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Post by BrettVW on Oct 5, 2014 7:40:35 GMT -5
I like that one too, never understood why it didn't do as well as her first two.
Currently listening to this weeks Flashback with Matt Pinfield on WRKT in Erie, PA
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 5, 2014 8:47:53 GMT -5
CT40 from 10/4/97 and Elton has become the first artist in the history of Casey's Top 40 to have 2 songs debut in the same week. "Candle in the Wind 1997" at 38 and "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" at 37. Of course we all know the circumstances that led to this happening. BTW, on a related note, if I heard the AT40 from 10/5/91, I would hear another first in AT40/CT40 history. That was when Prince became the first artist to have the highest debut record in consecutive weeks. The previous week the highest debut at 31 was "Gett Off" by Prince. Then on the 10/5/91 show, he pulled it off with "Cream" at 32. Incidentally, this did not happen on CT40 because "Gett Off" never made the top 40. No doubt due to its suggestive lyrics which is why this happened in the first place on AT40. Record label probably recognized the resistance to "Gett Off" at radio and released the radio-friendly "Cream" a few weeks later.
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Post by keithr63 on Oct 5, 2014 9:40:36 GMT -5
The 1970 show on Big Oldies 107.3 on TuneIn Radio
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Post by pointpark04 on Oct 6, 2014 8:25:19 GMT -5
Right now it's the show from this date in 1979, to be followed by the CT40 from this date in 1990.
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Post by darnall42 on Oct 6, 2014 9:15:00 GMT -5
The AT40 goes to the movies special from 1978
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Post by pointpark04 on Oct 7, 2014 9:41:25 GMT -5
Dipping into the early 1970s with 10/7/72. Actually, this is a good countdown. Many well-worn classics as well as some never-played gems, such as "Goodtime Charlie's Got the Blues" by Danny O'Keefe and "Popcorn" by Hot Butter.
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Post by matt on Oct 7, 2014 12:36:49 GMT -5
Just finished 9/13/80 on the way in to work this morning, and started 9/22/79. The '80 show was very good for the most part, but a few really bad songs, the worst of which is Larry Graham's "One In a Million You"...just a painful song to have to listen to. On the flip side, I love "Give Me the Night", "Take Your Time (Do It Right)", "You're the Only Woman", "I'm Alright", "Boulevard", and several others...
9/22/79 is fantastic--one of the best AT40 shows ever IMHO. So many classic hits, and several great lost/forgotten songs, including "Arrow Through Me", "Where Were You..." and "Get It Right Next Time" (my favorite of Gerry Rafferty's hits--such a great song).
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Post by pointpark04 on Oct 7, 2014 13:30:28 GMT -5
I'm just beginning the CT40 from 10/7/89. This week, "Cherish" by Madonna does what it didn't do in Billboard - make it to number one. Late 1989 is the best that year had to offer, though the summer wasn't bad.
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Post by pointpark04 on Oct 8, 2014 9:39:40 GMT -5
I just got through the first hour of 10/9/76. What's remarkable about this show is that Casey talks over a significant amount of songs before they are finished playing during the first hour. I know some of the songs were much longer than 3:30 in this hour, so that must be why.
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 8, 2014 15:47:53 GMT -5
I have noticed that. The fall of 1976 is a period where the show seems rushed with all the times that Casey cuts off a song before it ends. Even though they were 2 years away from going to 4 hours, the 'rushed' feel to the show did not last that whole 2 years. I presume they realized what they were doing and simply edited out portions of songs to save the time they were trying to save. Still don't like it because time cut from a song is the same regardless of whether it is from the middle of the song or end of it. BTW, the CT40 from 10/8/94 is the show playing on my PC right now. STP up only up one notch to 35 with "Interstate Love Song"? About 30 notches higher on my chart if I had done one then! Soundgarden checks in with "Black Hole Sun" but this would be even better if another song from that album was played..."Fell on Black Days". Incredible vocals from Chris Cornell there.
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Post by pointpark04 on Oct 9, 2014 9:16:00 GMT -5
Right now it's 10/9/1999. Sadly, "Mambo No. 5" is the number one song this week, instead of the number of better songs in this countdown.
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Post by pointpark04 on Oct 9, 2014 11:45:54 GMT -5
Now onto 10/11/75, with guest host Wink Martindale. This week saw NINE debuts in the Top 40, a record until that point. And, quite likely, even through the end of the first run of AT40.
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Post by pointpark04 on Oct 13, 2014 11:05:07 GMT -5
Finishing up CT40 from 10/11/97. I'm going out of town on business this afternoon, and I'll be listening to 10/11/86 on my car ride there.
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Post by adam31 on Oct 13, 2014 17:26:17 GMT -5
I have noticed that. The fall of 1976 is a period where the show seems rushed with all the times that Casey cuts off a song before it ends. Even though they were 2 years away from going to 4 hours, the 'rushed' feel to the show did not last that whole 2 years. I presume they realized what they were doing and simply edited out portions of songs to save the time they were trying to save. Still don't like it because time cut from a song is the same regardless of whether it is from the middle of the song or end of it. I feel this is exactly the problem Shadoe Stevens had on AT40 starting in 1989. ABC, the producers, whoever, running the show always had him talking over the end of songs. It was also like they were afraid to have him talk with no music in the background. The show seemed rushed and incomplete and the songs were ruined by this. Shadoe definitely had the voice to talk with nothing behind him, he didn't need that. AT40 could have been so much better but the "suits" blew it big time with this decision and many others as we know.
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Post by matt on Oct 13, 2014 18:39:59 GMT -5
Now onto 10/11/75, with guest host Wink Martindale. This week saw NINE debuts in the Top 40, a record until that point. And, quite likely, even through the end of the first run of AT40. Was that record ever eclipsed on AT40? Once the Soundscan era began, the charts moved slower--thus the average number of debuts went down. Someone once said that there were 10 debuts in the top 40 for some weeks during the 60's. I could be wrong, but I will bet there were never as many as 9 again after the 10/11/75 chart.
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