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Post by dth1971 on Jun 19, 2021 8:42:05 GMT -5
On AT40: The 70's 6/19/1976 there was a question letter to Casey about if any songs that made the top 10 fell out of the top 10 and then reentered the top 10 during the same chart run. Casey mentioned the most recent was "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" by Bachman Turner-Overdrive in 1974. Believe it or not, a few months later on AT40 "Get Closer" by Seals and Crofts would do this feat (And after that, it wouldn't happen again until 1990 when "Epic" by Faith No More and then "Knockin' Boots" by Candyman would do this feat).
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Post by mga707 on Jun 19, 2021 10:09:06 GMT -5
On AT40: The 70's 6/19/1976 there was a question letter to Casey about if any songs that made the top 10 fell out of the top 10 and then reentered the top 10 during the same chart run. Casey mentioned the most recent was "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" by Bachman Turner-Overdrive in 1974. Believe it or not, a few months later on AT40 "Get Closer" by Seals and Crofts would do this feat (And after that, it wouldn't happen again until 1990 when "Epic" by Faith No More and then "Knockin' Boots" by Candyman would do this feat). An error by the AT40 research staff: The most recent song to drop out of the top 10 and then re-enter it at the time of this show was "Philadelphia Freedom", exactly one year earlier.
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Post by papathree on Jun 19, 2021 10:31:59 GMT -5
On AT40: The 70's 6/19/1976 there was a question letter to Casey about if any songs that made the top 10 fell out of the top 10 and then reentered the top 10 during the same chart run. Casey mentioned the most recent was "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" by Bachman Turner-Overdrive in 1974. Believe it or not, a few months later on AT40 "Get Closer" by Seals and Crofts would do this feat (And after that, it wouldn't happen again until 1990 when "Epic" by Faith No More and then "Knockin' Boots" by Candyman would do this feat). An error by the AT40 research staff: The most recent song to drop out of the top 10 and then re-enter it at the time of this show was "Philadelphia Freedom", exactly one year earlier. The LQ didn't ask "which was the most recent?" He asked if it had ever happened before. Casey's response to the LQ was that yes, it had happened many times. Then he explained that the "most dramatic example" they could find was the BTO example. Casey did not say "most recent example." Casey's "explanation/justification" for the BTO song's return to the Top 10 made very little sense though. If Billboard tracked each side of a single separately, then how would "interest in the flip-side of the record" cause it to rebound up to the Top 10 again?
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Post by mga707 on Jun 19, 2021 13:01:39 GMT -5
An error by the AT40 research staff: The most recent song to drop out of the top 10 and then re-enter it at the time of this show was "Philadelphia Freedom", exactly one year earlier. The LQ didn't ask "which was the most recent?" He asked if it had ever happened before. Casey's response to the LQ was that yes, it had happened many times. Then he explained that the "most dramatic example" they could find was the BTO example. Casey did not say "most recent example." Casey's "explanation/justification" for the BTO song's return to the Top 10 made very little sense though. If Billboard tracked each side of a single separately, then how would "interest in the flip-side of the record" cause it to rebound up to the Top 10 again? Understood. I was replying based upon the information the original poster stated. Anyway, yes, that B.T.O. song's drop/sudden rise/drop again is a well-known chart anomaly from that late '74 period, which had no shortage of them.
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Post by mga707 on Jun 19, 2021 13:05:23 GMT -5
Casey 'jinxed' Heatwave on both ends of "The Groove Line" on this week's Sirius-XM '78 show: Praised them as being a 'sizzling' hot act. Of course they never again even made the Hot 100 following this third straight top 20 or better single.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 19, 2021 13:55:58 GMT -5
An error by the AT40 research staff: The most recent song to drop out of the top 10 and then re-enter it at the time of this show was "Philadelphia Freedom", exactly one year earlier. The LQ didn't ask "which was the most recent?" He asked if it had ever happened before. Casey's response to the LQ was that yes, it had happened many times. Then he explained that the "most dramatic example" they could find was the BTO example. Casey did not say "most recent example." Casey's "explanation/justification" for the BTO song's return to the Top 10 made very little sense though. If Billboard tracked each side of a single separately, then how would "interest in the flip-side of the record" cause it to rebound up to the Top 10 again? That’s always mystified me. The generally recognized explanation for the BTO turnaround was airplay for the instrumental B-side, “Free Wheelin”. But did it really get enough play to shoot the single back up over 20 notches in one week, only to sharply fall back again? I doubt it.
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Post by dth1971 on Jun 19, 2021 19:28:38 GMT -5
The LQ didn't ask "which was the most recent?" He asked if it had ever happened before. Casey's response to the LQ was that yes, it had happened many times. Then he explained that the "most dramatic example" they could find was the BTO example. Casey did not say "most recent example." Casey's "explanation/justification" for the BTO song's return to the Top 10 made very little sense though. If Billboard tracked each side of a single separately, then how would "interest in the flip-side of the record" cause it to rebound up to the Top 10 again? That’s always mystified me. The generally recognized explanation for the BTO turnaround was airplay for the instrumental B-side, “Free Wheelin”. But did it really get enough play to shoot the single back up over 20 notches in one week, only to sharply fall back again? I doubt it. Not even a late 1974 AT40: The 70's episode played BTO's "Free Wheelin'" as an OPTIONAL EXTRA.
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Post by dth1971 on Jun 20, 2021 8:21:05 GMT -5
On AT40: The 80's 6/22/1985 Casey mentioned that Supertramp had their first top 40 hit in 2 years since Roger Hodgson left the group, however, that Supertramp song "Cannonball" would be their last top 40 entry.
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Post by burcjm on Jun 20, 2021 11:09:02 GMT -5
On June 20, 1981 Casey said that REO Speedwagon's album Hi Infidelity was in its 15th week at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. This was its last week at #1.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 20, 2021 13:42:19 GMT -5
That’s always mystified me. The generally recognized explanation for the BTO turnaround was airplay for the instrumental B-side, “Free Wheelin”. But did it really get enough play to shoot the single back up over 20 notches in one week, only to sharply fall back again? I doubt it. Not even a late 1974 AT40: The 70's episode played BTO's "Free Wheelin'" as an OPTIONAL EXTRA. I'd think that if "Free Wheelin" really caused that sharp a rebound then Casey would have played it at least once in 1974, as he often did with popular B-sides that got substantial airplay.
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Post by dth1971 on Jun 27, 2021 9:40:09 GMT -5
On AT40: The 80's 6/23/1984 there was a question letter to Casey about if any song spent more than 3 months at #1 in the rock era, though it never happened (And Casey mentioned a #1 Country 5 month long run song for Hank Snow using Billboard's Country Chart source in the rock era) - it did really happen in 1994 during the last year of hearing the old AT40 (then hosted by Shadoe Stevens) in the USA when "The Sign" by Ace of Base spent 14 weeks at #1 (That's 3 months and 1 week - over 3 months!)
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Post by freakyflybry on Jul 3, 2021 0:24:39 GMT -5
On July 3, 1982, Casey mentioned that 3 of Van Halen's 4 top 40 hits to that point were remakes. After "Dancing In The Street", every top 40 hit they'd have for the rest of their career was an original, though lead singer David Lee Roth did chart with two cover songs early in his solo career.
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Post by at40nut on Jul 3, 2021 6:45:03 GMT -5
On July 3, 1982, Casey mentioned that 3 of Van Halen's 4 top 40 hits to that point were remakes. After "Dancing In The Street", every top 40 hit they'd have for the rest of their career was an original, though lead singer David Lee Roth did chart with two cover songs early in his solo career. After 1982, Van Halen wanted to be more melodic in their sound, hence the keyboards in 1984, 5150, OU812.....etc. Diver Down was probably the weakest VH record in the Roth era which was loaded with cover tunes, and it was a very short record time wise. I do love "Little Guitars" though.
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 4, 2021 8:26:31 GMT -5
On AT40: The 80's 7/4/1987: Casey mentioned that at that time as Elton John entered his 18th. year of his chart streak three other artists with long chart streaks: Billy Joel, Daryl Hall, and Lionel Richie; However, Billy Joel and Lionel Richie's streak ended that 1987 year. What about Daryl Hall? - no AT40 hit by Hall and Oates that 1987 year!
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Post by Michael1973 on Jul 4, 2021 21:45:18 GMT -5
On 7/4/87, Casey describes Bob Seger as "a force to be reckoned with." Bob would never come close to the top ten again after that summer.
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