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Post by mga707 on May 13, 2021 22:34:55 GMT -5
Elton repeated his amazing feat in November 1975 when "Rock Of The Westies" debuted at # 1 on the Billboard album chart. 11/08/75. 11 months after that (10/16/76), Stevie Wonder did it with "Songs In the Key Of Life".
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Post by seminolefan on May 14, 2021 2:02:22 GMT -5
Nope. Two more albums did it in the '80s: Whitney Houston's Whitney (the first by a female artist to debut at #1) and Michael Jackson's Bad, both from 1987.
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Post by dth1971 on May 14, 2021 6:14:16 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." And Casey didn't mention the sole "Tumbling Dice" debut when he talked about the other sole debuts - "Teddy Bear", "Don't You Wanna Play This Game No More", and "Broken Wings" - on the 10/19/1985 AT40 show.
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Post by skuncle on May 14, 2021 8:58:28 GMT -5
This week’s show features John Denver’s live version of “Thank God I’m A Country Boy”. As a kid I had heard the “Back Home Again” album a zillion times on 8-track in the car, so I’ve always preferred the studio version of TGIACB. What always amazed though about the live version is John’s voice cracks on “limousine” in the line “City folk driving in a black limousine....” What’s amazing is not only did they not go back and fix that, but they released it as a single! I guess to preserve the integrity of the concert and maybe “sweetening” live recordings hadn’t become a big thing at that point (KISS would perfect “sweetening” a live album very soon though).
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Post by at40petebattistini on May 14, 2021 9:49:46 GMT -5
During the 5/17/75 countdown, Casey offered a reality check while introducing Supertramp for the first time (“that’s what they call themselves”), as “Bloody Well Right” debuted at #37.
Also worth noting, 10 years later, Supertramp’s 9th and final Top 40 hit (“Cannonball”) debuted on AT40 in June 1985.
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Post by mga707 on May 14, 2021 10:58:22 GMT -5
Nope. Two more albums did it in the '80s: Whitney Houston's Whitney (the first by a female artist to debut at #1) and Michael Jackson's Bad, both from 1987. thanks for that correction.
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Post by mga707 on May 14, 2021 11:03:36 GMT -5
This week’s show features John Denver’s live version of “Thank God I’m A Country Boy”. As a kid I had heard the “Back Home Again” album a zillion times on 8-track in the car, so I’ve always preferred the studio version of TGIACB. What always amazed though about the live version is John’s voice cracks on “limousine” in the line “City folk driving in a black limousine....” What’s amazing is not only did they not go back and fix that, but they released it as a single! I guess to preserve the integrity of the concert and maybe “sweetening” live recordings hadn’t become a big thing at that point (KISS would perfect “sweetening” a live album very soon though). I've always wondered why RCA even bothered to do a '45 edit' of the "An Evening With John Denver" TGIACB track. It's only about 30 seconds shorter than the full LP version. These days I mainly hear the LP version with the extended ending. all of the '75 AT40s that I've heard have the 45 edit.
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Post by dth1971 on May 15, 2021 8:37:34 GMT -5
As I am listening to AT40: The 70's this Saturday morning on WXXM Rewind 92.1 FM Madison, Wisconsin: Does Roger "The Last Farewell" Whitiker sound like Brook Benton according to what Casey said?
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Post by mrjukebox on May 15, 2021 9:31:21 GMT -5
Seals & Crofts were members of The Champs as Casey pointed out-However,that was years after their 1958 hit "Tequila" had gone to # 1.
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Post by mga707 on May 15, 2021 9:49:17 GMT -5
As I am listening to AT40: The 70's this Saturday morning on WXXM Rewind 92.1 FM Madison, Wisconsin: Does Roger "The Last Farewell" Whitiker sound like Brook Benton according to what Casey said? They have somewhat similar voices. Check out "Rainy Night In Georgia" yourself and see what you think.
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Post by mga707 on May 15, 2021 9:51:38 GMT -5
The show starts five minutes in, so I'm guessing that at least the #1 song will be cut off.
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Post by jmack19 on May 15, 2021 9:57:17 GMT -5
The show starts five minutes in, so I'm guessing that at least the #1 song will be cut off. The player has 5 more minutes, so the show finished with 35 seconds to spare.
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Post by mga707 on May 15, 2021 9:59:12 GMT -5
The show starts five minutes in, so I'm guessing that at least the #1 song will be cut off. The player has 5 more minutes, so the show finished with 35 seconds to spare. Didn't notice that '3:05.00'. Thanks!
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Post by rgmike on May 15, 2021 11:18:53 GMT -5
During the 5/17/75 countdown, Casey offered a reality check while introducing Supertramp for the first time (“that’s what they call themselves”), as “Bloody Well Right” debuted at #37. Also worth noting, 10 years later, Supertramp’s 9th and final Top 40 hit (“Cannonball”) debuted on AT40 in June 1985. I believe it was the following week that Casey told the story of how their US record company (A&M) goofed, putting "Bloody Well" on the A-side by mistake -- the flip, "Dreamer" had been a hit in the UK and should've been the A. But "Bloody Well" made the Top 40 anyway!
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Post by mrjukebox on May 15, 2021 11:28:53 GMT -5
A live version of "Dreamer" reached the top forty in the fall of 1980.
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