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Post by jmack19 on Aug 7, 2020 16:23:00 GMT -5
For 8/18/79, I'll go with:
"Fire" (AT40 Archive extra) "Ain't That A Shame" "Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'" "Rise"
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Post by mga707 on Aug 8, 2020 0:10:14 GMT -5
A bit surprising that at the end of this week's 8/6/77 show Casey did not mention that Andy Gibb was holding at #1 for a second week. Up until this point that had been a rare feat in 1977: No song had spent more than a week at the top since 'Sir Duke' in May (3 wks), and only 3 others ('Evergreen', 'Rich Girl', and that awful, whiny song that I won't even mention ) had also spent more than a single week at #1. That would turn totally around from August onward: NO song would spend less than two weeks at the top, and of course we all know what beloved classic would hang on for TEN weeks at the top...
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Post by doofus67 on Aug 8, 2020 5:15:52 GMT -5
A bit surprising that at the end of this week's 8/6/77 show Casey did not mention that Andy Gibb was holding at #1 for a second week. Up until this point that had been a rare feat in 1977: No song had spent more than a week at the top since 'Sir Duke' in May (3 wks), and only 3 others ('Evergreen', 'Rich Girl', and that awful, whiny song that I won't even mention ) had also spent more than a single week at #1. That would turn totally around from August onward: NO song would spend less than two weeks at the top, and of course we all know what beloved classic would hang on for TEN weeks at the top... Out of a total of 28 new #1 records in '77, 23 hit the top spot before the week ending July 30, and only five rang the bell from July 30 on.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Aug 8, 2020 7:12:38 GMT -5
#1 was a revolving door for a while there, especially in 1974-1975. Later in the summer of 1977 (as doofus67 mentioned) and lasting for quite some time, many songs hitting #1 would stay put for multiple weeks. Then late in 1986, the #1 revolving door re-appeared.
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Post by bm63 on Aug 8, 2020 8:42:20 GMT -5
Maybe the yet to be played 8/19/1972 AT40: The 70's might air the August 22, 2020 weekend. It would be surprising (and disappointing) if next week's show weren't 8/19/72. Despite the fact of this the only unplayed 3-hour show left, 1972 would be one of the more likely years for two weekends from now. In all likelihood,KOKZ will probably go with 8/18/79. Yes--KOKZ rarely plays shows from 1970, '71, or '72. When 5/12/79 was offered as a 'B' show earlier this year, KOKZ played the full version of it instead of the 'A' (which was 5/20/72). Quite honestly, why play 1970 as the 'A' and 1979 as the 'B'? Strange decision considering 1970 has been played more recently than 1979, and can't we assume that the audience for 1970 music is smaller than that of 1979? Maybe I'm wrong about that, but it is almost a decade further into the past... I've been going to KOKZ for AT40 for several years because of their high quality stream, and as far as I can recall, they always go with the 4-hour 1979 show over the other option. I have noticed some subtle changes in their AT40 broadcasts lately, like inserting their own extras, so maybe this will change. This could be to fill time not sold to advertisers, but when they do this, they still skip some Premier extras.
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Post by pb on Aug 8, 2020 12:00:58 GMT -5
The Steve Miller story on the 1977 episode is a relic - he steals from other bands, ha ha. Funny enough, one of the two bands mentioned was the Beatles, and Steve and Paul McCartney were/are friends.
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Post by Mike on Aug 8, 2020 15:50:20 GMT -5
#1 was a revolving door for a while there, especially in 1974-1975. Later in the summer of 1977 (as doofus67 mentioned) and lasting for quite some time, many songs hitting #1 would stay put for multiple weeks. Then late in 1986, the #1 revolving door re-appeared. 1986 had two of them, the first being in early summer (specifically, July) which lasted just as long. The fall of '85 has those beat by one week though. The holy grail for 80s revolving doors, though, is easily mid-1989, with 7 single-weekers in June + July.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 8, 2020 16:33:56 GMT -5
A bit surprising that at the end of this week's 8/6/77 show Casey did not mention that Andy Gibb was holding at #1 for a second week. Up until this point that had been a rare feat in 1977: No song had spent more than a week at the top since 'Sir Duke' in May (3 wks), and only 3 others ('Evergreen', 'Rich Girl', and that awful, whiny song that I won't even mention ) had also spent more than a single week at #1. That would turn totally around from August onward: NO song would spend less than two weeks at the top, and of course we all know what beloved classic would hang on for TEN weeks at the top... Out of a total of 28 new #1 records in '77, 23 hit the top spot before the week ending July 30, and only five rang the bell from July 30 on. And the next single-week #1 song after Barry Manilow's "Looks Like We Made It" in July would not happen until the following May: Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You". That ten-month stretch is the longest time of no single-week #1 songs from the start of the 'Hot 100' in mid-1958 until at least the end of 1990 (which is where my Whitburn--and my interest--ends).
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Post by Mike on Aug 8, 2020 21:35:24 GMT -5
Out of a total of 28 new #1 records in '77, 23 hit the top spot before the week ending July 30, and only five rang the bell from July 30 on. And the next single-week #1 song after Barry Manilow's "Looks Like We Made It" in July would not happen until the following May: Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You". That ten-month stretch is the longest time of no single-week #1 songs from the start of the 'Hot 100' in mid-1958 until at least the end of 1990 (which is where my Whitburn--and my interest--ends). Even with the 1991 change in methodology, it wouldn't be until 1993/early 1994 that that 10-month stretch would be surpassed - and then some, 2 years-plus. And checking that revealed one more revolving door, in '90: Between Mariah Carey's two #1s, just one song - "Release Me" in September - spent as many as two weeks on top. (That inbetween covers from September 1 to November 3.)
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Post by kchkwong on Aug 9, 2020 0:11:01 GMT -5
Aug 15,1970 is the 'A' show because it's the 1st airing of Ken's mono2stereo conversion of this show. (Great work Ken!) By my count, there are still 7 or 8 more shows from 1970 that have not been converted yet. Aug 15, Aug 22, Sep 19, Oct 24, Nov 14, Nov 28, Top 80 of 1970. Any more left?
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Post by mrjukebox on Aug 9, 2020 5:59:53 GMT -5
In 1997,Paul Mc Cartney released an album called "Flaming Pie"-Steve Miller played guitar & sang background vocals on one of the tracks.
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Post by mrjukebox on Aug 9, 2020 12:20:42 GMT -5
jmack19,I assume the "Fire" you're referring to is The Ohio Players song which topped the pop chart in early 1975.
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Post by jmack19 on Aug 9, 2020 15:00:19 GMT -5
^mrjukebox, you are correct.
In 2011, the 8/18/79 optional extras were:
"Sail On" The Commodores "Fire" The Ohio Players (AT40 Archive extra) "Different Worlds" Maureen McGovern
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Post by Mike on Aug 9, 2020 16:47:32 GMT -5
"Fire" is of course the Hour 1 Archive song - any chance it gets swapped out for something else? Albeit, the entire hour is of course optional (albeit, a different kind of "optional" - versus in 2011 when it still wasn't even accessible).
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Post by mkarns on Aug 9, 2020 17:19:51 GMT -5
^^I think it would have been more appropriate nine years ago to have used another 1979 song as the second hour (third hour of the original show) extra, rather than an out of order 1975 Archives song.
With the first hour now an option, I think it would be best to leave "Fire" in its proper place and choose something else to play in between hours 3 and 4. But they may just leave it as it was while picking a new optional extra for hour 1.
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