|
Post by Hervard on Apr 21, 2013 19:18:47 GMT -5
On this week's 1986 show, Casey said the female acts with the most 80s Top 40s were Diana, ONJ, and Pointer Sisters. Only Sisters would hit the top 40 ever again, once, later that year. And even that song's chart performance was less than stellar, peaking at #33 and spending only three weeks in the Top 40.
|
|
|
Post by lasvegaskid on Apr 26, 2013 16:42:48 GMT -5
On this week's 1985 show, Casey said Diana Ross was the #1 female act of the 80s to that point. She would never have another top 40 song.
|
|
|
Post by jdelachjr2002 on Apr 27, 2013 19:37:01 GMT -5
On this week's 1985 show, Casey said Diana Ross was the #1 female act of the 80s to that point. She would never have another top 40 song. Poor Diana. The juggernaut known as Madonna was just emerging. Of course another emerging talent at the latter half of the '80s - Whitney Houston - would surpass Diana as well.
|
|
|
Post by artsmusic on Apr 28, 2013 20:51:19 GMT -5
What is also interesting about that #1 album quote is that in the Soundscan era, the feat of a #1 album was made more easy to achieve.....and yet Elton still couldn't manage it.
|
|
|
Post by mkarns on Apr 28, 2013 22:39:05 GMT -5
What is also interesting about that #1 album quote is that in the Soundscan era, the feat of a #1 album was made more easy to achieve.....and yet Elton still couldn't manage it. Though it should be noted that Elton had the two hit singles from the soundtrack to "The Lion King", which hit #1 in 1994. Not all the album was his, and the movie's popularity might have made it #1 even without the hits, but if any one artist really sold the music it was him.
|
|
|
Post by tarobe on Apr 28, 2013 23:24:07 GMT -5
On a related note, on the show that aired exactly forty years ago this weekend, Casey told the story about how the members of the group New York City all had day jobs which they weren't going to quit until the hits start piling up. Well, I hope them fellas stayed at their jobs because "I'm Doin' Fine Now" was their only hit.
|
|
|
Post by jdelachjr2002 on Apr 30, 2013 19:39:58 GMT -5
Here are two Shadoe Stevens jinxes that qualify here.
9/30/1989: Shadoe said that New Kids On The Block needed one more Top 40 single to surpass the Jackson Five's record before any of their members turned 20 (at the time it was reported that Jonathan Knight would turn 20 on 11/29). And although it would appear that NKOTB would accomplish this feat when "This One's For The Children" hit the Top 40 four days before Knight's birthday, it turned out he was already 20 as were fellow members Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood.
10/14/1989: Shadoe said Madonna has had 16 straight Top 5 singles and is five away from surpassing Elvis Presley's record. Unfortunately, Madonna's next release "Oh Father" peaked at #20 ending that streak.
|
|
|
Post by lasvegaskid on May 1, 2013 16:05:35 GMT -5
On this week's 1975 show Casey said Grand Funk's new sound might win over the critics. After Bad Time they would never reach the top 40 again.
|
|
|
Post by tarobe on May 1, 2013 21:01:50 GMT -5
And they never won over the critics either.
|
|
|
Post by Ponderous Man on May 7, 2013 4:21:24 GMT -5
Here's an interesting jinx for y'all:
On the cue sheet to the March 16, 1985 show (which Premiere aired earlier this year), Casey said in one of the promos that "Beat Of A Heart" by Scandal was a "best bet" to debut in the countdown. That song would never hit the top 40.
|
|
|
Post by mkarns on May 12, 2013 21:07:22 GMT -5
On May 14, 1977, Casey dipped into the AT40 "Book of Records" and said that the Miracles (as a group, not counting Smokey Robinson solo) were the group with the most consecutive years of charted singles, going back to 1959. From 1977 on they never charted again.
|
|
|
Post by lasvegaskid on May 12, 2013 21:55:58 GMT -5
Reverse jinx; on this week's 1977 Casey said Dreams was destined to be FM's biggest hit. He nailed it.
|
|
|
Post by 80sat40fan on May 19, 2013 18:18:30 GMT -5
Double jinx on the 5/19/73 show. First, Casey mentioned how Perry Como's time between his first top 40 hit and his latest was very close to the all-time record for artist longevity on the Top 40 set my Frank Sinatra. Casey said something the effect that with more Perry Como Top 40 hits likely that Perry would break Frank's streak. Instead, "And I Love You So" would be Perry Como's last Top 40 hit, peaking at #29.
Also, at the end of the show, Casey made his prediction for what would be next week's #1 song. He thought that Stevie Wonder's "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life would remain at #1. Instead, "Frankenstein" by the Edgard Winter Group would move into the #1 position on the 5/26/73 chart.
|
|
|
Post by mga707 on May 19, 2013 18:57:05 GMT -5
Double jinx on the 5/19/73 show. First, Casey mentioned how Perry Como's time between his first top 40 hit and his latest was very close to the all-time record for artist longevity on the Top 40 set my Frank Sinatra. Casey said something the effect that with more Perry Como Top 40 hits likely that Perry would break Frank's streak. Instead, "And I Love You So" would be Perry Como's last Top 40 hit, peaking at #29. ...while Sinatra would return to the top 40 one more time, in 1980 with "New York, New York", thus further extending his longevity record.
|
|
|
Post by lasvegaskid on May 22, 2013 15:16:46 GMT -5
On this week's 1974 show, Casey said JB hits #1 regularly on the soul chart but was still looking for his first pop #1. After that year, the Hardest Working Guy would never have another soul chart topper and wouldn't get on AT40 again until 1985.
|
|