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Post by papathree on Feb 8, 2024 19:49:39 GMT -5
For those of you "staying tuned" to hear the Hour 1 Premiere Extra on this week's show, here is what Casey actually said. It will be interesting to compare it to the way Premiere presents it.
"This is Casey Kasem in Hollywood. And now let's find out whatever happened ta Jimmy Rogers. During the late `50s and inta the middle `60s he put tah-gether a long string of hit songs beginning with his first one in 1957 called “Honeycomb.” His sound was soft, folk-influenced pop music, and by 1967 after 24 hits ‘n’ a decade of popularity Jimmy Rogers had his own local television show in Los Angeles and big plans fer the future. Then just three weeks before Christmas `67 the incident occurred. Jimmy's memory is blank on exactly what happened, but according ta newspaper reports at the time Jimmy Rogers had been stopped and was being questioned by three Los Angeles police officers for allegedly erratic driving. The police said that Jimmy fell and probably hit his head. And instead of booking him they left him in his car ta sleep it off. Several hours later a friend found him and took him to the hospital. It turned out Jimmy had a skull fracture and concussion which damaged certain parts of the brain, and destroyed certain memories of how to walk and talk and sing and play guitar. After three operations which replaced part of his skull with a steel plate he had ta relearn those functions, almost from scratch. It took three years before he could perform in public again. Eventually, after all the lawsuits and counter suits between Jimmy Rogers and the Los Angeles Police Department were settled out of court, Jimmy returned ta performing. He tells us that fer the past couple of years he's been performing at clubs, writing music, and writing and directing a documentary movie fer children. And currently he's negotiating a brand-new recording contract."
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Post by dukelightning on Feb 8, 2024 20:01:29 GMT -5
Don't like the way the 45 cuts off the song on "Carry on Wayward Son". I heard Ken Martin's supersized show last year when that was in the countdown but it was still that version. The only time AT40 played the whole song was when it was a LDD in 1984. Interesting that in the 80s show this week, Casey mentions how "Dust in the Wind" is their biggest hit. True but for the song that best represents their sound, this is their biggest hit and best IMO.
Speaking of which, my fave 2 songs involving Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. are "One Less Bell to Answer" and "You Don't Have to be a Star". Both were peaking around the end of one year and the start of the next. Both had to contend with some very big hits to get to #1. Bell could not quite surpass "My Sweet Lord" but Star found a way to get past "Tonight's the Night".
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Post by mga707 on Feb 8, 2024 20:27:39 GMT -5
For those of you "staying tuned" to hear the Hour 1 Premiere Extra on this week's show, here is what Casey actually said. It will be interesting to compare it to the way Premiere presents it. "This is Casey Kasem in Hollywood. And now let's find out whatever happened ta Jimmy Rogers. During the late `50s and inta the middle `60s he put tah-gether a long string of hit songs beginning with his first one in 1957 called “Honeycomb.” His sound was soft, folk-influenced pop music, and by 1967 after 24 hits ‘n’ a decade of popularity Jimmy Rogers had his own local television show in Los Angeles and big plans fer the future. Then just three weeks before Christmas `67 the incident occurred. Jimmy's memory is blank on exactly what happened, but according ta newspaper reports at the time Jimmy Rogers had been stopped and was being questioned by three Los Angeles police officers for allegedly erratic driving. The police said that Jimmy fell and probably hit his head. And instead of booking him they left him in his car ta sleep it off. Several hours later a friend found him and took him to the hospital. It turned out Jimmy had a skull fracture and concussion which damaged certain parts of the brain, and destroyed certain memories of how to walk and talk and sing and play guitar. After three operations which replaced part of his skull with a steel plate he had ta relearn those functions, almost from scratch. It took three years before he could perform in public again. Eventually, after all the lawsuits and counter suits between Jimmy Rogers and the Los Angeles Police Department were settled out of court, Jimmy returned ta performing. He tells us that fer the past couple of years he's been performing at clubs, writing music, and writing and directing a documentary movie fer children. And currently he's negotiating a brand-new recording contract." Premiere updated it with a brief synopsis of Rodgers' doings from this point in 1977 until his death at 87 in January 2021. I found it interesting, but I'm old enough to recall his mysterious head injury 'incident' in December 1967. Which was just a couple of months after his final top 40 single, "Child Of Clay", had peaked at 31 in October/November of '67. Good lyric, if you've never heard it. The last of 25 chart singles Rodgers had put out since "Honeycomb" a decade earlier. He was more than just an 'obscure late '50s singer'. More on Rodgers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers_(pop_singer) |
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Post by dukelightning on Feb 8, 2024 21:38:36 GMT -5
Once again Casey refers to the group singing "New Kid in Town" as Eagles. When they hit #1 a couple weeks later, he will identify them in the intro as 'the Eagles' but after playing it, says 'Eagles'. Eventually he will refer to them as 'the Eagles' all the time.
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Post by papathree on Feb 8, 2024 21:41:32 GMT -5
Once again Casey refers to the group singing "New Kid in Town" as Eagles. When they hit #1 a couple weeks later, he will identify them in the intro as 'the Eagles' but after playing it, says 'Eagles'. Eventually he will refer to them as 'the Eagles' all the time. I always thought the group referred to themselves as "Eagles" with no "the" in front. Their albums all say "Eagles" as the group name. |
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Post by doofus67 on Feb 8, 2024 22:30:22 GMT -5
Thanks, papathree, fer sharing that story. It must have taken the staff a lot of time 'n' effort ta put it tah-gether.
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Post by jmack19 on Feb 8, 2024 23:26:47 GMT -5
I'll go with 2/13/71 over 2/15/75 & 2/19/72 for next weekend. 2/13/71 was last aired by Premiere in 2018.
Also, the 1975 show last aired in 2018. 2/19/72 last aired in 2019 as a B show. I'll go with 2/17/79 for the B show.
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Post by dukelightning on Feb 9, 2024 8:21:59 GMT -5
Once again Casey refers to the group singing "New Kid in Town" as Eagles. When they hit #1 a couple weeks later, he will identify them in the intro as 'the Eagles' but after playing it, says 'Eagles'. Eventually he will refer to them as 'the Eagles' all the time. I always thought the group referred to themselves as "Eagles" with no "the" in front. Their albums all say "Eagles" as the group name. Yes but I think that can be said for virtually every group with that kind of a name...Beatles, Commodores, Hollies, Bangles, etc. |
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Post by mga707 on Feb 9, 2024 11:08:47 GMT -5
I always thought the group referred to themselves as "Eagles" with no "the" in front. Their albums all say "Eagles" as the group name. Yes but I think that can be said for virtually every group with that kind of a name...Beatles, Commodores, Hollies, Bangles, etc. I think part of it with the Eagles is that it just sounds better to omit the 'the' due to the consecutive 'e' sounds. 'Eagles' vs. 'Theeagles'. |
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Post by LC on Feb 9, 2024 13:56:50 GMT -5
Yes but I think that can be said for virtually every group with that kind of a name...Beatles, Commodores, Hollies, Bangles, etc. I think part of it with the Eagles is that it just sounds better to omit the 'the' due to the consecutive 'e' sounds. 'Eagles' vs. 'Theeagles'. For those of us who tend to pronounce t-h-e as "thuh," it's less of a problem.  |
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Post by mga707 on Feb 9, 2024 15:13:38 GMT -5
I think part of it with the Eagles is that it just sounds better to omit the 'the' due to the consecutive 'e' sounds. 'Eagles' vs. 'Theeagles'. For those of us who tend to pronounce t-h-e as "thuh," it's less of a problem. Yeah, I can see that. I'm more of a 'thee' person myself, but even if I say 'thuh' and run the two words together (as DJs tend to do) it comes out sounding like 'Thee-gelz''. And that should probably have that funny-looking upside-down 'e' pronunciation mark in it. 'Schwa', I think it's called? |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 9, 2024 18:07:59 GMT -5
I know Captain & Tennille and Carpenters both did not have a 'The' in their name--but as a DJ I sometimes subconsciously put it here anyway.  |
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Post by trekkielo on Feb 9, 2024 18:20:35 GMT -5
Bee Gees are another one without "The".
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Post by mga707 on Feb 9, 2024 21:00:02 GMT -5
Bee Gees are another one without "The". Ditto for 'Carpenters'. Whoops--just saw your post, djjoe. |
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Post by dth1971 on Feb 9, 2024 21:20:21 GMT -5
For those of you "staying tuned" to hear the Hour 1 Premiere Extra on this week's show, here is what Casey actually said. It will be interesting to compare it to the way Premiere presents it. "This is Casey Kasem in Hollywood. And now let's find out whatever happened ta Jimmy Rogers. During the late `50s and inta the middle `60s he put tah-gether a long string of hit songs beginning with his first one in 1957 called “Honeycomb.” His sound was soft, folk-influenced pop music, and by 1967 after 24 hits ‘n’ a decade of popularity Jimmy Rogers had his own local television show in Los Angeles and big plans fer the future. Then just three weeks before Christmas `67 the incident occurred. Jimmy's memory is blank on exactly what happened, but according ta newspaper reports at the time Jimmy Rogers had been stopped and was being questioned by three Los Angeles police officers for allegedly erratic driving. The police said that Jimmy fell and probably hit his head. And instead of booking him they left him in his car ta sleep it off. Several hours later a friend found him and took him to the hospital. It turned out Jimmy had a skull fracture and concussion which damaged certain parts of the brain, and destroyed certain memories of how to walk and talk and sing and play guitar. After three operations which replaced part of his skull with a steel plate he had ta relearn those functions, almost from scratch. It took three years before he could perform in public again. Eventually, after all the lawsuits and counter suits between Jimmy Rogers and the Los Angeles Police Department were settled out of court, Jimmy returned ta performing. He tells us that fer the past couple of years he's been performing at clubs, writing music, and writing and directing a documentary movie fer children. And currently he's negotiating a brand-new recording contract." Premiere updated it with a brief synopsis of Rodgers' doings from this point in 1977 until his death at 87 in January 2021. I found it interesting, but I'm old enough to recall his mysterious head injury 'incident' in December 1967. Which was just a couple of months after his final top 40 single, "Child Of Clay", had peaked at 31 in October/November of '67. Good lyric, if you've never heard it. The last of 25 chart singles Rodgers had put out since "Honeycomb" a decade earlier. He was more than just an 'obscure late '50s singer'. More on Rodgers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers_(pop_singer) Don't forget Jimmie Rodgers' "Honeycomb" was re-recorded by Rodgers himself in the mid 1960's for TV commercials for Post Cereals' Honey Comb cereal (featuring appearances by the animated Honey Comb Kid cowboy voiced by Rich Little). |
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