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Post by JMW on Mar 8, 2013 17:44:19 GMT -5
Ever since the Long Distance Dedications started in 1978, how many shows have had one where the song that was dedicated was one that was currently in the countdown?
(I remember when I first heard a show where this happened and I thought it was something that was pretty rare, but then I later discovered that it was a little bit more common than I previously thought.)
ETA:
One show so far since I started this thread:
3/21/1987 - Livin' On a Prayer (#12 on the countdown, second LDD) and Somewhere Out There (#5, third LDD)
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Post by JMW on Mar 22, 2013 16:12:49 GMT -5
Bumped because this week's show from 1987 had an LDD that fits this topic.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2013 18:44:29 GMT -5
Many. There's one week he did one for "We are the World" when it was #1.
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Mar 23, 2013 20:39:21 GMT -5
Many. There's one week he did one for "We are the World" when it was #1. I don't think that was counted as an official LDD (I don't think it was teased prior as such) and Pete didn't have it listed in his book. Granted on 12/13/1986, Casey read an unteased LDD for Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name" (which was in the Top Ten) and it was credited in Pete's book (the LDD was about two girls dedicating it to a neighbor boy who was "a real loser"; Casey referred to it as a Short Distance Dedication).
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Post by at40john on Mar 24, 2013 18:06:34 GMT -5
Through The Years was 2 weeks in a row on 3/13/82 when it was #13 and 3/20/82 when it was at #29. It was used many times after that. In the later 80s current songs were used a lot more. If there were 3 dedications in the show 1 was usually a current hit. John
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Post by Hervard on Mar 24, 2013 18:40:35 GMT -5
Ever since the Long Distance Dedications started in 1978, how many shows have had one where the song that was dedicated was one that was currently in the countdown? (I remember when I first heard a show where this happened and I thought it was something that was pretty rare, but then I later discovered that it was a little bit more common than I previously thought.) ETA: One show so far since I started this thread: 3/21/1987 - Livin' On a Prayer (#12 on the countdown, second LDD) and Somewhere Out There (#5, third LDD) The show from the weekend of 12/6/86 had two LDDs that were in the countdown - "I'll Be Over You" and "Hip To Be Square". The other one in the show, though not in the countdown, was pretty recent - "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne & Friends. A rare occurrence where all three LDDs in the countdown were from the same year (the only other such instance that I can think of was the Dead Dog show, in which all three LDDs were from 1976).
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Post by Mike on Mar 24, 2013 19:14:55 GMT -5
Granted on 12/13/1986, Casey read an unteased LDD for Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name" (which was in the Top Ten) and it was credited in Pete's book (the LDD was about two girls dedicating it to a neighbor boy who was "a real loser"; Casey referred to it as a Short Distance Dedication). I'm almost certain that that one was teased.
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Mar 24, 2013 23:55:27 GMT -5
Granted on 12/13/1986, Casey read an unteased LDD for Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name" (which was in the Top Ten) and it was credited in Pete's book (the LDD was about two girls dedicating it to a neighbor boy who was "a real loser"; Casey referred to it as a Short Distance Dedication). I'm almost certain that that one was teased. Upon listening to my Premiere copy you were right, I must have missed that.
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Post by mstgator on Mar 26, 2013 18:59:48 GMT -5
I'm almost certain that that one was teased. Upon listening to my Premiere copy you were right, I must have missed that. There was another "short distance dedication" read the following year when Madonna's "Who's That Girl" was in the Top 10 (from a girl to her friend who had changed her hair color). I don't recall that one being teased, but could be wrong.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Mar 26, 2013 19:39:08 GMT -5
mstgator, you are correct ... the September 5, 1987 program featured 3 LDDs, but one was referred to by Casey as a "short" dedication and was unteased. He read the letter prior to playing the #3 Madonna record. I consider it an LDD because that was the apparent intent of the letter writer.
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Post by kchkwong on Mar 26, 2013 20:41:52 GMT -5
What about 2/15/86? Russians was a LDD that was also in the countdown. But my question is, is "My Hometown" also considered as a LDD? It was unteased, but Casey read a letter about a listener wanted Casey to play the song. The original cue sheet did not mark it as a LDD but the Premiere cue sheet did.
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Post by JMW on Jun 14, 2013 16:25:57 GMT -5
This week's countdown from 6/12/1982 had the #11 song (I've Never Been to Me) used in the second LDD.
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Post by JMW on Aug 2, 2013 15:15:54 GMT -5
The #23 song in the 8/6/1988 show (Cheap Trick's The Flame) was used in the first LDD.
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Post by JMW on Oct 11, 2013 13:35:21 GMT -5
The song in the first LDD of the 10/10/1987 show was #37 in the countdown (Only In My Dreams).
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Post by mct1 on Oct 11, 2013 21:24:17 GMT -5
In the later 80s current songs were used a lot more. If there were 3 dedications in the show 1 was usually a current hit. John As the '80s wore on, and pop hits continued to get longer, I would imagine that it got harder to fit everything AT40 wanted to fit into a four-hour show. In light of that, LDDs requesting current countdown songs must have been an attractive timesaver for AT40 staff, allowing them to fit an LDD into the show without needing to find room to play an extra song. Has anyone done any analysis of how many LDDs there typically were per program? Am I right in thinking that were typically two (at least after AT40 went to four hours)? How often were there three? Were there any extended periods when three was the norm?
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