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Post by chrislc on Apr 11, 2023 18:39:39 GMT -5
Om the 1979 Year-End Countdown, Casey said the comparisons of the Knack to the Beatles might have been a little premature.
But the Knack went and had a third Top 40 hit, JUST LIKE THE BEATLES HAD DONE!!!
Also this -
If Gloria Gaynor had changed that stupid lock, why would it have mattered if she had made him leave his key? Wouldn't the key have been useless once the lock had been changed? What's the deal, Gloria? Can you really never say goodbye to him?
Or to her or they
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Post by 80sat40fan on Apr 12, 2023 11:51:27 GMT -5
Casey Kasem isn't the only person associated with AT40 to jinx some artists. The iHeart Classic AT40 channel featured the 5/12/79 show this morning. Here is what is noted on the cue sheet from Ton Rounds from AT40: "Since Elton John entered the word into the rock and roll lexicon a few years back, we have not been blessed with the word "b!tch" again until this week. Rod Stewart's "Ain't Love A B!tch" enters the countdown, and will very likely become Top 10. We mention this fact in case there are subscribers who feel the title and record would offend in markets where there are no b!tches."
Rod Stewart's ALAB peaked at #22.
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Post by chrislc on Apr 12, 2023 11:57:53 GMT -5
Casey Kasem isn't the only person associated with AT40 to jinx some artists. The iHeart Classic AT40 channel featured the 5/12/79 show this morning. Here is what is noted on the cue sheet from Ton Rounds from AT40: "Since Elton John entered the word into the rock and roll lexicon a few years back, we have not been blessed with the word "b!tch" again until this week. Rod Stewart's "Ain't Love A B!tch" enters the countdown, and will very likely become Top 10. We mention this fact in case there are subscribers who feel the title and record would offend in markets where there are no b!tches." Rod Stewart's ALAB peaked at #22. It probably would have made the Top Ten if Rod had recorded it using Pro Tools.
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Post by mga707 on Apr 12, 2023 13:43:20 GMT -5
If Gloria Gaynor had changed that stupid lock, why would it have mattered if she had made him leave his key? Wouldn't the key have been useless once the lock had been changed? What's the deal, Gloria? Can you really never say goodbye to him? I think Gloria meant either/or rather than both, which would indeed be redundant.
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Post by chrislc on Apr 12, 2023 16:32:51 GMT -5
If Gloria Gaynor had changed that stupid lock, why would it have mattered if she had made him leave his key? Wouldn't the key have been useless once the lock had been changed? What's the deal, Gloria? Can you really never say goodbye to him? I think Gloria meant either/or rather than both, which would indeed be redundant. Wouldn't have killed her to add "or", rather than subliminally or bliminally confusing everyone for over 40 years.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Apr 15, 2023 14:44:00 GMT -5
On this week's 1982 Casey said Post strikes again w/ the Theme From Magnum. But afterwards Mike would strike out never reaching the Hot 100 again.
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Post by dth1971 on Apr 15, 2023 15:14:05 GMT -5
On this week's 1982 Casey said Post strikes again w/ the Theme From Magnum. But afterwards Mike would strike out never reaching the Hot 100 again. Would Mike Post's "Theme From The A-Team" in 1984 made Billboard's Hot 100 but didn't? I remember seeing a 45 single of this at a Musicland store that Fall 1984 time.
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Post by mga707 on Apr 15, 2023 17:41:45 GMT -5
On this week's 1982 Casey said Post strikes again w/ the Theme From Magnum. But afterwards Mike would strike out never reaching the Hot 100 again. Would Mike Post's "Theme From The A-Team" in 1984 made Billboard's Hot 100 but didn't? I remember seeing a 45 single of this at a Musicland store that Fall 1984 time. Did not make the Hot 100. Besides his three top 40 TV themes, Post's only other Hot 100 single was the #56 'Manhattan Spiritual', which was the follow-up to 'Rockford Files' in '75.
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Post by dth1971 on Apr 15, 2023 20:07:53 GMT -5
Would Mike Post's "Theme From The A-Team" in 1984 made Billboard's Hot 100 but didn't? I remember seeing a 45 single of this at a Musicland store that Fall 1984 time. Did not make the Hot 100. Besides his three top 40 TV themes, Post's only other Hot 100 single was the #56 'Manhattan Spiritual', which was th follow-up to 'Rockford Files' in '75. "Manhattan Spiritual" by Mike Post wasn't a TV show theme or movie theme, I guess.
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Post by mga707 on Apr 15, 2023 21:16:22 GMT -5
Did not make the Hot 100. Besides his three top 40 TV themes, Post's only other Hot 100 single was the #56 'Manhattan Spiritual', which was th follow-up to 'Rockford Files' in '75. "Manhattan Spiritual" by Mike Post wasn't a TV show theme or movie theme, I guess. Correct.
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Post by chrislc on Apr 16, 2023 17:03:45 GMT -5
"Manhattan Spiritual" by Mike Post wasn't a TV show theme or movie theme, I guess. Correct. Per Wiki "Manhattan Spiritual" is an instrumental musical piece written by Billy Maxted and first performed by the Reg Owen Orchestra. It reached #10 on the US pop chart and #20 on the UK Singles Chart in 1959.[1] It was featured on their 1958 album Manhattan Spiritual.[2] Reg Owen not to be confused with Reginald Owen A Christmas Carol (1938) as Ebenezer Scrooge
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Post by mkarns on Apr 29, 2023 10:11:26 GMT -5
Casey told a story on April 28, 1979 about how hot Infinity Records was. The label went out of business within a year, due in part not to Casey but the Pope, of all people: Infinity issued a record of Pope John Paul II's speeches and songs performed in Polish. While the Pope was highly popular, as seen by his US tour that year, that didn't translate into a great demand for the record, and lots of unsold copies were returned to the label, one of many financial losses that led parent company MCA to pull the plug on Infinity. (At least the Catholic Church got a good charitable donation in the form of the fees that Infinity paid for the rights to the Pope's material.)
Though Infinity did at least manage to end the year, and its existence, with a #1 hit when Rupert Holmes' "Escape" topped the chart that December. So they could at least pour out some pina coladas to ease the disappointment...
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Post by mga707 on Apr 29, 2023 12:45:52 GMT -5
Casey told a story on April 28, 1979 about how hot Infinity Records was. The label went out of business within a year, due in part not to Casey but the Pope, of all people: Infinity issued a record of Pope John Paul II's speeches and songs performed in Polish. While the Pope was highly popular, as seen by his US tour that year, that didn't translate into a great demand for the record, and lots of unsold copies were returned to the label, one of many financial losses that led parent company MCA to pull the plug on Infinity. (At least the Catholic Church got a good charitable donation in the form of the fees that Infinity paid for the rights to the Pope's material.) Though Infinity did at least manage to end the year, and its existence, with a #1 hit when Rupert Holmes' "Escape" topped the chart that December. So they could at least pour out some pina coladas to ease the disappointment... Later pressings of the "Escape" single were on MCA, who kept Holmes on the parent label after Infinity imploded. As were the top 40 follow-ups, "Him" and "Answering Machine". All three from his "Partners In Crime" LP, also released on both labels.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Apr 29, 2023 14:31:12 GMT -5
In a reverse jinx, Casey said With A Little Luck, Wings was headed to #1 on last week's butchered 78 show.
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Post by mkarns on May 7, 2023 22:00:36 GMT -5
Casey said on May 9, 1987 that Jody Watley was not only "Looking For a New Love" but maybe also looking for a #1 song. She never got it on AT40, as LFANL was #2 for four weeks but never hit the top, and two years later "Real Love" also peaked at #2. (That was on Shadoe's AT40; on CT40 "Real Love" hit #3.)
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