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Post by chrislc on May 13, 2020 18:13:58 GMT -5
On last week's 1976 show Casey said Elt had at least temporarily taken the 70s top 10 lead over Carpenters with Wings closing in. While Elt & Wings would continue to rack up top tenners, Carpenters would never see that part of the chart again. It was strange how their departure from the Top Ten after almost exactly five years coincided with the arrival of another M/F family act, who stayed in the Top Ten for almost exactly five years and then disappeared from the Top Ten.
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Post by doofus67 on May 14, 2020 11:30:44 GMT -5
On last week's 1976 show Casey said Elt had at least temporarily taken the 70s top 10 lead over Carpenters with Wings closing in. While Elt & Wings would continue to rack up top tenners, Carpenters would never see that part of the chart again. It was strange how their departure from the Top Ten after almost exactly five years coincided with the arrival of another M/F family act, who stayed in the Top Ten for almost exactly five years and then disappeared from the Top Ten. Same label, but husband and wife instead of brother and sister?
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Post by mga707 on May 14, 2020 13:35:47 GMT -5
It was strange how their departure from the Top Ten after almost exactly five years coincided with the arrival of another M/F family act, who stayed in the Top Ten for almost exactly five years and then disappeared from the Top Ten. Same label, but husband and wife instead of brother and sister? One would assume that he is indeed referring to Mr. and Mrs. Dragon. Both acts were on A&M Records, although The Captain and Tennille did change labels before their final hit on Casablanca. One difference is that Karen and Richard had six more top 40 singles after their final top 10 record, while Daryl and Toni never again made the 40 after theirs, which also hit #1.
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Post by lasvegaskid on May 22, 2020 13:20:26 GMT -5
On this week's 1988 show Commentary Casey jinxed INXS saying 'Sensation sounded like their hottest hit yet. It would do well, but not get as high as their prior two releases.
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Post by mga707 on May 22, 2020 13:26:50 GMT -5
On this week's 1988 show Commentary Casey jinxed INXS saying 'Sensation sounded like their hottest hit yet. It would do well, but not get as high as their last two releases. Nearly--#3, following their #1 and #2 hits. '88 was INXS' year, as their fourth single (all from the same LP) would reach #7.
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Post by lasvegaskid on May 22, 2020 16:27:54 GMT -5
On this week's 1988 show Commentary Casey said H&O are back, still with their old chart power. The guys would never score another top tenner.
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Post by mkarns on May 23, 2020 13:18:38 GMT -5
In the 5/24/75 show Casey answered a question about the act with the most top 10 hits in the 1970s, and while he said that Elton John was a good guess the actual leader was the Carpenters. In that same show, the Carpenters were in the top 10 with "Only Yesterday"--and would never reach it again. Elt surpassed them before the end of the year.
And a reverse jinx happened after Casey played Joe Simon's "Get Down, Get Down (Get On the Floor)" at #28 and said of Joe, "He's never had a top 10 record. Maybe this'll do it for him." It did, peaking at #8--and was Simon's last top 40 appearance.
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Post by JMW on May 23, 2020 13:26:24 GMT -5
5/28/1988 had what you could say is a jinx and a reverse jinx in one: Before Brenda K. Starr's I Still Believe, Casey said that she added the "Starr" to her name because she wanted to become one. Well, she didn't become a star but her backup singer on that song sure did.
As a bonus, here's that backup singer's version of the song:
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Post by mga707 on May 23, 2020 15:03:56 GMT -5
On this week's 1988 show Commentary Casey said H&O are back, still with their old chart power. The guys would never score another top tenner. Forgive me for repeating a line I've used before: But they came "So Close" two and a half years later, peaking at #11.
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Post by lasvegaskid on May 24, 2020 8:09:56 GMT -5
On this week's 1975 show Casey said Ray Stevens has had a lot of hits. He'd reach the top 40 only once more, for a single week, in his Henhouse Five persona.
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Post by Hervard on May 24, 2020 9:13:08 GMT -5
On this week's 1988 show Commentary Casey said H&O are back, still with their old chart power. The guys would never score another top tenner. Forgive me for repeating a line I've used before: But they came "So Close" two and a half years later, peaking at #11. And their follow-up, "Don't Hold Back Your Love" came "so close" to being their final Top 40 hit, peaking at #41. The song did, however, peak at #39 on the airplay chart, and hit #34 on the R&R chart (incidentally, "So Close" DID hit the Top Ten there, peaking at #9).
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Post by dth1971 on May 24, 2020 9:22:48 GMT -5
Some sort of jinx on 11/3/84...Casey said Elton John told the press that he was thinking his current tour would be his last. Flash ahead 34 years and Elton is now on his "farewell" tour, which I believe is supposed to run one or two more years. And recently Elton's farewell tour is halted thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Post by mga707 on Jun 5, 2020 16:13:18 GMT -5
You just HAD to say it, Casey: "...headed for the top 10..." Nope, "Meet Me Half Way" would not get any higher than this week's (6/13/87) #11.
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Post by at40nut on Jun 6, 2020 0:56:16 GMT -5
You just HAD to say it, Casey: "...headed for the top 10..." Nope, "Meet Me Half Way" would not get any higher than this week's (6/13/87) #11. Here's a bit of irony. At #11 on the 6-5-71, The Partridge Family had a song called "I'll Meet YOU Halfway" which would go Top 10. That was probably their best song IMO. The intro reminds me of Air Supply and the chorus reminds me of "You And Me" by Alice Cooper.
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Post by JMW on Jun 6, 2020 12:25:06 GMT -5
From 6/13/1987: On the question about artists with the most Top 10 hits, Casey said that Paul McCartney was one Top 10 hit away from having the same amount of Top 10s as Bing Crosby; this ended up not happening, as Paul's last Top 40 song from 1989 My Brave Face only got to #25.
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