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Post by freakyflybry on Jan 1, 2023 12:48:23 GMT -5
How about "Teddy Bear" by Red Sovine? Fairly sure that was #40 in its only week in the top 40.
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Post by Hervard on Jan 1, 2023 12:52:50 GMT -5
There were a few occasions when I tuned into a different countdown show when they were at #40 and thought I either had the wrong station or another one was overpowering due to atmospheric conditions. The first time was in December, 1985, when I heard "Life In A Northern Town" by the Dream Academy, which did not sound at all like something a Top 40 station would play. The other time was in the summer of 1989, when I turned on the radio and "Talk It Over" by Grayson Hugh, that week's #40 song, was playing. At first listen, it sounded country and, since our country station was right next to B96, I figured the overpowering factor was at work there. Both times, however, I listened nevertheless and found out that B96 was coming in just fine - just two songs I'd never heard before that did not sound representative to Top 40 radio had made the countdown.
I believe that happened with "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman back in July, 1988, but the outro came just a few seconds after I switched on the radio.
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Post by chrislc on Jan 2, 2023 14:53:38 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? I can't decide whether Orinoco Flow sounded like a commercial all along, or only began sounding like a commercial after it was used in a commercial. Speaking of which, I was SURE Afternoon Delight was a commercial the first time I heard it. It just had that feel to it. I was really surprised to find out it was a record.
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