On this date in 1974 (6/29)

[jdelachjr2002]

I don't know if this part had ever been discussed on the board and if it has I apologize (I'm a newbie here) but I read that this was the day 34 years ago that the AT40 staff had somehow whipped up their own Top 40 list because Casey Kasem was going to Hawaii to film "Hawaii Five-0" and apparently Billboard's rankings weren't going to arrive by the time Casey was to leave so the staff basically had to pull their own guessing game as to which songs would make that week's Top 40 and which positions would those songs be. Here's the playlist for that week:

www.oldradioshows.com/at40/062974.html

And for those that were interested here are the actual Billboard rankings for 6/29/1974:

1. "Sundown" - Gordon Lightfoot (8th week; #3 last week) PEAK
2. "Billy, Don't Be A Hero" - Bo Donaldson & The Haywoods (8th week; #1 last week)
3. "You Make Me Feel Brand New" - The Stylistics (12th week; #2 last week)
4. "Be Thankful For What You've Got" - William DeVaughn (7th week; #5 last week) PEAK
5. "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" - Olivia Newton-John (8th week; #7 last week) PEAK
6. "Rock The Boat" - Hues Corporation (3rd week; #12 last week)
7. "Hollywood Swinging" - Kool & The Gang (7th week; #9 last week)
8. "Band On The Run" - Paul McCartney & Wings (9th week; #6 last week)
9. "Rock Your Baby" - George McCrae (3rd week; #15 last week)
10. "Annie's Song" - John Denver (3rd week; #27 last week)
11. "The Air That I Breathe" - The Hollies (4th week; #21 last week)
12. "You Won't See Me" - Anne Murray (6th week; #16 last week)
13. "On And On" - Gladys Knight & The Pips (5th week; #17 last week)
14. "The Streak" - Ray Stevens (10th week; #4 last week)
15. "One Hell Of A Woman" - Mac Davis (6th week; #19 last week)
16. "Dancing Machine" - Jackson 5 (14th week; #8 last week)
17. "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number" - Steely Dan (4th week; #25 last week)
18. "I'm Coming Home" - The Spinners (4th week; #20 last week) PEAK
19. "Rock And Roll Heaven" - Righteous Brothers (3rd week; #24 last week)
20. "Sideshow" - Blue Magic (4th week; #26 last week)
21. "Midnight At The Oasis" - Maria Muldaur (12th week; #11 last week)
22. "The Entertainer" - Marvin Hamlisch (11th week; #10 last week)
23. "For The Love Of Money" - O'Jays (9th week; #13 last week)
24. "Haven't Got Time For The Pain" - Carly Simon (5th week; #14 last week)
25. "If You Wanna Get To Heaven" - Ozark Mountain Daredevils (4th week; #28 last week) PEAK
26. "Save The Last Dance For Me" - DeFranco Family (6th week; #18 last week) FINAL WEEK
27. "Train Of Thought" - Cher (3rd week; #31 last week) PEAK
28. "My Girl Bill" - Jim Stafford (9th week; #22 last week) FINAL WEEK
29. "Radar Love" - Golden Earring (2nd week; #40 last week)
30. "Waterloo" - Abba (2nd week; #39 last week)
31. "Help Me" - Joni Mitchell (11th week; #23 last week) FINAL WEEK
32. "Already Gone" - Eagles (2nd week; #34 last week) PEAK
33. "The Loco-Motion" - Grand Funk Railroad (14th week; #29 last week) FINAL WEEK
34. "If You Talk In Your Sleep" - Elvis Presley DEBUT!
35. "Finally Got Myself Together" - Impressions DEBUT!
36. "The Show Must Go On" - Three Dog Night (12th week; #32 last week) FINAL WEEK
37. "Taking Care Of Business" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive DEBUT!
38. "Oh Very Young" - Cat Stevens (11th week; #30 last week) FINAL WEEK
39. "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues" - Jim Croce DEBUT!
40. "Come Monday" - Jimmy Buffett DEBUT!

Dropped Out Of Top 40
"(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" - Chicago (#38 last week)
"I'm In Love" - Aretha Franklin (#37)
"Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" - Stevie Wonder (#36)
"I Won't Last A Day Without You" - Carpenters (#35)
"Son Of Sagittarius" - Eddie Kendricks (#33)

[mrjukebox]

Rob Durkee mentioned this last weekend on the portion of his website,which looks back as to what happened this day in "AT40 History"-I know the vast majority of the songs played weren't top 40 hits such as "La Grange" by ZZ Top.

[mrjukebox]

OOPS! Looks like I goofed-"La Grange" was the only non-top 40 hit played that week.

[jdelachjr2002]

OOPS! Looks like I goofed-"La Grange" was the only non-top 40 hit played that week.

Wound up peaking at #41 but no doubt had it's one moment in the AT40 spotlight. I imagine that song actually still gets airplay on '70's/Classic Rock stations.

Interesting that "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John - which gets lots of oldie airplay - never cracked the Top 40 either.

[lasvegaskid]

Bumping in honor of WTOJ:

AT40 guess in (parenthesis)

LW TW
03 01 Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (1)
01 02 Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods - Billy, Don't Be A Hero (2)
02 03 The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New (4)
05 04 William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got (3)
07 05 Olivia Newton-John - If You Love Me (Let Me Know) (7)
12 06 The Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat (5)
09 07 Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging (8)
06 08 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run (10)
15 09 George McCrae - Rock Your Baby (6)
27 10 John Denver - Annie's Song (16)
21 11 The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (13)
16 12 Anne Murray - You Won't See Me (23)
17 13 Gladys Knight & The Pips - On And On (11)
04 14 Ray Stevens - The Streak (9)
19 15 Mac Davis - One Hell Of A Woman (18)
08 16 Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine (12)
25 17 Steely Dan - Rikki, Don't Lose That Number (20)
20 18 The Spinners - I'm Coming Home (19)
24 19 The Righteous Brothers - Rock And Roll Heaven (14)
26 20 Blue Magic - Sideshow (26)
11 21 Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis (22)
10 22 Marvin Hamlisch - The Entertainer (25)
13 23 The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money (15)
14 24 Carly Simon - Haven't Got Time For The Pain (17)
28 25 Ozark Mountain Daredevils - If You Wanna Get To Heaven (27)
18 26 The DeFranco Family - Save The Last Dance For Me (21)
31 27 Cher - Train Of Thought (24)
22 28 Jim Stafford - My Girl Bill (31)
40 29 Golden Earring - Radar Love (28)
39 30 ABBA - Waterloo (29)
23 31 Joni Mitchell - Help Me (32)
34 32 The Eagles - Already Gone (30)
29 33 Grand Funk Railroad - The Loco-Motion (39)
DE 34 Elvis Presley - If You Talk In Your Sleep (34)
DE 35 The Impressions - Finally Got Myself Together (I'm A Changed Man) (37)
32 36 Three Dog Night - The Show Must Go On (-)
DE 37 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care Of Business (35)
30 38 Cat Stevens - Oh Very Young (-)
DE 39 Jim Croce - Workin' At The Car Wash Blues (36)
DE 40 Jimmy Buffett - Come Monday (38)
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43 41 ZZ Top - La Grange (33)*
54 44 Wet Willie - Keep On Smilin' (40)

* never reached top 40

[mrjukebox]

I'm looking forward to Ken Martin's version of the 6/29/74 countdown next weekend on WTOJ.