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Post by mga707 on Dec 20, 2019 22:11:11 GMT -5
Noticed that Motown was still shaving a year off of Michael Jackson's age as late as December 1972. He had turned 14 in August of that year, Casey called him 13. They had started doing that in late 1969 when "I Want You Back" was first charting, passing then-11-year-old Michael as 10. Seems strange to do that. Is there a big difference between a 10 or 11 year old singing lead on a #1 hit? Not sure what their reason was, but I've noticed them doing it consistently in ads in the 50-year-old 'Billboard' issues that I've been reading online recently. Maybe Daddy Joe started it, I don't know.
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Post by mga707 on Dec 20, 2019 22:43:29 GMT -5
KLFM is really screwing up the breaks tonight. Maybe no one's manning the studio, they're all out fighting the fires...
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Post by pb on Dec 21, 2019 8:36:46 GMT -5
KLFM is really screwing up the breaks tonight. Maybe no one's manning the studio, they're all out fighting the fires... Yes, they drowned out nearly every Casey segment outro. Too bad since it's a reliable place to hear the show in stereo in December. Checking a few stations this morning, WNEG is the first one I found playing the show rather than Christmas music or other stuff. This turned out to be a good broadcast, in stereo and all extras played.
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Post by rgmike on Dec 21, 2019 12:27:32 GMT -5
Interesting that Casey included Marvin Gaye in his list of "superstar acts that didn't make the Top 40 in 1972" -- he was 2 weeks away from debuting with "Trouble Man".
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Post by pb on Dec 21, 2019 12:50:21 GMT -5
Interesting that Casey included Marvin Gaye in his list of "superstar acts that didn't make the Top 40 in 1972" -- he was 2 weeks away from debuting with "Trouble Man". He also mentioned John Lennon and George Harrison. Harrison released no music in 1972, but Lennon put out a controversial feminist single that predictably fell short of top 40.
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Post by at40nut on Dec 21, 2019 18:25:03 GMT -5
I noticed that the chorus to Austin Roberts' "Something's Wrong With Me" sounds similar to the chorus of Barry Manilow's "I Write The Songs." The Osmonds' acid rocker "Crazy Horses" became Aerosmith's cocaine rocker 5 years later with "Draw The Line."
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Post by 80sat40fan on Dec 21, 2019 18:40:44 GMT -5
While the powers that be may have already developed the full show schedule for 2020... It would be fun to hear the 1970 year-end show in 2020, and then 1971 in 2021, and then 1972 in 2022, etc. While fans here might like to hear the year-end show which hasn't been played in awhile, the casual music fan might enjoy hearing the top songs from 50 years ago. The same could be done for the 80s shows... the 1980 year-end show in 2020, 1981 in 2021, etc. Just an idea.
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Post by darnall42 on Dec 22, 2019 6:29:57 GMT -5
LM Radio going with the show from June 21st 1975 today for whatever reason (wish they would air the current weeks shows like they used to )
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Dec 22, 2019 11:29:29 GMT -5
While the powers that be may have already developed the full show schedule for 2020... It would be fun to hear the 1970 year-end show in 2020, and then 1971 in 2021, and then 1972 in 2022, etc. While fans here might like to hear the year-end show which hasn't been played in awhile, the casual music fan might enjoy hearing the top songs from 50 years ago. The same could be done for the 80s shows... the 1980 year-end show in 2020, 1981 in 2021, etc. Just an idea. Oh, if it were only that easy...
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Post by mkarns on Dec 22, 2019 13:21:48 GMT -5
While the powers that be may have already developed the full show schedule for 2020... It would be fun to hear the 1970 year-end show in 2020, and then 1971 in 2021, and then 1972 in 2022, etc. While fans here might like to hear the year-end show which hasn't been played in awhile, the casual music fan might enjoy hearing the top songs from 50 years ago. The same could be done for the 80s shows... the 1980 year-end show in 2020, 1981 in 2021, etc. Just an idea. Oh, if it were only that easy... I do think they may play the 1970 debut show as a regular offering in 2020, for AT40's 50th anniversary. The last time Premiere did that was in 2010 for the 40th. Of course I've heard it plenty of times since then, including from Sirius XM which airs it as a special pretty much every July 4 or thereabouts.
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Post by mitchm on Dec 22, 2019 14:13:28 GMT -5
I wonder how many stations will play all 4 hours of both parts of this countdown? Some stations might have extra time to fill because of the holidays.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Dec 22, 2019 17:40:40 GMT -5
Oh, if it were only that easy... I do think they may play the 1970 debut show as a regular offering in 2020, for AT40's 50th anniversary. The last time Premiere did that was in 2010 for the 40th. Of course I've heard it plenty of times since then, including from Sirius XM which airs it as a special pretty much every July 4 or thereabouts. I think they will also. And I wouldn't rule out the 1970 year-ender...I just think outside of a few shows (the debut show being one of them), I think Premiere doesn't factor in things like the last digit in a year when selecting about 99% of the shows (much as some of us like to think they do ).
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Dec 22, 2019 17:42:36 GMT -5
And, of course, don't forget the iHeart classic AT40 channel will have all the year-end shows in full, if anyone can't find a station to air all 4 hours of 1976, or can't be around when it airs.
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Post by kenmartin on Dec 22, 2019 20:01:19 GMT -5
Magic 103.1 / WTOJ will air the ENTIRE 8 hours of the 1976 countdown on Sunday, December 29th beginning at 9 AM running all morning and afternoon until 5 pm. No splitting of the 2 parts. Get it all in ONE SHOT. Then, on January 5th, we'll pick another year and play that back in it's entirety. Haven't decided what that year will be just yet, so stay tuned.
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Post by artsmusic on Dec 23, 2019 10:17:20 GMT -5
I wonder how many stations will play all 4 hours of both parts of this countdown? Some stations might have extra time to fill because of the holidays. WSQL on Thursday nights is usually a good bet for a full four hour show, plus Ken posted about WTOJ.
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