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Post by chrislc on Sept 6, 2023 17:42:00 GMT -5
07/17/1976
46 to #23 Don't Go Breaking My Heart
43 to #22 Let 'Em In
Any higher pair than this one 1970-1988?
And by the way if not for Keith Carradine at #24 it would have been THREE in a row with
51 to #25 You Should Be Dancing
Wow. Casey's head might have exploded.
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Post by LC on Sept 6, 2023 20:22:58 GMT -5
07/17/1976 46 to #23 Don't Go Breaking My Heart 43 to #22 Let 'Em In Any higher pair than this one 1970-1988? And by the way if not for Keith Carradine at #24 it would have been THREE in a row with 51 to #25 You Should Be Dancing Wow. Casey's head might have exploded. And Let 'Em In is the only one that failed to hit #1. |
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Post by 1finemrg on Sept 6, 2023 20:37:45 GMT -5
Not consecutive but worth noting:
October 23, 1971
Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes debuts at #9 (50-9)
Imagine - John Lennon debuts in the Hot 100 at #20
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Post by Mike on Sept 6, 2023 22:04:21 GMT -5
07/17/1976 46 to #23 Don't Go Breaking My Heart 43 to #22 Let 'Em In Any higher pair than this one 1970-1988? And by the way if not for Keith Carradine at #24 it would have been THREE in a row with 51 to #25 You Should Be Dancing Wow. Casey's head might have exploded. And Let 'Em In is the only one that failed to hit #1. Albeit, specifically because of the other two. |
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Post by chrislc on Sept 7, 2023 15:04:04 GMT -5
07/17/1976 46 to #23 Don't Go Breaking My Heart 43 to #22 Let 'Em In Any higher pair than this one 1970-1988? And by the way if not for Keith Carradine at #24 it would have been THREE in a row with 51 to #25 You Should Be Dancing Wow. Casey's head might have exploded. Does anyone here have or remember how Casey handled these two back-to-back? It seems like it would have been one of those goosebump moments. The Elton/Kiki record had an impact on me. The first time I heard it on WTRY I was like "wow that is a great song it's going to be huge" and I started anticipating the next couple of months and decided right then and there to go back to college. That didn't end well but I didn't know at the time that it wouldn't end well!  What songs had big impacts on YOU when you first heard them on the radio? |
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Post by trekkielo on Sept 8, 2023 1:00:27 GMT -5
07/17/1976 46 to #23 Don't Go Breaking My Heart 43 to #22 Let 'Em In Any higher pair than this one 1970-1988? And by the way if not for Keith Carradine at #24 it would have been THREE in a row with 51 to #25 You Should Be Dancing Wow. Casey's head might have exploded. Does anyone here have or remember how Casey handled these two back-to-back? It seems like it would have been one of those goosebump moments. "Well this week we have 6 new songs on AT40, and believe it or not we have debut records as high as, 22, 23 & 25, all 3 by superstar acts." Casey Kasem also has story at #22 about how Paul McCartney and Melanie are the only 2 artists since The Beatles in 1964 to have 3 Top 40 hits at one time, but he made an error saying Melanie's was 1964 instead of 1972 (2/26). The Elton/Kiki record had an impact on me. The first time I heard it on WTRY I was like "wow that is a great song it's going to be huge" and I started anticipating the next couple of months and decided right then and there to go back to college. That didn't end well but I didn't know at the time that it wouldn't end well! What songs had big impacts on YOU when you first heard them on the radio? For me it is ELO's Hold on Tight from Casey Kasem's American Top 40 between August-September 1981! 8/8/1981 46 to #39 Hold on Tight 50 to #38 Step by Step  |
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Post by 1finemrg on Sept 8, 2023 5:46:15 GMT -5
07/17/1976 What songs had big impacts on YOU when you first heard them on the radio? Two songs from the early 70s that really blew me away the first time I heard them were Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass. Oh, one more "Lowdown", Boz Scaggs. Why not "One Fine Morning"? Because radio was only playing the butchered single mix at the time. It was only after I picked up a 45 issued on Janus (not Evolution) as part of their "Gold" oldies series did I begin to appreciate the song. The 45 contained the 5+ minute album version. It's one of the few songs that sounded even better when I first heard it on CD. |
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 9, 2023 8:09:00 GMT -5
How about on an AT40 show in April 1983:
#42-29: "Let's Dance" - David Bowie
#28 Hot 100 Entry: "OverKill" - Men at Work
"Let's Dance" would go to #1, but "Overkill" didn't only making it to #3.
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Post by Hervard on Sept 9, 2023 9:38:08 GMT -5
How about on an AT40 show in April 1983: #42-29: "Let's Dance" - David Bowie #28 Hot 100 Entry: "OverKill" - Men at Work "Let's Dance" would go to #1, but "Overkill" didn't only making it to #3. Which I thought was a shame (although, it was cool that "Overkill" was #1 for three weeks on R&R, the chart that I was following at the time). That song, by the way, blocked "Let's Dance" from the top spot. Also, "Overkill" peaked on the Hot 100 the week it began dropping on the R&R chart, so it was apparently still selling well. |
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Post by chrislc on Sept 9, 2023 10:02:27 GMT -5
What were those three Macca songs?
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Post by 1finemrg on Sept 9, 2023 18:40:45 GMT -5
What were those three Macca songs? July 17, 1976 #8 - Got To Get You Into My Life - Beatles #9 - Silly Love Songs - Wings #22 - Let 'Em In - Wings July 24, 1976 #7 - Got To Get You Into My Life - Beatles #19 - Let 'Em In - Wings #34 - Silly Love Songs - Wings |
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Post by 80sat40fan on Sept 9, 2023 18:53:18 GMT -5
If Elton John/Kiki Dee and Wings have the highest consecutive debuts on an episode of AT40, I think second place comes from the 4/20/80 countdown:
* "Hurt So Bad" by Linda Ronstadt rockets in from #46 to #23 (Linda would peak at #8)
* "Biggest Part Of Me" by Ambrosia leaps in from #44 to #24 (Ambrosia would peak at #3)
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Post by Mike on Sept 9, 2023 20:10:26 GMT -5
*4/19. UMD treats 1980 like it's not a leap year...ish. They account for February-to-March correctly, but then treat March like it only has 30 days! Which then screws up their accounting of the rest of the calendar.  |
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Post by mga707 on Sept 9, 2023 20:21:20 GMT -5
*4/19. UMD treats 1980 like it's not a leap year...ish. They account for February-to-March correctly, but then treat March like it only has 30 days! Which then screws up their accounting of the rest of the calendar. UMD does that often enough that I always double-check the dates with Whitburn, or pull up a particular month's calendar, before posting dates on here when I've used UMD as a chart reference. |
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Post by Mike on Sept 9, 2023 20:37:20 GMT -5
UMD does that often enough that I always double-check the dates with Whitburn, or pull up a particular month's calendar, before posting dates on here when I've used UMD as a chart reference. Far as I can tell, though, 1980 is the only year they screw up like that... |
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