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Post by mga707 on May 22, 2013 22:55:19 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. ...which would be as close as The Godfather of Soul would come to landing a #1 single on the Hot 100 since "I Got You" reached #3 over 20 years earlier: "Living In America", #4 in early 86. ..."I feel good!"
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Post by davewollenberg on May 27, 2013 15:49:39 GMT -5
Listened to an aircheck of AT40, from 12-18-76. When Casey came out of 'Sorry seems to be the hardest word', he said it was headed for #1. It'd peak at #6, the followin' week.
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Post by mga707 on Jun 1, 2013 16:09:02 GMT -5
From this weekend's 6/4/88 show: "Call them the high-flyin' Jets, 'cause four of their five top 40 hits have made the top 10". "Make It Real" moves up to #9. Well...put your seat backs and tray tables up, 'cause we're beginning our descent. That would be it for The Jets.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 8, 2013 17:00:36 GMT -5
From this weekend's 6/4/88 show: "Call them the high-flyin' Jets, 'cause four of their five top 40 hits have made the top 10". "Make It Real" moves up to #9. Well...put your seat backs and tray tables up, 'cause we're beginning our descent. That would be it for The Jets. A few songs later he would say H&O were "back, big as ever" with EYHD. The guys would never reach the top 10 again.
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Post by seminolefan on Jul 12, 2013 16:16:23 GMT -5
From this weekend's 6/4/88 show: "Call them the high-flyin' Jets, 'cause four of their five top 40 hits have made the top 10". "Make It Real" moves up to #9. Well...put your seat backs and tray tables up, 'cause we're beginning our descent. That would be it for The Jets. A few songs later he would say H&O were "back, big as ever" with EYHD. The guys would never reach the top 10 again. Though they almost did in 1990 with the appropriately-titled "So Close". It stalled at #11.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 14, 2013 19:49:04 GMT -5
On this week's 1975 show, Casey also said TO & Dawn was "the hottest trio in the biz today." They would never reach the top 20 again and top 40 only twice more.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 16, 2013 20:45:05 GMT -5
On this week's 1976 show, Casey said that if Seals & Crofts climbed any more from their 6-16 pole vault that week, it would be their highest charter ever. It would go no higher.
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Post by davewollenberg on Aug 10, 2013 15:39:16 GMT -5
In the 8-12-78 show, Casey said it was lookin' like Andy Gibb was headed for #1 with 'An everlasting love'. It'd peak at #5.
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Post by mkarns on Aug 11, 2013 22:06:49 GMT -5
On August 8, 1987, Casey said that Fleetwood Mac's "Seven Wonders" was trying to replicate the top 10 status of its predecessor, "Big Love", and "We'll see" if it gets there. That seemed plausible that week, as "Seven Wonders" moved up from 26 to 20, but only went one notch higher, peaking at #19. The group's next single, "Little Lies", did make the top 10, however.
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Post by Ponderous Man on Aug 16, 2013 5:35:32 GMT -5
On this week's 1975 show, Casey also said TO & Dawn was "the hottest trio in the biz today." They would never reach the top 20 again and top 40 only twice more. 12 notches later, the band that would replace Tony Orlando & Dawn as "the hottest trio in the biz today" were in the countdown with "Jive Talkin'". Of course, it's probably likely that Casey would say that about the Bee Gees in 1979 & he would probably jinx them.
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Post by Ponderous Man on Aug 16, 2013 5:37:22 GMT -5
On this week's 1976 show, Casey said that if Seals & Crofts climbed any more from their 6-16 pole vault that week, it would be their highest charter ever. It would go no higher. Don't you mean 16-6? If they went 6-16, that means they were falling down the chart.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 17, 2013 13:05:28 GMT -5
On this week's 1976 show Casey said "look out, this could go all the way to the top" talking about Lou Rawls song; You'll Never Find stalled one point short.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Aug 18, 2013 9:50:40 GMT -5
Casey mentioned that The Jacksons, at #3 with "State of Shock" were the only non-solo act on the August 18, 1984 show. He was apparently dead wrong - Ollie & Jerry was heard earlier and they were a duo, not a solo act, and they were on the top 40 that same week with "Breakin'... There's No Stoppin' Us".
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Post by seminolefan on Aug 18, 2013 9:58:39 GMT -5
Casey didn't say they were the only non-solo act in the entire show. He said they were the only non-solo act in the top 12, which is true.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 25, 2013 23:15:30 GMT -5
Reverse jinx; Casey would say on this week's 1974 show no one has ever reached #1 w/ a vocal & instrumental, but Herb Alpert came close. Five years later he would Rise to the top to achieve this impressive feat.
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