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Post by mstgator on Mar 15, 2006 16:42:13 GMT -5
Some favorites that I had completely forgotten about until rediscovering them on old AT40s include:
Lulu, "I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)" Robbie Patton, "Don't Give It Up" Jim Photoglo, "Fool In Love With You" Jesse Winchester, "Say What" Carole Bayer Sager, "Stronger Than Before"
Seems that 1981 was a big year for "forgotten" tunes for me. I think it's because I was at the age where I was really getting into music, but didn't have quite enough allowance to afford to buy every single that I liked (and for whatever reason I didn't have the opportunity to tape those songs off the radio). And, of course, there were so many true "pop" songs that hit the Top 40 around that time (between the end of Disco and the emergence of New Wave) that never got played again once they fell off the chart.
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Post by mstgator on Mar 2, 2006 14:37:17 GMT -5
No Casey memories to speak of, but I distinctly remember one week when Shadoe talked over the whole first line of "Freedom" by George Michael (" I won't let you down..."). The engineers apparently edited his voice track in incorrectly, mistakenly leading him up to " ...I will not give you up..." (If anyone can confirm this for me, I'd appreciate it!)
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Post by mstgator on Feb 26, 2006 12:46:09 GMT -5
Besides Elvis, another repeat offender was Donny Osmond... he charted four double-sided hits in the early '70s, all of which (I believe) had both sides aired on AT40.
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Post by mstgator on Feb 25, 2006 19:18:45 GMT -5
There were a few 45s, however, that had apparently strong flipsides that never made it to AT40's turntable. One of those -- Chicago's "Color My World" (the flipside of "Beginnings") -- received a great deal of AM and FM airplay during the summer of 1971. But it never got played on AT40. Yeah, I found it strange that that particular B-side never got played on the countdown. Fortunately, it did eventually get played as an LDD (several times, in fact). (Hmm, sounds like the genesis of another thread... LDD songs that were never previously heard on AT40.)
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Post by mstgator on Feb 5, 2006 14:31:34 GMT -5
1) I'm with Paul on this one, the 7/4/70 show. That's where it all started. Not just for AT40, but for all those who followed in its countdown footsteps. Even as much as the presentation would change over the years, the nuts & bolts were all there. And some of the biggest artists of the rock era were represented on that first show: Michael Jackson, Elvis, The Beatles, The Temps & The Tops, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin... 2) This one's a toughie, so I'll just go with personal preference. The Beatles countdown of 7/4/81. Casey and his staff did a marvelous job of distilling the accomplisments of John, Paul, George and Ringo into a mere four hours. And oh btw, welcome aboard Mr. Battistini!!
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Post by mstgator on Feb 19, 2006 1:26:57 GMT -5
Speaking of every market having AT40, to the best of my knowledge, Casey Kasem's countdown was not heard at all in Dayton, Ohio (a Top 50 market) during the 70s, through the mid 80s, and possibly beyond. Perhaps someone can correct me if I am mistaken. I can distinctly hear in my head (yeah, the weird things my memory holds) Casey doing a station mention for Dayton, OH, but I'm probably remembering it from his Casey's Top 40 days or the 1998-2003 version of AT40.
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Post by mstgator on Jan 4, 2006 22:50:03 GMT -5
First happened on the 11/28/70 AT40, with two songs sharing the honor... "One Less Bell To Answer" by the 5th Dimension (25-7) and "No Matter What" by Badfinger (24-8). Interestingly, that's as high as the Badfinger song got.
Others during the '70s (looks like Elton John is the clear winner in this category):
21-9 Bee Gees, "Lonely Days" 34-9 The Osmonds, "One Bad Apple" 25-10 The Jackson 5, "Mama's Pearl" 25-10 Janis Joplin, "Me And Bobby McGee" 21-10 The Bells, "Stay Awhile" 21-9 Carole King, "It's Too Late" 26-10 Tom Clay, "What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John" 24-10 Donny Osmond, "Go Away Little Girl" 28-10 Cher, "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves" 50-9 Isaac Hayes, "Theme From Shaft" 21-8 Sly & The Family Stone, "Family Affair" 25-9 Don McLean, "American Pie" 28-10 Bread, "Everything I Own" 23-10 Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, "Too Late To Turn Back Now" 26-9 The Delegates, "Convention '72" 21-10 War, "The Cisco Kid" 22-10 The Doobie Brothers, "Long Train Runnin'" 21-3 Wings, "Live And Let Die" 27-10 John Denver, "Annie's Song" 25-6 Elton John, "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" 23-10 Chicago, "Call On Me" 27-7 Carl Douglas, "Kung Fu Fighting" 22-10 Harry Chapin, "Cat's In The Cradle" 36-9 Elton John, "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" 21-6 Linda Ronstadt, "You're No Good" 24-9 America, "Lonely People" 22-8 Minnie Riperton, "Lovin' You" 23-5 Tony Orlando & Dawn, "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" 21-10 Carpenters, "Only Yesterday" 29-7 Van McCoy, "The Hustle" 22-9 Wings, "Listen To What The Man Said" 22-9 Bee Gees, "Jive Talkin'" 25-6 Neil Sedaka, "Bad Blood" 24-10 Austin Roberts, "Rocky" 22-5 Jefferson Starship, "Miracles" 36-8 Elton John, "Island Girl" 21-10 The Staple Singers, "Let's Do It Again" 29-10 Diana Ross, "Love Hangover" 25-9 Starland Vocal Band, "Afternoon Delight" 23-8 Elton John & Kiki Dee, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" 26-8 KC & The Sunshine Band, "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" 22-8 Rod Stewart, "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)" 21-7 Bill Conti, "Gonna Fly Now" 23-10 The Brothers Johnson, "Strawberry Letter 23" 21-10 Commodores, "Three Times A Lady" 37-6 Chic, "Le Freak" 22-10 Rod Stewart, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" 23-10 The Doobie Brothers, "What A Fool Believes" 21-8 The Charlie Daniels Band, "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" 38-10 Commodores, "Still" 33-10 Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer, "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Also, Carly Simon soared from 37-9 with "You're So Vain", but it happened the week that AT40 aired the first half of the Top 80 of 1972. And in 1974, Bachman-Turner Overdrive's former #1 hit "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" made an amazing rebound into the Top Ten, up 34-8.
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Post by mstgator on Oct 3, 2005 11:23:11 GMT -5
That's the exact same mistake that I wrote to AT40 about, also receiving a response from Rob Durkee. Small world...
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Post by mstgator on Sept 30, 2005 22:17:51 GMT -5
Right around that same time, Shadoe gave some chart trivia that was clearly wrong. I wrote in, and got a personal reply from Rob Durkee which I still have somewhere, thanking me for point out the mistake. (This was never mentioned on the show, though.) Me too! I found the reply letter a few weeks ago when I was looking for my car title. Who'da thought that I'd still "know" Rob Durkee some 15 years later...
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Post by mstgator on Sept 27, 2005 20:08:13 GMT -5
Hmmm... maybe they were speaking specifically about posthumous artists charting during the '80s (I didn't hear that particular show, so I can't confirm either way).
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Post by mstgator on Aug 30, 2005 18:16:57 GMT -5
The cnn.com article actually says that Casey was the first announcer on Soap, not The Price Is Right.
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Post by mstgator on Jul 12, 2005 18:06:30 GMT -5
I recall one week (in either 2000 or 2001) when WFLZ cut out "I Will Always Love You". They played Casey reading the LDD, but a few seconds into the song they faded out and went to a local commercial. If I remember correctly, there was a charting song following the LDD in the same segment, and WFLZ just played it from their own music library (no Casey intro or outcue) before returning to the regular countdown with the next segment.
This was during a period when WFLZ would routinely cut out one full show segment every week (usually from one of the first two hours) for timing purposes (they played too many local spots), but it seems in this instance they went out of their way just to avoid playing the Whitney Houston track.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 21, 2005 23:23:11 GMT -5
Probably my favorite in this category is "Minimum Love" (1982) by Mac McAnally. I remember hearing it on Dick Clark's National Music Survey (I think that was right after he switched from Cashbox to R&R), and being disappointed when it missed AT40.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 21, 2005 23:18:57 GMT -5
One of my favorite examples of this topic was Silvetti's Disco instrumental single "Spring Rain" from 1977. It debuted at #39 for one week,fell off the Top 40 for 2 weeks,then redebuted at #40 and stayed there for 2 weeks before it fell off. Good catch! I missed that one when I made my list (the re-entry fooled me).
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Post by mstgator on Jun 15, 2005 12:54:04 GMT -5
And since I'm on a roll, the '90s (through November 1991... I don't have complete AT40 charts beyond then):
1990 The B-52's - Love Shack Joe Cocker - When The Night Comes Tesla - Love Song Skid Row - I Remember You Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You D-Mob introducing Cathy Dennis - C'mon And Get My Love Quincy Jones - The Secret Garden L.A. Guns - The Ballad Of Jayne Madonna - Vogue Bad English - Possession Luke feat. the 2 Live Crew - Banned In The U.S.A. Faith No More - Epic The Boys - Crazy Black Box - Everybody Everybody Janet Jackson - Black Cat The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (re-recording) James Ingram - I Don't Have The Heart
1991 Jon Bon Jovi - Miracle UB40 - The Way You Do The Things You Do Madonna - Justify My Love Bette Midler - From A Distance Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You) Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade Of Soul Whitney Houston - All The Man That I Need Ralph Tresvant - Stone Cold Gentleman Wilson Phillips - You're In Love Firehouse - Don't Treat Me Bad L.L. Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out Natalie Cole - Unforgettable Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You Bonnie Raitt - Something To Talk About
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