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Post by dukelightning on Sept 12, 2024 16:50:13 GMT -5
For the 1975 countdown, it is great to see the reassembled Jefferson Starship, and the fans sure loved it, making "Red Octopus" the #1 album of the week on the Album Chart. You mentioned the #1 album. I have comments about almost all the other #1 hits in this show. Casey says that the Pointer Sisters have the #1 soul song. You will never hear him say that again despite them having a boatload of big hits going forward. They actually had 11 hits that peaked higher on the Hot 100 than "How Long (Betcha..... did. Yet this is their only #1 song on the soul chart. Bizarre huh! Staying power of #1 hits is a theme in this show. "One of these Nights" fell to #4 before bouncing back to #2 for 2 weeks. "Fallin in Love" is spending its third week at #2 after hitting #1. "Fame" will hit the top the next week, fall out and then return to #1. And "I'm Sorry" spent 4 weeks at #2 after hitting #1 although that is attributed to the flipside "Calpyso". And the staying power that allowed "Rhinestone Cowboy" to return to #1 on the country provided the story for the #1 song. You know what's missing from this show? Any mention of the special coming up in just 3 weeks. Just last week in the 1974 show, Casey was talking about a special that was 4 weeks away. Interesting.
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Post by pizzzzza on Sept 12, 2024 18:12:58 GMT -5
Fond memories of this countdown from fall of '75 - my first semester in college - wow!
Edited to add - and here's to good friends whom were around at this time who are no longer with us - we had some good times and some dang good music!
RIP my good friends!
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Post by pizzzzza on Sept 12, 2024 18:15:25 GMT -5
For the 1975 countdown, it is great to see the reassembled Jefferson Starship, and the fans sure loved it, making "Red Octopus" the #1 album of the week on the Album Chart. You mentioned the #1 album. I have comments about almost all the other #1 hits in this show. Casey says that the Pointer Sisters have the #1 soul song. You will never hear him say that again despite them having a boatload of big hits going forward. They actually had 11 hits that peaked higher on the Hot 100 than "How Long (Betcha..... did. Yet this is their only #1 song on the soul chart. Bizarre huh! Staying power of #1 hits is a theme in this show. "One of these Nights" fell to #4 before bouncing back to #2 for 2 weeks. "Fallin in Love" is spending its third week at #2 after hitting #1. "Fame" will hit the top the next week, fall out and then return to #1. And "I'm Sorry" spent 4 weeks at #2 after hitting #1 although that is attributed to the flipside "Calpyso". And the staying power that allowed "Rhinestone Cowboy" to return to #1 on the country provided the story for the #1 song. You know what's missing from this show? Any mention of the special coming up in just 3 weeks. Just last week in the 1974 show, Casey was talking about a special that was 4 weeks away. Interesting. So many impressive #1 songs at the same time!
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Post by pizzzzza on Sept 12, 2024 18:52:17 GMT -5
For the 1975 countdown, it is great to see the reassembled Jefferson Starship, and the fans sure loved it, making "Red Octopus" the #1 album of the week on the Album Chart. You mentioned the #1 album. I have comments about almost all the other #1 hits in this show. Casey says that the Pointer Sisters have the #1 soul song. You will never hear him say that again despite them having a boatload of big hits going forward. They actually had 11 hits that peaked higher on the Hot 100 than "How Long (Betcha..... did. Yet this is their only #1 song on the soul chart. Bizarre huh! Staying power of #1 hits is a theme in this show. "One of these Nights" fell to #4 before bouncing back to #2 for 2 weeks. "Fallin in Love" is spending its third week at #2 after hitting #1. "Fame" will hit the top the next week, fall out and then return to #1. And "I'm Sorry" spent 4 weeks at #2 after hitting #1 although that is attributed to the flipside "Calpyso". And the staying power that allowed "Rhinestone Cowboy" to return to #1 on the country provided the story for the #1 song. You know what's missing from this show? Any mention of the special coming up in just 3 weeks. Just last week in the 1974 show, Casey was talking about a special that was 4 weeks away. Interesting. And you have KC/Sunshine Band at #4 with former #1 "Get Down Tonight"
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Post by mkarns on Sept 12, 2024 19:45:17 GMT -5
Fond memories of this countdown from fall of '75 - my first semester in college - wow! Edited to add - and here's to good friends whom were around at this time who are no longer with us - we had some good times and some dang good music! RIP my good friends! Fond memories of my first sponge bath, breast and formula feeding, and diaper change…
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 12, 2024 21:20:29 GMT -5
For the 1975 countdown, it is great to see the reassembled Jefferson Starship, and the fans sure loved it, making "Red Octopus" the #1 album of the week on the Album Chart. You mentioned the #1 album. I have comments about almost all the other #1 hits in this show. Casey says that the Pointer Sisters have the #1 soul song. You will never hear him say that again despite them having a boatload of big hits going forward. They actually had 11 hits that peaked higher on the Hot 100 than "How Long (Betcha..... did. Yet this is their only #1 song on the soul chart. Bizarre huh! Staying power of #1 hits is a theme in this show. "One of these Nights" fell to #4 before bouncing back to #2 for 2 weeks. "Fallin in Love" is spending its third week at #2 after hitting #1. "Fame" will hit the top the next week, fall out and then return to #1. And "I'm Sorry" spent 4 weeks at #2 after hitting #1 although that is attributed to the flipside "Calpyso". And the staying power that allowed "Rhinestone Cowboy" to return to #1 on the country provided the story for the #1 song. You know what's missing from this show? Any mention of the special coming up in just 3 weeks. Just last week in the 1974 show, Casey was talking about a special that was 4 weeks away. Interesting. Maybe the upcoming special mentions were edited out of this Premiere rebroadcast of the show.
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Post by jmack19 on Sept 12, 2024 22:52:19 GMT -5
I'll go with 9/23/72 for next weekend. 9/23/72 most recent airing was 2017. I'll go with 9/25/76 for the "B" show.
1972 is due. The last time 1972 was the "A" show was in the Spring. Every other year has been featured since. Since 1972 last aired:
1971 has been the "A" show twice. 1974 has been the "A" show 3 times. 1978 & 1979 will have aired 4 times. 1975, 1976 & 1977 has aired 3 times.
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 13, 2024 9:39:31 GMT -5
You mentioned the #1 album. I have comments about almost all the other #1 hits in this show. Casey says that the Pointer Sisters have the #1 soul song. You will never hear him say that again despite them having a boatload of big hits going forward. They actually had 11 hits that peaked higher on the Hot 100 than "How Long (Betcha..... did. Yet this is their only #1 song on the soul chart. Bizarre huh! Staying power of #1 hits is a theme in this show. "One of these Nights" fell to #4 before bouncing back to #2 for 2 weeks. "Fallin in Love" is spending its third week at #2 after hitting #1. "Fame" will hit the top the next week, fall out and then return to #1. And "I'm Sorry" spent 4 weeks at #2 after hitting #1 although that is attributed to the flipside "Calpyso". And the staying power that allowed "Rhinestone Cowboy" to return to #1 on the country provided the story for the #1 song. You know what's missing from this show? Any mention of the special coming up in just 3 weeks. Just last week in the 1974 show, Casey was talking about a special that was 4 weeks away. Interesting. And you have KC/Sunshine Band at #4 with former #1 "Get Down Tonight" Not any staying power in that #1. But their next release "That's the way I like it" returned to #1. I can confirm thanks to Pete's book that Casey did not promote the upcoming special in this show. Not the first time he did not promote a special until just 2 weeks before it aired. Happened for the previous special in July when he only promoted it in the previous 2 shows.
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Post by Big Red Machine on Sept 13, 2024 11:14:17 GMT -5
For those of you that heard a lot of radio back in the late summer and fall of 1975, do you remember if they played “I’m Sorry” a lot in the beginning, and then they played “Calypso” in place of it after a month or so? Did they play one more than the other? Or about the same? Just curious.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Sept 13, 2024 14:48:28 GMT -5
For those of you that heard a lot of radio back in the late summer and fall of 1975, do you remember if they played “I’m Sorry” a lot in the beginning, and then they played “Calypso” in place of it after a month or so? Did they play one more than the other? Or about the same? Just curious. I frequently listened to Chicago’s WDHF-FM in 1975, which was also the AT40 affiliate. And I recall hearing “I’m Sorry” as a regular playlist song. I can’t say for sure about “Calypso.” But checking the weekly singles surveys for the other two Top 40 stations in Chicago, WCFL and WLS, “I’m Sorry” was the only John Denver entry listed during the 45’s chart run.
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Post by jmack19 on Sept 13, 2024 15:03:22 GMT -5
2 weeks after falling out of top slot to #2, I"m Sorry/Calypso was changed to Calypso/I'm Sorry by Billboard. 2 weeks later the song regained its bullet only to be blocked from returning to the top spot on the chart by the emergence of Island Girl. After 5 weeks at #2 to song dropped to #3 the following week.
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Post by mga707 on Sept 13, 2024 16:20:54 GMT -5
For those of you that heard a lot of radio back in the late summer and fall of 1975, do you remember if they played “I’m Sorry” a lot in the beginning, and then they played “Calypso” in place of it after a month or so? Did they play one more than the other? Or about the same? Just curious. That is EXACTLY how I recall the airplay in my local market, Tucson AZ. the three top 40 stations that were then on-air--990 KTKT, 580 KIKX, and 'daytimer' 1330 KHYT--all started out playing "I'm Sorry", then gradually switched over to "Calypso". I would say that overall "Calypso" wound up getting more airplay than "I'm Sorry". Incidentally, all three of those stations were AT40 affiliates at one time or another. KHYT was one of the 'original 7', from July 1970 through November 1973, then KIKX began running the show in December, but dropped it only 6 months later in June of 1974. Then we were without a local affiliate (although for part of that time I could get it on KBBC-FM out of Phoenix) until KTKT picked up 'AT40' in July 1977 and ran it until they dropped their long-running top 40 format in late 1981. 93.7 KRQQ then quickly picked up the show.
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Post by Hervard on Sept 14, 2024 9:35:39 GMT -5
Major goof on Earl 98.3 - after the commercial break, following "Feelings" by Morris Albert, at #22, they cut right to the OPTIONAL EXTRA of "Bad Blood", and then started the final hour. Not sure if they'll go back and correct their mistake or just let it go (generally, stations tend to go with the latter).
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Post by kani on Sept 14, 2024 11:03:48 GMT -5
WPNC now airing Sept 13, 1975!
Lowest British acts since 10 weeks....
WVWP same repeat 1976 show
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Post by rgmike on Sept 14, 2024 13:02:39 GMT -5
So, does getting "Bad Blood" as an extra (weird sanitizing edit and all) mean we won't get 1975 again until after Sedaka's hit falls off the chart?
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