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Post by dukelightning on Sept 21, 2015 14:52:42 GMT -5
Just a reminder that I don't look at the chart of the show I am hearing before I hear it. So when something like this happens, it is noteworthy. Hearing two shows today and almost had song titles that are essentially the same at the same position. In the 9/19/87 show at 36 is "It's not Over Til It's Over" and in the 9/21/91 show at 37 is "It Aint Over Til It's Over".
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Post by pointpark04 on Sept 22, 2015 11:38:13 GMT -5
Wrapping up the show from my fourth birthday, 9/21/74. This is the only week in which Barry White occupied the top spot, with "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe".
BTW, the top seven songs all went on to hit number one, and eight of the top nine did. The revolving door atop the chart in '74 was in full swing at this time.
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 23, 2015 9:29:09 GMT -5
Just a reminder that I don't look at the chart of the show I am hearing before I hear it. So when something like this happens, it is noteworthy. Hearing two shows today and almost had song titles that are essentially the same at the same position. In the 9/19/87 show at 36 is "It's not Over Til It's Over" and in the 9/21/91 show at 37 is "It Aint Over Til It's Over". I could have also pointed out that Casey said in the 1987 show that "It's not Over Til It's Over" was a favorite saying of Yogi Berra. He just passed.
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Post by freakyflybry on Sept 23, 2015 23:58:50 GMT -5
AT40 from August 31, 2002.
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Post by pointpark04 on Sept 24, 2015 13:18:46 GMT -5
I've listened to both 9/26/81 and the CT40 from 9/24/94 today, and I've had the pleasure of skipping one song three times - "Endless Love", in both of its incarnations (duets by Ross/Richie and Vandross/Carey).
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Post by freakyflybry on Sept 27, 2015 22:37:32 GMT -5
AT40 from October 27, 2001.
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Post by pointpark04 on Sept 29, 2015 10:28:49 GMT -5
From the "Let's Beat that Dead Horse to Death" files, today I'm listening to 10/1/77. The high debut of the week came in at 26, Barry White's "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me". In celebration of this, the highest debut up to that point in '77, AT40 played a full 1:40 of the song.
Wow.
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Post by pointpark04 on Sept 30, 2015 15:54:33 GMT -5
This has almost become my own personal thread. Shame.
Today I listened to two shows, the latter being a CT40 from this day in 1989. As I followed along with the R&R chart, I noted just five songs in the top 20 that didn't have a "bullet", or whatever R&R called them. I think there were only nine in all within the Top 40. Odd to see that.
Also, what made me love 1989 (especially later in the year) was the large number of 1970s acts hitting big. Aerosmith, the Stones, the Bee Gees, Cher, Tom Petty, Starship, Elton John - all could be found in this particular show. I think '89 was a fascinating year for pop music - one that got better as it went on.
I contrast that with the year from my first show today, 10/7/78 - the first four-hour AT40 countdown. That year seemed to level off going into the fall after hitting a pretty high plateau during the summer. IMHO, of course.
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Post by Mike on Sept 30, 2015 16:24:58 GMT -5
As I followed along with the R&R chart, I noted just five songs in the top 20 that didn't have a "bullet", or whatever R&R called them. I think there were only nine in all within the Top 40. Odd to see that. Billboard had a week like that in 1991 - just three songs in the August 10 Top 20 were bulletless (#2 "P.A.S.S.I.O.N.", #9 "Right Here, Right Now", and #13 "Unbelievable"). The overall 40 had a few more though, with eleven in all.
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Post by freakyflybry on Sept 30, 2015 23:53:02 GMT -5
AT40 from September 21, 1991.
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Post by pointpark04 on Oct 1, 2015 8:20:11 GMT -5
AT40 from September 21, 1991. My 21st birthday!
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Post by pointpark04 on Oct 1, 2015 13:12:57 GMT -5
Right now, it's the AT40 from 10/3/98, chart date 9/25. Here, only THREE songs were without a "bullet" in the top 20. Amazing.
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Post by Mike on Oct 4, 2015 13:56:54 GMT -5
Well would you look at this! On this weekend's 10/5/85 show, there's only 10 unbulleted songs within The 40, and they're evenly split between Top 20 and not.
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Post by freakyflybry on Oct 7, 2015 0:21:35 GMT -5
AT40 from October 11, 1986.
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Post by adam31 on Oct 7, 2015 8:02:23 GMT -5
AT40 from 10-11-92. TLC was at #2 for their 8th straight week with "Baby Baby Baby", blocked by Boys II Men's "End Of The Road". They were threatening the record of 10 straight weeks at #2, but fell to #4 the next week. Also in this show, Shadoe talks about going to a relief concert for Hurricane Andrew. He talked at length with no music behind him, a throwback to the Casey days. It's amazing how inconsistent the production of this show had become as the annoying looping of intros behind Shadoe is also present!
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