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Post by kchkwong on Jul 28, 2022 1:56:33 GMT -5
I have "Bad" on CD, and the version of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" does not have the talking intro, which I'm glad it doesn't. I personally love the song, but never cared for that part of it. "Bad" was also one of the eight albums I got for Christmas that year on vinyl; that one DID have the speaking intro. The original CD version also includes the talking intro of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You". |
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Post by mrjukebox on Jul 28, 2022 6:48:17 GMT -5
"Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys is one of the featured "AT40 Archive" songs on this week's presentation from 8/1/81-According to "The Billboard Book Of # 1 Hits",the song was recorded over a six-month period at four different recording studios-"Good Vibrations" supposedly cost $50,000 to produce which was an astronomical amount for a 45 RPM single-Ten years later,Todd Rundgren reached the top forty with his excellent rendition-It peaked at # 34.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jul 28, 2022 7:01:09 GMT -5
I have "Bad" on CD, and the version of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" does not have the talking intro, which I'm glad it doesn't. I personally love the song, but never cared for that part of it. "Bad" was also one of the eight albums I got for Christmas that year on vinyl; that one DID have the speaking intro. Meanwhile, I presume the CD includes "Leave Me Alone", which the vinyl and cassette versions originally didn't have (since 2001 all formats of Bad have included it.) Correct, my CD has it (which was a Sure Shot on an early 1989 Dees show, IIRC). |
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Post by burcjm on Jul 28, 2022 9:12:32 GMT -5
Eight years before, there had been another unusually strong set of five debuts (from the 1975 countdown that Premiere presented just last month, 6/14/75). Based on the date these songs all peaked on or around the week I was born. Without looking I would have to guess:
"Jive Talkin'" Bee Gees "Fallin' In Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds "I'm Not In Love" 10CC "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" Elton John "Get Down Tonight" KC & The Sunshine Band
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Post by seminolefan on Jul 28, 2022 10:19:12 GMT -5
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Post by matt on Jul 28, 2022 10:36:09 GMT -5
I was listening to the 1983 countdown an hour ago when I discovered something interesting: all five songs that had debuted in the top 40 on June 18 were back-to-back in the countdown: Prince was at No. 12 the Eurythmics at No. 11, Donna Summer at No. 10, Stevie Nicks at No. 9, and Duran Duran was at No. 8. Those five songs debuting June 18 were an especially strong set of songs, and I enjoyed the fast that I heard all five of them in a row. Eight years before, there had been another unusually strong set of five debuts (from the 1975 countdown that Premiere presented just last month, 6/14/75). I've always said that the 6/18/83 top 40 had one of the best sets of debut songs ever. 4 of the 5 songs were top 5 hits, one was a #1, and the one song that didn't reach the top 10 is arguably the most well known of those five songs today and has probably been heard more than any of the others in the past 39 years. And all were fantastic songs. Interesting that they all lined up in a row on the 7/23/83 chart. Based on the date these songs all peaked on or around the week I was born. Without looking I would have to guess: "Jive Talkin'" Bee Gees "Fallin' In Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds "I'm Not In Love" 10CC "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" Elton John "Get Down Tonight" KC & The Sunshine Band
That was the beginning of the turnaround for 1975 for me -- that year had hit a dull stretch for the previous three months or so, but the second half of '75 wasn't bad. This set of debuts seemed to be the start of that... |
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Post by Mike on Jul 28, 2022 12:38:58 GMT -5
Correct, my CD has it (which was a Sure Shot on an early 1989 Dees show, IIRC). 1/28, which got a play earlier this year. |
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Post by jmack19 on Jul 28, 2022 18:05:09 GMT -5
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Post by Mike on Jul 28, 2022 18:32:12 GMT -5
Probably taken straight from WPNC's preparation of that same show, as 7/17/99 was. Worth noting:
WPNC is in Plymouth, North Carolina.
WSMG is in Greeneville, Tennessee.
WRTH is in Greer, South Carolina (part of the Greenville/Spartanburg combined area).
In other words, they're all relatively within the same general region - for whatever that's worth. (They don't share ownership, however - WPNC and WSMG are each locally-owned, WRTH is not.)
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Post by cursereversed on Jul 29, 2022 8:07:04 GMT -5
They've been doing that for the last month or so. (Not specifically playing 6/10/2000 each week, playing a show from Casey's second stint as host in the Thursday timeslot each week) |
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Post by mga707 on Jul 29, 2022 13:22:04 GMT -5
Listening to 8/1/81 on WWIS: Why Capitol released "Don't Want To Wait Anymore", which sounds like an '80s Chicago single, IMO, as the lead single off of The Tubes' "The Completion Backward Principle" LP, instead to the incredibly 'hook-ey' "Talk To Ya Later" has always been a mystery to me. Still remember the band doing the latter song on a fall '81 episode of NBC's late Friday night "SCTV Network 90", with the late, great John Candy as 'Gil Fisher, the Fishin' Musician'.
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Post by secretman on Jul 29, 2022 13:32:52 GMT -5
Countdownmike, Are You going to play 1985 this week? In the meantime i'm gonna try these two stations Saturday morning. WSMG, 7am WSYN, 8am |
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Post by jmack19 on Jul 29, 2022 15:49:37 GMT -5
WSYN has been airing promos for 1981 but has been known for promoting the A show and airing the B show & vice versa. KZOY should have 1985 after 1:05 pm Saturday. WXXM should have B show Saturday night but has been airing the 3-hour version of B shows occasionally. WXXM Rewind 92.1 FM Madison, Wisconsin is now starting AT40: The 80's B show of 4/9/1983 but starting with hour #2 of the show (#30 - "Lies" by the Thompson Twins). WXXM Rewind 92.1 FM Madison, Wisconsin now is airing in the Saturday night time slot the B show of AT40: The 80's 7/9/1988 - But starting with hour #2 (#30 - Alphabet Street by Prince). I think this is the second week in a row the B show started with hour 2 for airing on WXXM. |
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Post by bobbo428 on Jul 29, 2022 17:25:34 GMT -5
Ah, 8/1/1987...the show where we get to meet Danny Wilson...err, the group without a Danny Wilson. I heard that song sporadically back then. Then in 2015 during a Premiere rebroadcast (it was 8/15/1987), I got reacquainted with it and since then, I seem to play it a lot during the latter half of summer. I first heard the song on a local adult contemporary station in late June 1987, and, strangely enough, I would develop a crush on a young woman named Mary by the end of the summer. "Mary's Prayer" remains one of my favorites from that summer, and it should have reached the top 10. |
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Post by mkarns on Jul 29, 2022 20:21:04 GMT -5
Danny Wilson were of course named after the Frank Sinatra film Meet Danny Wilson, making them one of two British groups who had hits in the 1980s whose monikers were inspired by Sinatra's film career, the other being Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
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