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Post by bm63 on Jan 25, 2024 7:28:08 GMT -5
Melanie (Safka) had died at age 76. She would have been 77 on Feb. 3. On this date in 1972 she had 3 songs on the Hot 100. Four weeks later (week ending 2/26/72) all three would be in the top 40: Her December 1971/January 1972 #1 smash "Brand New Key" in its final week on both the 40 and the 100; follow-up "Ring the Living Bell"; and a release on a former label, "The Nickel Song". Didn't Casey have a story about her on one of the shows this past weekend? |
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Post by dth1971 on Jan 25, 2024 7:38:14 GMT -5
Melanie (Safka) had died at age 76. She would have been 77 on Feb. 3. On this date in 1972 she had 3 songs on the Hot 100. Four weeks later (week ending 2/26/72) all three would be in the top 40: Her December 1971/January 1972 #1 smash "Brand New Key" in its final week on both the 40 and the 100; follow-up "Ring the Living Bell"; and a release on a former label, "The Nickel Song". Didn't Casey have a story about her on one of the shows this past weekend? Maybe there could be a 1972 AT40: The 70's show played sometime in Feb. 2024. Maybe 2/26/1972? |
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Post by cayleytable on Jan 25, 2024 8:45:51 GMT -5
Melanie (Safka) had died at age 76. She would have been 77 on Feb. 3. On this date in 1972 she had 3 songs on the Hot 100. Four weeks later (week ending 2/26/72) all three would be in the top 40: Her December 1971/January 1972 #1 smash "Brand New Key" in its final week on both the 40 and the 100; follow-up "Ring the Living Bell"; and a release on a former label, "The Nickel Song". Didn't Casey have a story about her on one of the shows this past weekend? Yes, 1/26/80 included a "Whatever happened to..." segment about her. |
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Post by seminolefan on Jan 25, 2024 12:19:23 GMT -5
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Post by pizzzzza on Jan 25, 2024 19:07:18 GMT -5
I could've sworn I heard the previous week's 1976 countdown on SXM last weekend.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jan 25, 2024 19:13:12 GMT -5
I could've sworn I heard the previous week's 1976 countdown on SXM last weekend. You did. 🙂 |
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Post by mkarns on Jan 25, 2024 21:49:25 GMT -5
Didn't Casey have a story about her on one of the shows this past weekend? Maybe there could be a 1972 AT40: The 70's show played sometime in Feb. 2024. Maybe 2/26/1972? Should we get a 1972 show in the next few weeks, “Ring the Living Bell” or “The Nickel Song” could be an optional extra as a tribute. |
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Post by jmack19 on Jan 25, 2024 23:59:30 GMT -5
I'll go with 2/2/74 over 1/29/72 & 1/29/77 for next weekend. 2/2/74 was last aired by Premiere in 2018.
Also, the 1972 show last aired in 2018. 1/29/77 last aired in 2019. I'll go with 1977 for the B show.
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 26, 2024 10:30:11 GMT -5
2 weeks in a row the A or only show offered has "Somewhere in the Night" in the show. Another song in the 1/20/79 show could be part of such a double if it has not been already. That's "American Pie" and with the whacky January schedule of shows, it could be shows with the long version of Pie in back to back weeks with either the 1/8/72 or 1/22/72 show paired up with the 1979 show. Those 1972 shows also featured the 8+ minute version.
What happened toward the end of this show is a perfect example of how screwed up things had gotten by early 1976. They cut "Love to Love You Baby" all the way down to 2 minutes and change which is less than half the length of the 45. And then right after that, they play an extra by Donovan. Love to was obviously edited to make room for the extra. So here is a top 5 record being seriously edited. It's obviously a big hit that a lot of people would want to hear and yet they are doing that. Makes no sense at all!
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Post by cursereversed on Jan 26, 2024 13:28:42 GMT -5
2 weeks in a row the A or only show offered has "Somewhere in the Night" in the show. Another song in the 1/20/79 show could be part of such a double if it has not been already. That's "American Pie" and with the whacky January schedule of shows, it could be shows with the long version of Pie in back to back weeks with either the 1/8/72 or 1/22/72 show paired up with the 1979 show. Those 1972 shows also featured the 8+ minute version. What happened toward the end of this show is a perfect example of how screwed up things had gotten by early 1976. They cut "Love to Love You Baby" all the way down to 2 minutes and change which is less than half the length of the 45. And then right after that, they play an extra by Donovan. Love to was obviously edited to make room for the extra. So here is a top 5 record being seriously edited. It's obviously a big hit that a lot of people would want to hear and yet they are doing that. Makes no sense at all! Remember, though, that "Love To Love You Baby" was also the dirtiest song to hit the Top 40 in 2.5 years and (at the time at least) one of the five dirtiest to ever get played on AT40. They may have wanted to play as little of it as possible to pacify any stations that didn't play it at all. |
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Post by caseyfan100 on Jan 26, 2024 14:54:05 GMT -5
2 weeks in a row the A or only show offered has "Somewhere in the Night" in the show. Another song in the 1/20/79 show could be part of such a double if it has not been already. That's "American Pie" and with the whacky January schedule of shows, it could be shows with the long version of Pie in back to back weeks with either the 1/8/72 or 1/22/72 show paired up with the 1979 show. Those 1972 shows also featured the 8+ minute version. What happened toward the end of this show is a perfect example of how screwed up things had gotten by early 1976. They cut "Love to Love You Baby" all the way down to 2 minutes and change which is less than half the length of the 45. And then right after that, they play an extra by Donovan. Love to was obviously edited to make room for the extra. So here is a top 5 record being seriously edited. It's obviously a big hit that a lot of people would want to hear and yet they are doing that. Makes no sense at all! Remember, though, that "Love To Love You Baby" was also the dirtiest song to hit the Top 40 in 2.5 years and (at the time at least) one of the five dirtiest to ever get played on AT40. They may have wanted to play as little of it as possible to pacify any stations that didn't play it at all. Donna is also singing the same lines over and over again. There's not much to the song other than Donna singing "love to love you baby." |
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Jan 26, 2024 15:42:40 GMT -5
Remember, though, that "Love To Love You Baby" was also the dirtiest song to hit the Top 40 in 2.5 years and (at the time at least) one of the five dirtiest to ever get played on AT40. They may have wanted to play as little of it as possible to pacify any stations that didn't play it at all. Donna is also singing the same lines over and over again. There's not much to the song other than Donna singing "love to love you baby." It's not the singing that's the problem.  I have a coworker that even now would make me skip the song if it were played. |
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Post by mga707 on Jan 26, 2024 16:00:06 GMT -5
Remember, though, that "Love To Love You Baby" was also the dirtiest song to hit the Top 40 in 2.5 years and (at the time at least) one of the five dirtiest to ever get played on AT40. They may have wanted to play as little of it as possible to pacify any stations that didn't play it at all. 'Dirtiest' since "Pillow Talk"? And, of course, a year earlier was "Jungle Fever". The troika of 'expressive' top 40 hits!  |
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Post by michaelcasselman on Jan 26, 2024 16:09:43 GMT -5
I'm curious what we consider the five dirtiest ever played on AT40 were.
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Post by matt on Jan 26, 2024 16:35:03 GMT -5
I could've sworn I heard the previous week's 1976 countdown on SXM last weekend. You did. 🙂 Actually last weekend's SXM countdown was 1/17/76, this week's Premiere countdown is 1/24/76. Yes all but a handful of the songs will be the same, but it won't be the same show. |
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I have a coworker that even now would make me skip the song if it were played.
