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Post by mga707 on Oct 5, 2019 13:14:18 GMT -5
Listening to it now and the recording captured almost all of the last pre-countdown song ("Simply Irresistible") so considering their normal large commercial load don't expect to hear the #1 song, and #2 might even be iffy. I 'jumped ahead'--the entire show is on there, through the including the end credits. |
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Post by rgmike on Oct 5, 2019 13:31:09 GMT -5
Good examples. Here's one more. “Superstar” by Murray Head & the Trinidad Singers initially spent 7 weeks on the Hot 100 in Jan/Feb 1970. The song returned to the chart in January 1971 and spent 12 weeks, climbing as high as #60. It then fell off for a couple of weeks and returned to the Hot 100 – for an eventual climb into the Top 40 – on April 10, 1971. In all, “Superstar” spent a total of 31 weeks on the Hot 100, 23 weeks *below* the Top 40 and 8 weeks on AT40. Yes, "Superstar" is another prime example. Did not know about it's first 7-week run in early '70. Well before the "Jesus Christ Superstar" album came out later that year. The single was originally the "demo" that Webber & Rice used to sell the concept to Decca Records. A "here's what a rock opera about Jesus might sound like" sort of thing. |
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Post by kani on Oct 5, 2019 14:04:09 GMT -5
WPNC now airing 1979 as of 2pm EST
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Post by Hervard on Oct 5, 2019 16:26:47 GMT -5
Listening to it now and the recording captured almost all of the last pre-countdown song ("Simply Irresistible") so considering their normal large commercial load don't expect to hear the #1 song, and #2 might even be iffy. I 'jumped ahead'--the entire show is on there, through the including the end credits. I wonder if any part of the show in the middle is missing. |
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Post by mga707 on Oct 5, 2019 16:56:37 GMT -5
I 'jumped ahead'--the entire show is on there, through the including the end credits. I wonder if any part of the show in the middle is missing. No. It is all there. Hour 2 starts 59 minutes and 40 seconds into the recording. Very light commercial load in hour one. |
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Post by pb on Oct 5, 2019 18:55:47 GMT -5
Listened to 1972 on WVLI in Kankakee, IL and they used Frank Zappa's "Peaches En Regalia" as bumper music. That's great.
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Post by keithr63 on Oct 6, 2019 8:23:27 GMT -5
WKIX currently playing the 1979 show
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Post by mellongraig on Oct 6, 2019 8:48:58 GMT -5
1972 currently playing for CFQM (and the sister MBS stations as well)
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Post by briguy52748 on Oct 6, 2019 23:02:56 GMT -5
Debby's 10-week run at #1 begins... Man — an I may have asked before, but ... — I still don’t get why so many people so dislike “ You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone. Seriously. (Matt: Posting here to get the conversation started.) Brian |
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Post by mga707 on Oct 7, 2019 0:34:33 GMT -5
Debby's 10-week run at #1 begins... Man — an I may have asked before, but ... — I still don’t get why so many people so dislike “ You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone. Seriously. (Matt: Posting here to get the conversation started.) Brian I actually do not mind the song, but it was truly not worthy of a ten-week #1 stay, and it kept several other songs that should have made #1 out of the top spot. I would argue the same for "Physical" three years later. |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Oct 7, 2019 4:30:51 GMT -5
Here's an unusual chart/program observation...
From the single's original release, it took exactly 5 years and two versions until it eventually reached the AT40 countdown. Debuting at #99 on the Hot 100 for October 7, 1972 (this past weekend's "A" chart date) was the studio version of "I Just Want To Make Love To You" by Foghat. And debuting at #37 on this weekend's October 15, 1977 program is the live version of the same song. No doubt, the live version's chart success was based on the studio version's recurring airplay on AOR-formatted (and a few Top 40) stations. And comparing appearances, note that in 1972 the song reached #83 while in 1977 it peaked at #33.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Oct 7, 2019 8:29:50 GMT -5
Man — an I may have asked before, but ... — I still don’t get why so many people so dislike “ You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone. Seriously. (Matt: Posting here to get the conversation started.) Brian I actually do not mind the song, but it was truly not worthy of a ten-week #1 stay, and it kept several other songs that should have made #1 out of the top spot. I would argue the same for "Physical" three years later. I am not sure I agree that You Light Up My Life was not a blockbuster hit in the fall of 1977. The song's appeal crossed over several segments of society at the time. I recall being in a class one day, in high school, and a guy started singing the song and most of the rest of the joined in--showing the song's wide appeal. It did spend 8 weeks at #1 in Cash Box, 10 weeks at the top spot in Billboard and 13 weeks at #1 in Record World; not to mention 6 weeks of the top of the Radio & Records air play chart. |
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Post by Hervard on Oct 7, 2019 9:18:31 GMT -5
Man — an I may have asked before, but ... — I still don’t get why so many people so dislike “ You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone. Seriously. (Matt: Posting here to get the conversation started.) Brian I actually do not mind the song, but it was truly not worthy of a ten-week #1 stay, and it kept several other songs that should have made #1 out of the top spot. I would argue the same for "Physical" three years later. The only thing is, "Physical" blocked only one song from the top spot, "Waiting For A Girl Like You". The Debby Boone song kept four songs out of #1: "Keep It Comin' Love" by KC & The Sunshine Band (broke their Top Ten #1 streak), "Nobody Does It Better", "Boogie Nights" and "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". Of those songs, the Carly Simon song was my favorite (and that song did manage to sneak in a week at the top on the R&R charts). Crystal Gayle also deserved a few weeks on top. I don't mind Heatwave not hitting #1, since I'm not into that type of music (as if you didn't already know that, LOL)  |
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Post by matt on Oct 7, 2019 10:17:49 GMT -5
Debby's 10-week run at #1 begins... Man — an I may have asked before, but ... — I still don’t get why so many people so dislike “ You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone. Seriously. (Matt: Posting here to get the conversation started.) Brian I don't dislike the song, but it's not one I would go out of my way to hear. I think it's one of those cases where it was a slow dramatic ballad, one which touched many people deeply, and one that just didn't appeal to many other people. I think anytime you have a song like that, which spent 10 weeks at #1 and five months on the top 40, and therefore got played ad nauseam during that time, there is a polarizing effect--if you loved the song, you probably could listen to it anytime, but if you didn't love it and want to hear it that much, you were really sick of it by the time it dropped off the chart. The same could be said for most other songs that spent 6+ weeks at #1 and 20+ on the top 40. |
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Post by mga707 on Oct 7, 2019 12:44:37 GMT -5
I actually do not mind the song, but it was truly not worthy of a ten-week #1 stay, and it kept several other songs that should have made #1 out of the top spot. I would argue the same for "Physical" three years later. The only thing is, "Physical" blocked only one song from the top spot, "Waiting For A Girl Like You". The Debby Boone song kept four songs out of #1: "Keep It Comin' Love" by KC & The Sunshine Band (broke their Top Ten #1 streak), "Nobody Does It Better", "Boogie Nights" and "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". Of those songs, the Carly Simon song was my favorite (and that song did manage to sneak in a week at the top on the R&R charts). Crystal Gayle also deserved a few weeks on top. I don't mind Heatwave not hitting #1, since I'm not into that type of music (as if you didn't already know that, LOL) And, of course, I think that "Boogie Nights" was the #2 that most deserved at least a week or two at #1. In my area, at least, it was a bigger hit than 'YLUML' and did indeed hit #1 on the highest-rated local top 40 station that put out a weekly survey, KTKT. It alos got a ton of airplay on the other top 40 station at the time, KRQQ-FM, but they did not issue a printed weekly survey. They had just gone on-air that summer of '77 and would soon 'dethrone' KTKT from their long-running perch at the top of the local top 40 format ratings. 'YLUML' did hit #1 on KTKT's chart, but only for a couple of weeks, IIRC. "Boogie Nights" dethroned it and held the top spot longer. I don't even recall 'KRQ' (as KRQQ billed themself) even playing Debby's song, as they positioned themselves as more 'uptempo' than KTKT. |
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