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Post by kenmartin on May 1, 2020 18:41:43 GMT -5
Christmas music is done on Magic 103.1 and we're back to regular weekend programming and the return of AT40 this weekend. Seventies Sunday morning at 9 and Eighties Saturday afternoon at 3. Hey Ken would you consider the following thought.... It would be interesting to have for the 50th Anniversary the 753-1 AT40 show with mono to stereo by Ken Martin.... ;-) It's the 50th anniversary. You don't think Premiere would let that anniversary go by without doing something about it, do you? hint, hint, hint |
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Post by jmack19 on May 2, 2020 10:51:19 GMT -5
A lot of stations are airing last week's 1974 show for some reason. KDPX & KQAD are just some examples.
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Post by rgmike on May 2, 2020 13:14:24 GMT -5
Listening to the 5/5/73 show on WSQL has been kind of odd. Was thoroughly enjoying it until the top 10 started. From that point on there is not a single song that I really want or need to hear (because it's a 'lost 45'). Either songs I never cared about or ones that have been played to death over the decades. Oh well, two+ really good hours... Of that group, "Little Willy" is probably my favourite..."The Cisco Kid", "Drift Away", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", and "Stuck In the Middle of You" are good but arguably overplayed. Same maybe for "Frankenstein", despite the instrumental skills. "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" has sort of become a universal "welcome home!" song for soldiers or those in trouble; "The Twelfth of Never" was an OK but unneeded cover of a Johnny Mathis classic; "Sing" should have stayed on Sesame Street (though I like the Carpenters otherwise); and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" has survived with the help of Reba McEntire's 1990s cover. Pretty much agree with that analysis, tho' I do have a soft spot for "Sing". And I'm always amused that Sonny rejected "...Georgia" because he found it offensive to Southerners... but 6 months later Cher hit #1 with a song called "Half Breed". Heh. I find it true of a lot of these shows, that the first 2 hours are great and the final hour is chock full o' songs I never need to hear again. |
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Post by mga707 on May 2, 2020 17:28:47 GMT -5
And I'm always amused that Sonny rejected "...Georgia" because he found it offensive to Southerners... but 6 months later Cher hit #1 with a song called "Half Breed". Heh. I find it true of a lot of these shows, that the first 2 hours are great and the final hour is chock full o' songs I never need to hear again. Not 'Southerners', just anyone with half a brain.  "...so he fired a shot just to flag him down..."; "...they hung my brother before I could say...". Some massive leaps in logic there--like I stated before, just a poorly-written, lazy, bad song. Your final sentence is dead on. |
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Post by pb on May 2, 2020 19:29:57 GMT -5
Of the top 10 of this show "You Are The Sunshine.." and "Cisco Kid" are my favorites, "Little Willy" probably least favorite.
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Post by darnall42 on May 3, 2020 1:58:58 GMT -5
No Casey ,its not called Get off my blue suede shoes!!!  (great version of the carl perkins classic by Johnny rivers to open the 1973 chart though ) |
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Post by tzmac on May 3, 2020 5:30:50 GMT -5
Hey Ken would you consider the following thought.... It would be interesting to have for the 50th Anniversary the 753-1 AT40 show with mono to stereo by Ken Martin.... ;-) It's the 50th anniversary. You don't think Premiere would let that anniversary go by without doing something about it, do you? hint, hint, hint So it sounds like we're going to get a mono to stereo conversion of the first show 703-1 (chart date 7-11-70) on its 50th anniversary! I've never heard the 5th anniversary rebroadcast show (753-1). The songs are obviously the same as the debut show - and Casey's original 1970 talk - but what if any additional dialogue does Casey add to the 1975 show? Does he come on at the start of each hour (and/or after commercial breaks) to let listeners know about the rebroadcast? |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on May 3, 2020 6:51:47 GMT -5
I have the original show aired on the weekend of 7/5/1975, and Casey starts off several segments (including before the show open) by letting the listeners know that it's a re-broadcast of the first AT40 show. However, I believe Premiere will cut these out because Casey says "five years ago" in every single one. If he had just mentioned the date of 7/4/1970, I bet they stay in.
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Post by mrjukebox on May 3, 2020 7:19:09 GMT -5
I distinctly remember that as well.
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Post by bobbo428 on May 3, 2020 11:51:19 GMT -5
Of that group, "Little Willy" is probably my favourite..."The Cisco Kid", "Drift Away", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", and "Stuck In the Middle of You" are good but arguably overplayed. Same maybe for "Frankenstein", despite the instrumental skills. "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" has sort of become a universal "welcome home!" song for soldiers or those in trouble; "The Twelfth of Never" was an OK but unneeded cover of a Johnny Mathis classic; "Sing" should have stayed on Sesame Street (though I like the Carpenters otherwise); and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" has survived with the help of Reba McEntire's 1990s cover. Pretty much agree with that analysis, tho' I do have a soft spot for "Sing". And I'm always amused that Sonny rejected "...Georgia" because he found it offensive to Southerners... but 6 months later Cher hit #1 with a song called "Half Breed". Heh. I find it true of a lot of these shows, that the first 2 hours are great and the final hour is chock full o' songs I never need to hear again. The first hour is always my favorite--I heard the first part of 1974's show the other day, and my girlfriend was impressed with the Bloodstone song. In 1974, I heard it only once because (a) the special program on April 7; (b) My local station discontinued the program; and (c) I missed the 4/27/74 countdown the first time around because our class went on a trip. I did hear it on 4/21/74 on a station 70 miles away, but it was so static-y that I never knew the title or artist until I bought a Billboard book in the '80s. Because of our class trip, I missed Earth, Wind & Fire's top-40 debut, but I had been a bit familiar with their previous single, "Head to the Sky." |
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Post by bobbo428 on May 3, 2020 12:03:53 GMT -5
I have the original show aired on the weekend of 7/5/1975, and Casey starts off several segments (including before the show open) by letting the listeners know that it's a re-broadcast of the first AT40 show. However, I believe Premiere will cut these out because Casey says "five years ago" in every single one. If he had just mentioned the date of 7/4/1970, I bet they stay in. If it really were five years ago, we'd have to endure Ryan Seacrest count down rap, Maroon , Shawn Mendes, et al. I wish there were a way to change the word "years" to "decades." It is five of something. Five centuries ago, 1520, was the baroque era, I believe. I have to check my Music History book! |
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Post by rgmike on May 3, 2020 12:53:50 GMT -5
I'm always fascinated that "Playground in my Mind" didn't debut in the 40 until May; it was getting airplay in NYC as early as February.
And I'm curious: Did Casey ever mention that Elvis' "Steamroller Blues" was written by James Taylor during its Top 40 run?
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Post by mrjukebox on May 3, 2020 13:33:40 GMT -5
I was wondering if Casey ever mentioned that James Taylor wrote "Steamroller Blues"-That song first appeared on the "Sweet Baby James" album in 1970.
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Post by mga707 on May 3, 2020 13:46:54 GMT -5
I was wondering if Casey ever mentioned that James Taylor wrote "Steamroller Blues"-That song first appeared on the "Sweet Baby James" album in 1970. Going on my sometimes faulty memories of 47 years ago , I seem to recall that he did. |
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Post by rgmike on May 3, 2020 18:11:44 GMT -5
Goofs of the Week: Casey incorrectly ID's the New Birth song as "I CAN'T Understand It" -- it's also wrong on the cue sheet -- but of course it's "I CAN..."
Also, he says the Lobo hit is his 3rd Top 40 record, but it was his 4th. Oopsies.
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"...so he fired a shot just to flag him down..."; "...they hung my brother before I could say...". Some massive leaps in logic there--like I stated before, just a poorly-written, lazy, bad song. Your final sentence is dead on.
(great version of the carl perkins classic by Johnny rivers to open the 1973 chart though 
