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Post by mkarns on Sept 25, 2023 15:01:54 GMT -5
These will all be reused. “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me” was an extra in the original show, having been #1 five years ago that week (its second of three weeks on top of the chart, in which a special countdown was aired.)
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Post by at40petebattistini on Sept 25, 2023 18:54:01 GMT -5
More Top 40 ‘bookend’ chart trivia…
On Record World’s singles survey for October 1, 1977, the London Symphony Orchestra’s “Star Wars Theme” fell to #40 as Meco’s “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” climbed from #4 to #1.
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Post by mrjukebox on Sept 25, 2023 22:34:35 GMT -5
Never cared much for Meco's rendition of the "Star Wars" theme.
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Post by mga707 on Sept 25, 2023 22:57:41 GMT -5
Never cared much for Meco's rendition of the "Star Wars" theme. You had to be there, I guess. It definitely screams '1977!!!' ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Bought the 45.
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Post by brianmichaels on Sept 26, 2023 19:18:41 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, the 10/1/77 show features Casey claiming in the final show credits that the countdown was from 9/24/77!
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 26, 2023 21:22:16 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, the 10/1/77 show features Casey claiming in the final show credits that the countdown was from 9/24/77! Hope Ken Martin made the date right!
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Post by mga707 on Sept 26, 2023 21:36:17 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, the 10/1/77 show features Casey claiming in the final show credits that the countdown was from 9/24/77! Hope Ken Martin made the date right! Why? Leave mistakes like that alone--they add to the 'charm' of the show.
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Post by Dale Latimer on Sept 27, 2023 7:19:34 GMT -5
What's the sense in dropping Larry's intro, unless there was a clamoring by affiliates to make their own? Is he not giving a closing, either? That sounds utterly brutal.
dL
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Post by michaelcasselman on Sept 27, 2023 7:46:49 GMT -5
What's the sense in dropping Larry's intro, unless there was a clamoring by affiliates to make their own? Is he not giving a closing, either? That sounds utterly brutal. dL It may very well just be a one-off. The closing was left intact, and it even made note that it was a mon-2-stereo converted episode. Unless it continues repeatedly in the coming weeks, I wouldn't make much of it becoming a trend.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Sept 27, 2023 8:28:39 GMT -5
Hope Ken Martin made the date right! Why? Leave mistakes like that alone--they add to the 'charm' of the show. Exactly; I'm with you on that. On the flip side, and I've mentioned this on here before, but the 6/4/1988 show had the date altered (to 6/11), and the most recent Premiere airing of that show, had the date cut out completely (someone had posted that). So a bit of a reverse scenario. I have the original, and Casey did mention the correct date of 6/4. I have no idea why this was messed with.
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Post by bm63 on Sept 27, 2023 18:41:54 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, the 10/1/77 show features Casey claiming in the final show credits that the countdown was from 9/24/77! The 9/24/77 date was mentioned in my 2016 recording of the show.
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Post by brianmichaels on Sept 27, 2023 19:09:10 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, the 10/1/77 show features Casey claiming in the final show credits that the countdown was from 9/24/77! The 9/24/77 date was mentioned in my 2016 recording of the show. My recording of the show is from 2011 and has the incorrect date as well.
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Post by seminolefan on Sept 28, 2023 11:07:23 GMT -5
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Post by mga707 on Sept 28, 2023 19:00:27 GMT -5
As it was the studio group's second top 40 single (the first, "Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether", had been almost exactly a year earlier), I am somewhat surprised that the AT40 writers didn't know that Mr. Parsons is not the vocalist on "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You", nor was he the singer on their previous top 40 single. He did not sing on any of the 8 Alan Parsons Project/Alan Parsons top 40 singles, although he was mid-identified as the vocalist on their current top 40 single by Casey here. Vocals on "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" are by Lenny Zakatek.
(edited to clarify that Parsons did sing on at lest one APP single, the #80 "The Raven", but not on any of their top 40 hits. Thanks to trekkielo for that fact)
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Post by trekkielo on Sept 28, 2023 19:25:34 GMT -5
As it was the studio group's second top 40 single (the first, "Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether", had been almost exactly a year earlier), I am somewhat surprised that the AT40 writers didn't know that Mr. Parsons is not the vocalist on "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You", nor was he the singer on their previous top 40 single. He did not sing on any of the Alan Parsons Project/Alan Parsons records, although he was mid-identified as a vocalist on this show. Vocals on "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" are by Lenny Zakatek. "The Raven" is a 1976 song by the Alan Parsons Project from their album Tales of Mystery and Imagination, and first song of the band. The song is based on the Edgar Allan Poe poem of the same name; the song was written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, and was originally recorded in April 1976, at Mama Jo's Studio, North Hollywood, Los Angeles and Abbey Road Studios, London. It was one of the first rock songs to use a vocoder, developed by EMS, to distort vocals. It is also one of the few songs by the band featuring the vocals of Alan Parsons, who sings the first verse through the EMI vocoder. Actor Leonard Whiting performs the lead vocals for the remainder of the song, with Eric Woolfson and a choir as backing vocals. The single appeared on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart peaking at #80 in October 1976. PS-I remember hearing it on AOR FM, my Dad also had that APP album, wish Premiere would play this as an extra sometime for Halloween! ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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