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Post by matt on Aug 10, 2011 12:26:53 GMT -5
Predictions for next week's show...let's go with: First guess: 8/19/78 Second guess: 8/23/75 Subject to change if Mr. Battistini offers a hint that suggests otherwise...  |
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Post by briguy52748 on Aug 10, 2011 19:38:08 GMT -5
Predictions for next week's show...let's go with: First guess: 8/19/78 Second guess: 8/23/75 Subject to change if Mr. Battistini offers a hint that suggests otherwise... So we're going with predictions for next week's shows already, I see. Brian |
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Post by mrjukebox on Aug 10, 2011 19:53:32 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show:8/19/78
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Post by matt on Aug 10, 2011 19:54:52 GMT -5
Predictions for next week's show...let's go with: First guess: 8/19/78 Second guess: 8/23/75 Subject to change if Mr. Battistini offers a hint that suggests otherwise... So we're going with predictions for next week's shows already, I see. Brian Sure, why not? Fun to get the conversation started... |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Aug 10, 2011 20:05:29 GMT -5
Predictions for next week's show...let's go with: First guess: 8/19/78 Second guess: 8/23/75 Subject to change if Mr. Battistini offers a hint that suggests otherwise... OK, wahoo, here you go. The 70s chart we'll hear the weekend of August 20-21 contains the following statistics... Within the Top 40, one or more songs move up the chart: 1 position 2 positions 3 positions 4 positions 5 positions 6 positions 8 positions 11 positions 13 positions 14 positions |
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Post by brianmichaels on Aug 10, 2011 20:27:05 GMT -5
Predictions for next week's show...let's go with: First guess: 8/19/78 Second guess: 8/23/75 Subject to change if Mr. Battistini offers a hint that suggests otherwise... OK, wahoo, here you go. The 70s chart we'll hear the weekend of August 20-21 contains the following statistics... Within the Top 40, one or more songs move up the chart: 1 position 2 positions 3 positions 4 positions 5 positions 6 positions 8 positions 11 positions 13 positions 14 positions Looks like 8/18/1979! |
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Post by kchkwong on Aug 10, 2011 20:31:18 GMT -5
Yes, looks like it is 1979. |
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Post by brianmichaels on Aug 10, 2011 21:17:11 GMT -5
Yes, looks like it is 1979. I was hoping for 8/19/78, oh well. |
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Post by briguy52748 on Aug 11, 2011 10:00:38 GMT -5
Before getting into any predictions for next week, I've unearthed this week's extras via WHNN's cue sheet:
* Hour 1: "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John. (You know that the bold means this was a big country crossover hit. It was -- No. 6 country in November, a month after its pop peak.)
* Hour 2: "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
* Hour 3: the return of "Surfin' USA" by the Beach Boys.
Brian
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Post by briguy52748 on Aug 11, 2011 10:02:06 GMT -5
Now, I'll go for the next week's show prediction ...
Yeah, I'm in for Aug. 18, 1979 as well. Just too bad we can't hear 1971 for a change.
Brian
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Post by johnnywest on Aug 11, 2011 12:25:59 GMT -5
Yes, looks like it is 1979. I was hoping for 8/19/78, oh well. Of the 70s, those are my two favorite years to listen to. Maybe we'll get 1978 on the weekend of Aug. 27-28. |
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Post by mkarns on Aug 11, 2011 14:05:06 GMT -5
Before getting into any predictions for next week, I've unearthed this week's extras via WHNN's cue sheet: * Hour 1: " I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John. (You know that the bold means this was a big country crossover hit. It was -- No. 6 country in November, a month after its pop peak.) * Hour 2: "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. * Hour 3: the return of "Surfin' USA" by the Beach Boys. Brian YESSS! Three out of three this week (with a little help from Pete.) Assuming the guesses of next week's show are right, that's pretty soon to be doing 1979, as we just heard it last month (three times in July between SXM and Premiere, counting a special). But since Premiere virtually never played that year until last fall, that's eminently reasonable. Making up for lost time? Unfortunately, that means we'll probably miss some good first hour songs, such as "Girl of My Dreams", "Oh Well", "Driver's Seat" and "Different Worlds" (theme from the TV show "Angie"). |
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Post by matt on Aug 11, 2011 15:39:06 GMT -5
OK, wahoo, here you go. The 70s chart we'll hear the weekend of August 20-21 contains the following statistics... Within the Top 40, one or more songs move up the chart: 1 position 2 positions 3 positions 4 positions 5 positions 6 positions 8 positions 11 positions 13 positions 14 positions Yep, certainly looks like '79, and definitely NOT '78. What a strange deal that '79 did have that kind of chart action, and one year earlier saw a chart in which the top 14 positions all remained the same from the week before. Thanks for the hint Pete! |
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Post by dukelightning on Aug 11, 2011 16:04:06 GMT -5
If you look at that top 14 from 8/19/78, I think it comes down to one song that was an example of the bullet chart policy and one song that had a lot of staying power, that caused the holding pattern. Last Dance held at #3 because it was bulleted the previous week and Billboard chart policy stated that a bulleted song could not drop the following week. Otherwise, it could have and probably would have dropped allowing some unclogging in the top 10. The song that had a lot of staying power that had a part in causing this was Miss You. After falling out the #1 spot to #4, it held at 4 on 8/19 and then climbed a notch to 3. If it had continued dropping as most former #1 songs do, it would have allowed other songs to move up. As it was, chart history was made that week!
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Post by Ponderous Man on Aug 11, 2011 17:15:42 GMT -5
Here is what I would have predicted had Pete not spoiled it for everyone:
Prediction for next weekend's show: August 21, 1971 (Backup prediction: August 18, 1979)
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