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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 21, 2024 14:31:03 GMT -5
Where are The Delegates? It may be time for Dickie Goodman-style "Convention '24."
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Post by doofus67 on Jul 21, 2024 14:46:34 GMT -5
Where are The Delegates? It may be time for Dickie Goodman-style "Convention '24." "Release them, Mr. President, let them go..."
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Post by mrjukebox on Jul 21, 2024 15:20:17 GMT -5
I remember "Convention 72" by The Delegates-It debuted on "AT40" the weekend of 11/4 & 11/5/72-It spent six weeks on the countdown peaking at # 8.
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Post by mga707 on Jul 21, 2024 16:48:45 GMT -5
I remember "Convention 72" by The Delegates-It debuted on "AT40" the weekend of 11/4 & 11/5/72-It spent six weeks on the countdown peaking at # 8. Funniest part of it, as least to me, was matching Henry Kissinger to the "Gotta find a woman, gotta find a woman" line in Jimmy Castor Bunch's "Troglodyte". Still, IMO the 'gold standard' for politically-inspired parody singles is still 1967's "Wild Thing" by 'Senator Bobby' (actually Bill Minkin and the Hardly-Worthit Players), which reached #20 early that year. I'm sure RFK, who had a good sense of humor, wasn't offended by the portrayal of him. If you've never heard it (it obviously totally disappeared after June 4, 1968), here it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LE0aToTtGY
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Post by mrjukebox on Jul 21, 2024 22:17:28 GMT -5
That Senator Bobby record is a keeper-A few years ago,Cameo-Parkway records released a CD compilation of singles from that Philadelphia based label & "Wild Thing" happened to be on it.
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 22, 2024 7:30:40 GMT -5
There's a hint that this coming weekend's AT40: The 70's show for the last weekend of July is from July 22, 1977. Standalone and not with a B show, but was there a 1977 show a few weeks back??
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Post by michaelcasselman on Jul 22, 2024 7:55:18 GMT -5
Last week 7/9/1977 was a solo show.
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Post by michaelcasselman on Jul 22, 2024 9:11:54 GMT -5
It's not entirely inconceivable, but 7/22/1977 isn't an actual show-date, which adds another layer of confusion into the matter. 7/30/1977? Maybe 7/28/1979?
With Premiere rotating through 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 as B shows so quickly, it's inevitable they'll be chosen more often whether they come up as an A or B option.
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Post by jgve1952 on Jul 22, 2024 9:33:46 GMT -5
It would have to be 7-23-77, as 7-22-77 was on a Friday. Two weeks after a show is just too soon, but three weeks between shows for years of 76-78 has happened several times this year.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 22, 2024 10:16:57 GMT -5
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 22, 2024 10:24:39 GMT -5
WTOJs 1974 will be... Sunday 9am EDT
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 22, 2024 10:40:37 GMT -5
There's a hint that this coming weekend's AT40: The 70's show for the last weekend of July is from July 22, 1977. Standalone and not with a B show, but was there a 1977 show a few weeks back?? Could it be the 'B' show even though it aired in 2022?
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Post by caseyfan100 on Jul 22, 2024 11:21:00 GMT -5
Facebook says 7-27-74 A and 7-23-77 B.
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Post by mkarns on Jul 22, 2024 12:34:01 GMT -5
I'd think that they'd wait a little longer before doing 1977 again even as a B. This may indicate that the first August show will be either 8/5/78 or 8/4/79, each of which has only been the A once, in 2016 and 2012 respectively.
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Post by johnnywest on Jul 22, 2024 12:53:52 GMT -5
It would have to be 7-23-77, as 7-22-77 was on a Friday. Two weeks after a show is just too soon, but three weeks between shows for years of 76-78 has happened several times this year. Just to clarify, it's 3 weeks later on the current calendar and two chart weeks later in 1977. You have to remember that some stations only air 1976 through 1979 meaning that one of those 4 years will come up every week, so there's not a lot of room to space them out.
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