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Post by Hervard on Aug 3, 2019 9:25:13 GMT -5
On the countdown from 8/3/74,Casey read a QL (Question Letter) from a listener who asked about the biggest drop a song took from the number one position-The answer was "The Sounds Of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel which had gone to # 1 for a week in January 1966-It fell to # 2 & then returned to # 1 before dropping to # 12. In late 1974,two songs were tied for taking a bigger plunge from the number one spot-They were "Nothing From Nothing" by Billy Preston & "Then Came You" by Dionne Warwick & The Spinners-They both dropped from # 1 all the way down to # 15. It's odd that question came just weeks before six songs, including the ones you mentioned, took drops from #1 as big (or bigger, in the case of the two 1-15 dropping songs) as "The Sounds Of Silence", which, up to that point, was the only song to fall out of the Top Ten from #1. |
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Post by mga707 on Aug 3, 2019 9:56:19 GMT -5
On the countdown from 8/3/74,Casey read a QL (Question Letter) from a listener who asked about the biggest drop a song took from the number one position-The answer was "The Sounds Of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel which had gone to # 1 for a week in January 1966-It fell to # 2 & then returned to # 1 before dropping to # 12. In late 1974,two songs were tied for taking a bigger plunge from the number one spot-They were "Nothing From Nothing" by Billy Preston & "Then Came You" by Dionne Warwick & The Spinners-They both dropped from # 1 all the way down to # 15. It's odd that question came just weeks before six songs, including the ones you mentioned, took drops from #1 as big (or bigger, in the case of the two 1-15 dropping songs) as "The Sounds Of Silence", which, up to that point, was the only song to fall out of the Top Ten from #1. Seven songs in total did the 'plunge' between September and November 1974: "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe", #1 to #12 w/e 9/28/74; "Rock Me Gently, #1 to #12 10/5/74; then the two #1 to #15 droppers on the weeks ending 10/26 and 11/2; followed by three more #1 to #12 plungers--"You Haven't Done Nothing" 11/9; "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 11/16; and finally "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" on the week ending November 23. |
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Post by mga707 on Aug 3, 2019 11:16:58 GMT -5
Random observation while listening to 8/3/74: "Wild Thing" by The Troggs ('66) has the 'distinction', so to speak, of having three of the worst remakes: 'Senator Bobby' in '67 (novelty); Fancy, which debuted on this show (cheesy); and Sam Kinison (awful). Not to mention the equally horrible unrelated song with the same title by Tone Loc...  |
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Post by tzmac on Aug 3, 2019 11:44:12 GMT -5
The only differences I detected was that the opening and closing AT40 themes were converted to stereo as were the jingles inside the countdown. Songs appeared the same to me. Ken did not get an opening credit for mono2stereo conversion, but he did get a "digitally re-mastered" credit at the end along with Shannon. Most of the songs were already stereo in the original countdown. It was a excellent re-mastering. This weeks show will be the premiere "mono2stereo" conversion of 8/01/70 show and should be a real blast!
Wasn't AT40 already being broadcast in stereo by July 1973? Why would there need to be a mono2stereo conversion of a show that's already in stereo? Starting on 02.24.73 - AT40 started the stereo shows. However - not all 45's were released in stereo back then so some AT40 songs were still aired in mono. From my memory (that's dangerous) Ken has previously redone some early '73 stereo show(s) to at least replace any remaining mono songs - and possibly updating even the stereo songs to crisper versions. The song versions Ken uses sound so good - I wish he updated the songs for all the 70's shows. |
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Post by jmack19 on Aug 3, 2019 12:06:41 GMT -5
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Post by waterboy on Aug 3, 2019 12:17:19 GMT -5
Optional extras for 8/1/70: Hour #1: "It's Not Unusual" - Tom Jones Hour #2: "Big Girls Don't Cry" - The Four Seasons Hour #3: "Alley Oop" - The Hollywood Argyles The OE's for 8/3/74 are the same as the 2017 airing. I loved the show, it sounded great!
I do wonder why they chose to repeat the Bob Crewe story about how he got the inspiration to write "Big Girls Don't Cry" from watching a late night film with Joan Crawford making that statement. This is one of my favorite stories, but it was from the 7.25.70 show and included there. The 8.01.70 show had a extra by Fats Domino, "I'm Walking" . Easy to understand why they opted to exclude that one, I'm probably the only person here old enough to have heard that song in it's heyday.  I guess they did not want to get Larry Morgan involved and keep the extras all voiced by Casey.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 3, 2019 12:46:34 GMT -5
Optional extras for 8/1/70: Hour #1: "It's Not Unusual" - Tom Jones Hour #2: "Big Girls Don't Cry" - The Four Seasons Hour #3: "Alley Oop" - The Hollywood Argyles The OE's for 8/3/74 are the same as the 2017 airing. I loved the show, it sounded great!
I do wonder why they chose to repeat the Bob Crewe story about how he got the inspiration to write "Big Girls Don't Cry" from watching a late night film with Joan Crawford making that statement. This is one of my favorite stories, but it was from the 7.25.70 show and included there. The 8.01.70 show had a extra by Fats Domino, "I'm Walking" . Easy to understand why they opted to exclude that one, I'm probably the only person here old enough to have heard that song in it's heyday. I guess they did not want to get Larry Morgan involved and keep the extras all voiced by Casey.
"I'm Walking" is not excluded, it remains in the 1970 show. As for the '1974 show, the stream this week on WPAC is perfect--nothing from the show got cut off at the end. |
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Post by papathree on Aug 3, 2019 12:57:36 GMT -5
I need to catch the first 15 minutes of the "B" show from 3 Aug 1974. Anyone know which station(s) might air it later today or tomorrow?
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Post by jmack19 on Aug 3, 2019 13:25:28 GMT -5
I need to catch the first 15 minutes of the "B" show from 3 Aug 1974. Anyone know which station(s) might air it later today or tomorrow? There should be a half dozen or so stations tomorrow like WKIX, WIHG & WPAC. Here is WPAC's first airing from earlier today:
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Post by rgmike on Aug 3, 2019 13:29:31 GMT -5
in the 1970 show, Casey refers to "Ball of Confusion" as the Temptations' "4th protest song in a row". Huh? I'd hardly call "Can't Get Next to You" or "Psychedelic Shack" protest songs.
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Post by papathree on Aug 3, 2019 13:48:33 GMT -5
I need to catch the first 15 minutes of the "B" show from 3 Aug 1974. Anyone know which station(s) might air it later today or tomorrow? There should be a half dozen or so stations tomorrow like WKIX, WIHG & WPAC. Here is WPAC's first airing from earlier today:
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Post by at40nut on Aug 4, 2019 0:09:03 GMT -5
There were a lot of great R&B and Soul songs on that 1970 show. One in particular was "Patches" by Clarence Carter. Several years ago, I bought a 4-Disc compilation at The Half Price Book Store called "Reader's Digest: American Pie." It had a lot of story songs ranging from the 50's to the 80's. "Patches" was one of the songs on there. It's kind of strange that Clarence Carter went from "Patches" in 1970 to "Strokin" in 1985.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 4, 2019 0:25:23 GMT -5
There were a lot of great R&B and Soul songs on that 1970 show. One in particular was "Patches" by Clarence Carter. Several years ago, I bought a 4-Disc compilation at The Half Price Book Store called "Reader's Digest: American Pie." It had a lot of story songs ranging from the 50's to the 80's. "Patches" was one of the songs on there. It's kind of strange that Clarence Carter went from "Patches" in 1970 to "Strokin" in 1985. More like going back to his original style. Prior to "Patches", Carther's biggest pop hit had been 1968's "Slip Away", about having an illicit affair, that reached #6 that summer. |
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Post by waterboy on Aug 4, 2019 8:28:44 GMT -5
I loved the show, it sounded great!
I do wonder why they chose to repeat the Bob Crewe story about how he got the inspiration to write "Big Girls Don't Cry" from watching a late night film with Joan Crawford making that statement. This is one of my favorite stories, but it was from the 7.25.70 show and included there. The 8.01.70 show had a extra by Fats Domino, "I'm Walking" . Easy to understand why they opted to exclude that one, I'm probably the only person here old enough to have heard that song in it's heyday. I guess they did not want to get Larry Morgan involved and keep the extras all voiced by Casey.
"I'm Walking" is not excluded, it remains in the 1970 show. As for the '1974 show, the stream this week on WPAC is perfect--nothing from the show got cut off at the end. Oops, you are right! The show had just started and I stepped aside to get a cold drink and missed it. Another extra not mentioned as being included was Glen Campbell "Gentle on My Mind". Boat load of extras this show. In the original show they played the LONG version 7.39 of "Are You Ready". That was cut down to 2 minutes. OK by me, the LONG version was really way too long and did not add anything of value, IMO.
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Post by keithr63 on Aug 4, 2019 8:54:04 GMT -5
KIX 102.9 is playing 8/3/74.Currently On # 27
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I guess they did not want to get Larry Morgan involved and keep the extras all voiced by Casey.