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Post by matt on May 12, 2021 10:58:22 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show:
1st Guess - 5/22/76 2nd Guess - 5/26/73
Could we have 1975 and '76 in back-to-back weekends for the third time in 2021? I'll guess that it happens this week and next. 1972, '73 and '74 would all figure to be played in the next month or so as well.
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Post by mkarns on May 12, 2021 11:10:28 GMT -5
I still don't understand 1975 needing a "B"...head-scratcher for sure. I personally love 1978. It wouldn't have caused any *groins* 😂 if not for Mark Elliott's passing. Yeah this probably wouldn't be a big deal if they hadn't just offered the 5/13/78 Mark Elliott show. Because of that it feels like a lot of 1978, but if you think about it, 1975 is now in the "early 70's" bucket so the B show is going to be something from 1976-79. 1976 would make an odd pairing with '75, and 1977 and '79 have just been played in the past few weeks as A's. That leaves 1978... For the 80s they offered Mark's 1982 show as a memorial extra just one week after a Casey show from 1982 was the main feature. But those were two and a half months apart (early May vs. mid-July) so it felt less redundant. And I too don't think that 1975 really needs a B. (For the 80s I think the same of 1982). In part that's because the need to offer later 70s shows as B's means that we get arguably an overload of 1976-79 when A's and B's are combined, but I don't usually make an effort to hear the B shows from either decade unless there's something significant about it (as with the Mark Elliott bonuses) or I happen to especially prefer the B's music.
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Post by djjoe1960 on May 12, 2021 12:11:20 GMT -5
5/17/75 had a treasure trove of forgotten hits-One of them was "The Last Farewell" by Roger Whittaker-That was such an awesome song! The Last Farewell by Roger Whitaker has a fascinating story behind it, as well. The words for this romantic ballad of separation were written by Ron Webster, an amateur folk singer and silversmith living in the Solihull area of the Midlands. The inspiration came to him one rainy night when he was returning home from work on the upper deck of a Midland bus with wet and dripping windows. He wished he was somewhere where it was warm, not on a dripping-wet Midland bus. Roger Whittaker was hosting a radio series at the time and he invited his listeners to submit lyrics that he would put to music. Webster sent in "The Last Farewell," which Whittaker liked, and after putting his own music to Webster's words, he recorded it on his 1971 album Special Kind Of Man. Four years later an Atlanta radio station began to play the track after the wife of a programmer heard it on vacation in Canada. It was released as a single in the States, where it became Whittaker's sole Top 40 hit. It went on to become his biggest ever hit, selling over 11 million copies worldwide. (Borrowed from Songfacts website)
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Post by mga707 on May 12, 2021 17:01:21 GMT -5
5/17/75 had a treasure trove of forgotten hits-One of them was "The Last Farewell" by Roger Whittaker-That was such an awesome song! The Last Farewell by Roger Whitaker has a fascinating story behind it, as well. The words for this romantic ballad of separation were written by Ron Webster, an amateur folk singer and silversmith living in the Solihull area of the Midlands. The inspiration came to him one rainy night when he was returning home from work on the upper deck of a Midland bus with wet and dripping windows. He wished he was somewhere where it was warm, not on a dripping-wet Midland bus. Roger Whittaker was hosting a radio series at the time and he invited his listeners to submit lyrics that he would put to music. Webster sent in "The Last Farewell," which Whittaker liked, and after putting his own music to Webster's words, he recorded it on his 1971 album Special Kind Of Man. Four years later an Atlanta radio station began to play the track after the wife of a programmer heard it on vacation in Canada. It was released as a single in the States, where it became Whittaker's sole Top 40 hit. It went on to become his biggest ever hit, selling over 11 million copies worldwide. (Borrowed from Songfacts website) Thank you for that. Have long wondered about that song's backstory. It was one of my Mom's favorites.
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Post by mrjukebox on May 12, 2021 19:49:19 GMT -5
What are the optional extras for 5/17/75?
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on May 12, 2021 20:09:14 GMT -5
What are the optional extras for 5/17/75? They're posted a couple pages back.
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Post by mrjukebox on May 12, 2021 22:00:03 GMT -5
Regarding The Dwight Twilley Band,member Phil Seymour scored a top forty hit in 1981 called "Precious To Me"-Twilley returned to the top forty in 1984 with a song called "Girls" which featured Tom Petty on backing vocals.
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Post by seminolefan on May 13, 2021 10:16:25 GMT -5
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Post by bottlerocket on May 13, 2021 11:30:44 GMT -5
So in the beginning of the 5/20/78 countdown, Casey states this week "we have the most popular female singer of the 70s in our countdown with her latest single" but he never eventually says who that is. I thought it might be Olivia Newton-John but he mentions her as also being in the top 40 this week along with this singer. Was it Carly Simon? Roberta Flack? Perhaps I'm missing something.
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Post by doofus67 on May 13, 2021 13:01:30 GMT -5
So in the beginning of the 5/20/78 countdown, Casey states this week "we have the most popular female singer of the 70s in our countdown with her latest single" but he never eventually says who that is. I thought it might be Olivia Newton-John but he mentions her as also being in the top 40 this week along with this singer. Was it Carly Simon? Roberta Flack? Perhaps I'm missing something. Maybe Linda Ronstadt? She debuted with her cover of "Tumbling Dice."
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Post by mga707 on May 13, 2021 15:20:18 GMT -5
So in the beginning of the 5/20/78 countdown, Casey states this week "we have the most popular female singer of the 70s in our countdown with her latest single" but he never eventually says who that is. I thought it might be Olivia Newton-John but he mentions her as also being in the top 40 this week along with this singer. Was it Carly Simon? Roberta Flack? Perhaps I'm missing something. Maybe Linda Ronstadt? She debuted with her cover of "Tumbling Dice." Has to be Linda, my hometown girl.
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Post by bottlerocket on May 13, 2021 15:38:13 GMT -5
You guys are totally right. I mislabeled the song as the Rolling Stones so I missed it. Thanks for helping me correct it!
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Post by mga707 on May 13, 2021 18:12:31 GMT -5
Talk about foreshadowing: The question about high LP chart debuts on this week's '75 show was just three weeks before Elton John's "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" became the first LP to debut on Billboard's Top 200 LP chart at #1.
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Post by mga707 on May 13, 2021 18:21:31 GMT -5
Another '75 show observation: 4 songs share the 'biggest mover' honors: "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"; "Love Won't Let Me Wait"; "Get Down, Get Down"; and "The Last Farewell". All four rose a relatively modest 7 positions.
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Post by mrjukebox on May 13, 2021 22:19:29 GMT -5
Elton repeated his amazing feat in November 1975 when "Rock Of The Westies" debuted at # 1 on the Billboard album chart.
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