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Post by lasvegaskid on Sept 23, 2023 18:34:39 GMT -5
In a butchered double 1978 jinx, Casey said the most successful marriage in rock, Carly and JT were covering the most successful duo in history, the Everly Bros. It would soon be splitsville for the Taylors and at #46 that week was the duo that soon flew passed Everlys.
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Post by mga707 on Sept 23, 2023 20:23:35 GMT -5
On AT40: The 70's 9/26/1970: Casey mentioned that "Groovy Situation" was Gene Chandler's biggest hit since "Duke of Earl". However, Gene Chandler would never again make the top 40 reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 after that. And after a nice 17-to-12 move on this chart, the ol' Duke of Earl seemed a lock to score his second top 10 hit (his first since that first #1 hit in '62) the following week. But it stalled at 12 and then fell. It did reach #1 on the leading top 40 station in my area. |
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 24, 2023 8:17:45 GMT -5
On AT40: The 80's 9/26/1987: Casey mentioned The Whispers' "Rock Steady" was the biggest pop hit ever for the Whispers, but the Whispers would never make the top 40 reaches of the Hot 100 again (They came close - 15 spots away from Shadoe Stevens AT40 - reaching #55 in late Summer 1990 with "Innocent").
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Post by lasvegaskid on Sept 29, 2023 19:29:43 GMT -5
On the 9/22/84 show Casey said Branigan's countdown song was her 5th straight top 40; her very next release would miss.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Sept 30, 2023 8:22:36 GMT -5
Call it the reverse curse of Robert W. Morgan; he said 1979 was shaping up as a big year for Herb Alpert. He would soon Rise to #1.
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Post by mkarns on Sept 30, 2023 9:55:56 GMT -5
Casey may have jinxed Leif Garrett's TV show about Peter and the stallion (whatever the exact title was) on October 1, 1977, as he said that the pilot had been filmed and if it got a good reception it could be a regular midseason replacement show, but it wasn't picked up as such even with Leif's singing career taking off. But at least he didn't jinx Leif's next hit, since as predicted his next single ("Runaround Sue") was on the countdown around the TV midseason.
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 30, 2023 14:38:49 GMT -5
Casey may have jinxed Leif Garrett's TV show about Peter and the stallion (whatever the exact title was) on October 1, 1977, as he said that the pilot had been filmed and if it got a good reception it could be a regular midseason replacement show, but it wasn't picked up as such even with Leif's singing career taking off. But at least he didn't jinx Leif's next hit, since as predicted his next single ("Runaround Sue") was on the countdown around the TV midseason. Too bad you can't get that Leif Garrett "Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion" unsold pilot movie on DVD, this movie aired on NBC November 1977 in place of "The Wonderful World of Disney" on NBC. |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 1, 2023 18:10:31 GMT -5
Casey said on 9/13/86 that Elton John was the star who made eyeglasses a fad, "and hit songs a habit". But Elt's next album, Leather Jackets, did not spin off a single top 40 hit (his next single after this countdown, "Heartache All Over the World", only hit #55). Elt himself later denounced it as a low point creatively, but at least it didn't have any hits that he might have felt obliged to revisit in concert, and he later rebounded both commercially and creatively. Very disappointing; I still remember hearing 'Heartache on Future Hits for the first time and thinking Elt was headed back to #1 for the first time in a decade. |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 1, 2023 18:18:39 GMT -5
Casey said on 9/13/86 that Elton John was the star who made eyeglasses a fad, "and hit songs a habit". But Elt's next album, Leather Jackets, did not spin off a single top 40 hit (his next single after this countdown, "Heartache All Over the World", only hit #55). Elt himself later denounced it as a low point creatively, but at least it didn't have any hits that he might have felt obliged to revisit in concert, and he later rebounded both commercially and creatively. "Leather Jackets" was his 'contractual obligation' final album for Geffen Records, which is probably why it was 'phoned in', to use the phrase for not really caring. I felt Elt's 'Jackets was stronger than his prior Ice On Fire |
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 8, 2023 8:11:42 GMT -5
On AT40: The 80's 10/11/1986 Casey mentioned Peter Cetera and Amy Grant's duet "The Next Time I Fall" was their first duet together, they wouldn't have another duet. But for future duets...
* Peter Cetera had a duet with Chaka Khan called "Feels Like Heaven" with Chaka Khan (made R&R CHR Top 40 for Casey's Top 40 and Rick Dees, but not Shadoe AT40), and "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" with Az Yet (made CHR Top 40 for Casey's Top 40 and Rick Dees).
* Amy Grant had a duet with Vince Gill called "House of Love" but it failed to make the CHR chart of R&R (It did make the AC R&R chart Casey's Countdown used, I think).
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Post by freakyflybry on Oct 8, 2023 14:20:32 GMT -5
I also recall hearing "House Of Love" on Rick Dees' Hot AC countdown.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 9, 2023 17:11:35 GMT -5
In a Supersized 1979 jinx, Casey said Summer was still cranking out hits for Casablanca Records. She'd only reach twice more, one was a cash in after Donna left for another label.
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 9, 2023 21:15:48 GMT -5
I also recall hearing "House Of Love" on Rick Dees' Hot AC countdown. Or maybe Rick Dees played it as a Sure Shot on a Fall 1994 CHR Weekly Top 40 show. |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Oct 10, 2023 0:13:02 GMT -5
I also recall hearing "House Of Love" on Rick Dees' Hot AC countdown. It also was on Casey's Hot 20, debuted at #19 in the 1/21/1995 show, later peaking at #5 for six non-consecutive weeks, and was #13 for the year. |
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Post by LC on Oct 10, 2023 12:05:34 GMT -5
In a Supersized 1979 jinx, Casey said Summer was still cranking out hits for Casablanca Records. She'd only reach twice more, one was a cash in after Donna left for another label. Casablanca itself never hit the same heights again and was finished as a label by the mid-80s. |
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