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Post by theflamethrower on May 14, 2016 20:21:16 GMT -5
Optional Extra Predictions for 5/21/83:
1. Possibly Pleather (Album Version) 2. Possibly Pleather (Single Edit) 3. Possibly Pleather (Club Mix) 4. Possibly Pleather (Club Mix Edit)
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Post by mkarns on May 14, 2016 23:45:15 GMT -5
1989 has often been cited for having incredibly unusual chart moves...but how about "Somebody's Knockin' " in this week's countdown? Falls from 13 to 29, then this week is back UP one to 28! (Then the next week, it's gone...) I don't think the 1989 charts (as counted down by Shadoe) were that unusual, except for the fact that they moved rather fast. Most songs then moved predictably up and down, but few (even the #1s) were on AT40 for more than three months or so. A lot of songs then got into or near the top 10 and then quickly fell into permanent oblivion. I actually have and wear black "pleather" pants of the sort that Progressive Flo mentions in seemingly every commercial break. They were described as "vegi leather"--looking and feeling just like real leather, but cheaper.
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Post by Mike on May 15, 2016 0:42:03 GMT -5
For those who've heard 88 this weekend, does anything about the second LDD sound familiar? Because it should - its writer Camboo Su (no idea if that spelling is 100% accurate) also sent in the "Imagine" LDD on 4/25/87, heard two weeks ago.
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Post by slf on May 15, 2016 9:12:49 GMT -5
Stating the obvious here, but the 5/16/1981 countdown had a bunch of country crossovers...I count at least seven. I happened to be working at two different radio stations starting in late April 1981. I was in college and working at the college station which was Top 40, but then got a summer job working at a country station, and still doing some shifts at the college station through the summer, so I was getting a double dose of some of these country hits and grew to love some of the country songs from that summer. Great one from T.G. Sheppard, "I Loved 'Em Everyone"...always brings back some great memories of that summer when I hear some of these tunes. Here's a fascinating piece of trivia about T. G. Sheppard: His early hits, including his first two country charttoppers, were released on a label called Melodyland. This just happened to be the country music subsidiary label of, would you believe, Motown Records! (It still boggles my mind that Berry Gordy's iconic company dabbled in country music.)
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Post by theflamethrower on May 15, 2016 11:31:50 GMT -5
For those who've heard 88 this weekend, does anything about the second LDD sound familiar? Because it should - its writer Camboo Su (no idea if that spelling is 100% accurate) also sent in the "Imagine" LDD on 4/25/87, heard two weeks ago. I totally thought he said "Campbell Soup"
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Post by pb on May 15, 2016 12:50:19 GMT -5
Here's a fascinating piece of trivia about T. G. Sheppard: His early hits, including his first two country charttoppers, were released on a label called Melodyland. This just happened to be the country music subsidiary label of, would you believe, Motown Records! (It still boggles my mind that Berry Gordy's iconic company dabbled in country music.) I have an LP by a 70's British progressive/fusion band called Isotope released on a label called Gull that once again was a subsidiary of Motown.
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Post by mrjukebox on May 15, 2016 16:08:15 GMT -5
Was it my imagination or was "America" by Neil Diamond not played?-After "I Missed Again",Casey did his outro-Then the "AT40" jingle played & Casey went right into the second Archive song which was "Yesterday" by The Beatles.
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Post by rustydj on May 15, 2016 16:24:46 GMT -5
Was it my imagination or was "America" by Neil Diamond not played?-After "I Missed Again",Casey did his outro-Then the "AT40" jingle played & Casey went right into the second Archive song which was "Yesterday" by The Beatles. KOKZ played Neil Diamond's "America" (at #20) near end of second hour. What stsation were you listening to? I seem to remember that a certain radio station in New York state will not play anything by Neil Diamond--even in an AT40 countdown. It has been mentioned here before, but not sure when.
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Post by briguy52748 on May 15, 2016 16:26:13 GMT -5
Stating the obvious here, but the 5/16/1981 countdown had a bunch of country crossovers...I count at least seven. I happened to be working at two different radio stations starting in late April 1981. I was in college and working at the college station which was Top 40, but then got a summer job working at a country station, and still doing some shifts at the college station through the summer, so I was getting a double dose of some of these country hits and grew to love some of the country songs from that summer. Great one from T.G. Sheppard, "I Loved 'Em Everyone"...always brings back some great memories of that summer when I hear some of these tunes. Here's a fascinating piece of trivia about T. G. Sheppard: His early hits, including his first two country charttoppers, were released on a label called Melodyland. This just happened to be the country music subsidiary label of, would you believe, Motown Records! (It still boggles my mind that Berry Gordy's iconic company dabbled in country music.) I actually bought " Tryin' To Beat the Morning Home" (T.G. Sheppard's second chart topper, from 1975) on iTunes ... and this was the original hit version, not a remake that he recorded for various budget labels in the 1980s and 1990s. I forget the name of the album, but it had a mind-boggling 202 tracks (in the title, anyway). Every significant song that came from Motown and its subsidiaries was included, and the gem "Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home" -- which doesn't even get that much classic country airplay these days, even on non-corporate stations -- is a real treat to find (as is the better known " Devil in the Bottle," which was Sheppard's breakthrough and more recently recorded by Hank Williams Jr.). FWIW, I only counted five crossovers that were within the top 40 this week: 37. " I Loved 'Em Every One" - T.G. Sheppard. 34. " Blessed Are the Believers" - Anne Murray. 28. " Somebody's Knockin'" - Terri Gibbs. 23. " What Are We Doin' In Love" - Dottie West and Kenny Rogers. 4. " Angel Of the Morning" - Juice Newton. Am I missing anything? Also interesting to note: I don't think that Kenny Rogers was given label credit, at least initially, on "What Are We Doin' In Love." (I think there was even one listing where it was "Dottie West (and Friend)" or something.) Mentioned since Casey has a stretch story just before "Just the Two of Us" by Grover Washington and Bill Withers, where Withers was mentioned nowhere on the label (nor, do I believe, even mentioned in Billboard's listing of the song), and he also mentioned Quincy Jones (including, I think, "Ai No Corrida" and several other of his top 40 hits). Not mentioned on this week's AT40 rebroadcast, but on one of the country oldies' program this past weekend - and IIRC several times on "American Country Countdown" during the 1980s when she was in her chart prime - it was mentioned that backup singer Janie Fricke was not given label credit on many 1970s songs she had a prominent part in, most notably Johnny Duncan's songs from 1976-1977 (the Kris Kristofferson-penned " Stranger," plus " Thinkin' Of a Rendezvous" and " It Couldn't Have Been Any Better"). The first time she was given credit: on two 1978 duets: her remake (with Duncan) of Jay and the Americans' " Come a Little Bit Closer" and Charlie Rich's " On My Knees" (also a remake, this one of a Rich solo recording from the early 1960s). Brian
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Post by briguy52748 on May 15, 2016 16:32:56 GMT -5
Optional Extra Predictions for 5/21/83: 1. Possibly Pleather (Album Version) 2. Possibly Pleather (Single Edit) 3. Possibly Pleather (Club Mix) 4. Possibly Pleather (Club Mix Edit) No, just no! These Progressive commercials ... now I can totally see why there's so much complaining about the commercial load ... it's not because "Hey, let's get back to the show," but because we have to sit through these insipid commercials that have absolutely ZERO to do with insurance or why I should consider this company for insurance. (And I don't give a rat's a** if the public likes it ... says who, anyway?) And it's not like I'm even car insurance shopping anyway. I have a company I am happy with and some bad impression of a coffeeshop poetry reader or the poetry reader at a college drunkfest is certainly not going to convince me to change. Sorry, I just had to say it. I'll be turning my station until the commercials are over, as that seems to be the only thing I can do..
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on May 15, 2016 17:54:49 GMT -5
Anyone wanting to catch 1988 one more time this weekend, WODC will be airing it in the next few minutes.
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Post by mga707 on May 15, 2016 18:09:12 GMT -5
Anyone wanting to catch 1988 one more time this weekend, WODC will be airing it in the next few minutes. This weekend was good. Many opportunities to hear both A and B shows. And I enjoyed them both, since I'm the contrarian around here: I musically prefer both ends of the '80s to the middle!
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on May 15, 2016 18:36:44 GMT -5
Anyone wanting to catch 1988 one more time this weekend, WODC will be airing it in the next few minutes. This weekend was good. Many opportunities to hear both A and B shows. And I enjoyed them both, since I'm the contrarian around here: I musically prefer both ends of the '80s to the middle! Definitely a good weekend for you! They all are - any that include classic AT40. Although I don't have a clear-cut preference on timeframe (the 80s are clearly my favorite decade, and I also really like the latter half of the 70s), if I had to pick one, it'd probably be 1983-1984. But I think there's a lot of good music in every year. And to note, 5/14/1988 will complete only the second month in the classic AT40 era where I have all the shows in a month. April 1982 is the other.
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Post by mct1 on May 15, 2016 19:14:49 GMT -5
Here's a fascinating piece of trivia about T. G. Sheppard: His early hits, including his first two country charttoppers, were released on a label called Melodyland. This just happened to be the country music subsidiary label of, would you believe, Motown Records! (It still boggles my mind that Berry Gordy's iconic company dabbled in country music.) More trivia: after Motown was threatened with legal action over the name "Melodyland", the label's name was changed to Hitsville (as in "Hitsville U.S.A."). Overall, the label operated from 1974 to 1977, with the name change occurring in the spring of 1976.
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Post by mike1985 on May 15, 2016 19:45:28 GMT -5
We can add a new station for the 80's show. WGRR 103.5 out of Cincinnati, has added it to Sunday night's at 8:00 pm to midnight. They are an I heart radio station. I love it cause I can use an old fashion radio to listen to it!!!!!!
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