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Post by pointpark04 on Jan 21, 2015 11:47:25 GMT -5
pointpark mentioned Casey's first CT40. You know it is interesting that in the all the first and last AT40s and CT40s that he did, 4 of the former in both runs and 2 of the latter, there was never any reference to any of those shows being the first or last shows. However with Shadoe whose last show has its anniversary in exactly one week, both his first and his last shows have references to those shows being the first and last, respectively. I still find that difficult to fathom, considering how everything in our culture is centered upon self-promotion and advertising. I also find it endearing.
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Post by pointpark04 on Jan 22, 2015 15:45:23 GMT -5
It's 1/24/87 right now, and Casey is seriously cracking me up. This Casey is probably my favorite of them all - though I think I've said "Disco Casey" was my favorite prior to today. It's a toss-up, fer sher.
Casey sang at the end of "Falling in Love (Uh-oh)" by Miami Sound Machine and pronounced "yourself" as "yoself" when introducing "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by the Georgia Satellites. My, was he having fun at that time.
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Post by pointpark04 on Jan 23, 2015 10:00:25 GMT -5
Today it's a combination of years I don't think I've ever done before: 1977 and 2000. Both are from the 1/22 chart date.
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Post by Mike on Jan 23, 2015 15:44:37 GMT -5
It's 1/24/87 right now, and Casey is seriously cracking me up. This Casey is probably my favorite of them all - though I think I've said "Disco Casey" was my favorite prior to today. It's a toss-up, fer sher. Casey sang at the end of "Falling in Love (Uh-oh)" by Miami Sound Machine and pronounced "yourself" as "yoself" when introducing "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by the Georgia Satellites. My, was he having fun at that time. How about 2/14? I remember from when that aired in 2010, someone requested "I Love Rock & Roll" as a LDD because they hated opera, then before playing that, he started like he was going to play an opera song instead.
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Post by BrettVW on Jan 23, 2015 16:52:33 GMT -5
It's 1/24/87 right now, and Casey is seriously cracking me up. This Casey is probably my favorite of them all - though I think I've said "Disco Casey" was my favorite prior to today. It's a toss-up, fer sher. Casey sang at the end of "Falling in Love (Uh-oh)" by Miami Sound Machine and pronounced "yourself" as "yoself" when introducing "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by the Georgia Satellites. My, was he having fun at that time. 1987-1988 "Commentary Casey" was by far my favorite. He was never looser or more at ease, and I always felt like it added a touch of "human" to him, if that makes sense. And why that all completely went away in 1989 with the WW 1 shows, I do not know. Even though the music had slipped in 87-88, those shows are always such a blast to listen to because of Casey's relaxed presentation.
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 23, 2015 18:10:26 GMT -5
^I am disappointed by that change too when he went to WW1. It could be that with the 5 month layoff and/or how long he was Commentary Casey, that he was ready for a new style by Jan 1989. I hate to think it was on WW1 and another of their formulaic decisions about how the show was done. Meanwhile, I am in the process of finding out whether ONJ ties the rock era for most weeks at #1 on the 1/23/82 show. She did? Shhhhhh........
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Post by pointpark04 on Jan 26, 2015 10:23:03 GMT -5
I'm on 1/26/85 right now, with 1/25/75 coming later.
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Post by BrettVW on Jan 27, 2015 11:08:39 GMT -5
AT40 4/19/03
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Post by pointpark04 on Jan 27, 2015 11:21:17 GMT -5
It's 1/27/79 and the performer at number 13 who was named the Female Vocalist of the Year for the year 1978 by critics in Rolling Stone magazine - Nicolette Larson, arguably the most famous and infamous "one-hit wonder" ever. They probably thought she would have a lotta hits...
Anyway, still to come: the CT40 from 1/26/91 with one of my favorite Janet songs at number one, "Love Will Never Do (Without You)".
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 27, 2015 16:39:58 GMT -5
1/31/76 and Casey says that the extra that he played was #1 10 years ago. "The Sounds of Silence" was #1 for the last time the week of 1/22/66 but the week of 1/29 that is really 10 years earlier, it was not only out of the #1 spot, it had fallen all the way to #12 setting a record for the biggest drop out of the #1 position. Surprised this show is not one of the 70s shows this week what with the 80s shows this week both being from Jan. 31st. Upon thinking about it for a minute, I realize now why it is not a 70s show this week. They did the year end 1976 show and usually hold off on playing shows from that year for awhile in the new year. Well, this is turning into a running commentary on this show but that Simon & Garfunkel song was in the first hour. Now in the second hour he is about to play the REAL #1 song from 10 years ago by the Beatles. A lot of people listening must have been scratching their heads trying to figure him out this week! To wrap this up, Diana Ross falls out of the #1 spot with the "Theme from Mahogany". She falls to #11. Outside of the fall of 1974 when song after song fell out of the #1 spot to outside the top 10, the only songs to do that in AT40/CT40/Hot 100 history are on this show. That's pretty bizarre huh! And Casey does mention that it is the first song to fall from #1 to outside the top 10 since "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" in 1974.
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Post by mkarns on Jan 27, 2015 18:17:40 GMT -5
And relating to big chart moves and Paul Simon, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" jumped 10-1 the next week (unfortunately, we'll never hear it since it was guest hosted.)
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 27, 2015 18:56:59 GMT -5
2 songs tied for the second biggest move into the #1 position in AT40 history at 10-1 and neither time will it be heard in the Premiere series. The other is "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" because that happened the week a special was broadcast. BTW, 50 Ways was at 10 right after Mahogany. So back to back were songs that either were falling out of the #1 spot to a double digit position or about to move into the top spot from a double digit position.
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Post by mkarns on Jan 27, 2015 19:36:05 GMT -5
2 songs tied for the second biggest move into the #1 position in AT40 history at 10-1 and neither time will it be heard in the Premiere series. The other is "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" because that happened the week a special was broadcast. BTW, 50 Ways was at 10 right after Mahogany. So back to back were songs that either were falling out of the #1 spot to a double digit position or about to move into the top spot from a double digit position. That is, for the Casey (and Shadoe) AT40 eras. If you consider the Ryan Seacrest years, then Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" holds the record for the second largest such move, jumping from #11 to #1 in July 2013.
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Post by pointpark04 on Jan 28, 2015 9:55:19 GMT -5
I'm working my way through 1/30/82 now. Later, I'll be doing both shows from 1/28/95. The AT40 show that week, as you all know, was the *final* AT40 - at least until 1998.
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Post by pointpark04 on Jan 29, 2015 11:40:27 GMT -5
It's 1/23/71 (using the 1/30/71 chart) and man am I digging Casey divulging number one songs at individual stations or in a particular area. I don't know why that wasn't kept as a permanent fixture on AT40. Knowing that "Lonely Days" by the Bee Gees was number three nationally but "already number one on the Coast of Maine" adds so much color and excitement to the countdown.
Coming up: 1/30/88, with "Need You Tonight" by INXS occupying the top spot.
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