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Post by dukelightning on Mar 21, 2024 19:40:58 GMT -5
Had the story about Madison and Lincoln high schools been in the third hour, Carole King would have been mentioned in all 3 hours.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 21, 2024 19:53:20 GMT -5
6 remakes as Casey said. Also 6 disco songs with "Tangerine" being the only one in both categories. In figuring the average number of disco hits in the countdown in 1976 for last week's 1979 show, 6 was the average for the first few months of 1976 before it increased from there to get to the average of 8 for the entire year. But despite all the talk about discotheques before playing "Disco Lady", I did not count that as one of the 6 disco hits.
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Post by caseyfan100 on Mar 21, 2024 20:07:35 GMT -5
6 remakes as Casey said. Also 6 disco songs with "Tangerine" being the only one in both categories. In figuring the average number of disco hits in the countdown in 1976 for last week's 1979 show, 6 was the average for the first few months of 1976 before it increased from there to get to the average of 8 for the entire year. 6 remakes of songs that previously made the top 40. There are two other remakes Casey didn't mention that didn't hit the top 40. Love Hurts first recorded by the Everly Brothers and Good Hearted Woman which was a live remake of a country song Waylon Jennings first recorded solo a few years earlier.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 21, 2024 20:12:35 GMT -5
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 21, 2024 20:28:26 GMT -5
"Shop Around" the previous longest running chart hit by the Miracles and covered as their next release by the next artist in the countdown, the Captain & Tennille.
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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 21, 2024 20:53:47 GMT -5
The # 1 song on 3/20/76 was "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" by The Four Seasons-The lead singer on that particular song was their drummer Gerry Polci.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 21, 2024 21:24:55 GMT -5
Four more: You left out "My Sweet Lady" in the spring of '77. Like his other three post-"Looking For Space" top 40 singles, it would peak in the 30s. At #32. "My Sweet Lady" had been a bigger hit (#17) in 1974 for Cliff DeYoung, who sang it in the made-for-TV movie "Sunshine" which at the time was the most watched such film ever. Casey was among "Sunshine"'s many fans, praising it when introing the song on AT40. I've long been perplexed as to why RCA decided to do that 'from the vaults' single release of "My Sweet Lady" in '77. It had been on the 'B' side of the "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" 45 two years before, in addition to the '74 Cliff DeYoung (with Bill 'Will Robinson' Mumy) cover version. Perhaps Denver had sung it on one of his then semi-regular TV 'specials' which regenerated interest in the song.
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Post by mkarns on Mar 21, 2024 21:32:35 GMT -5
"My Sweet Lady" had been a bigger hit (#17) in 1974 for Cliff DeYoung, who sang it in the made-for-TV movie "Sunshine" which at the time was the most watched such film ever. Casey was among "Sunshine"'s many fans, praising it when introing the song on AT40. I've long been perplexed as to why RCA decided to do that 'from the vaults' single release of "My Sweet Lady" in '77. It had been on the 'B' side of the "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" 45 two years before, in addition to the '74 Cliff DeYoung (with Bill 'Will Robinson' Mumy) cover version. Perhaps Denver had sung it on one of his then semi-regular TV 'specials' which regenerated interest in the song. In what might qualify as a “Casey Kasem jinx”, Casey noted in some mid-70s shows the high ratings that John Denver’s TV specials garnered and said that they might lead to a regular series, but that never actually came to pass. Though Denver had plenty more appearances on TV and in film, including “Oh, God!” with George Burns which was a big hit when released in fall 1977, when John’s pop chart success was clearly waning.
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Post by jmack19 on Mar 21, 2024 22:53:45 GMT -5
I'll go with 3/31/73 over 3/27/71 & 4/3/71 for next weekend. 3/31/73 was last featured by Premiere in 2015. The 3/27/71 show aired in 2018 & the 4/3/71 show aired in 2017. I'll go with 3/26/77 for the B show.
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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 22, 2024 8:20:22 GMT -5
I'll also go with 3/31/73 for next weekend.
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Post by rgmike on Mar 23, 2024 12:07:07 GMT -5
And we get a tribute extra to Eric Carmen ("Never Gonna Fall In Love Again"). Larry mentions that the melody of "All By Myself", which ranks #2 on this chart, was adapted from a Rachmaninoff piano concerto. Larry's intro was odd, tho'. "...who we lost earlier this year"? Try earlier this MONTH. He could also have mentioned that "All by Myself" would be heard later in the show. Hastily written, I guess.
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Post by johnnywest on Mar 23, 2024 13:15:36 GMT -5
^By saying “earlier this year” then that’s a strong indication that the same copy will be used in an upcoming 80s show not in March.
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Post by michaelcasselman on Mar 23, 2024 14:04:04 GMT -5
It may have been recorded not knowing exactly in which upcoming show it would be used.
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Post by jmack19 on Mar 23, 2024 16:07:14 GMT -5
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 23, 2024 16:13:29 GMT -5
WVLI Kankakee had a power outage but it was working again by 3 PM Illinois time in time for AT40: The 70's 3/20/1976.
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