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Post by mkarns on Apr 2, 2012 17:14:42 GMT -5
We almost got a week with all the sames dates......4/8/72, 4/8/78 and 4/7/84. Just the same, getting a week where all the shows line up with one of the dates that they air is rare. So is having the shows all spaced evenly apart; six years from the SXM to Premiere 70s shows, and another six to the 80s selection.
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Post by matt on Apr 2, 2012 19:09:42 GMT -5
We almost got a week with all the sames dates......4/8/72, 4/8/78 and 4/7/84. Just the same, getting a week where all the shows line up with one of the dates that they air is rare. Unfortunately, you have to go to 1989 to get another show date of April 8th - otherwise '72 and '78 are the only years that shows with that date. Now, April 7th could've happened if 1973 and '79 were played...unfortunately 4/7/79 is a sub show, and 4/7/73 is a special. But...the '73 - '79 - '84 connection could feasibly happen this year now that we are post Feb. 29th, and it would also very likely happen with the same date as the current 2012 date.
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Post by atfanmpls on Apr 3, 2012 0:10:43 GMT -5
I am still pissed about XM dropping the 80s...but the 70s are pretty good. All the Spring shows this week are good.
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Post by tzmac on Apr 7, 2012 15:37:03 GMT -5
This week of 04/08/72 has another song that peaked at #41 on Billboards Hot 100. This has to be one of the most suprising 41 peaking songs because it is so well known.
Elton John's Tiny Dancer.
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 7, 2012 15:46:02 GMT -5
Even though Casey once referred to ZZ Top's "La Grange" as the biggest song that ever peaked at 41, IMO the most popular (which admittedly is different than biggest which refers to chart performance) song that peaked at 41 is "Tiny Dancer".
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Post by tzmac on Apr 7, 2012 16:03:13 GMT -5
La Grange's claim could be based on being on the Hot 100 for 19 weeks compared to 7 for Tiny Dancer. And then lots of us know La Grange did "break" into the Top 40 on the AT40 calculated countdown when the Billboard chart was delayed.
Tiny Dancer is very popular - certified Gold for digital downloads.
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 7, 2012 17:06:24 GMT -5
Yeah "La Grange" is definitely a bigger hit than "Tiny Dancer" based on the chart. I was saying that TD is more popular as in more people will request/buy/download, etc. that song than any other song that peaked at #41.
BTW, the Billboard chart was not delayed that week they played "La Grange". It was because Casey was going to be away for an extended time and rather than have 2 guest hosted shows in 3 weeks, they had him record the show early based on the staff's calculated rankings.
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Post by tzmac on Apr 8, 2012 14:09:57 GMT -5
I see - and already had a special planned for following week - Top 40 Acts of the 70'S So Far - then guest host the week after that.
Though by it's nature couldn't do it since none actually hit the Top 40, but wouldn't that make an interesting special - Top 40 songs of 70's that didn't make the Top 40 (which were released as singles).
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Post by Michael on Apr 9, 2012 21:15:35 GMT -5
Will it be the episode that premier played this weekend or will it be the following week?
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Post by mkarns on Apr 9, 2012 22:11:58 GMT -5
Will it be the episode that premier played this weekend or will it be the following week? I'm guessing April 15, 1978, a week after what we just heard from Premiere, since that lines up better with this forthcoming weekend's dates. They just played April 8, 1972 last week.
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Post by tzmac on Apr 13, 2012 9:03:03 GMT -5
Everyone hear the news that Premiere is now offering the 4 hour shows to affiliates? Guess each can decide to stick with joining in hour 2 and broadcasting 3 hours of show.
The first 4 hour domestic offering is reportedly due in 2 weeks.
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Post by matt on Apr 13, 2012 12:01:08 GMT -5
Everyone hear the news that Premiere is now offering the 4 hour shows to affiliates? Guess each can decide to stick with joining in hour 2 and broadcasting 3 hours of show. The first 4 hour domestic offering is reportedly due in 2 weeks. Oh yes--as a matter of fact, Mr. Scott Lakefield started a thread back in February announcing this ("Great News for AT40 Fans" or something similar). Should be fun! Apparently the Columbus, OH station that subscribes to AT40 - The 70's is playing the full 4 hour show on the morning of Sunday April 29th - they are starting an hour earlier than their usual start time. Now the question is: what other stations are going to add the 1st hour and which ones are going to stick with the 3-hour time slot and truncate the first hour.
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 14, 2012 11:51:16 GMT -5
Some interesting tidbits on this show. Too bad most of you can't hear it. Story about Eddie Money getting managed by the guy who arrested him 8 years earlier but did not remember arresting Eddie. Nice quip Casey about not saying anything about it. You just did....lol
Don't have a PS about that story as I am sure there is but do have one about the Lou Rawls story. Now that is terror as Casey said having to jump out of an airplane 36 times as a paratrooper when you thought the airplane was just for travel. But the PS to this story is that Lou actually came a lot closer to losing his life not as a paratrooper but shortly after his Army stint was over when he, Sam Cooke and others slid off a rain slickened highway resulting in a coma.
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Post by edisonlite on Apr 16, 2012 9:51:16 GMT -5
This week's show: April 17, 1971 Does SXM usually refer to the Billboard date or the AT40 date for the '70/'71 shows?
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Post by Big Red Machine on Apr 16, 2012 9:57:42 GMT -5
This is the memorable show in which Casey says, "d**ned if you Do.....Dead if you Don't"
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