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Post by mkarns on Jul 10, 2021 9:35:16 GMT -5
Casey admitted on July 15, 1972 to essentially reverse-jinxing the Hollies, when he earlier said they weren't making hits anymore (of the original British Invasion bands, only the Rolling Stones were still together and hitting the charts, he had stated.) This mea culpa and correction occurred while the Hollies were on the chart with "Long Cool Woman", which would become their biggest-ever US hit.
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Post by pb on Jul 10, 2021 15:59:22 GMT -5
Casey admitted on July 15, 1972 to essentially reverse-jinxing the Hollies, when he earlier said they weren't making hits anymore (of the original British Invasion bands, only the Rolling Stones were still together and hitting the charts, he had stated.) This mea culpa and correction occurred while the Hollies were on the chart with "Long Cool Woman", which would become their biggest-ever US hit. I have read that the chart success of that song and the followup "Long Dark Road" "jinxed" the Hollies as by then Allan Clarke had left the group and they were trying to work with a new lead singer. Clarke was back for "The Air That I Breathe" in 1974.
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 11, 2021 8:09:34 GMT -5
On AT40: The 70's 7/15/1972 Casey mentioned Wayne Newton's "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" was Mr. Newton's biggest hit to date, but Wayne's next AT40 entry wouldn't happen until 8 years later in 1980 with "Years".
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 11, 2021 10:25:51 GMT -5
But he did reverse jinx Wayne on the Cashbox chart.
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 18, 2021 8:24:56 GMT -5
On AT40: The 80's 7/19/1980 Casey mentioned that "A Lover's Holiday" by Change spent a record 9 weeks on Billboard's Disco chart (later became the Dance/Disco and then Dance chart), would that record be tied or broken 3 years later when Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (The album, not the single) spent 9 or 10 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Dance/Disco chart in Spring 1983?
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Post by Hervard on Jul 18, 2021 9:52:01 GMT -5
On AT40: The 80's 7/19/1980 Casey mentioned that "A Lover's Holiday" by Change spent a record 9 weeks on Billboard's Disco chart (later became the Dance/Disco and then Dance chart), would that record be tied or broken 3 years later when Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (The album, not the single) spent 9 or 10 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Dance/Disco chart in Spring 1980? Actually, that was Spring, 1983. And I don't think that would fairly count, since Wikipedia lists it as Thriller (all cuts), which implies that it was the album as a whole that was number one, not just the title cut. Definitely an apples to oranges comparison, that.
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 18, 2021 15:41:33 GMT -5
On AT40: The 80's 7/19/1980 Casey mentioned that "A Lover's Holiday" by Change spent a record 9 weeks on Billboard's Disco chart (later became the Dance/Disco and then Dance chart), would that record be tied or broken 3 years later when Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (The album, not the single) spent 9 or 10 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Dance/Disco chart in Spring 1980? Actually, that was Spring, 1983. And I don't think that would fairly count, since Wikipedia lists it as Thriller (all cuts), which implies that it was the album as a whole that was number one, not just the title cut. Definitely an apples to oranges comparison, that. Just fixed the year date.
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Post by pb on Jul 25, 2021 7:55:22 GMT -5
Listened to a show from a few months ago 2/4/78 and it has a different sort of jinx. Casey mentioned Joe Brooks and the movie You Light Up My Life, and said that Brooks had a new movie musical to be released later in the year with Debbie Boone again recording the theme song. Later in 1978 "If Ever I See You Again" came out but by Roberta Flack rather than Boone. Flack's record got to #24 but Brooks would not have a success close to "You Light Up My Life" (song or movie) again.
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Post by mga707 on Jul 29, 2021 20:26:25 GMT -5
On the '75 show, Casey says that Elton John is catching up to Elvis and Bing in terms of #1 albums. He would only score one more, that fall, with "Rock Of the Westies".
(through the '80s, anyway--unsure whether EJ ever scored another #1 LP after that, but I don't think so.)
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Post by JMW on Jul 29, 2021 20:49:19 GMT -5
On the '75 show, Casey says that Elton John is catching up to Elvis and Bing in terms of #1 albums. He would only score one more, that fall, with "Rock Of the Westies". (through the '80s, anyway-- unsure whether EJ ever scored another #1 LP after that, but I don't think so.) Would The Lion King soundtrack count since he produced the songs on it? It was #1 for nine weeks in 1994.
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Post by pb on Jul 31, 2021 13:14:27 GMT -5
On the '75 show, Casey says that Elton John is catching up to Elvis and Bing in terms of #1 albums. He would only score one more, that fall, with "Rock Of the Westies". (through the '80s, anyway--unsure whether EJ ever scored another #1 LP after that, but I don't think so.) Only if you count the Lion King soundtrack.
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Post by mkarns on Aug 1, 2021 9:54:03 GMT -5
On 7/26/75, Casey answered a question about Australian acts hitting #1, saying that if you include those who were at least partly raised there but born elsewhere then one was Olivia Newton-John, who up to then had two #1's "and is working on a third", referring to "Please Mr. Please", which moved up to #4 that week but only peaked at #3. Ironically, it was blocked from #1 in part by the other British-born but Australian-raised act mentioned, the Bee Gees, with "Jive Talkin". Of course, both Olivia and the Bee Gees would have more chart toppers later, as would other Aussies.
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Post by Hervard on Aug 1, 2021 11:14:26 GMT -5
On that same show, Casey mentioned that Elton's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", at #8 in its third week in the Top 40, was looking like it would hit #1. The song would peak at #4 three weeks later.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 1, 2021 12:02:47 GMT -5
On 7/26/75, Casey answered a question about Australian acts hitting #1, saying that if you include those who were at least partly raised there but born elsewhere then one was Olivia Newton-John, who up to then had two #1's "and is working on a third", referring to "Please Mr. Please", which moved up to #4 that week but only peaked at #3. Ironically, it was blocked from #1 in part by the other British-born but Australian-raised act mentioned, the Bee Gees, with "Jive Talkin". Of course, both Olivia and the Bee Gees would have more chart toppers later, as would other Aussies. Yes, I noticed that Casey 'jinxed' Livvy but not Barry, Robin, and Maurice.
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Post by mkarns on Aug 1, 2021 15:50:34 GMT -5
On that same show, Casey mentioned that Elton's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", at #8 in its third week in the Top 40, was looking like it would hit #1. The song would peak at #4 three weeks later. Casey also swung and missed with "I'm Not in Love". He called "One of These Nights" correctly, though.
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