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Post by tzmac on Jan 12, 2020 9:15:17 GMT -5
Anyone know of any station playing the 1/7/78 show this weekend?? The Hog - WIHG - will be playing the '78 show starting Sunday at 1 pm ET. |
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Post by jmack19 on Jan 12, 2020 9:50:07 GMT -5
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Post by mitchm on Jan 12, 2020 22:37:36 GMT -5
Anyone know of any station playing the 1/7/78 show this weekend?? The Hog - WIHG - will be playing the '78 show starting Sunday at 1 pm ET. Thanks for the post, tzmac. I listened to the Hog for the first time this afternoon. |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jan 13, 2020 10:17:19 GMT -5
I recall looking forward to the January 18, 1975 program when it originally aired. One reason in particular, "Lady" by Styx was one of five debut singles. The song was initially released nearly two years earlier and received a fair amount of FM radio airplay in Chicago, the group's home. (Note that Styx had a Hot 100 single eight months earlier which also got played in Chicago.) Although "Lady" didn't make a huge impact at first, the song continued to get requests and FM airplay. And it eventually was added to the playlist of, according to Casey, "a big station in Chicago." And that's what brought the song and the group into the national spotlight.
A side note, Casey was likely advised not to mention the call letters of that "big station." It was in fact, WLS-AM, the primary Top 40 competitor to WDHF-FM, AT40's Chicago station at the time.
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Post by at40nut on Jan 13, 2020 11:41:00 GMT -5
Another significant thing about the 1-18-75 countdown is that it was the final week where John,Paul,George,and Ringo each had solo hits in the Top 40 at the same time. I recently listened to the 1-11-75 countdown where Casey played "Sally G"-the flipside to "Junior's Farm" by Paul McCartney & Wings. In regards to the promotion of "Lady" by Styx, it was a time in the world of radio where records were played, requested, and at times, became big hits nationally. In some cases, that carried over into the late 80's where we saw an influx of re-released singles. In today's sad state of radio as we know it, those days are dead and long gone.
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Post by mrjukebox on Jan 13, 2020 17:14:24 GMT -5
"Lady" was released on the Wooden Nickel label-Once "Lady" became a major hit,Styx was signed to A&M Records & the rest as they say is history.
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Post by briguy52748 on Jan 14, 2020 14:32:16 GMT -5
Not to mention that jarring, traumatic, tear-jerking ending to the record. In general, people tune in to Top 40 radio to feel GOOD, to hear happy, fun music. They don't want to be slapped in the face with tragedy (unless it's sung by the Bee Gees). You mean the kid’s suicide by drug overdose at the end, right? I suppose you won’t like it that the kids in the song were discouraged from frequenting pool halls, roller skating rinks and bowling alleys. (As one pastor from the 1910s actually sermonized about ... a reference to the “well-attended service” was in an Algona, Iowa, newspaper article about old roller skating rinks in northern Iowa.) Reference to the line: “Why don’t you stay home and read a book?” Brian |
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Post by mrjukebox on Jan 14, 2020 19:53:10 GMT -5
"Once You Understand" is painful from start to finish.
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Post by pizzzzza on Jan 15, 2020 19:54:46 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to the 1-18-75 show as well - my senior year in high school.
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Post by mkarns on Jan 15, 2020 20:23:56 GMT -5
January 18, 1975 optional extras (same as those used in 2011):
Hour #1: "Lovin' You" - Minnie Riperton (#80; debuted)
Hour #2: "Lady Marmalade" - LaBelle (#84)
Hour #3: "Big Yellow Taxi (Live Version)" - Joni Mitchell (#51)
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Post by matt on Jan 16, 2020 1:54:42 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show:
1st Guess - 1/22/77
2nd Guess - 1/30/71
I'll go with the same show for the second straight week. Otherwise, 1970 last aired in October, which means 1971 is now due...
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Post by seminolefan on Jan 16, 2020 11:26:30 GMT -5
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Post by mrjukebox on Jan 16, 2020 19:47:39 GMT -5
Interesting to note that the first two optional extras from 1/18/75 were future # 1 hits.
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Post by billyonaire on Jan 17, 2020 0:57:11 GMT -5
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Post by jmack19 on Jan 17, 2020 13:29:18 GMT -5
Premiere optional extras for 1/27/73 in 2009:
"Space Oddity" David Bowie
"Somewhere My Love" Ray Conniff
"The Cover Of Rolling Stone" Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
I'll go with:
"Dueling Banjos"
"Somewhere My Love"
"Killing Me Softly With His Song"
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