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Post by mga707 on Jul 9, 2022 20:48:49 GMT -5
Casey's 7/10/76 intro to the Carpenters' "I Need To Be In Love" had a jinxy quality, saying "here's an act that you know from their #1 hits", listed them, and introduced their newest "big hit"--that only peaked at #25 (and only once thereafter would the Carpenters chart even that high.) My personal favorite song by Richard and Karen. Her vocal performance on this one is spine-tinglingly awesome.
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Post by slf on Jul 9, 2022 21:18:14 GMT -5
On 7/3/82, Casey mentions that Juice Newton is hitting the top 10 for the fourth straight time. It would be her last. Yeah, the mid-80's had "been a little bit hard on" Juice.
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 9, 2022 22:23:17 GMT -5
On 7/3/82, Casey mentions that Juice Newton is hitting the top 10 for the fourth straight time. It would be her last. Yeah, the mid-80's had "been a little bit hard on" Juice. Juice Newton stopped hitting the Hot 100 after 1984, but she still continued to hit Billboard's Country Chart up to the 1990's.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 10, 2022 19:38:24 GMT -5
On this week's 1988 show Commentary Casey said gardener Billy Ocean has a green thumb on the charts. He would only reach the Hot 100 once more.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 15, 2022 20:22:34 GMT -5
On last week's 1988 show Commentary Casey said Go Gos paved the way for Jane Wiedlin's solo top 40 success... she'd never get there again.
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Post by mkarns on Jul 16, 2022 9:06:29 GMT -5
Casey got off on the wrong foot on July 15, 1978 when introducing Wings' "I've Had Enough" at #40, saying "if the law of batting averages applies" then it had a 1 of 3 chance of hitting #1 given Paul McCartney's past track record. But such averages aren't always predictive, nobody hits a home run or even a safe base hit everytime, and this song didn't even make the top 20.
Meanwhile, at nearly the other end of the show (#2), Casey said that Scotland had produced the most artists hitting #1 for a country of its size, and that Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" would extend that streak "if it eventually hits #1". As discussed in the 70s thread, I wonder if that story had been prepared for Casey announcing Gerry reaching the top, only to be revised after a last minute "emergency" phone call from Billboard....
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 23, 2022 8:28:03 GMT -5
On AT40: The 70's 7/23/1977: Casey mentioned that James Brown is in second place with 91 Billboard Top 100/Hot 100 chart hits behind Elvis Presley with 134 and needed 43 more chart hits to make to tie Elvis, but James Brown never accomplished that feat and Elvis would pass away a few weeks later.
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Post by Michael1973 on Jul 23, 2022 9:28:52 GMT -5
On the 7/12/86 show, Casey suggested that the soundtrack for Ruthless People had the potential to generate a bunch of hit songs. Only one would hit the top 40.
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Post by freakyflybry on Aug 5, 2022 14:40:55 GMT -5
On August 19, 1995 CT40, Casey reverse jinxed Green Day, saying after telling a story about the grand opening of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, that Green Day was a band that hoped to have items in their collection someday. They were inducted in 2015.
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Post by Michael1973 on Aug 6, 2022 12:24:10 GMT -5
Casey's gushing about how Bob Seger finally hit #1 was followed by Seger only hitting the top 40 one more time, and coming nowhere near the top 10 again.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 6, 2022 13:04:30 GMT -5
Casey's gushing about how Bob Seger finally hit #1 was followed by Seger only hitting the top 40 one more time, and coming nowhere near the top 10 again. Sadly this could've been the guys. Aging rockers, with music rapidly changing around them, using the momentum from a hot soundtrack to make one final run at the top. Unfortunately H&O decided they didn't want Downtown Life used on the BHC II soundtrack. When they finally did put it out on their own a year and a half later, it barely made a ripple. Two dudes in their mid 40s were relics of a past in a format trending younger with George Michael, Prince, etc.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 12, 2022 18:30:12 GMT -5
On this week's 1980 show Casey said Elt had a long term lease on #3. He would only spend 1 week at that position the rest of his career. Only two of his songs would chart that high. IDWGOWYLT would skip #3 completely going 4-2-4. His flickering 'Candle 97 would pause at #3 for a solitary week on its way off the chart.
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Post by chrislc on Aug 12, 2022 21:32:51 GMT -5
Casey's 7/10/76 intro to the Carpenters' "I Need To Be In Love" had a jinxy quality, saying "here's an act that you know from their #1 hits", listed them, and introduced their newest "big hit"--that only peaked at #25 (and only once thereafter would the Carpenters chart even that high.) The Carpenters were the Hall & Oates of the 1970s. And Brenda Lee was the Hall & Oates of the 1960s. I guess Eddie Fisher in the 50s?
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 14, 2022 12:53:13 GMT -5
On this week's 1978 show Casey said Gibb family was looking to add to their record of week's at #1 and with the way hot Andy was climbing, Everlasting Love would join the tally soon. EL wouldn't get there though and neither would Andy ever again.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 15, 2022 14:22:27 GMT -5
In a reverse jinx on last week's butchered 1978 show, Casey said Boogie Oogie Oogie was headed to #1 and the top would soon Taste like Honey.
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