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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 30, 2021 11:35:58 GMT -5
Listening to "Anything You Want" by John Valenti,I couldn't help but notice that he sounded a lot like Stevie Wonder.
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 30, 2021 12:16:43 GMT -5
Slight correction:Barry De Vorzon was one of the composers of "Nadia's Theme"-The first name listed is incorrect.
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 30, 2021 12:19:08 GMT -5
The female voice you hear towards the end of "Tonight's The Night" belongs to actress Britt Ekland who was Rod Stewart's significant other at the time.
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 30, 2021 13:36:48 GMT -5
Interesting story behind "She's Gone" by Hall & Oates:It was written about a gal who stood up John Oates on New Year's Eve.
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 30, 2021 13:44:50 GMT -5
Always liked "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"-Too bad Rod Stewart prevented it from reaching # 1.
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 30, 2021 13:57:25 GMT -5
Interesting to note that Rick Dees who went to # 1 with "Disco Duck",would later be Casey's countdown rival.
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Post by Hervard on Oct 31, 2021 15:36:46 GMT -5
Special Presentation - American Top 10 - October 30, 2004
This week's Spotlight: Haunted Hits (aka "Spooky Spotlight")
Dropper: HERE WITHOUT YOU - 3 DOORS DOWN (10) - If my memory serves me correctly, this was the first song by this Mississippi rock band to hit the Adult Contemporary chart (as it is a ballad). The song had just recently set a record for the most weeks on American Top 40 (which, by this time, Ryan Seacrest had taken over), staying on for a full year. Needless to say, I was quite tired of the song by this time, so it was no huge loss.
HOUR 1: 10: DON'T LET HIM STEAL YOUR HEART AWAY - PHIL COLLINS (debut) - This song was originally on his 1982 album Hello, I Must Be Going, and was the fourth release, but it didn't do anything here in the states. When the song was included on his Love Songs album in 2004, it was released to AC stations, where it hit the Top Five in early 2005. This was definitely one of my favorite songs by Collins - I even included it on one of my YouTube playlists: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2MXWmtw06X54qkF1EfuYVXMzYvA8_PtE (track #18) ARCHIVE: RHYTHM OF THE RAIN/RAIN - DAN FOGELBERG (1990) - This feature was previously called "Former #1", as Casey used to strictly stick to songs that had hit #1 either on the Pop or AC chart. But eventually, he mentioned that the song that he played was "one of the biggest hits this week back in (insert year). Then, when the show became AT10 earlier in 2004, the songs were from any time of the year, but for this week, it looks like he might have gone back to using songs from the same time of year - not sure, as it has been years since I've heard this show. As for this song, it was a cover version of the Cascades classic "Rhythm Of The Rain", with a few lines from "Rain" by the Beatles. This song, which peaked at #2 on the AC chart, always takes me back to my college days, since I often had my radio tuned into Sunny 101.5 in my dorm room and they played this song on a regular basis. It was a great one! SPOTLIGHT: THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON (1984) - Of course, this song had a video that was more or less a film, since it was about 14 minutes long. When this song was on the charts, American Top 40 usually, if not always, played the single version of the song, but, since it was a part of the "Spooky Spotlight", they went with the album version, which included the Vincent Price narration. 9: IN MY DAUGHTER'S EYES - MARTINA McBRIDE (9) - One of two songs on this week's chart by country singer Martina McBride. It's not bad, but a little maudlin, with lyrics that can bring me to tears. I can imagine what the song would do to me if I had kids, especially a daughter. EXTRA: THE MONSTER MASH - BOBBY "BORIS" PICKETT & THE CRYPT KICKERS - This one would have fit as part of the "Spooky Spotlight", but Casey wanted to tell the story behind it, and it was kind of a long one, so he decided to use it as one of the week's "American Top Ten Extras". Anyway, I rather liked this classic novelty song, which was great for Halloween! SPOTLIGHT: SUPERSTITION - STEVIE WONDER - This song was loosely connected with this week's spotlight theme, due to the fact that many superstitions relate to Halloween. The song wasn't bad, but far from being my favorite song from him. 8: YOU'LL THINK OF ME - KEITH URBAN (8) - This song definitely got a lot of mileage on the charts. It was one one chart or other for two whole years! It was first a hit on the country chart, in early 2004, and, in late 2005, it was wrapping up its run on the Top 40 chart. SPOTLIGHT: UNCHAINED MELODY - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - This song's connection to the Spotlight was, of course, how it was featured in the 1990 film Ghost. The song, originally a big hit in 1965, was re-released and peaked a spot higher on the R&R Top 40 chart than its #4 peak during its original run. It did even better on the AC chart, going all the way to #1. ARCHIVE: SO EMOTIONAL - WHITNEY HOUSTON (1988) - This was Whitney's fifth number one in a row, setting a record (broken by Mariah Carey a few years after). I liked this one, but much preferred the next release, which would extend her #1 streak to six. OPTIONAL EXTRA: HALLOWEEN SOUNDTRACK MEDLEY (MR. SANDMAN - THE CHORDETTES, HALLOWEEN (MAIN THEME) - JOHN CARPENTER, (DON'T FEAR) THE REAPER - BLUE OYSTER CULT - If I'm not mistaken, all three songs appear in the original Halloween movie, from 1978.
HOUR 2: 7: LOVE'S DIVINE - SEAL (7) - One of two British acts on this week's countdown, as Casey mentioned going into this song. He'd had a handful of pop hits back in the 1990s, and by now, was pretty much confined to the AC chart, with songs like "This Could Be Heaven", "Waiting For You", and this song, which was a Top Five hit earlier in the year, and had been on the AT10 survey for nearly half a year by this point. LONG DISTANCE DEDICATION: DON'T KNOW MUCH - LINDA RONSTADT & AARON NEVILLE - A song from Richard to his former girlfriend, Gina, whom he had done wrong many years before and felt the need to apologize, but had no idea of her whereabouts. ARCHIVE: I'M ALIVE - CELINE DION (2002) - Tell you what, I have heard this song many times, but didn't realize that it sampled "Heart Of Glass" by Blondie. Now that Casey mentioned it, I can definitely hear it. This was the second release from Dion's A New Day Has Come album (and also featured in the film Stuart Little 2) and peaked at #7 in September, 2002. I thought it was a great song. 6: THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS - MARTINA McBRIDE (5) - Here is McBride's other song on this week's countdown. As I mentioned, her newest song tends to make me feel depressed, but by this point, I'd had enough of this song, as it was way overplayed on the stations that I listened to back in 2004. Now, it's actually good to hear it every once in awhile. SPOTLIGHT: WITCHY WOMAN - THE EAGLES - I remember hearing this song, with Don Henley on vocals, quite a lot back back when I was in second grade, when my Mom listened to the Eagles album Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975. Although not my favorite song on the album, it was a pretty good song and the lyrics tie in well with this week's Spotlight theme. ARCHIVE: BE WITH YOU - ENRIQUE IGLESIAS (2000)- This was his second Top Ten hit on the Pop chart (Casey mentioned that it peaked at #5 going into the song), and it was even a minor AC hit, peaking at #28 in August. It was a good song - not sure if I prefer it or his debut hit "Bailamos". SPOTLIGHT: WEREWOLVES OF LONDON - WARREN ZEVON (1978) - Of course, the bass for this song is familiar to the younger generation, since Kid Rock used it for the bass of his 2008 hit "All Summer Long". I did prefer that song, but this one's a great song as well! 5: AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH - MICHAEL McDONALD (6) - One of two songs released from Motown, McDonald's sixth studio album. His cover of Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" didn't quite make the AT20 chart (though, from what I've heard, it didn't miss by much), but this song, which had been out for about a year, was actually peaking this week (it would fall out two weeks later via the recurrent rule). This version was styled after the original by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell version (rather than the reworked version by Diana Ross from 1970). I actually preferred this style of the song, but not sure if I prefer this version or the original one. EXTRA: I'M LIKE A BIRD - NELLY FURTADO - The story about the odd bird was indeed weird. As for the song, it was a good one - takes me back to early 2001, personally, a particularly good era to me. OPTIONAL EXTRA: MONSTER MEDLEY (FRANKENSTEIN - EDGAR WINTER GROUP, DINNER WITH DRAC - JOHN ZACHERLE, PURPLE PEOPLE EATER - SHEB WOOLEY) - Wasn't too keen on the first one, had never even HEARD the second one, and the third one was so/so.
HOUR 3: 4: WHITE FLAG - DIDO - Another long-standing hit on the AT10/AT20 chart. It had debuted on the former almost exactly a year before, was well inside the Top Ten when the chart had been trimmed, and hit #1 for four non-consecutive weeks around late spring/early summer of this year. It was a good song. SPOTLIGHT: SPOOKY - CLASSICS IV - This one doesn't get quite as much gold airplay (as songs from the 1960s have pretty much disappeared from oldies stations), but I do remember that it was an oldies staple. The cover by Santana hit the chart around boo-time, 1979, so its release was timely. I liked both songs about the same. 3: 100 YEARS - FIVE FOR FIGHTING (3) - Yet another song that spent a year on the chart before being removed by the recurrent rule. Not sure how many years this spent at #1, but I remember it was quite a few. I did get a little sick of this song, b LONG DISTANCE DEDICATION: I COULD NOT ASK FOR MORE - Wow, this one was a tear-jerker! It was from Matt, in memory of his girlfriend Chanel, who had a stroke during heart surgery the year before and her family decided to take her off life support, since it was clear that she would not recover. This was one of her favorite songs, so it fit the LDD quite well. SPOTLIGHT: TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - This, the theme from the Exorcist, was an eerie song! Reminds me of the Niles Haunted House Scream Park (in Niles, Michigan), where they had this song playing near the entrance (along with John Carpenter's "Halloween (MAIN THEME). I hope I'll be able to return there next year (as I have had to skip it this year and the last due to the COVID situation). 2: THIS LOVE - MAROON 5 (2) - Here is a multi-format #1 hit (as it topped the Top 40 chart, the AC chart and the Hot AC chart (at which it won the gold for the entire year). SPOTLIGHT: BLACK MAGIC WOMAN - SANTANA - This was Santana's biggest hit during his first wave of popularity, peaking at #4 in early 1971 (of course, his second wave was the one that began a few months before Y2K, when, of course, he was bigger than ever, especially at AC and Hot AC. This was my favorite of his early-70s hits. ARCHIVE: AMANDA - BOSTON (1986) - Definitely one of the biggest comebacks of the 80s - they had their first #1 hit, a Top Ten, and a Top 20 hit from Third Stage. Their music style was still the same, but didn't sound too out of place for the 80s at all. OPTIONAL EXTRA: GHOSTBUSTERS - RAY PARKER, JR, CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN - THE GUESS WHO SPOTLIGHT: THEME FROM "ADDAM'S FAMILY" - VICTOR MIZZY 1: HEAVEN - LOS LONELY BOYS - Here's a song that, by mid-2005, I didn't care if I never heard it again. This song was huge hit on the AC chart and, around this time, the Christian band Salvador released a version of the song that was pretty much a dead ringer for the original. So essentially, I was hearing the same song for a whole year and, since both versions were played out on their respective formats, I was fed up. Hearing the song again, I found out that, after years and years, I'm still burned out on it.
Archive songs cut out of this broadcast (to allow for commercial time and the longer Optional Extras): COME TO ME - FRANCE JOLI (1979) WOMAN IN LOVE - BARBRA STREISAND (1980) TAKING YOU HOME - DON HENLEY (2000) MY IMMORTAL - EVANESCENCE (2004)
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 31, 2021 16:01:24 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken,George Michael sang background vocals on "Wrap Her Up".
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Post by at40nut on Oct 31, 2021 16:25:14 GMT -5
Always liked "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"-Too bad Rod Stewart prevented it from reaching # 1. It's kind of weird that Rod Stewart had a minor hit called "Sailing" around the same time that the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy occured back in 1975. "Sailing" definitely had a melancholy tone to it.
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Post by mga707 on Oct 31, 2021 17:18:41 GMT -5
Always liked "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"-Too bad Rod Stewart prevented it from reaching # 1. It's kind of weird that Rod Stewart had a minor hit called "Sailing" around the same time that the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy occured back in 1975. "Sailing" definitely had a melancholy tone to it. 'Minor' (#58) in the U.S., but I believe it was #1 in the U.K. Surprised it wasn't bigger here, as Rod had just released his first Warner Bros. LP, "Atlantic Crossing", after first hitting it big on Mercury. Would've thought that W/E/A would've pushed this single harder.
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 31, 2021 18:47:15 GMT -5
Hervard,Mr.Mister was based in Los Angeles not Phoenix.
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 31, 2021 21:27:33 GMT -5
And for AT10 2004: "Spooky" was remade in 1979 by the Atlanta Rhythm Selection, not Santana.
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Post by mga707 on Oct 31, 2021 23:26:04 GMT -5
Hervard,Mr.Mister was based in Los Angeles not Phoenix. He's not wrong. The band had Phoenix roots. Mr. Mister vocalist/bassist Richard Page and keyboardist Steve George formed the band Pages in Phoenix in 1978. They released three LPs on a local label, using session musicians to round out the group. By 1980-81 they were one of the leading bands in Arizona. After disbanding Pages in '81, Page and George moved to L.A., did session work and songwriting, and formed Mr. Mister in 1982.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Nov 3, 2021 21:21:11 GMT -5
On 10-30-76 on Cashbox they were at 40 and 39 with those two!
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Post by mga707 on Nov 4, 2021 0:10:31 GMT -5
On 10-30-76 on Cashbox they were at 40 and 39 with those two! With what two? And who is 'they'?
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