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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 10, 2015 23:22:26 GMT -5
Casey was at it again this week in 1986. He said the debuting Love Will Conquer All was gunning to make 1986 Lionel Richie's ninth straight year with a chart topper. Not only would it not reach #1 (peaking at #9), the followup Ballerina Girl would hit #7 and become the final top 10 entry on the Hot 100 for Lionel.
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Post by mga707 on Oct 17, 2015 15:49:56 GMT -5
Casey 'jinxed' Johnny Rivers on the 1977 show this week. He said that Rivers was sure to chart again, which he did, and if it was another remake it would put him one away from tying the male artist remake record. Well, Rivers' next chart record was indeed a remake: "Curious Mind", a remake of a 1964 Major Lance hit. Unfortunately, it would peak at #41 in early 1978 and would be Rivers' last record ever to hit the Hot 100.
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Post by mkarns on Oct 24, 2015 13:21:38 GMT -5
On 10/25/75, Casey said of George Harrison's "You" (at #23 that week) that it "looks like another smash", in an intro in which he mentioned the Beatles' "Something". While "Something" was a #1 hit, "You" only got to #20.
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Post by trekkielo on Oct 24, 2015 23:01:06 GMT -5
On 10/25/75, Casey said of George Harrison's "You" (at #23 that week) that it "looks like another smash", in an intro in which he mentioned the Beatles' "Something". While "Something" was a #1 hit, "You" only got to #20. Yeah, Casey Kasem told a story about how Frank Sinatra introduced one of the many ballads that he sang for the evening at The Albert Hall in England that past summer as "one of the most beautiful love songs written during the last 30 years", written by former Beatle George Harrison!
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Post by MrGeno502 on Oct 24, 2015 23:23:05 GMT -5
A reverse jinx on this week's 1975 show.Casey told the facts about Chicago having the most Top 40 hits without hitting #1.The next year they hit #1 with "If You Leave Me Now" BTW I hope that the R&R Hall Of Fame finally comes to their senses and inducts Chicago next year.
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Post by pb on Oct 25, 2015 14:40:50 GMT -5
In at least one earlier 75 show Casey had jinxed Chicago suggesting that "Old Days" could be their first #1. It stopped at #5.
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Post by freakyflybry on Oct 29, 2015 3:34:51 GMT -5
On April 29, 1995, Casey said that Dionne Farris's solo career was on the rise. After her then-#1 hit "I Know", she would never chart again.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Nov 3, 2015 15:09:13 GMT -5
On last week's 1978 show Casey said Barry Manimellow was climbing 15-25 "on his way to the top 10." Chance would never get there petering out at #11.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Nov 7, 2015 14:47:23 GMT -5
On this week's 1978 show Casey proclaimed Double Vision was "#4 and headed to number one". Foreigner wouldn't quite get there settling for the runner up spot.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Nov 8, 2015 10:35:01 GMT -5
On this week's 1978 show Casey proclaimed Double Vision was "#4 and headed to number one". Foreigner wouldn't quite get there settling for the runner up spot. On the same show, Casey said fast moving Alive Again was looking like it was going to become one of Chicago's biggest hits. It would climb a little more, eventually peaking at #14, a decent performance, but definitely not among their elite.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Nov 10, 2015 17:07:25 GMT -5
On last week's 1976 show Casey said after three consecutive weeks at #2, "watch out, that Duck wants to move back up". Unfortunately, Dees wouldn't get a boomerang #1.
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Post by davewollenberg on Nov 15, 2015 19:56:26 GMT -5
On the 11-16-74 show, Casey jinxed 3 top tenners. 'Longfellow serenade' he said, was lookin' like another #1, also, he said the same about 'My melody of love'. Casey also said that 'Do it ('til you're satisfied) was also headed for #1.
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Post by pb on Nov 16, 2015 9:38:50 GMT -5
He also mentioned that Three Dog Night had 18 top 20 hits in a row, but then predicted (correctly, and they would never have another top 20 entry) that their current single "Play Something Sweet" would break the streak. Hard to decide if that is a "jinx" or the opposite.
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Post by mkarns on Nov 21, 2015 14:13:25 GMT -5
On 11/20/71, Casey said that Michael Jackson's first solo hit, "Got To Be There", was "acting a little like a #1 record". It only got to #4, though MJ fulfilled that prediction many times thereafter. He also said that Bread's "Baby I'm-a Want You" was one of several records that would be "shooting for the #1 position next week", when it peaked at #3. (The theme from "Shaft" stayed on top the next week, and was then replaced by "Family Affair".)
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Post by freakyflybry on Nov 21, 2015 15:19:58 GMT -5
Reverse jinx on this week's 1987 show: Casey told a story about how John Mellencamp's record label forced him to record as "John Cougar", and that he took back his real last name once he started getting hits, saying that someday he'd drop the Cougar completely and just go by John Mellencamp. By 1991, he had dropped the Cougar from his stage name.
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