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Post by mrjukebox on Aug 13, 2024 8:42:45 GMT -5
On this week's A show presentation from 8/21/71,there were two "AT40 Specials":"Piece Of My Heart"-Big Brother & The Holding Company (1968) & "Wooden Heart"-Joe Dowell (1961).
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Post by jmack19 on Aug 13, 2024 9:01:55 GMT -5
KOKZ goes with August 19, 1978 this weekend.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 13, 2024 21:12:38 GMT -5
New 1971 extra Hour #1: "River Deep - Mountain High" - Four Tops tribute
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Post by mkarns on Aug 13, 2024 21:14:55 GMT -5
This week's optional extras:
A: August 21, 1971:
Hour #1: "River Deep - Mountain High" - The Supremes & The Four Tops (NR) Hour #2: "Sweet City Woman" - The Stampeders (#68) Hour #3: "The Story In Your Eyes" - The Moody Blues (#49)
"River Deep - Mountain High" is included as a salute to the Four Tops' Abdul "Duke" Fakir. Last week there was a tribute to him in the 1981 show (and, I'm told, 1987 even though the Tops didn't have a hit that year), but their 70s top 40 hits were all from the 1970-73 timeframe so this is the first week when we have one of their hits from the featured year.
B: August 19, 1978:
Hour #1: "Don't Look Back" - Boston (#62; highest debut) Hour #2: "Back In The U.S.A." - Linda Ronstadt (#72; debuted) Hour #3: "Right Down The Line" - Gerry Rafferty (#52)
Incidentally, right admist the "Frozen Fourteen" there is Elvis Presley's "Mystery Train", a country hit on Sun Records from 1955 that didn't make the pop charts (he had to wait for RCA and "Heartbreak Hotel" for that.) It was played to commemorate the one year anniversary of Elvis' death, and remains in the show.
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Post by jgve1952 on Aug 14, 2024 8:34:33 GMT -5
When 1978 became a 4 hour show on 10-7-78, will that need to be an "A" or "B", and no longer a standalone show? Of course this will only be for four weeks, since starting in early November, the "A" shows will be a specific year, paired with Christmas Specials.
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Post by michaelcasselman on Aug 14, 2024 8:50:59 GMT -5
When 1978 became a 4 hour show on 10-7-78, will that need to be an "A" or "B", and no longer a standalone show? Of course this will only be for four weeks, since starting in early November, the "A" shows will be a specific year, paired with Christmas Specials. Historically, all 4 hour 70's 'A' shows (1978 and 1979, outside of the Fall/Winter holiday show window) in question have been paired with a B option. A snapshot: 10/06/2012: 10/07/1978 (A) and 10/07/1972 (B) 10/31/2015: 10/28/1978 (A) and 11/04/1972 (B) 11/05/2016: 11/04/1978 (A) and 11/03/1973 (B) 10/21/2017: 10/21/1978 (A) and 10/20/1973 (B) 10/13/2018: 10/14/1978 (A) and 10/13/1973 (B) 11/02/2019: 11/11/1978 (A) and 10/30/1971 (B) 10/10/2020: 10/07/1978 (A) and 10/07/1972 (B) 11/20/2021: 11/18/1978 (holiday shows offered as alternative) 11/04/2023: 11/04/1978 (holiday shows offered started this week)
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Post by LC on Aug 14, 2024 11:06:58 GMT -5
When 1978 became a 4 hour show on 10-7-78, will that need to be an "A" or "B", and no longer a standalone show? Of course this will only be for four weeks, since starting in early November, the "A" shows will be a specific year, paired with Christmas Specials. Historically, all 4 hour 70's 'A' shows (1978 and 1979, outside of the Fall/Winter holiday show window) in question have been paired with a B option. A snapshot: 10/06/2012: 10/07/1978 (A) and 10/07/1972 (B) 10/31/2015: 10/28/1978 (A) and 11/04/1972 (B) 11/05/2016: 11/04/1978 (A) and 11/03/1973 (B) 10/21/2017: 10/21/1978 (A) and 10/20/1973 (B) 10/13/2018: 10/14/1978 (A) and 10/13/1973 (B) 11/02/2019: 11/11/1978 (A) and 10/30/1971 (B) 10/10/2020: 10/07/1978 (A) and 10/07/1972 (B) 11/20/2021: 11/18/1978 (holiday shows offered as alternative) 11/04/2023: 11/04/1978 (holiday shows offered started this week) Seems like we're due for 11/25/78....
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Post by michaelcasselman on Aug 14, 2024 11:39:32 GMT -5
Historically, all 4 hour 70's 'A' shows (1978 and 1979, outside of the Fall/Winter holiday show window) in question have been paired with a B option. A snapshot: 10/06/2012: 10/07/1978 (A) and 10/07/1972 (B) 10/31/2015: 10/28/1978 (A) and 11/04/1972 (B) 11/05/2016: 11/04/1978 (A) and 11/03/1973 (B) 10/21/2017: 10/21/1978 (A) and 10/20/1973 (B) 10/13/2018: 10/14/1978 (A) and 10/13/1973 (B) 11/02/2019: 11/11/1978 (A) and 10/30/1971 (B) 10/10/2020: 10/07/1978 (A) and 10/07/1972 (B) 11/20/2021: 11/18/1978 (holiday shows offered as alternative) 11/04/2023: 11/04/1978 (holiday shows offered started this week) Seems like we're due for 11/25/78.... 10 years since they played it...
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Post by mkarns on Aug 14, 2024 18:49:07 GMT -5
Speaking of 1978, 8/26/78 with the debut of Long Distance Dedications is one of the more historically significant AT40s, and has been played by itself in 2007, 2009, and 2011--and never in 13 years since, though it's been a B several times. It doesn't seem likely to be a standalone this year, either, with the preceding week (which was never played until 2017) as this week's B.
We haven't heard a 1978 standalone since June; I'd think we should get one in September. Three of the four Casey hosted shows from that month haven't been played by themselves in at least five years (9/9/78 is the exception, and 9/23 may be out since it was a B last year).
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Post by seminolefan on Aug 15, 2024 11:48:35 GMT -5
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Post by dukelightning on Aug 15, 2024 15:28:19 GMT -5
Let's get the chatter started. It's a small sample size, guessing this happened less than 10 times during Casey's first run on AT40. But when there are a pair of #1 hits debuting in the 20s or higher, this has to be the biggest disparity in how those songs are regarded all these years later, "Go Away Little Girl" and "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey". By the way, last week's show featured 2 songs which hit #1 after debuting in the 20s the same week, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and "You Should Be Dancing". And the first such occurrence on AT40 was on 10/31/70 when "Tears of a Clown" debuted at 27 and "I Think I Love You" debuted at 17. They were still recording the show the original way in August 1971 with Casey having to listen to the whole song and all. You have to think he had a tough time coming on after hearing the Tom Clay song. Tough part of the countdown with the Doors next. 4 deceased people either sung or really spoken about or singing in those 2 hits.
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Post by jmack19 on Aug 15, 2024 22:20:51 GMT -5
I'll go with 8/22/70 over 8/26/72 & 8/23/75 for next weekend. 1970 show last aired in 2016. 8/26/72 & 8/23/75 last aired in 2015. For the B show, I'll go with 8/20/77.
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Post by caseyfan100 on Aug 16, 2024 21:48:01 GMT -5
Listening to KLFM right now. They are airing their voiceovers over Casey near the end of the segments cutting out his last word or two. Is anyone hearing this too or is it just me?
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 17, 2024 8:43:14 GMT -5
As I listen to AT40: The 70's 8/21/1971 this morning via WXXM Rewind 92.1 FM Madison, Wisconsin: In the part where Casey talks about how the weekly Billboard Hot 100 is tabulated (almost every week): 100 record stores are used for the Hot 100 panel at the August 1971 time?? There should be more! Unless many more of them outside the 100 reported for Billboard are towards Billboard's rivals Cash Box and Record World (Doubtful about Gavin Report, and Radio and Records didn't yet exist until 2 years later).
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Post by LC on Aug 17, 2024 9:28:13 GMT -5
As I listen to AT40: The 70's 8/21/1971 this morning via WXXM Rewind 92.1 FM Madison, Wisconsin: In the part where Casey talks about how the weekly Billboard Hot 100 is tabulated (almost every week): 100 record stores are used for the Hot 100 panel at the August 1971 time?? I found it interesting that no stats for airplay were included in the formula. At what point did that change?
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