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Post by mkarns on Jun 12, 2024 11:16:48 GMT -5
This week's optional extras:
A: June 14, 1980:
Hour #1: "Love The World Away" - Kenny Rogers (NR) Hour #2: "Misunderstanding" - Genesis (#49) Hour #3: "Sailing" - Christopher Cross (#77; debuted) Hour #4: "All Out Of Love" - Air Supply (#71; debuted)
"Love the World Away" entered the Hot 100 at #44 the following week.
B: June 18, 1988:
Hour #1: "Kissing A Fool" - George Michael Hour #2: "Walking Away" - Information Society Hour #3: "Welcome To The Jungle" - Guns n Roses Hour #4: "My Heart Can't Tell You No" - Rod Stewart
All Shadoe/CT40 era (late 1988-early 1989) hits.
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Post by dukelightning on Jun 12, 2024 17:04:20 GMT -5
dukelightning, after reading the first part of your post, with the way it was worded, made me think one of Hall & Oates had died. Not seeing anything of the sort. And as far as guest-hosted shows go in the original Casey era, that particular show wasn't up to the level all the other shows were. The music was pretty good, and while the guys were satisfactory, IMO, the vibe was very different. No I was referring to the other part of my criteria, them being well known celebrities. I have heard the show and they were not as good as most of the other guest hosts. But do people think Premiere takes that into consideration?
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Post by LC on Jun 12, 2024 17:54:16 GMT -5
dukelightning , after reading the first part of your post, with the way it was worded, made me think one of Hall & Oates had died. Not seeing anything of the sort. And as far as guest-hosted shows go in the original Casey era, that particular show wasn't up to the level all the other shows were. The music was pretty good, and while the guys were satisfactory, IMO, the vibe was very different. No I was referring to the other part of my criteria, them being well known celebrities. I have heard the show and they were not as good as most of the other guest hosts. But do people think Premiere takes that into consideration? Why did Casey have a guest-hosted show that close to his departure from AT40?
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Post by mkarns on Jun 12, 2024 19:42:12 GMT -5
No I was referring to the other part of my criteria, them being well known celebrities. I have heard the show and they were not as good as most of the other guest hosts. But do people think Premiere takes that into consideration? Why did Casey have a guest-hosted show that close to his departure from AT40? According to the cue sheet (dated July 22, 1988), Casey was on vacation in Atlanta that week. Not to get political here, but maybe he was attending the Democratic National Convention: it was held in Atlanta from July 18-21, and Casey was very much a progressive activist.
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Post by dth1971 on Jun 13, 2024 5:51:02 GMT -5
Why did Casey have a guest-hosted show that close to his departure from AT40? According to the cue sheet (dated July 22, 1988), Casey was on vacation in Atlanta that week. Not to get political here, but maybe he was attending the Democratic National Convention: it was held in Atlanta from July 18-21, and Casey was very much a progressive activist. And little did Casey know Shadoe Stevens would take his AT40 place a few weeks later.
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Post by BrettVW on Jun 13, 2024 9:22:39 GMT -5
He knew before anyone else.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 13, 2024 10:26:30 GMT -5
Reportedly Casey didn't announce his departure on air because he wanted listeners to think he'd be there to count down songs for listeners again, and he was even if it took five months (in 1988-89 he was also still hosting America's Top 10 on TV.) Same thing in 2003-04, though now listeners would have to go to AC/Hot AC stations to hear him. Only in 2009 when he signed off for the last time did he say an on-air goodbye.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 13, 2024 11:53:33 GMT -5
Shadoe's arrival to AT40 was announced more than a month in advance. In addition, Shadoe "hosted" prototype AT40 countdowns using July 1988 surveys. And some of these early, practice-session AT40 shows still exist.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 13, 2024 13:54:26 GMT -5
No I was referring to the other part of my criteria, them being well known celebrities. I have heard the show and they were not as good as most of the other guest hosts. But do people think Premiere takes that into consideration? Why did Casey have a guest-hosted show that close to his departure from AT40? I'm guessing he had use it or lose it vacation time.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 13, 2024 14:01:28 GMT -5
According to the cue sheet (dated July 22, 1988), Casey was on vacation in Atlanta that week. Not to get political here, but maybe he was attending the Democratic National Convention: it was held in Atlanta from July 18-21, and Casey was very much a progressive activist. And little did Casey know Shadoe Stevens would take his AT40 place a few weeks later. Everyone knew. It was on the front page of Billboard. www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1988/BB-1988-05-28.pdf
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 13, 2024 14:17:09 GMT -5
Reportedly Casey didn't announce his departure on air because he wanted listeners to think he'd be there to count down songs for listeners again, and he was even if it took five months (in 1988-89 he was also still hosting America's Top 10 on TV.) Same thing in 2003-04, though now listeners would have to go to AC/Hot AC stations to hear him. Only in 2009 when he signed off for the last time did he say an on-air goodbye. Which created an awkward situation. Instead of... join me next week, Casey ended by telling folks to catch him on AT10 which used the Billboard charts. But when CT40 debuted using R&R, radio Casey counted down a different top 10 than TV Casey.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 13, 2024 14:31:39 GMT -5
Reportedly Casey didn't announce his departure on air because he wanted listeners to think he'd be there to count down songs for listeners again, and he was even if it took five months (in 1988-89 he was also still hosting America's Top 10 on TV.) Same thing in 2003-04, though now listeners would have to go to AC/Hot AC stations to hear him. Only in 2009 when he signed off for the last time did he say an on-air goodbye. Which created an awkward situation. Instead of... join me next week, Casey ended by telling folks to catch him on AT10 which used the Billboard charts. But when CT40 debuted using R&R, radio Casey counted down a different top 10 than TV Casey. Eventually of course we got used to Casey using Radio & Records, but at least at first it was sometimes confusing to hear him give past chart data that contradicted what he had told us as recently as the previous year.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 13, 2024 15:09:47 GMT -5
dukelightning, after reading the first part of your post, with the way it was worded, made me think one of Hall & Oates had died. Not seeing anything of the sort. And as far as guest-hosted shows go in the original Casey era, that particular show wasn't up to the level all the other shows were. The music was pretty good, and while the guys were satisfactory, IMO, the vibe was very different. No I was referring to the other part of my criteria, them being well known celebrities. I have heard the show and they were not as good as most of the other guest hosts. But do people think Premiere takes that into consideration? While I'd like to hear all the guest hosted shows, it wasn't the guys finest moment: From Rob Durkee American Top 40: Darryl Morden recalled Hall and Oates were terrible. You'd think guys like that would be friendly and nice, but they were neither, which was kind of a disappointment. They has a 'let's get this over with' kind of attitude.' Matt Wilson, who directed the duo, perceived a possible failure to communicate. 'I don't blame them. They had a show that night at the Hollywood Bowl. I believe they were misled into thinking they'd be in and out in 20 minutes. It was partly ABC and partly their manager though I could be wrong. I know this...you can't voice a full length countdown in 20 minutes'.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jun 13, 2024 17:46:33 GMT -5
CVD had one of the quickest tracking times that I saw, like 45 minutes. Could H&O "go for that"? 😂
Once I get to the late 1980s in my marathon, I'll be hearing that show. But, thankfully, we had Casey right before Shadoe's debut, instead of a guest host.
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Post by michaelcasselman on Jun 13, 2024 19:06:36 GMT -5
Anyone have a working stream for WSMG? The listed ones appear to be down.
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