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Post by Scott Lakefield on Mar 17, 2008 14:55:39 GMT -5
This weekend's (3/22-23) edition of "Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 70s" will feature a rebroadcast of the show from 3/13/76.
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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 19, 2008 20:58:47 GMT -5
This was a good countdown-I definitely remember hearing this one back in the day-If I'm not mistaken,the # 1 song was "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" by The Four Seasons-It was the group's first chart topper since "Rag Doll" in 1964-Peter Frampton had his first major hit,"Show Me The Way",The Carpenters had "There's A Kind Of Hush",the old Herman's Hermits hit-Finally,there was Larry Groce's goofy song "Junk Food Junkie",which was initially heard on Dr.Demento's program-Larry was a guest on the Doctor's show in April 1976 & performed "JFJ" live in the studio.
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Post by drummer1965usa on Mar 19, 2008 22:11:37 GMT -5
Just to give you all a little taste of what's coming this weekend on CKAT40:The 70s...
#40 - "Boogie Fever" The Sylvers
#37 - "Show Me The Way" Peter Frampton
#14 - "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)" The Bee Gees
#11 - "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" Paul Simon
#10 - "Junk Food Junkie" Larry Groce
#7 - "Theme From 'S.W.A.T.'" - Rhythm Heritage
#6 - "Lonely Nights (Angel Face) - Captain & Tennille
#5 - "Dream Weaver" Gary Wright
#1 - "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" The Four Seasons
Yep, definitely a good show to look forward to.
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Post by dadetim on Mar 20, 2008 1:19:06 GMT -5
did anyone get the at40 on xm from 1979? i got half of it, but my stream went off line. thanks in advance
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Post by Shuckatoom4Life on Mar 22, 2008 17:41:24 GMT -5
"Did anybody record this show earlier? (will gladly trade a direct from vinyl CD set of either "Top 40 Acts of the 70s (1978 version)", the Bicentennial Special, the 1973 "Top 40 Acts of the Rock and Roll Era," or the 9-12-81 regular countdown with guest host Gary Owens)"
Did you get the copy you were looking for? I can make you a copy without the extras if you want it. Unfortunately the station I listen to doesn't always play the complete theme song at the end of the show.
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Post by briguy52748 on Mar 23, 2008 16:29:05 GMT -5
Did anyone catch the end of this week's "AT40: The 70s"? Notice how the ending spiel began with the old closing theme, then quickly shifted to "Shuckatoom"? Must have been a goof that wasn't noticed until after the recordings were pressed.
Just three songs this week that were concurrently in the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart (and thus, on "American Country Countdown"), or soon would be:
• "Good Hearted Woman" by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. This song — a "live" remake of Waylon's No. 3 hit from 1972 — was spending its third and final week at No. 1 on the country chart.
• "Let Your Love Flow" by the Bellamy Brothers
• "The White Knight" by Cledus Maggard and the Citizens Band. A former No. 1 country song, Maggard was wrapping up his one-and-only stay inside the Hot Country Singles chart's Top 40; it was his only Top 40 hit on the Hot 100 as well, as it turned out.
There was also "Junk Food Junkie" by Larry Groce, which never made the country Top 40 (peaked at No. 61 after minor airplay in that genre).
Really, it was a pretty decent show, however. The story of Groce marrying his teahcer (and still not getting that "A") was a hoot, but I seem to have heard it last year too when they played the AT40 show from March 20, 1976. Unless I'm mistaken, and it certainly is possible, Casey must have read the same story two weeks in a row.
And who had to be cheering for the 4 Seasons when they reached No. 1 for the first time in nearly 12 years back when "December 1963 (Oh What a Night)" first reached No. 1? Of course, we had a couple of those kitsch AM pop classics as well, particularly "All By Myself" by Eric Carmen and the Carpenters' "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)."
Brian
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Post by dadetim on Mar 23, 2008 22:46:15 GMT -5
i don't know if it was a goof, since one of the xm shows did the same thing...might have been common on some shows in 1976, maybe pete or someone associated with the show could enlighten us
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Post by atruefan on Mar 23, 2008 23:03:35 GMT -5
I believe for several months once they started using shuckatoom at the end of 75 the show would end with Casey talking over the old theme and once he was done it would lead into shuckatoom. For me this was kind of cool because it allowed me, at the time, to have a clean cassette tape of the new theme. Soon after they retired the old theme all together and Casey would end the show talking over shuckatoom.
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Post by ontheair on Mar 23, 2008 23:15:08 GMT -5
atruefan is absolutely right. When "Shuckatoom" was introduced as the end theme in the beginning, Casey would indeed read the close over the previous theme before Shuckatoom started in the clear. They did this for a few months; in fact, if you see the original cue sheets from that period, they actually list the timing for the Shuckatoom theme at 2:30.
Oh, and for godeacsgr: another member mailed me a copy of last week's show, but thanks for the offer!
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Post by ontheair on Mar 24, 2008 1:06:01 GMT -5
Speaking of this week's show, what was the deal with the sudden pitch change between Casey's intro and outro of Eric Carmen's "All By Myself"? That had to be a Premiere edit!
(If you recorded the show, go back and listen to it: After Casey's intro, the song starts in a noticably lower pitch than the music that was playing under Casey's intro, and then the pitch changes again when Casey returns!)
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Mar 24, 2008 16:12:47 GMT -5
This weekend's (3/29-30) edition of "Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 70s" will feature a rebroadcast of the show from 3/29/75.
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Post by ontheair on Mar 30, 2008 21:25:46 GMT -5
And as usual, KKLZ is offline again. Anybody else got this week's show?
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Post by redsox on Mar 31, 2008 17:49:40 GMT -5
I predict this this week's show will be
a) this week in 1973
b) this week in 1978
or
c) a special countdown that At40 this week in the 70s
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Post by mstgator on Mar 31, 2008 18:26:10 GMT -5
;D Beginning next Sunday (April 6th) at 8am ET, Q105 in Tampa Bay will begin airing "AT40: The 70s" as part of their Super Seventies Weekends. The show takes over the time slot recently vacated by the 80s edition of "Backtrax USA". This marks the first time that a retro edition of AT40 has been broadcast in the Tampa market, and the first time Casey has been heard here since WMTX dumped AT20 last summer. |
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Post by briguy52748 on Apr 1, 2008 12:12:13 GMT -5
What I would like to see — and I'm pretty sure it won't happen anytime soon — is the show from this week in 1979. My prediction, though, is April 8, 1978 (skipping past the AT40 special countdown from April 1, 1978, which was a recap of the Top 40 songs from the movies during the rock 'n' roll era).
Had Charis/Premiere syndicated a 1979 show, I'd pick the April 14 broadcast, when the Doobie Brothers (deep in the Michael McDonald era) had the week's top song, "What a Fool Believes;" they knocked Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" out of the top spot.
Brian
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