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Post by mrjukebox on Sept 18, 2021 15:43:41 GMT -5
Jim Lowe whose "Green Door" was heard as an "AT40 Special" on the countdown from 9/19/70,was working at WCBS Radio in New York in 1956-That's the year that "Green Door" shot to # 1.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Sept 18, 2021 16:20:38 GMT -5
As previously mentioned, there was no #37 jingle in the original 9/19/1970 show. Nor was there a #38 jingle. If either is there in the show now, it is a later edit.
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Post by skuncle on Sept 18, 2021 16:27:18 GMT -5
The 1978 chart for this week was a pivotal moment for me, I was seven years old at the time. I got $1 a week for an allowance. With that I started buying 45’s, the first handful of singles I got were all big this week, “Hot Blooded” was the very first 45 I got followed in the coming weeks by “Kiss You All Over”, “Hot Child In The City” and “Grease”.
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Post by Mike on Sept 18, 2021 16:33:17 GMT -5
As previously mentioned, there was no #37 jingle in the original 9/19/1970 show. Nor was there a #38 jingle. If either is there in the show now, it is a later edit. Or, the error was in putting a jingle in that area at all, depending on your POV.  |
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Post by LC on Sept 18, 2021 19:12:54 GMT -5
Either I never knew this or had forgotten it. Sad postscript to Casey's bit about promoter Bill Graham in the '78 countdown: Graham was killed in a helicopter crash in October 1991.
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Post by mrjukebox on Sept 19, 2021 6:07:59 GMT -5
"I'll Be There" by The Jackson Five debuted on 9/19/70-It went to # 1 on 10/17/70 & spent five weeks on top-In 1992,Mariah Carey took her version to # 1 as well-It was a live performance from "MTV Unplugged".
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Post by GQ on Sept 19, 2021 7:31:48 GMT -5
The 1978 chart for this week was a pivotal moment for me, I was seven years old at the time. I got $1 a week for an allowance. With that I started buying 45’s, the first handful of singles I got were all big this week, “Hot Blooded” was the very first 45 I got followed in the coming weeks by “Kiss You All Over”, “Hot Child In The City” and “Grease”. am curious about how much one of those singles cost back in those days? the lowest price i recall buying in the mid 80s was 1,69 @ Target |
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Post by skuncle on Sept 19, 2021 8:01:22 GMT -5
The 1978 chart for this week was a pivotal moment for me, I was seven years old at the time. I got $1 a week for an allowance. With that I started buying 45’s, the first handful of singles I got were all big this week, “Hot Blooded” was the very first 45 I got followed in the coming weeks by “Kiss You All Over”, “Hot Child In The City” and “Grease”. am curious about how much one of those singles cost back in those days? the lowest price i recall buying in the mid 80s was 1,69 @ Target I got a $1 and I seem to recall them being 99 cents. I know I always had to find some change to cover the tax. |
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 19, 2021 8:11:06 GMT -5
am curious about how much one of those singles cost back in those days? the lowest price i recall buying in the mid 80s was 1,69 @ Target I got a $1 and I seem to recall them being 99 cents. I know I always had to find some change to cover the tax. How much would 45's at discount stores cost back in the 1970 day (Woolworth's, Murphy's, Kresge, etc. - besides local record stores then upstart record store chains like Musicland, Sam Goody, and Camelot Music?) My guess: around 50 cents? |
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Post by mrjukebox on Sept 19, 2021 8:42:13 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show:9/22/73.
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 19, 2021 9:28:13 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show:9/22/73. 9/22/1973 was last played 2 years ago. How about 9/25/1971? Or maybe 9/29/1973. |
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Post by mrjukebox on Sept 19, 2021 9:32:16 GMT -5
Wasn't aware that 9/22/73 was played two years ago-I'll predict 9/29/73 instead.
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Post by doofus67 on Sept 19, 2021 9:36:19 GMT -5
“Hot Blooded” was the very first 45 I got followed in the coming weeks by “Kiss You All Over”, “Hot Child In The City” and “Grease”. You knew how to get value for your money at an early age! |
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Post by kenmartin on Sept 19, 2021 10:02:37 GMT -5
As previously mentioned, there was no #37 jingle in the original 9/19/1970 show. Nor was there a #38 jingle. If either is there in the show now, it is a later edit. Or, the error was in putting a jingle in that area at all, depending on your POV. When AT40 debuted in 1970 there were 10 breaks an hour for commercials. Usually Casey would play 1 or 2 songs and then stop for a short commercial break. The original AT40 clock had the break as 1 or 2 minutes max. Stopping that often an hour for commercials was common practice in Top 40 radio back then. Today, radio plays longer commercial breaks while stopping the music less often. What was there between those 2 songs? Casey said "Coming up the top 37 hits in America on American Top 40" and then the split logo jingles. I could have left that in and eaten up more of the precious programming clock which might have required editing the music. Putting a number jingle in there was a compromise. It was also true to the sound of AT40 and it flows without the interruption of a commercial break. This decision, and others like it, are totally approved by Toby Petty and Premiere. The question is, would you have noticed the edit if I hadn't used the incorrect position jingle by mistake? |
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Post by kenmartin on Sept 19, 2021 10:06:12 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show:9/22/73. 9/22/1973 was last played 2 years ago. How about 9/25/1971? Or maybe 9/29/1973. Here's a hint. One of these is correct. And I'll let you know there are 5 mono2stereo creations to air as "A" shows between now and the end of the year. Plus that special thing I mentioned a few months ago. |
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