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Post by mstgator on Jun 8, 2014 15:33:57 GMT -5
Did this phenomenon ever occur before the chart action changed drastically around 91-92? Seems like all the examples above are from the post-classic AT40 era (other than "Why Me"). There may have been a Paul Davis song in the late 70's or early 80's that also ended up the year higher than on any weekly chart, but I'm not sure. Paul Davis came close, but I think "I Go Crazy" peaked at 7 and was the number 12 song of the year. Someone mentioned Klymaxx doing it in 1986, other than that, the ones mentioned came after 1994. Redbone and Mac Davis (both in 1974) were also mentioned above.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 5, 2014 18:28:11 GMT -5
Unrelatedly, does copyright law make the AT40/CT40s offered at times on Ebay, on record or CD, illegitimate? I don't have any such copies, in part due to questions about legality, but considering that there are often some, and sometimes many, present I was wondering if those were legit, and if not why are so many offered for sale/bid? My understanding is that yes, any of those shows listed on eBay are in violation. When I first started collecting shows around the turn of the century (that still sounds odd), there were tons of AT40/CT40 shows for bid. Sometime around the middle of the decade, Premiere laid the hammer down and all such listings were removed. I believe for a time the only "legal" listings on eBay were through Charis Music Group (aka Shannon Lynn).
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Post by mstgator on Jun 4, 2014 19:40:33 GMT -5
Yep. Several older songs moved back up the chart ("The Power of Love" stands out in my memory as a big rebounder), but the Gin Blossoms song re entry was definitely an oddity... Even more so since it disappeared for good the following week.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 4, 2014 18:00:48 GMT -5
From the 1998-2004 incarnation of AT40:
Alanis Morissette's hit "So Pure" managed to work in the album title "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie".
And the Nelly/P. Diddy/Murphy Lee hit "Shake Ya Tailfeather" included the unlikely shoutout "Bad Boys 2 the Soundtrack" in its intro.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 4, 2014 17:49:21 GMT -5
Yes, there was an official cue sheet.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 3, 2014 19:41:56 GMT -5
I meant 2nd verse edited out. Ya know that you can edit your reply, right? Based on what I've read in this thread, he's opposed to editing. ;-)
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Post by mstgator on Jun 1, 2014 9:35:51 GMT -5
Got to listen to the first hour of the show yesterday... Awesome job, Ken! Aside from the changes in Casey's voice between the pieces from 1970 and the pieces pulled from 1978 Archives segments (which are really only noticeable if you're listening for them), it's pretty seamless stuff.
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Post by mstgator on May 27, 2014 21:25:46 GMT -5
I'm probably in a tiny minority, but "The Happening" is my favorite Supremes hit of the Diana Ross era. (Not that I don't like or love most of their other hits, too.) In fact, the show tune feel of the song is what's particularly appealing to me. (Did you know that, along with Holland/Dozier/Holland, it was co-written by Frank DeVol, who composed the theme for "My Three Sons" and other shows.) That makes sense. I like it, but it definitely sounds like it could be the opening theme to a '60s movie or TV show.
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Post by mstgator on May 23, 2014 18:39:17 GMT -5
Whitney just missed the top 40 w/Teddy Pendergrass long before You Give Good Love. Not sure I would consider "less than a year" to be "long before", but I guess it's worth noting.
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Post by mstgator on May 22, 2014 18:38:06 GMT -5
After great pressure from Randy J and his family... with the song's original artist/writer, Richard Marx, he of the first concert a young RyRy went to in Atlanta... enjoy... or rip, your choice... www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXbZ1ELnkH0dL They should have released this for sale on iTunes.
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Post by mstgator on May 21, 2014 21:25:51 GMT -5
Van Halen's "Black And Blue" debuted at #34 on 6/18/88, slipped to #37, and then was gone.
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Post by mstgator on May 19, 2014 19:39:50 GMT -5
"This week the song climbs/falls x notches to number y." -- The outcue for nearly every song during Casey's post-1988 shows.
I concur with everything pointed out by the three posters above.
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Post by mstgator on May 17, 2014 10:07:02 GMT -5
The #1 Hits of the 1970s may be a special which WTOJ has compiled to air only on their station. Possibly, although it would seem like a lot of work for one station to go through and pull bits of Casey for every number one song of the decade (especially if songs from Jan-July 1970 are included).
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Post by mstgator on May 16, 2014 22:05:53 GMT -5
New Kids on the Block probably hold the record for this, since in their Top 10 song, "Tonight", they name their first four Top 10 hits. In the first verse. Remember when we said GIRL, PLEASE DON'T GO (Please Don't Go Girl) And how I'D (I'll) BE LOVING YOU FOREVER Taught you 'bout HANGIN' TOUGH As long as you got THE RIGHT STUFF Followed by "DIDN'T WE girl" (which certainly refers to "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)").
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Post by mstgator on May 16, 2014 21:45:26 GMT -5
Definitely national by January 1984. Has anybody found any 1983 shows on the trading circuit? Any station mentions on those (if any) would give us a clue as to the rollout.
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