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Post by woolebull on Mar 28, 2013 16:54:18 GMT -5
How many times has Casey told the "story" about the Beatles holding the Top 5 positions in April 1964? I don't know; a lot, especially if you count answers to listener questions. Also, Shadoe certainly did on 4/1/89, when he did a "Book of Records" segment on it, and 4/2/94, which included a Flashback segment to that very week (4/4/64). If memory serves correctly, Casey did it on the 4/1/89 show as well...25th anniversary of it happening.
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Mar 29, 2013 18:16:56 GMT -5
Wasn't the story of Stevie Nicks falling off a stage because she wasn't wearing her glasses retold multiple times? Don't think Casey ever told that story. It was told on two AT40 shows - 11/21/1981 and 4/12/1986 - both sub hosted by Dave Roberts.
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Post by blackbowl68 on Mar 29, 2013 21:48:52 GMT -5
How many times has Casey told the "story" about the Beatles holding the Top 5 positions in April 1964? That's not a story; it's a chart feat.
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Post by blackbowl68 on Mar 29, 2013 21:53:43 GMT -5
There was that story about Billy Joel's first-album disaster, when he played it for his friends only to discover that the recording had been sped-up in the mastering process. I remember Casey telling it at least twice, and one of those times he remarked that one of Billy Joel's songs would later be covered by The Chipmunks. I've heard Casey tell that story many times, as well as a similar one regarding Bryan Adams. He claimed his voice was very sped up for his surprise disco hit,"Let Me Take You Dancing."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2013 1:32:39 GMT -5
ELO, Electric Light Orchestra
Cello toss by Hugh McDowell before "Livin' Thing" at #17 on 1/22/77 and before "Turn to Stone" at #36 on 12/10/77.
Leader Jeff Lynne hates working with classical musicians before "Do Ya" at #28 on 3/19/77 and before "Sweet Talkin' Woman" at #17 on 5/6/1978.
The Move were sued by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1968 before "Telephone Line" at #20 on 8/13/77 and before "I'm Alive" at #29 on 7/26/80.
How their self-titled debut album got its American name No Answer before "Hold on Tight" at #12 on 9/19/81 and before "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" at #24 on 8/6/83.
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Post by mkarns on Mar 30, 2013 9:51:04 GMT -5
This week's 1970s countdown (3/27/76) includes an extra from Neil Diamond with the story about Neil's original desire to be a doctor and what led him away from a medical career, a story which I'm pretty sure has been told at least a couple of other times.
BTW, there was a factual error leading into the story; Casey said that "I Am...I Said" was a hit from seven years earlier, which would have placed it in 1969. It was actually a hit in 1971, as Casey said after the song played.
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Post by mkarns on Mar 30, 2013 20:06:05 GMT -5
Wasn't it Alan Freed who Casey always told the story of his life? How he protested that he was black balled from the music industry? Back to the subject of Freed, Premiere's 80s show this week (3/31/84) includes Casey's story about the 1952 riot at the Cleveland Arena, which he's told before (I remember one April 1977 show that included the story.) Like the Al Jarvis story, it doesn't directly connect to any countdown song or artist, but it's still an interesting look back at a pioneering disc jockey, which has always been a favorite subject of Casey's.
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Post by SFGuy on Mar 30, 2013 20:12:56 GMT -5
I wonder how many of these repeat stories Casey actually remembers telling previously. He did so many shows, it's likely he can't remember everything he told.
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Post by wickster82 on Apr 1, 2013 22:11:16 GMT -5
When both of the Blackbyrds' Top 40 Hits were on the survey at separate times, Walking In Rhythm and Happy Music, Casey mentioned when he was in a band playing with Donald Byrd. He was the drummer and he was told to stop drumming and he didn't stop drumming and he got yelled at and got kicked off and so on. That exact story was told at least once during each chart appearance. He seemed to love to tell that story though.
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Post by cachiva on Apr 2, 2013 12:34:21 GMT -5
I agree with tarobe about the Moody Blues/Beatles battle of the bands story, and think I have heard it 3 times now.
We can't blame Casey, can we? He didn't write the shows!
How about a thread about all of the wacky ways he would list where the show could be heard!
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Post by mkarns on Apr 6, 2013 21:13:31 GMT -5
This week's 1970s AT40 (4/9/77) includes the tale of the Captain & Tennille getting married in the Silver Queen Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada, with a couple of random drunk patrons serving as witnesses. We heard the same story less than two months ago when 2/21/76 was aired.
Meanwhile, the 80s countdown (4/4/81) included the story of James Taylor's mother nearly being killed by bee stings, which I've heard on at least two other shows.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 10, 2013 13:47:56 GMT -5
There was the story he told about the "Three Minutes of Silence" record on at least a couple of shows.
Also, back when Sirius XM used to play 80s countdowns, there was one week in 2009 when both terrestrial and satellite played the same story on two different countdowns (the countdowns were from 1980 and 1986) about Genesis' disastrous concert at, I believe, Carnegie Hall.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jun 11, 2013 7:07:08 GMT -5
Two Queen stories they seemed to love making him tell were Freddie Mercury the "crazy shopper" and the one about Brian May's homemade guitar. One was right before Radio Ga Ga in 1984 which has minimal guitar....
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Post by pb on Jun 11, 2013 10:54:11 GMT -5
The Brian May guitar story was on a 1975 show they reran recently with "Killer Queen."
I think the Freddie Fender going to jail after getting his first hits in the 50's story appeared more than once.
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