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Post by mkarns on Sept 5, 2015 11:22:13 GMT -5
On this week's 1974 show Casey said Cheech and Chong "just keep hitting the top 40". They would never reach AT40 again. Though they did come close; "Framed" in 1976 and "Bloat On" in 1977 both peaked at #41. "Framed" had a particularly interesting chart run, jumping from 55 to 41, staying there for three weeks, and then falling back to 65.
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Post by trekkielo on Sept 5, 2015 13:01:34 GMT -5
On this week's 1974 show Casey said Cheech and Chong "just keep hitting the top 40". They would never reach AT40 again. Though they did come close; "Framed" in 1976 and "Bloat On" in 1977 both peaked at #41. "Framed" had a particularly interesting chart run, jumping from 55 to 41, staying there for three weeks, and then falling back to 65. Then Cheech Marin solo also came close, although officially credited as Cheech & Chong with "Born in East LA" peaking at #48 in late 1985, Casey Kasem even plays/mentions the recent parody song of "Born in the USA" charting when he does a story about Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen and Cheech & Chong from November 1972, saying what goes around, comes around, right before "My Hometown" on January 18th, 1986!
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Post by lasvegaskid on Sept 12, 2015 14:49:16 GMT -5
On this week's 1978 show Casey said Commodores 'Lady was spending it's third week at #2, "trying to get back to #1". Three Times wouldn't reach the top three times, just once as after one more week in the runner-up spot it would begin its descent.
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 12, 2015 15:11:22 GMT -5
Casey had a chance to say the same thing when the Commodores other #1 hit "Still" moved from 3 to 2 after it had hit the top. But he did not.
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Post by mga707 on Sept 12, 2015 15:36:04 GMT -5
On the 9/18/76 show, Casey introes "Who'd She Coo" by stating that The Ohio Players "have been hitting the top 40 pretty regularly the past few years". So, of course, this song, their eighth to hit the 40 since 1973, would be their last.
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Post by davewollenberg on Sept 12, 2015 19:51:01 GMT -5
On the 9-18-82 show, Casey said that Randy Meisner was building up a list of top 40 hits. 'Never been in love' would be his final 1.
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Post by mkarns on Sept 12, 2015 21:43:31 GMT -5
On this week's 1978 show Casey said Commodores 'Lady was spending it's third week at #2, "trying to get back to #1". Three Times wouldn't reach the top three times, just once as after one more week in the runner-up spot it would begin its descent. Speaking of the 9/9/78 show played by SXM this week, Casey mentioned "Summer Nights" and "An Everlasting Love" as potential #1's. Both peaked at #5.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Sept 15, 2015 12:09:16 GMT -5
On last week's 1982 show Casey said Randy Meisner's "collection of solo hits is growing". He would never reach the top 40 again.
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Post by freakyflybry on Sept 16, 2015 1:21:46 GMT -5
On this coming weekend's AT40, Casey said that Elvis's record for consecutive weeks in the top 10 was unlikely to ever be broken. Depending on what you consider chart "canon" post-1991, either Katy Perry (on the Hot 100) or Kelly Clarkson (R&R/Mediabase) broke the record. (On Mediabase, there was a short break between "Firework" and "E.T." in the top 10).
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 16, 2015 10:15:29 GMT -5
On this week's 1978 show Casey said Commodores 'Lady was spending it's third week at #2, "trying to get back to #1". Three Times wouldn't reach the top three times, just once as after one more week in the runner-up spot it would begin its descent. Speaking of the 9/9/78 show played by SXM this week, Casey mentioned "Summer Nights" and "An Everlasting Love" as potential #1's. Both peaked at #5. He was at it again with "An Everlasting Love" a week later. Well sort of. He reviewed the top 5 solo artists in weeks at #1 in the 70s. Topping the list was Andy Gibb with 13 weeks. And he said if AEL hit #1, Andy would extend his lead. Of course he did not. It is kind of like a team not adding to their 1 run lead in the top of the 9th inning and losing the game in the bottom of the 9th. Because right behind Andy was Rod Stewart with 12 weeks. And five months later, Rod would hit a grand slam so to speak with the 4 week #1 "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" and wrestle those honors away from Andy for the 70s.
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Post by mkarns on Sept 19, 2015 9:34:58 GMT -5
Casey said on 9/27/75 that "Tony Orlando and Dawn are really hot", introducing "You're All I Need to Get By" at #34. The song went no higher, and they only made the top 40 once thereafter. (At the time they also had a popular TV show, but that evidently cooled quickly as well, as it was gone at the end of 1976.)
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Post by mga707 on Sept 20, 2015 10:07:10 GMT -5
Casey said on 9/27/75 that "Tony Orlando and Dawn are really hot", introducing "You're All I Need to Get By" at #34. The song went no higher, and they only made the top 40 once thereafter. (At the time they also had a popular TV show, but that evidently cooled quickly as well, as it was gone at the end of 1976.) I got a chuckle out of this one as well. Casey's kiss of career death! Tony, your future in Branson awaits...
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 23, 2015 14:18:57 GMT -5
On the show from today's date in 2000, Casey said with a 2 notch climb to #3, Madonna may get her 16th #1 hit. "Music" fell just short of the top leaving Madonna with her 15 chart toppers. Still good enough to be the most in R&R CHR chart history as of now, one more than Mariah Carey who at the time had 12 but added a pair later in the decade to cut the deficit to one.
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Post by freakyflybry on Sept 30, 2015 1:33:49 GMT -5
On this week's 1979 show, Casey said, after mentioning several of her other family members, that Dionne Warwick was easily the most successful and famous of her family. In the 80's, Whitney Houston would at least match, and possibly surpass her cousin's achievements.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 2, 2015 16:08:01 GMT -5
On this week's 1985 show Casey said Steve Wonder has been averaging a top tenner every 22 months. After PTL, he would get two more (Go Home and w/Dionne and Friends) then never reach that portion of the chart again.
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