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Post by Michael1973 on Feb 27, 2022 11:56:17 GMT -5
On this week's 1981 show, Casey jinxes Kool & The Gang and Eddie Rabbitt in the same breath by noting how both had just hit #1 for the first time. In both cases, it would be the artist's only chart topper.
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Post by burcjm on Feb 27, 2022 15:53:06 GMT -5
On this week's 1981 show, Casey jinxes Kool & The Gang and Eddie Rabbitt in the same breath by noting how both had just hit #1 for the first time. In both cases, it would be the artist's only chart topper. He also announced that Dolly Parton had had her first #1 hit making three in a row. So reverse jinx for REO Speedwagon who was next in line with their first #1.
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Post by jgve1952 on Mar 5, 2022 8:14:11 GMT -5
On today's Sirius XM episode of 3-4-78, Casey thought "Lay Down Sally" was on its way to the top, but only reached #3.
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 5, 2022 9:08:35 GMT -5
On today's Sirius XM episode of 3-4-78, Casey thought "Lay Down Sally" was on its way to the top, but only reached #3. Did "Lay Down Sally" hit #1 on Cash Box but not R&R nor Record World?
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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 5, 2022 10:13:21 GMT -5
On this week's AT40 from 1988, Commentary Casey said that debuting Rick Springfield was trying to catch Elt and Phil Collins as the foreign singers with the most 1980s top 40s. Rock of Life would be not only Rick's last top 40, but final trip into the Hot 100, ever.
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Post by laura on Mar 5, 2022 11:09:00 GMT -5
On today's Sirius XM episode of 3-4-78, Casey thought "Lay Down Sally" was on its way to the top, but only reached #3. Did "Lay Down Sally" hit #1 on Cash Box but not R&R nor Record World? It hit #3 on all the charts except Record World, where it only went to #8.
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Post by mkarns on Mar 5, 2022 13:08:06 GMT -5
In this week's 1974 show Casey said the Spinners' "Mighty Love" was at #25 and headed to #1. It only peaked at #20.
James Taylor and Carly Simon were also jinxed after Casey told a story about them being the only (then) married couple to have separate #1 hits, and speculated that they might do so together with "Mockingbird", which was at #8 and ultimately peaked at #5.
And by making a similar prediction for "Boogie Down", at its peak of #2, Mighty Casey has struck out.
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Post by mkarns on Mar 5, 2022 13:11:15 GMT -5
On this week's 1981 show, Casey jinxes Kool & The Gang and Eddie Rabbitt in the same breath by noting how both had just hit #1 for the first time. In both cases, it would be the artist's only chart topper. He also announced that Dolly Parton had had her first #1 hit making three in a row. So reverse jinx for REO Speedwagon who was next in line with their first #1. Of note: every #1 from May to August 1981 was by an artist (Sheena Easton, Kim Carnes, Stars on 45, Air Supply, Rick Springfield) hitting #1 for the first time--and in all their cases the only time. The first-timers streak can be extended to October if we count Lionel Richie outside the Commodores with "Endless Love".
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Post by mga707 on Mar 5, 2022 14:37:55 GMT -5
In this week's 1974 show Casey said the Spinners' "Mighty Love" was at #25 and headed to #1. It only peaked at #20. They wuz robbed! Should've gone top 10 at least. One of their best, IMO.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 6, 2022 11:57:50 GMT -5
Call it the reverse curse of Charlie Van Dyke. On this week's 1984 show he said it looked like Tina's 'Together was topping off at #30. But Turner would soon resume her upward trajectory.
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Post by Michael1973 on Mar 6, 2022 14:28:44 GMT -5
On this week's 1981 show, Casey jinxes Kool & The Gang and Eddie Rabbitt in the same breath by noting how both had just hit #1 for the first time. In both cases, it would be the artist's only chart topper. He also announced that Dolly Parton had had her first #1 hit making three in a row. So reverse jinx for REO Speedwagon who was next in line with their first #1. But Dolly would hit #1 again with Islands In The Stream.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 7, 2022 11:26:12 GMT -5
He also announced that Dolly Parton had had her first #1 hit making three in a row. So reverse jinx for REO Speedwagon who was next in line with their first #1. Of note: every #1 from May to August 1981 was by an artist (Sheena Easton, Kim Carnes, Stars on 45, Air Supply, Rick Springfield) hitting #1 for the first time--and in all their cases the only time. The first-timers streak can be extended to October if we count Lionel Richie outside the Commodores with "Endless Love". And the record for this type of streak in AT40/CT40 history is 10. Starting with Melanie in late 1971 and ending with Sammy Davis Jr. in June 1972, a streak ended by Neil Diamond. Of those 10 first time hitting #1 artists, 5 were white and 5 were black. 7 of the 10 artists never returned to the #1 position. The 3 who did were America, Roberta Flack and the Staple Singers. We are about 50 years beyond the midpoint of this streak and that record still stands. I only count first time #1 hits when all the artists involved are hitting the top for the first time. So a hit such as "Lady Marmalade" in 2001 is not a #1 by artist(s) hitting #1 for the first time since Christina Aguilera had hit #1 previously. Therefore, the fact that Pink, Mya and Lil'Kim were hitting #1 for the first time with that hit is irrelevant.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 8, 2022 17:11:49 GMT -5
On last week's 1979 show, Casey said Chicago was celebrating their 10 year anniversary as a band and they had not hit a sour note yet. Things turned sour for them soon as they would not have any hits from their next 2 albums, enduring a 3 year drought from the top 40 as a result.
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Post by JMW on Mar 11, 2022 15:20:27 GMT -5
On the 3/15/1980 show before Romeo's Tune, Casey talked about how Steve Forbert didn't give out any personal details about his life in interviews and said "...but I've got a hunch, when Steve becomes a big star he'll come around to understanding why fans enjoy knowing about their favorite celebrities." Two weeks later, he dropped out of the Top 40 never to be heard from again.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 11, 2022 15:22:43 GMT -5
On the 3/15/1980 show before Romeo's Tune, Casey talked about how Steve Forbert didn't give out any personal details about his life in interviews and said "...but I've got a hunch, when Steve becomes a big star he'll come around to understanding why fans enjoy knowing about their favorite celebrities." Two weeks later, he dropped out of the Top 40 never to be heard from again. He released several more LPs, which I bought. Along with a CD compilation. But yeah, the 'next big thing' he wasn't, despite several predictions of such.
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