Casey Only Introductions

[at40petebattistini]

OK fans, here's one for you. I was recently wondering which songs rode the AT40 chart -- from their debut week to their last week in the Top 40 -- with Casey (and only Casey) introducing them every week during their entire Top 40 run. The number of songs this affects may be in the hundreds unless there are some groundrules as to what qualifies.

And here are three guidelines to follow:
1) only charts from August 12, 1972 to August 6, 1988 can be used (no sense in counting songs during 1970, 1971 and the first half of 1972 because 90% likely fit the criteria)

2) only songs with 6 weeks or more qualify, just to make it interesting -- and easier to identify

3) interruptions such as specials, frozen weeks and, of course, guest hosts disqualify songs

I was going to start the list but...you can have some fun and games too.

[michaelcasselman]

'Silent Running' by Mike + the Mechanics in 1986 (Jan 18 - Mar 29) had 11 weeks between CVD and Dave Roberts guesthosting.

[pgfromwp]

Since only songs with 6+ weeks of top 40 chart life qualify, and the first uninterrupted span is from 8/12/72 through 9/23/72 (9/30/72 is an AT40 special), and there are no songs that debuted on either 8/12 or 8/19 with exactly 6-7 (8/12) or 6 (8/19) weeks, the first group of chronologically qualifying songs are three that debuted in the 10/07/72 top 40: "I Believe in Music"; "I'll Be Around"; and "Loving You Just Crossed My Mind". ("I Can See Clearly Now", which also debuted on 10/07, had a 14-week top 40 chart run -- including 4 weeks at #1 -- that was broken by 1972's year-end AT40 survey on 12/23 and 12/30.)

Expanding this post to cover all subsequent qualifying songs in 1972:
10/14 debut -- "Don't Do It"; I'd Love You to Want Me"; "Spaceman"
10/21 debut -- "American City Suite"; "Elected"
11/04 debut -- "Convention '72"; "Rock and Roll Soul"

Kindly let me know if I missed any songs from 1972 .

[Deleted]

Strange Magic by Electric Light Orchestra (8 weeks from 4/10/1976-6/5/1976)
Do Ya by Electric Light Orchestra (6 weeks from 3/5/1977-4/9/1977)
Calling America by Electric Light Orchestra (7 weeks from 3/1/1986-4/12/1986)

[at40petebattistini]

Johnnie Taylor's "I Believe In You (You Believe In Me)" fits perfectly in this category. It debuted in the Top 40 on July 14, 1973 (one week after the Disappearing Acts special) and ended its Top 40 run 12 weeks later on September 29, 1973, the week before another special.

[woolebull]

"Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac was a solid top 10 that would fit in the category, I think. I don't know when it exited the Top 40, but I think it would have been 12-22-79 or 12-15-79. It came on the week of 10-13-79 and the next interruption would have been the 12-29-79 show. I think Casey did all the shows during the run of the song.

[pgfromwp]

John Denver also spent 12 uninterrupted weeks in the top 40 during 1973, during the chart weeks that ended 1/06 through 3/24, with "Rocky Mountain High."

[woolebull]

"Modern Woman", a top 10 hit for Billy Joel in 1986, fit the mold perfectly: The song came in the week of 6-21-86, a week after CVD did the show, and exited the week before CVD did the show on 8-23-86.

"A Little In Love" by Cliff Richard, "Smokey Mountain Rain" by Ronnie Milsap, and "Games People Play" by the Alan Parsons Project all did it between then time Al Mitchell hosted the show on 1-17-81 and Dave Roberts hosted on 5-2-81.

Also, "Hello Again" by Neil Diamond debuted on 1-31-81, went to number 6 and went off the Top 40 on April 18th (from 15 to 43).

Only Casey got to "Pass The Dutchie" , which was a top 10 hit for Musical Youth. It debuted on 1-15-83, the week after CVD hosted and was off well before Bob Eubanks did the show on 4-16-83.

[at40petebattistini]

"My Boy" by Elvis Presley spent 6 weeks in the Top 40 in 1975, debuting on February 15 and exiting on March 22.

[dukelightning]

The new leader in this category is "You Never Done it Like That" by the Captain & Tennille. It debuted on the 9/9/78 show which was preceded by the Larry McKay hosted show and exited the 40 on 12/16/78 for a total of 14 uninterrupted weeks on Casey hosted shows. Had it stayed on one more week its' run would have been bookended by a guest hosted show and the year end show.

[at40john]

Another song with a 14 week run with all introductions by Casey is The Other Woman by Ray Parker Jr from 4/10 to 7/10 1982.

[pgfromwp]

In early 1976, "Sweet Love" by the Commodores also spent 14 uninterrupted weeks in its top 40 history; it debuted on 2/14 (the week after AT40 was guest hosted by Jerry Bishop) and stayed in the 40 through 5/15. I did not notice any specials or guest hosted shows in between those dates .

[matt]

The real challenge for this list is the 80's - Casey took enough weeks off by then that you seldom went more than 2-3 months without a sub show.

[dukelightning]

I now present to you the new first and second place songs in this category so far. They both debuted in January 1977. Debuting in the anchor position on the first regular show of the year on 1/8/77...so it's the first song on the first show of the year...is "Love Theme from A Star is Born" by Barbra Streisand. She kept that on AT40 for 18 weeks while Casey hosted every show without doing any specials. Then debuting on 1/29 was Thelma Houston with "Don't Leave Me This Way". She stayed in the 40 for 17 weeks with that one before falling off on 5/28.

[woolebull]

Two big 80's hits both were counted down by solely by Casey: David Lee Roth's Top 3 Hit, "California Girls" and Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Top 10 "Relax". "California Girls" came on the Top 40 the week ending 1/26/85 and stayed until 4-6-85. "Relax": 2-2-85 to 4-6-85. Casey went from 1-19-85 until 4-13-85 without a break.