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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jun 25, 2012 22:20:17 GMT -5
Actually, "Queen of Hearts" sat at #6 for three weeks before jumping to #2. And on the last of its three weeks at #6 (9/12/81) Gary Owens filled in for Casey. Oops! I meant to type 6, not 3. That's what I get for not proofreading! And if Gary Owens made that remark about "Queen of Hearts," then the Casey Kasem jinx remained intact! ;D |
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Post by jcs72 on Jun 29, 2012 18:21:04 GMT -5
ISTR Casey getting excited about Badfinger's "Baby Blue" when it debuted at #26 on the AT40 on 4/8/72 (its third week on the Top 100 IIRC), only to peak at #14.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jun 29, 2012 19:30:17 GMT -5
I could of sworn I heard Casey mention, in a spring 1988 broadcast (April?), that Morris Day was "fishing for another top 20 hit" with "Fishnet". Little did Casey know that the song peaked at #23, though it was Morris Day's most-successful solo record.
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Post by wickster82 on Jun 29, 2012 21:49:04 GMT -5
3/14/87 - When Casey was introducing the the countdown "The biggest hits by..." He mentions Duran Duran. Skin Trade debuted at 39 and fell off the following week.
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Post by jukeboxhero on Jul 16, 2012 13:32:53 GMT -5
11/18/78 Casey mentions on the final segment of the show that Foreigner were on their way to their 1st # hit prior to playing "Double Vision." The Queen of Disco would keep them from reaching that elusive #1 spot as "Double Vision" would hold at #2 for 2 straight weeks.  |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 24, 2012 11:17:36 GMT -5
On last week's '78 show, Casey mentioned Everlasting Love beginning Andy Gibb's bid for his 4th straight chart topper but it would go no higher than #5.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jul 29, 2012 5:58:06 GMT -5
On CT40's Year-End Countdown for 1991, I think Casey mentioned the group Will To Power as being a British group. They were in fact an American group.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Aug 19, 2012 1:48:43 GMT -5
Then there's the flip side of the Casey Kasem jinx. In 1981, Juice Newton's "Queen of Hearts" was at #6 for its third consecutive week. Casey announced that the song may have peaked. A week later, it jumped to #2. Here's another example of the flipside. During the August 19, 1972 program, Casey's introduction to "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me" by Mac Davis included "...this is going to be his biggest one." The song moved from #27 to #18 that week, on its way to three weeks at #1. |
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Post by dukelightning on Aug 19, 2012 7:30:35 GMT -5
He said a similar thing on this week's 70s show about Cliff Richard. After saying that his previous highest peak was #25, he said it looked like "Devil Woman" would become his biggest hit but it was only moving from 34 to 30. But he nailed it. (He wasn't predicting it would be his biggest hit when his career was over but that is also the case).
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Post by woolebull on Aug 19, 2012 10:58:34 GMT -5
I think it was the 8/4/79 show where Casey mentioned that "Main Event/Fight" was heading to number one because it jumped from 10 to 4. Of course it didn't have "The Knack" to do it!
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Post by mkarns on Aug 19, 2012 22:19:13 GMT -5
On this week's 80s show (8/15/87) Casey said of T'Pau's "Heart and Soul", "Good start on the chart" for the group. Their first hit had peaked at #4--and it was also their last. (On the US chart, anyway; a few months later "China In Your Hand" hit #1 in Britain.)
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Post by wickster82 on Aug 19, 2012 23:32:08 GMT -5
Last weeks show from 1970 Casey shilled the hell out of In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry. He was talking about how popular it was in England hitting number 1 for 9 weeks I think. And when Hour 3 began he mentioned that it had a huge leap in to the Top 10. It went from 12 - 5. And right as it started he mentioned that this song was heading towards number 1. The following week it would stall at number 5, then move up to 4 for two weeks and finally peaking at number 3 for one week before falling to 7.
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Post by dukelightning on Aug 28, 2012 8:30:37 GMT -5
Then there's the flip side of the Casey Kasem jinx. In 1981, Juice Newton's "Queen of Hearts" was at #6 for its third consecutive week. Casey announced that the song may have peaked. A week later, it jumped to #2. And this week's show features that comment.  |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 30, 2012 14:55:48 GMT -5
A reverse example is this week's show when Casey mentions Rhinestone Cowboy matches Witchita Lineman as the great Glen Campbell's biggest hit. I believe the next week it reached #1 as would Southern Nights for a week two years later.
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 6, 2012 11:21:48 GMT -5
He's at it again in this week's 1977 show when he says, "I Feel Love" has hit #1 on the disco chart and in England. If I were a betting man, I would bet that it is headed for the top here on AT40. This week it moves from #40 to 29".
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