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Post by mga707 on Mar 13, 2020 16:03:19 GMT -5
Past history suggests that he's completely serious. Rest easy, WWIS is airing AT40 this afternoon as usual. Regardless of whether Black River Falls, Pigeon Falls, and Whitehall are in 'lockdown' or not!  |
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Post by caseyfan100 on Mar 13, 2020 17:02:36 GMT -5
I think the original question was in jest. Past history suggests that he's completely serious. I think it's a serious thought/question. As I posted in the '80's thread,I don't expect any changes unless something more major happens. People need an "escape" right now but where do you find it? The movie theater? Disney's closed and there's no sports going on the help escape what's going on. |
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Post by darnall42 on Mar 14, 2020 9:23:09 GMT -5
glad to be an AT40 fan at the moment ,here in the UK the virus is starting to kick in and having a bit of a cough and a few sniffles i'm self isolating so my AT40 recordings are keeping me entertained at the moment  |
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Post by rgmike on Mar 14, 2020 11:30:59 GMT -5
Goofs of the Week (all in the first hour): Casey says "Taxi" and "Everybody Plays the Fool" were both "last year" when in fact they were in 1972. And he says John Lennon's first solo single was "Mother" -- guess he forgot about "Instant Karma"!
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Post by djjoe1960 on Mar 14, 2020 11:47:34 GMT -5
Goofs of the Week (all in the first hour): Casey says "Taxi" and "Everybody Plays the Fool" were both "last year" when in fact they were in 1972. And he says John Lennon's first solo single was "Mother" -- guess he forgot about "Instant Karma"! Actually Instant Karma would be John's first solo single under his name--however, Mother never made the Top 40 in Billboard (so I'm not sure why he would mention that song).  |
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Post by mkarns on Mar 14, 2020 12:07:03 GMT -5
KALK (Winfield, Texas) is playing 3/4/72. Do they routinely air last week’s shows, or is this just a mistake?
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 14, 2020 13:42:16 GMT -5
Goofs of the Week (all in the first hour): Casey says "Taxi" and "Everybody Plays the Fool" were both "last year" when in fact they were in 1972. And he says John Lennon's first solo single was "Mother" -- guess he forgot about "Instant Karma"! Actually Instant Karma would be John's first solo single under his name--however, Mother never made the Top 40 in Billboard (so I'm not sure why he would mention that song). "Mother" by John Lennon only made it to #43 in 1971. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Mar 14, 2020 16:09:07 GMT -5
Actually Instant Karma would be John's first solo single under his name--however, Mother never made the Top 40 in Billboard (so I'm not sure why he would mention that song). "Mother" by John Lennon only made it to #43 in 1971. I'm pretty sure this has been mentioned before--Mother by John Lennon reached #16 in Record World and #19 in Cash Box in 1971--making that song the highest charting song on another chart(s), during the 1970's, to not reach the Top 40 in Billboard (and subsequently not getting played on AT40). |
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Post by pb on Mar 14, 2020 17:56:10 GMT -5
Goofs of the Week (all in the first hour): Casey says "Taxi" and "Everybody Plays the Fool" were both "last year" when in fact they were in 1972. And he says John Lennon's first solo single was "Mother" -- guess he forgot about "Instant Karma"! Actually Instant Karma would be John's first solo single under his name--however, Mother never made the Top 40 in Billboard (so I'm not sure why he would mention that song). I remember at least once Casey mentioned Ringo's first single "Beaucoups Of Blues" which didn't get near the top 40 (#87 in 1970) while discussing the Beatles's solo singles. EDIT: and, listening to 3/16/74, this was the very show where he mentioned it. He also said that "Mother" was John's first single after the band's breakup in May 1970, which was correct ("Instant Karma" was still in the top 40 in May, but peaked in April). |
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Post by SFGuy on Mar 15, 2020 3:41:05 GMT -5
I don't believe in curses but three of the four songs that were at #29 on the shows played last week were peaking----Softly Whispering I Love You from 1972, Never Let Her Go from 1975 and Ah! Leah! from 1981. Only I'm On Fire from 1985 continued to matriculate its way up the charts.
Says the person whose name is cursereversed. |
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Post by mga707 on Mar 15, 2020 12:46:40 GMT -5
Actually Instant Karma would be John's first solo single under his name--however, Mother never made the Top 40 in Billboard (so I'm not sure why he would mention that song). I remember at least once Casey mentioned Ringo's first single "Beaucoups Of Blues" which didn't get near the top 40 (#87 in 1970) while discussing the Beatles's solo singles. EDIT: and, listening to 3/16/74, this was the very show where he mentioned it. He also said that "Mother" was John's first single after the band's breakup in May 1970, which was correct ("Instant Karma" was still in the top 40 in May, but peaked in April). Fun to speculate how high "Maybe I'm Amazed" would have charted had Apple Records (Capitol/EMI) chosen to release it as a single in May of 1970 when the "McCartney" LP was released (at almost the same time as the 'Let It Be' LP finally came out). In my area, at least, it got airplay on top 40 radio as if it were a single. |
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Post by rgmike on Mar 15, 2020 16:25:10 GMT -5
I remember at least once Casey mentioned Ringo's first single "Beaucoups Of Blues" which didn't get near the top 40 (#87 in 1970) while discussing the Beatles's solo singles. EDIT: and, listening to 3/16/74, this was the very show where he mentioned it. He also said that "Mother" was John's first single after the band's breakup in May 1970, which was correct ("Instant Karma" was still in the top 40 in May, but peaked in April). Fun to speculate how high "Maybe I'm Amazed" would have charted had Apple Records (Capitol/EMI) chosen to release it as a single in May of 1970 when the "McCartney" LP was released (at almost the same time as the 'Let It Be' LP finally came out). In my area, at least, it got airplay on top 40 radio as if it were a single. It got tons of "as if it were a single" airplay everywhere -- I have always maintained it would have been a massive #1 hit if released. |
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Post by jmack19 on Mar 15, 2020 16:43:30 GMT -5
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Post by cursereversed on Mar 16, 2020 13:11:23 GMT -5
I don't believe in curses but three of the four songs that were at #29 on the shows played last week were peaking----Softly Whispering I Love You from 1972, Never Let Her Go from 1975 and Ah! Leah! from 1981. Only I'm On Fire from 1985 continued to matriculate its way up the charts. Says the person whose name is cursereversed. I was waiting for somebody to say that! My screen name is sort of a joke---the first time I ever joined an internet forum (one which no longer exists) was in late 2004, shortly after my favorite sports team won the World Series and broke the alleged "Curse Of The Bambino". I keep using it for every forum I'm on so I don't have to remember which screen name I'm using for that particular site. |
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Post by mkarns on Mar 16, 2020 16:01:12 GMT -5
Optional extras for March 26, 1977:
Hour #1: "Calling Dr. Love" - KISS (#58)
Hour #2: "Lucille" - Kenny Rogers (#83; debuted)
Hour #3: "Feels Like The First Time" - Foreigner (#89; debuted)
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