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Post by caseyfan100 on May 13, 2020 12:37:03 GMT -5
Jerry Lee was in the show originally. Little Richard (Long Tall Sally, NOT GGMM) is an extra because of his death and is voiced by Casey. As well as the Betty Wright extra. Both taken from AT40 shows. Ironically, with the passing of Little Richard, 'The Killer' (Jerry Lee Lewis) is now pretty much the only major 'star' of the early days of rock and roll (1955-59) who is still with us, at age 84. Which, given his long history of behavior that would normally not be considered conducive to a long lifespan, is itself a feat, a la Keith Richards. In 1972 Jerry was in the midst of his country chart-fueled 'comeback', which had given him his final pop top 40 single, barely: His version of "Me and Bobby McGee" had squeaked onto the 40 for a sole week at #40 in January. His remake of "Chantilly Lace" had just missed the pop 40, peaking at #43 in April. A year later, what was probably the biggest of his '70s country hits, "Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee" would likewise also just miss the 40, hitting #41 in May of '73. Here are some other stars from the 55-59 period still alive. Paul Anka,Neil Sedaka,Pat Boone,Don Everly and Vera Lynn was mentioned during the listing of the foreign born women with #1 songs during last weekend's '76 countdown. She turned 103 in March. |
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Post by TheOriginalArtist on May 13, 2020 14:52:54 GMT -5
Here are some other stars from the 55-59 period still alive. Paul Anka,Neil Sedaka,Pat Boone,Don Everly and Vera Lynn was mentioned during the listing of the foreign born women with #1 songs during last weekend's '76 countdown. She turned 103 in March. Yes, now the only original RRHOF inductees left are Jerry Lee Lewis and Don Everly. |
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Post by mga707 on May 13, 2020 15:00:00 GMT -5
Ironically, with the passing of Little Richard, 'The Killer' (Jerry Lee Lewis) is now pretty much the only major 'star' of the early days of rock and roll (1955-59) who is still with us, at age 84. Which, given his long history of behavior that would normally not be considered conducive to a long lifespan, is itself a feat, a la Keith Richards. In 1972 Jerry was in the midst of his country chart-fueled 'comeback', which had given him his final pop top 40 single, barely: His version of "Me and Bobby McGee" had squeaked onto the 40 for a sole week at #40 in January. His remake of "Chantilly Lace" had just missed the pop 40, peaking at #43 in April. A year later, what was probably the biggest of his '70s country hits, "Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee" would likewise also just miss the 40, hitting #41 in May of '73. Here are some other stars from the 55-59 period still alive. Paul Anka,Neil Sedaka,Pat Boone,Don Everly and Vera Lynn was mentioned during the listing of the foreign born women with #1 songs during last weekend's '76 countdown. She turned 103 in March. Aside from Don Everly, I'd put the others in the 'pop star' or 'teen idol' category rather than 'rock'n'roll'. Obviously the very much alive Pat Boone (who had more chart success in this period than anyone other than Elvis) would count as well. |
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Post by seminolefan on May 14, 2020 10:22:38 GMT -5
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Post by Hervard on May 14, 2020 17:06:46 GMT -5
Yep - looks like 1972 on Squirrely radio, as they went to regular programming after the top of the hour news at 5:00.
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Post by slf on May 14, 2020 18:14:13 GMT -5
Here are some other stars from the 55-59 period still alive. Paul Anka,Neil Sedaka,Pat Boone,Don Everly and Vera Lynn was mentioned during the listing of the foreign born women with #1 songs during last weekend's '76 countdown. She turned 103 in March. Aside from Don Everly, I'd put the others in the 'pop star' or 'teen idol' category rather than 'rock'n'roll'. Obviously the very much alive Pat Boone (who had more chart success in this period than anyone other than Elvis) would count as well. Here's three more genuine rock performers of the '50's who are still with us. 1. Duane Eddy ("Rebel 'Rouser" and "Forty Miles Of Bad Road" were Top 10 hits in the late '50's) 2. Lloyd Price ("Stagger Lee", "Personality", and "I'm Gonna Get Married" were all Top 5 hits in 1959, plus "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" was a #1 R&B hit in 1952.) 3. Brenda Lee (She was having minor hits in the late '50's, including the first release of her iconic "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree".) |
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Post by billyonaire on May 14, 2020 22:32:51 GMT -5
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on May 14, 2020 23:37:10 GMT -5
We can now cross off another show on the unaired list.  |
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Post by dth1971 on May 15, 2020 6:29:14 GMT -5
Has the July 6, 1974 AT40 special been played before? And my guesses for the May 24, 1975 AT40 OPTIONAL EXTRAS: Hour #1 - "The Hustle" - Van McCoy Hour #2 - "Why Can't We Be Friends" - War Hout #3 - "Lizzie and the Rainman" - Tanya Tucker |
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Post by matt on May 15, 2020 8:55:59 GMT -5
And there it is...we will be down to two 3-hour shows left after next weekend, and both of those would happen in August if they go this year. Has the July 6, 1974 AT40 special been played before? It's been played twice, but not in over a decade and not yet in the Larry Morgan era: July 14-15, 2007 January 3-4, 2009 |
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Post by dth1971 on May 15, 2020 9:34:35 GMT -5
And there it is...we will be down to two 3-hour shows left after next weekend, and both of those would happen in August if they go this year. Has the July 6, 1974 AT40 special been played before? It's been played twice, but not in over a decade and not yet in the Larry Morgan era: July 14-15, 2007 January 3-4, 2009 What 1970's AT40 specials have not yet been played by Premiere? |
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Post by matt on May 15, 2020 9:47:19 GMT -5
And there it is...we will be down to two 3-hour shows left after next weekend, and both of those would happen in August if they go this year. It's been played twice, but not in over a decade and not yet in the Larry Morgan era: July 14-15, 2007 January 3-4, 2009 What 1970's AT40 specials have not yet been played by Premiere? According to my records, specials that have not yet been played by Premiere (and most of these likely never will be aired since most or all of the songs from them are from before the 1970s or 80's and thus wouldn't be a fit with subscribing stations' formats): 5/1/71 - TOP 40 ARTISTS OF THE ROCK 'N' ROLL ERA (1955-1971) SPECIAL 9/30/72 - TOP 40 ARTISTS (9/1/67 - 9/1/72) SPECIAL 4/7/73 - MOST POPULAR RECORDS OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS SPECIAL 7/7/73 - TOP 40 DISAPPEARING ACTS SPECIAL 10/6/73 - TOP 40 RECORDING ACTS OF THE ROCK ERA (1955-1973) SPECIAL 4/6/74 - TOP 40 MOST EXTRAORDINARY BRITISH HITS SPECIAL 4/5/75 - TOP 40 DISAPPEARING ACTS II SPECIAL 7/5/75 - 5TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (Replay of 7/11/70 with some added Casey commentary) 10/4/75 - TOP ROCK AND ROLL ACTS OF THE 50'S SPECIAL 7/3/76 - 40 YEARS OF JULY 4TH #1 SONGS SPECIAL 10/2/76 - TOP 40 SONGS OF THE BEATLES ERA (1964 - 1970) SPECIAL 7/5/80 - AT40 BOOK OF RECORDS SPECIAL It will be interesting to see if the 7/11/70 show that is supposedly in the schedule for 4th of July weekend this year is the original show or the 7/5/75 version. |
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Post by Hervard on May 15, 2020 10:16:10 GMT -5
^Due to the pre-1970s music on the above specials, I seriously doubt we'll ever be hearing any of them - on the Premiere retro-AT40 series, that is.
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Post by Hervard on May 15, 2020 10:19:28 GMT -5
I have a feeling that we'll be hearing the two unaired three-hour shows this August. The question is, will they run the 1979 shows? I would think they'd probably go with the 6/23/1979 show in another month or so, but I don't know about the two late 1979 shows (11/24 and 12/1). I still don't understand why they didn't play either of them last year when it was certainly feasible to do so. The only logical explanation I can think of is that neither of them were digitally remastered in time. Guess we'll find out around Thanksgiving.
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Post by doofus67 on May 15, 2020 12:02:10 GMT -5
Pretty neat on the 5-20-72...the top 7 songs are R&B. Just one week before (5/13/72), the Top 8 songs were all by R&B artists. It's the same Top 7 songs as the 5/20/72 show but in a different order, plus "Day Dreaming" by Aretha Franklin was at #8. Sorry for jumping decades, but this reminds me of the chart of 8/18/84. We can thank MTV for caving in to CBS Records a year and a half earlier and showing that "Billie Jean" video. #1 Ray Parker Jr., "Ghostbusters" #2 Tina Turner, "What's Love Got to Do with It" #3 The Jacksons, "State of Shock" #4 Prince, "When Doves Cry" #5 Lionel Richie, "Stuck on You" |
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