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Post by chrislc on Dec 31, 2022 18:47:13 GMT -5
Purely subjective, yes.
But what #40 song of the Casey Era do you believe caused the highest percentage of AT40 listeners to change stations before they listened to even one commercial? (assuming it wasn't one of those shows on which the first spot aired before #40 - in those cases it could be a #3 or #2 or #1 from the prior week okay Charlene but I'm exempting her and now that I think of it Ebony and Ivory too)
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Post by mga707 on Dec 31, 2022 19:06:40 GMT -5
Purely subjective, yes. But what #40 song of the Casey Era do you believe caused the highest percentage of AT40 listeners to change stations before they listened to even one commercial? (assuming it wasn't one of those shows on which the first spot aired before #40 - in those cases it could be a #3 or #2 or #1 from the prior week okay Charlene but I'm exempting her and now that I think of it Ebony and Ivory too) May 15, 1971: In its third and final week in the 40, falling three 'notches' to 40: "The Battle Hymn Of Lt. Calley". Would only apply to those stations that didn't skip the record altogether and start with #39. |
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Post by chrislc on Dec 31, 2022 19:09:16 GMT -5
Purely subjective, yes. But what #40 song of the Casey Era do you believe caused the highest percentage of AT40 listeners to change stations before they listened to even one commercial? (assuming it wasn't one of those shows on which the first spot aired before #40 - in those cases it could be a #3 or #2 or #1 from the prior week okay Charlene but I'm exempting her and now that I think of it Ebony and Ivory too) May 15, 1971: In its third and final week in the 40, falling three 'notches' to 40: "The Battle Hymn Of Lt. Calley". At those stations that didn't skip the record altogether and start with #39. SO tempted to declare "thread is over". But maybe there's another one out there? |
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Post by dth1971 on Dec 31, 2022 20:13:13 GMT -5
Purely subjective, yes. But what #40 song of the Casey Era do you believe caused the highest percentage of AT40 listeners to change stations before they listened to even one commercial? (assuming it wasn't one of those shows on which the first spot aired before #40 - in those cases it could be a #3 or #2 or #1 from the prior week okay Charlene but I'm exempting her and now that I think of it Ebony and Ivory too) May 15, 1971: In its third and final week in the 40, falling three 'notches' to 40: "The Battle Hymn Of Lt. Calley". At those stations that didn't skip the record altogether and start with #39. How about on August 4, 1990 when AT40 with Shadoe Stevens started with the #40 song of "Tic-Tac-Toe" by Kyper and some stations skipped playing it and went to the #39 song of "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips that featured the rare #39 jingle preceeding it? |
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Post by mga707 on Dec 31, 2022 20:20:09 GMT -5
May 15, 1971: In its third and final week in the 40, falling three 'notches' to 40: "The Battle Hymn Of Lt. Calley". At those stations that didn't skip the record altogether and start with #39. SO tempted to declare "thread is over". But maybe there's another one out there? Thanks! Came to me as I was reading your initial post. Just had to check UMD (and Pete's book) to make sure I got the show's air date right, as this was right after the show went from chart week starting with air date to chart date ending with air date. |
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Post by chrislc on Dec 31, 2022 20:21:39 GMT -5
May 15, 1971: In its third and final week in the 40, falling three 'notches' to 40: "The Battle Hymn Of Lt. Calley". At those stations that didn't skip the record altogether and start with #39. How about on August 4, 1990 when AT40 with Shadoe Stevens started with the #40 song of "Tic-Tac-Toe" by Kyper and some stations skipped playing it and went to the #39 song of "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips that featured the rare #39 jingle preceeding it? Ah yes the hits of the Bush I presidency. Sometimes 40 tune outs or close to it.  |
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Post by Hervard on Dec 31, 2022 21:08:33 GMT -5
Can't think of any in the Casey Kasem era, but since someone has mentioned a Shadoe show, how about the March 11, 1989 show, which started out with Enya's "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"? Shadoe himself mentioned that it was one of the more unusual sounding songs that had hit the Top 40 in quite awhile and I'm wondering how many people turned on their radio in the middle of the song, heard it and thought they had the wrong station?
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Post by dth1971 on Dec 31, 2022 23:27:34 GMT -5
Can't think of any in the Casey Kasem era, but since someone has mentioned a Shadoe show, how about the March 11, 1989 show, which started out with Enya's "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"? Shadoe himself mentioned that it was one of the more unusual sounding songs that had hit the Top 40 in quite awhile and I'm wondering how many people turned on their radio in the middle of the song, heard it and thought they had the wrong station? Enya's "Orinoco Flow" entered AT40 at #39, not #40. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jan 1, 2023 9:21:34 GMT -5
How about In The Mood by the Henhouse Five plus Two (from Feb 5, 1977 show). The only time I ever heard this record (?) was when it opened AT40 on this show--which almost made me think more of Dr. Demento than of Casey.
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Post by dth1971 on Jan 1, 2023 9:28:45 GMT -5
Would the #40 song of 12/15/1979 "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles for its only AT40 week also count? It should have recharted in 1981 after being the first music video on MTV at the cable channel's launch.
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Post by mkarns on Jan 1, 2023 10:00:00 GMT -5
Can't think of any in the Casey Kasem era, but since someone has mentioned a Shadoe show, how about the March 11, 1989 show, which started out with Enya's "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"? Shadoe himself mentioned that it was one of the more unusual sounding songs that had hit the Top 40 in quite awhile and I'm wondering how many people turned on their radio in the middle of the song, heard it and thought they had the wrong station? Enya's "Orinoco Flow" entered AT40 at #39, not #40. If we're using #39 debuts, then people who tuned in a bit late on 8/31/74 were treated to Cheech and Chong playing a teen and his father yelling at each other in "Earache My Eye", which may have been off-putting to some. |
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Post by laura on Jan 1, 2023 10:22:04 GMT -5
Speaking of March 1989, I'm sure "One" by Metallica would count (3/25). Its top 40 run was mainly fueled by sales and not pop airplay so I'm sure some listeners were scratching their heads when that played.
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Post by BrettVW on Jan 1, 2023 10:41:25 GMT -5
Oooo... now *this* is a fun (and super subjective) question.
Off the top of my head, did any shows start with Send In The Clowns? That would have been it for me.
I'll have to sit down with some old charts later and find some more for me.
And some of us on this board would say any time a CT40 show from the 90s opened with "I'm David Perry sitting in for Casey Kasem"
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Post by friarboy on Jan 1, 2023 11:01:22 GMT -5
Enya's "Orinoco Flow" entered AT40 at #39, not #40. If we're using #39 debuts, then people who tuned in a bit late on 8/31/74 were treated to Cheech and Chong playing a teen and his father yelling at each other in "Earache My Eye", which may have been off-putting to some. As far as the original question I agree with Lt. Calley. Earache my Eye though- we live in different times now but I heard it the other day and wow, absolutely cringeworthy. |
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Post by mkarns on Jan 1, 2023 11:33:04 GMT -5
Oooo... now *this* is a fun (and super subjective) question. Off the top of my head, did any shows start with Send In The Clowns? That would have been it for me. I'll have to sit down with some old charts later and find some more for me. And some of us on this board would say any time a CT40 show from the 90s opened with "I'm David Perry sitting in for Casey Kasem" Re “Send In the Clowns”, yes, it in fact happened twice. Judy Collins’ rendition had two AT40 runs, and on both 7/26/75 and 10/15/77 it debuted at #40 (eventually to peak at #36 and, the second time, #19.) |
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