Top 40 weeks of specials

[mkarns]

Feb 12, 2009 18:24:26 GMT -5 mrjukebox said:

I didn't listen to "Casey's Top 40" in 1997-However,he might've been told not to say the "B" word on the air.

If that was the case, then it must have been pretty awkward announcing the #1 song for three weeks the Brooks hit was on top, according to Radio & Records (I don't remember firsthand, as the only countdown I had occasional access to at the time was Rick Dees, who did mention the title.)

I guess Casey could have said something like "That's Meredith Brooks, with the #1 song in the USA for the third week in a row" or telling a story about her and saying "and here she is, with the biggest hit in the land this week, Meredith Brooks". But it would have required some clever writing and pacing to do it week after week.

[jdelachjr2002]

12/21/1974 (first week of year-end countdown)

1. "Cat's In The Cradle" - Harry Chapin
2. "Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas
3. "Angie Baby" - Helen Reddy
4. "When Will I See You Again" - The Three Degrees
5. "You're The First, The Last, My Everything" - Barry White
6. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - Elton John
7. "Sha La La (Make Me Happy)" - Al Green
8. "Junior's Farm" - Paul McCartney & Wings
9. "I Can Help" - Billy Swan
10. "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" - B.T. Express
11. "You Got The Love" - Rufus & Chaka Khan
12. "Laughter In The Rain" - Neil Sedaka
13. "Boogie On Reggae Woman" - Stevie Wonder
14. "Only You" - Ringo Starr
15. "Please Mr. Postman" - Carpenters
16. "Must Of Got Lost" - J. Geils Band
17. "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" - Rolling Stones
18. "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" - Paul Anka & Odia Coates
19. "Mandy" - Barry Manilow
20. "Bungle In The Jungle" - Jethro Tull
21. "I Feel A Song In My Heart" - Gladys Knight & The Pips
22. "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Gloria Gaynor
23. "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
24. "Dark Horse" - George Harrison
25. "The Morning Side Of The Mountain" - Donny & Marie Osmond
26. "Fairytale" - Pointer Sisters
27. "Ride 'Em Cowboy" - Paul Davis
28. "Promised Land" - Elvis Presley
29. "Woman To Woman" - Shirley Brown
30. "Dancin' Fool" - Guess Who
31. "Doctor's Orders" - Carol Douglas DEBUT
32. "Dream On" - Righteous Brothers
33. "Wishing You Were Here" - Chicago
34. "My Melody Of Love" - Bobby Vinton
35. "Longfellow Serenade" - Neil Diamond
36. "Willie And The Hand Jive" - Eric Clapton
37. "I've Got The Music In Me" - Kiki Dee
38. "Some Kind Of Wonderful" - Grand Funk Railroad DEBUT
39. "Pick Up The Pieces" - Average White Band DEBUT
40. "Rock 'n Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" - Mac Davis DEBUT

[jdelachjr2002]

If that was the case, then it must have been pretty awkward announcing the #1 song for three weeks the Brooks hit was on top, according to Radio & Records (I don't remember firsthand, as the only countdown I had occasional access to at the time was Rick Dees, who did mention the title.)

I guess Casey could have said something like "That's Meredith Brooks, with the #1 song in the USA for the third week in a row" or telling a story about her and saying "and here she is, with the biggest hit in the land this week, Meredith Brooks". But it would have required some clever writing and pacing to do it week after week.

And if he couldn't say that word, he likely would have to forgo recapping the top three songs from last week during it's time there (I'm sure he would've been allowed to say the word at least when it fell out of the Top 40).

[mstgator]

Casey did announce the Meredith Brooks song title during its entire chart run (just as he did with Elton John and Rod Stewart's similarly titled hits in the '70s). It was left up to individual stations to edit the song out if they were prudish enough.

[jdelachjr2002]

12/29/1974 (second week of year-end countdown)

1. "Angie Baby" - Helen Reddy
2. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - Elton John
3. "You're The First, The Last, My Everything" - Barry White
4. "Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas
5. "Cat's In The Cradle" - Harry Chapin
6. "Junior's Farm" - Paul McCartney & Wings
7. "When Will I See You Again" - Three Degrees
8. "Laughter In The Rain" - Neil Sedaka
9. "Only You" - Ringo Starr
10. "Boogie On Reggae Woman" - Stevie Wonder
11. "Please Mr. Postman" - Carpenters
12. "Mandy" - Barry Manilow
13. "Must Of Got Lost" - J. Geils Band
14. "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" - Paul Anka & Odia Coates
15. "Sha La La (Make Me Happy)" - Al Green
16. "Bungle In The Jungle" - Jethro Tull
17. "You Got The Love" - Rufus & Chaka Khan
18. "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Gloria Gaynor
19. "The Morning Side Of The Mountain" - Donny & Marie Osmond
20. "Dark Horse" - George Harrison
21. "I Can Help" - Billy Swan
22. "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" - B.T. Express
23. "I Feel A Song In My Heart" - Gladys Knight & The Pips
24. "Fire" - Ohio Players DEBUT
25. "Doctor's Orders" - Carol Douglas
26. "Promised Land" - Elvis Presley
27. "Pick Up The Pieces" - Average White Band
28. "Ride 'Em Cowboy" - Paul Davis
29. "Some Kind Of Wonderful" - Grand Funk Railroad
30. "Dancin' Fool" - Guess Who
31. "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" - Rolling Stones
32. "Rock 'n Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" - Mac Davis
33. "Woman To Woman" - Shirley Brown
34. "Wishing You Were Here" - Chicago
35. "Get Dancin'" - Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes DEBUT
36. "Fairytale" - Pointer Sisters
37. "Ruby Baby" - Billy "Crash" Craddock DEBUT
38. "From His Woman To You" - Barbara Mason DEBUT
39. "The Entertainer" - Billy Joel DEBUT
40. "Best Of My Love" - Eagles DEBUT

[Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever]

When Meredith Brooks's song was at the top and on the 1997 year end show(and on the VH1 Top 50 of 1997), Casey did say the name of the song but would pause between "Here's Meredith Brooks with" and the name of the song. So I guess that was where the edits could have been made.

Even though the word can have an offensive meaning, it's not a bad word when used as another word for a female dog (my mom is a dog breeder and the word is used without any embarassment in her circle). Actually Meredith Brooks used the word as a portrayal of the different emotions a woman goes through "without any apologies".

[Scott Lakefield]

Must have been pretty interesting to hear the show on stations that edited out the whole song when it went to #1!

[Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever]

I guess they would have played #2 ("Do You Know What It Takes" by Robyn the first week, "How Bizarre" by OMC the second and third weeks) and then closed the show. Neither of those songs ever did reach #1 but the listeners from the stations that deleted Meredith's song (at least those who don't keep up with the charts) probably thought that those #2 songs were actually #1.

Some radio stations probably just ceased broadcasting the show just before Meredith's song was introed. In that case, there were probably some listeners who called the station to complain. I've never heard of a radio station that would announce on air that a given song wouldn't be played

[mrjukebox]

How about Chuck Berry's "My Ding A Ling"?-When that song went to # 1 in October 1972,a vast majority of the "AT40" affiliates took it upon themselves to delete the song.

[mkarns]

Feb 13, 2009 12:55:16 GMT -5 mrjukebox said:

How about Chuck Berry's "My Ding A Ling"?-When that song went to # 1 in October 1972,a vast majority of the "AT40" affiliates took it upon themselves to delete the song.

I don't know that a vast majority of stations airing AT40 refused to play the song; if that many stations went so far to edit it out of the countdown then they presumably weren't playing it at all, and if that was the case I doubt it would have been #1. But some did, and at least one in fact still does; Wikipedia says that this past fall WOGL in Philadelphia deleted "My Ding a Ling" in favor of a Premiere optional extra when it re-ran the 11/18/72 AT40, where it was down to #14.

A similar situation was just missed in summer 1987 when George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" peaked at #2; the reluctance of many stations to play it probably kept it from the top. Charis has cue sheets from its hit run instructing stations on how they could skip the song if they wished, which is also true for several other late 80s and early 90s hits.

[Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever]

The memo with the cue sheet for 6/20/87 has Casey mentioning the fact that radio stations aren't playing the song. It's followed on the countdown by another controversial song which is also mentioned in the memo.

One of the stations which elected to omit the song from its broadcast of AT40 was WMC FM 100 in Memphis. I recorded the Top 100 of 1987 from there and George Michael's song was at the top of the seventh of eight hours. FM 100 skipped over the jingles as well as the intro, song, and outro and went straight to the intro for the next song, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Until I saw the year end chart for myself, I assumed that FM100 had omitted the George Michael song as a mechanical error. I have since upgraded that show and the new copy has the song, the jingles preceding it and its intros and outros.

[jdelachjr2002]

I listened to an aircheck of the 7/11/1987 show (Charlie Van Dyke subbed for Casey this week) from the RadioInsight board which was recorded from the Tucson affiliate at the time and "I Want Your Sex" was heard (name not mentioned by Charlie) on the aircheck so the Tucson station at the time likely did not have any problems with the song.

Interestingly though according to The Billboard Book of Top 40 hits, "I Want Your Sex" peaked at #5 on the Airplay charts (It peaked at #8 on R&R).

[jdelachjr2002]

4/5/1975 (2nd Disappearing Acts Show)

1. "Lovin' You" - Minnie Riperton
2. "Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John
3. "No No Song" - Ringo Starr
4. "Express" - B.T. Express
5. "You Are So Beautiful" - Joe Cocker
6. "Poetry Man" - Pheobe Snow
7. "Lady Marmalade" - LaBelle
8. "Hey Won't You Play Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" - B.J. Thomas
9. "Have You Never Been Mellow" - Olivia Newton-John
10. "My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli
11. "Once You Get Started" - Rufus & Chaka Khan
12. "Chevy Van" - Sammy Johns
13. "Harry Truman" - Chicago
14. "What Am I Gonna Do With You" - Barry White
15. "Emma" - Hot Chocolate
16. "Supernatural Thing" - Ben E. King
17. "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" - Freddy Fender
18. "Walking In Rhythm" - Blackbyrds
19. "L-O-V-E (Love)" - Al Green
20. "Shining Star" - Earth, Wind & Fire
21. "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" - Sugarloaf
22. "Satin Soul" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
23. "Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)" - Leo Sayer
24. "Shame, Shame, Shame" - Shirley & Company
25. "The Bertha Butt Boogie" - Jimmy Castor Bunch
26. "Jackie Blue" - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
27. "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" - Tony Orlando & Dawn
28. "It's A Miracle" - Barry Manilow
29. "Butter Boy" - Fanny
30. "Sad Sweet Dreamer" - Sweet Sensation
31. "Tangled Up In Blue" - Bob Dylan
32. "Killer Queen" - Queen
33. "I Am Love" - Jackson Five
34. "Shoeshine Boy" - Eddie Kendricks DEBUT
35."How Long" - Ace DEBUT
36. "Stand By Me" - John Lennon DEBUT
37. "Living A Little, Laughing A Little" - Spinners DEBUT
38. "I Don't Like To Sleep Alone" - Paul Anka & Odia Coates DEBUT
39. "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" - John Denver DEBUT
40. "Who's Sorry Now" - Marie Osmond DEBUT

[jdelachjr2002]

7/5/1975 (re-air of very first AT40 show commemorating five-year anniversary)

1. "Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tennile
2. "The Hustle" - Van McCoy
3. "Listen To What The Man Said" - Paul McCartney & Wings
4. "Wildfire" - Michael Murphey
5. "Love Won't Let Me Wait" - Major Harris
6. "Magic" - Pilot
7. "I'm Not Lisa" - Jessi Colter
8. "When Will I Be Loved" - Linda Ronstadt
9. "One Of These Nights" - Eagles
10. "Please Mr. Please" - Olivia Newton-John
11. "I'm Not In Love" - 10cc
12. "Swearin' To God" - Frankie Valli
13. "Rockin' Chair" - Gwen McCrae
14. "Only Women" - Alice Cooper
15. "The Way We Were/Try To Remember" - Gladys Knight & The Pips
16. "Misty" - Ray Stevens
17. "Midnight Blue" - Melissa Manchester
18. "Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor)" - Joe Simon
19. "Dynomite" - Bazuka
20. "Why Can't We Be Friends" - War
21. "Hey You" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
22. "Cut The Cake" - Average White Band
23. "I'm On Fire" - Dwight Tilley Band
24. "Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
25. "Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me)" - Doobie Brothers
26. "Rockford Files" - Mike Post
27. "Jive Talkin'" - Bee Gees
28. "Sister Golden Hair" - America
29. "I'll Play For You" - Seals & Crofts
30. "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" - John Denver
31. "Baby That's Backatcha" - Smokey Robinson
32. "Slippery When Wet" - Commodores
33. "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)" - Charlie Rich
34. "Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John
35. "Bad Time" - Grand Funk Railroad
36. "The Last Farewell" - Roger Whitaker
37. "Bad Luck" - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
38. "Spirit Of The Boogie" - Kool & The Gang
39. "It's All Down To Goodnight Vienna" - Ringo Starr DEBUT
40. "Disco Queen" - Hot Chocolate DEBUT

[jdelachjr2002]

10/4/1975 (Rock & Roll Acts Of The '50s Special)

1. "Fame" - David Bowie
2. "I'm Sorry/Calypso" - John Denver
3. "Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
4. "Run Joey Run" - David Geddes
5. "Mr. Jaws" - Dickie Goodman
6. "Bad Blood" - Neil Sedaka
7. "Ballroom Blitz" - Sweet
8. "Dance With Me" - Orleans
9. "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" - Helen Reddy
10. "Rocky" - Austin Roberts
11. "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" - Freddy Fender
12. "Feelings" - Morris Albert
13. "It Only Takes A Minute" - Tavares
14. "(They Just Can't Stop It) Games People Play" - Spinners
15. "(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love" - Paul Anka & Odia Coates
16. "Could It Be Magic" - Barry Manilow
17. "Who Loves You" - Four Seasons
18. "Lyin' Eyes" - Eagles
19. "Brazil" - Ritchie Family
20. "How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On The Side)" - Pointer Sisters
21. "At Seventeen" - Janis Ian
22. "Miracles" - Jefferson Starship
23. "Gone At Last" - Paul Simon & Pheobe Snow
24. "Fight The Power" - Isley Brothers
25. "Feel Like Makin' Love" - Bad Company
26. "Lady Blue" - Leon Russell
27. "That's The Way Of The World" - Earth, Wind & Fire
28. "Carolina In The Pines" - Michael Murphey
29. "Do It Any Way You Wanna" - People's Choice
30. "Fallin' In Love" - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
31. "Heat Wave" - Linda Ronstadt DEBUT
32. "Theme From Jaws" - John Williams
33. "The Way I Want To Touch You" - Captain & Tennile DEBUT
34. "You're All I Need To Get By" - Tony Orlando & Dawn
35. "What A Difference A Day Makes" - Esther Phillips
36. "I Only Have Eyes For You" - Art Garfunkel
37. "I Got Stoned And I Missed It" - Jim Stafford
38. "Rockin' All Over The World" - John Fogarty DEBUT
39. "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" - Average White Band
40. "This Will Be" - Natalie Cole DEBUT