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Post by seminolefan on Jan 11, 2024 12:30:33 GMT -5
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jan 11, 2024 16:55:02 GMT -5
KDRI going w/1973
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Post by pizzzzza on Jan 11, 2024 19:10:43 GMT -5
Connecting last week's show to this week... Some AT40 stations in December 1972 may have been pleased to see the final countdown appearance of Chuck Berry’s “My Ding A Ling”, which finished at #14 on the show’s Top 80 tabulation. And just when they thought it was safe to go back into the water, along comes another controversial single from Chuck Berry. “Reelin’ & Rockin’” debuted at #40 on January 6, 1973. The only time I EVER heard this song on the radio back then was ON AT 40. I NEVER heard this song on any of the radio stations I listened to on a regular basis (as I recall). Pete - did WLS or WCFL play this particular song on a regular basis in '73? |
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 11, 2024 19:25:14 GMT -5
Pete is the one to ask such a question. I remember how he told about going through the radio dial trying to see how many of the songs on the Hot 100 he could hear. I would have loved to do such a thing back in the day. Btw, I may have butchered what the 80s show is this week. But I know what the 70s show is. 'Counting down to a new #1 song'. But in this case, I doubt if too many people had any idea which song it would be coming out of the year end countdown.
Coincidentally, this week's B show is the first one with a new #1 song after he had stopped giving it away about a new #1 song.
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 11, 2024 20:10:31 GMT -5
Connecting last week's show to this week... Some AT40 stations in December 1972 may have been pleased to see the final countdown appearance of Chuck Berry’s “My Ding A Ling”, which finished at #14 on the show’s Top 80 tabulation. And just when they thought it was safe to go back into the water, along comes another controversial single from Chuck Berry. “Reelin’ & Rockin’” debuted at #40 on January 6, 1973. So a song about sex recorded in the UK was not played on certain radio stations in the US while another song about sex was not played in the UK(at least by the BBC) but was played in the US. Except it wasn't about sex according to the BBC. Sounds like a riddle. |
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Post by mga707 on Jan 11, 2024 20:22:21 GMT -5
Pete is the one to ask such a question. I remember how he told about going through the radio dial trying to see how many of the songs on the Hot 100 he could hear. I would have loved to do such a thing back in the day. Btw, I may have butchered what the 80s show is this week. But I know what the 70s show is. 'Counting down to a new #1 song'. But in this case, I doubt if too many people had any idea which song it would be coming out of the year end countdown. Coincidentally, this week's B show is the first one with a new #1 song after he had stopped giving it away about a new #1 song. I for one was totally 'whatttt?' upon finding out the song I had last heard on AT40 three weeks earlier as a #37 debut was the new #1. I guess my purchase of the 45 at Sears on December 26 (with Christmas money, along with another soon to be #1, "Crocodile Rock") helped it reach that pinnacle.  |
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 11, 2024 20:38:26 GMT -5
So Casey said they were counting down to a new #1 song about 10 minutes into the show. That left a bit over 2 and a half hours for listeners to guess what the song would be. Program directors of an AT40 affiliate could have had some fun asking people to call in with their guesses. Looking at the 12/16/72 chart, I could not come up with what would have been my guess. "Clair" reached #2 but it was not burning up the chart at that point either.
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Post by pizzzzza on Jan 11, 2024 20:43:04 GMT -5
OH wow...the LONG version of "Walk On Water" by Neil Diamond....man I didn't realize how much I LOVE that instrumental ending to the song....sounds almost heavenly.
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Post by mga707 on Jan 11, 2024 20:47:50 GMT -5
So Casey said they were counting down to a new #1 song about 10 minutes into the show. That left a bit over 2 and a half hours for listeners to guess what the song would be. Program directors of an AT40 affiliate could have had some fun asking people to call in with their guesses. Looking at the 12/16/72 chart, I could not come up with what would have been my guess. "Clair" reached #2 but it was not burning up the chart at that point either. I remember thinking that it was probably going to be "You Ought To Be With Me", until I heard the Rev. Green at #10, down from #3. From that point on I started entertaining the notion that the aforementioned #37 debut on 12/16/72 might actually be the unlikely winner. |
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 11, 2024 21:24:33 GMT -5
When Casey and the staff recorded this show, it was 'last year' that James Taylor hit #1. But of course they did not take into account that the show was airing in 1973. Wonder how many times that kind of mistake was made over the years.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jan 11, 2024 22:28:49 GMT -5
Connecting last week's show to this week... Some AT40 stations in December 1972 may have been pleased to see the final countdown appearance of Chuck Berry’s “My Ding A Ling”, which finished at #14 on the show’s Top 80 tabulation. And just when they thought it was safe to go back into the water, along comes another controversial single from Chuck Berry. “Reelin’ & Rockin’” debuted at #40 on January 6, 1973. The only time I EVER heard this song on the radio back then was ON AT 40. I NEVER heard this song on any of the radio stations I listened to on a regular basis (as I recall). Pete - did WLS or WCFL play this particular song on a regular basis in '73? Good question. I had to reach back for this one because I know someone in Chicago played it. A few of my high school buddies at the time always got a laugh out of the “quarter to three” lyric. *WLS had shortened their playlist to the “Big 8+9” a year earlier, essentially rotating 17 current titles as a Top 40 station. And whether he was #1 or #33 nationally, Chuck Berry never made it there. *The song “Reelin’ & Rockin’” never appeared on the WCFL survey (consisting of 40 singles) but it may have gotten a few plays on Wolfman Jack’s syndicated Saturday night show. Yeah, he bumped Casey.  *The only other likely Chicago station that played it was WMAQ-FM, which was running an automated Top 40 format in early 1973. Sprinkled with numerous Hot 100/non-Top 40 songs, I’m certain their playlist was compiled by an out-of-town programmer. |
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Post by jmack19 on Jan 12, 2024 0:04:37 GMT -5
I'll go with 1/24/76 over 1/19/74(A)/1/22/77(B) & 1/20/79(A)/1/15/72(B) for next weekend. 2017 is the only time 1/24/76 was aired by Premiere.
The 1974 show last aired in 2019. 1/20/79 last aired in 2018.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jan 12, 2024 6:24:35 GMT -5
So Casey said they were counting down to a new #1 song about 10 minutes into the show. That left a bit over 2 and a half hours for listeners to guess what the song would be. Program directors of an AT40 affiliate could have had some fun asking people to call in with their guesses. Looking at the 12/16/72 chart, I could not come up with what would have been my guess. "Clair" reached #2 but it was not burning up the chart at that point either. I remember thinking that it was probably going to be "You Ought To Be With Me", until I heard the Rev. Green at #10, down from #3. From that point on I started entertaining the notion that the aforementioned #37 debut on 12/16/72 might actually be the unlikely winner. I recall getting to visit radio station CKLW (the Big 8) during the first of January at the age of 12, when You're So Vain was #1 at the station. It was interesting to see the DJ sitting in a booth while the engineer played music from carts--pretty amazing considering the station was mono and I listened to it on a small lime green transistor radio. CKLW was the dominant Top 40 station in Windsor (across the river from Detroit) and was the reason that a career in radio appealed to me, although I never worked at a station where an engineer ran the 'board' while I sat in a sound proof room.  |
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Post by 1finemrg on Jan 12, 2024 7:45:02 GMT -5
The only time I EVER heard this song on the radio back then was ON AT 40. I NEVER heard this song on any of the radio stations I listened to on a regular basis (as I recall). Pete - did WLS or WCFL play this particular song on a regular basis in '73? Good question. I had to reach back for this one because I know someone in Chicago played it. A few of my high school buddies at the time always got a laugh out of the “quarter to three” lyric. *WLS had shortened their playlist to the “Big 8+9” a year earlier, essentially rotating 17 current titles as a Top 40 station. And whether he was #1 or #33 nationally, Chuck Berry never made it there. *The song “Reelin’ & Rockin’” never appeared on the WCFL survey (consisting of 40 singles) but it may have gotten a few plays on Wolfman Jack’s syndicated Saturday night show. Yeah, he bumped Casey. *The only other likely Chicago station that played it was WMAQ-FM, which was running an automated Top 40 format in early 1973. Sprinkled with numerous Hot 100/non-Top 40 songs, I’m certain their playlist was compiled by an out-of-town programmer. Looking at ARSA (Airheads Radio Survey Archive), "Reelin' & Rockin'" never made it on a Chicago survey. It made Top 10 in a few markets. - WORC - Worchester, MA #6 - WHB - Kansas City, MO #5 - WERC - Birmingham, AL #4 - WSGN - Birmingham, AL #2 - WYYY - Kalamazoo, MI #2 - KCBQ - San Diego, CA #3 - KOL - Seattle, WA #4 - KDNT - Denton, TX #4 Chuck's original "Reelin' & Rockin'" from 1958 had limited success on local surveys. It topped the charts at WKDA in Nashville, and hung in the top 10 for a few weeks at 3 stations in Albany, NY. Also charted at a couple of stations in Burlington, VT. |
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Post by jmack19 on Jan 12, 2024 18:52:32 GMT -5
WQCY (Sun 11AM) goes with January 14, 1978.
Stations that aired 1978 the last time the A show was from 1973 (8/23):
WPAC
KUVR
WXXM
WPNC
WQMV
KBGO
WHTT
WIHG
WVWP
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