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Post by at40petebattistini on Sept 23, 2014 18:18:25 GMT -5
While "Marianne" completely missed out on AT40 airplay, it spent 4 weeks in Cashbox's Top 40, peaking at #31.
Great song!
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Post by 1finemrg on Sept 24, 2014 5:37:15 GMT -5
Betty Everett took the original version of this week's lost 70s classic to #6 in 1964, and Cher would later reach the top 40 as well (#33, 1990). From September 24, 1977, this cover version was her only Hot 100 single, peaking at #49 and staying on the charts for seven weeks. Although uncredited, brother James is her sing-along partner on this one. It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) - Kate Taylor
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Post by pgfromwp on Sept 28, 2014 7:21:12 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 9/28/74(SXM), which failed to crack Billboard's top 40. From the album "Desperado":
"James Dean" - Eagles
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Post by pgfromwp on Sept 29, 2014 7:18:03 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 10/03/70, which failed to crack Billboard's top 40. A live version from the studio album "Just for Love":
"Fresh Air" - Quicksilver Messenger Service
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Post by blackbowl68 on Sept 29, 2014 9:47:29 GMT -5
Here's a famous lost hit from 9/24/1977. This track bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #103, but got to #2 on the Country Chart. That's rather odd considering how many people have heard it after viewing the movie Smokey & The Bandit. Here's the late great Jerry Reed with "Eastbound and Down."
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Post by blackbowl68 on Sept 29, 2014 10:21:49 GMT -5
Here's a lost hit from 9/08/1972 which was climbing up the Billboard Hot 100 to a #53 peak. It's the title track from this Detroit vocal group's last album for Motown before moving over to Dunhill Records. They were still recording their first album for their new label when Motown decided to release this single. Enjoy.
(It's The Way) Nature Planned it - The Four Tops
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 1, 2014 20:10:22 GMT -5
It peaked at #46 the previous week and was spending it's seventh and final week on the charts. This lost 70s classic from October 3, 1970 is one of many country classics this singer/songwriter/actor wrote during these years. Instead of featuring the youtube video that contains the 45 or album version, we'll feature a live cut from the singer's Christmas show in a duet with the songwriter, Kris Kristofferson. Hello, I'm... Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash
We'll keep it in a country vein for the September 27, 1975 lost 70s classic as well. It would peak at #50, and hang on the charts for 9 weeks. Impeccable harmonies, and great songwriting and lead vocals by future Eagles member Timothy B. Schmidt. Keep On Tryin' - Poco
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Post by rgmike on Oct 3, 2014 11:36:06 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 9/28/74(SXM), which failed to crack Billboard's top 40. From the album "Desperado": "James Dean" - Eagles actually it was from On the Border. But yeah, I was always kind of amazed that it wasn't a hit. Hard to believe they were struggling at that point ("Already Gone" which shoulda been a smash, had also underperformed at Top 40) but it took an uncharacteristic ballad to revive their fortunes. And a year later they were the biggest band in the land.
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Post by rgmike on Oct 3, 2014 11:46:13 GMT -5
To coincide with this week's 70s program from Premiere, here's a "lost (disco!) classic" from the Hot 100 of August 16, 1975. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2P_7_Nuk8M7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) Gary Toms Empire Just seeing this now -- so many great early-disco songs like this one were just a little *too* early ... a year or 18 months later and it surely would've cracked the Top 40, IMHO. A big club hit that got NYC radio play at the time. The group also did a kinda-cool cover of the Beatles' "Drive My Car".
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 10, 2014 5:22:27 GMT -5
From October 9, 1976 this lost 70s classic's chart activity took a similar route to several of Steely Dan's singles. They achieved a high position in terms of their short stay on the charts. This one made it to #59 during its 5 weeks on the charts. From the album "The Royal Scam". Fa-gen & Becker's clever safe sex PSA. The Fez - Steely Dan
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 13, 2014 20:08:30 GMT -5
In 1970, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Crème as Hotlegs reached #22 with "Neanderthal Man". A couple of years later they reunited with former collaborator Graham Gouldman to form 10cc. Their first charting single in the US had reached its #73 peak position on October 20, 1973. This lost 70s classic was the first of three 10cc singles to top the UK charts. With a distinctively British tone in terms of verbage, this song has been called the band's "Jailhouse Rock". Rubber Bullets - 10cc
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 20, 2014 20:30:29 GMT -5
While the lost classics threads feature songs that peaked below the Top 40, I am invoking what I call the Battistini clause for this one. The clause simply states that "If Casey or Shadoe do not countdown a song during its entire stay in the Top 40, it can be considered a lost classic." On October 30, 1971, this 70s lost classic was sitting just outside the top 40. The following week it would move up to the #40 position. Unfortunately, it was the first week that AT 40 was guest hosted with Dave Hull doing the honors, and the only week in the top 40 for this song. Casey would introduce this song in the 80s when doing a special report on all girl groups. The song was written out of the band's frustration at being "uninvited" to a New Year's Eve party at their lawyer's house. Their first Hot 100 single would hang on the charts for 10 weeks. We'll go with the superior 45 version on this one, as lip-synched on "Sonny And Cher". Charity Ball - Fanny
From October 14, 1978: He wrote it and his original version peaked at #55 during a 7 week stay. The cover version would chart 8 months later and peak at #18 by the group Night. It was the follow-up to his top 10 smash "Magnet And Steel" Walter Egan - Hot Summer Nights
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Post by mga707 on Oct 20, 2014 21:59:24 GMT -5
While the lost classics threads feature songs that peaked below the Top 40, I am invoking what I call the Battistini clause for this one. The clause simply states that "If Casey or Shadoe do not countdown a song during its entire stay in the Top 40, it can be considered a lost classic." On October 30, 1971, this 70s lost classic was sitting just outside the top 40. The following week it would move up to the #40 position. Unfortunately, it was the first week that AT 40 was guest hosted with Dave Hull doing the honors, and the only week in the top 40 for this song. Casey would introduce this song in the 80s when doing a special report on all girl groups. The song was written out of the band's frustration at being "uninvited" to a New Year's Eve party at their lawyer's house. Their first Hot 100 single would hang on the charts for 10 weeks. We'll go with the superior 45 version on this one, as lip-synched on "Sonny And Cher". Charity Ball - Fanny
From October 14, 1978: He wrote it and his original version peaked at #55 during a 7 week stay. The cover version would chart 8 months later and peak at #18 by the group Night. It was the follow-up to his top 10 smash "Magnet And Steel" Walter Egan - Hot Summer NightsTwo excellent choices!
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Post by at40petebattistini on Oct 21, 2014 8:43:24 GMT -5
To coincide with this week's AT40/70s program from October 30, 1971, my intent was to provide a link to Humble Pie's "I Don't Need No Doctor" which had fallen from its Hot 100 peak position of #73 the previous week. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to locate the 45 (with a running time of 3:45) or the track from their 1971 "Fillmore" live LP.
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 27, 2014 21:49:44 GMT -5
This lost 70s classic from November 1, 1975 had a very short run in the Hot 100 (93-80-65-55-45-45...gone!). Title track to an album whose sequel was released 36 years later in 2011. Deck the halls with fear and malice Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Tis the season to hear from Alice Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Welcome To My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
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