/82, Casey ended his story about the Commodores getting onto the Ed Sullivan Show only for it to be cancelled by calling them "one of the hottest groups on the scene". Little did he know that the song he was leading into, "Oh No", was their next to last hit after eight years on the charts (their only big hit afterward was "Nightshift", three years later). This of course was just before their main hit songwriter by then, Lionel Richie, left for full-time solo success.
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Post by Hervard on Jan 19, 2020 11:40:41 GMT -5
^ Which is a shame, because their Greatest Hits album from 1990 had some new songs on it that were, IMO, solid hits. But it was clear by then their ship had sailed. I remember one of those songs, "Forever In My Life". I'm surprised that wasn't even a big AC hit, as "The Same Love" from the prior year was.
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Post by slf on Jan 25, 2020 7:57:57 GMT -5
You can thank Mae West as well as Casey for this week's jinx (1/27/1973). Before Casey played Elvis's version of "Separate Ways", he quoted Mae West from several years earlier when she said that if Elvis took care of himself, he would be around a long time, or words to that effect. And Casey seemed to imply that the King had been taking good care of himself, with much help from Col. Tom Parker. They had no way of knowing that sadly, within a few years, the King would be dead, mainly due to NOT taking care of himself. Now as for the Colonel, most would agree that financially, he truly DID take care of HIMSELF, at the expense of his client's welfare.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jan 26, 2020 19:36:35 GMT -5
On this week's 1981 show Casey said Neil Diamond joined McCartney and Elt as the only acts charting every year since 1970. Paul's streak ended that very year. Neil would get top 40s for two more years then never again. Only Elt went on charting well into the future avoiding the jinx.
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