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Post by dukelightning on Oct 24, 2024 5:25:29 GMT -5
"Crimson & Clover" & "Everyday People" are among the "AT40 Archive" songs on this week's A show presentation from 10/24/81-They were # 1 in early 1969 for Tommy James & The Shondells & Sly & The Family Stone respectively-Here's a fun fact:Joan Jett & The Blackhearts had top forty remakes of both songs-In 1982,their version of "Crimson & Clover" peaked at # 7-A year later,their rendition of "Everyday People" peaked at # 37. There was a rare maybe even unprecedented remake double in last week's show too. There were 2 pairs of artists whose hits were covered twice..Tommy James and the Shondells by Billy Idol and Tiffany and Ritchie Valens, both by Los Lobos.
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 24, 2024 7:00:37 GMT -5
For you Little River Band fans, the 45 version of my favorite LRB song "The Night Owls" is played on this show as was the case on the last 1981 show a few weeks ago. It is the next show on 10/31 that the Lp version with the cold ending was played.
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Post by listenerwants2know on Oct 24, 2024 9:09:03 GMT -5
Thank you for your answer and "Welcome on board". I also think that a real fan is not influenced by the order of release. He will always listen to the show regularly. But what I am interested in - even if it won´t be so "interesting" this year due to the date of Christmas: Will both parts of the annual countdown be in 2024 or will the second part follow - as has happened before - in the new year 2025 ? Again, my thanks for the welcomes that I have been receiving. I feel that I have a bit of an advantage here because I have been reading all of your posts for many years and therefore feel like I already "know" most of you. That makes me much more motivated to answer your questions as best I can.
I think your theory about fans listening, regardless of which week/year is being aired, is right on the mark. At the same time, I understand the frustration that is expressed here about some shows being skipped for no apparent reason and others airing more often, again defying logic. I can only guess that the decision-making process as to the schedule does not take into account many of your justifications for why any particular show would have been a better choice than what Premiere decided to air.
In fact, to me it appears obvious that no one here has anything to do with that process.
As to your question, I think I can safely answer that -- without giving you the year and breaking the Premiere "prime directive" on sharing show dates too far ahead of the airings -- that the year-end countdown will air over the weekends of December 28-29 and January 4-5. (Apologies to lasvegaskid for only giving the Saturday and Sunday dates.) The theory presented by michaelcasselman does make good points and may very well be part of Premiere's thought process. Thank you very much for the quick reply. I can only speak for myself, but in my opinion, the little advantage arises for two main reasons: Firstly, it´s the "behind the scenes knowledge" that "real" fans are naturally always interested in - I think there are also "backstage" tours at radio and TV stations in America, where quite a bit of background knowledge is passed on from broadcasters to the "real" fans. Secondly, it is the politeness with which you have introduced yourself on this board. Even though my comments are always meant to be honest and respectful, I know that my wording (and this always seems to be the case with Europeans and also with me as an Austrian) is not always "received" in the same way on the other side of the Atlantic. I think that if the other person knows how it is really meant, this shouldn´t be a problem. And I find it interesting and exciting that there are different opinions - and they can also be instructive. Regarding the omission of individual shows, I would like to say that it is absolutely understandable for me if Casey Kasem is given priority here. After all, it is or was his show. My point of view is perhaps different in that I see the AT40 as a series with numerous episodes. And in a series - regardless of the person - no episode should "actually" be missing. But as I said, that´s just my opinion. And I also understood it with the abbreviation "NIL" = Name, Image, Likes presented on this board. Finally, I would like to point out that I made a mistake in my question about the broadcast date in that I asked about the regular sequence. Instead, I was asking whether the yearend-countdown will be broadcast on the first two weekends in January, which was already answered in the negative. The background to this is the fact - and Premiere has already addressed this once - that the chances of the first part of the yearend-countdown being broadcast on a weekend at Christmas are not always too great. And even though Christmas Day falls on a Wednesday this year, I notice that radio stations always start a special program a few days before Christmas, which in this case can also prevent the first part of the yearend-countdown from being broadcast.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Oct 24, 2024 10:19:25 GMT -5
A highlight from each of this week’s shows…
…10/24/81: as part of the 1960s #1 archives, Casey played the album version of “Crimson & Clover”
…10/29/83: as part of his salute to lyricist Ira Gershwin, Casey sings!
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Post by cursereversed on Oct 24, 2024 11:23:33 GMT -5
"Crimson & Clover" & "Everyday People" are among the "AT40 Archive" songs on this week's A show presentation from 10/24/81-They were # 1 in early 1969 for Tommy James & The Shondells & Sly & The Family Stone respectively-Here's a fun fact:Joan Jett & The Blackhearts had top forty remakes of both songs-In 1982,their version of "Crimson & Clover" peaked at # 7-A year later,their rendition of "Everyday People" peaked at # 37. In fact "Everyday People" is one of the droppers on the 1983 "B" show this week. Should have definitely peaked higher than #37. I assume it did better on the Rock chart.
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Post by K.M. Richards on Oct 24, 2024 20:42:41 GMT -5
Finally, I would like to point out that I made a mistake in my question about the broadcast date in that I asked about the regular sequence. Instead, I was asking whether the yearend-countdown will be broadcast on the first two weekends in January, which was already answered in the negative. The background to this is the fact - and Premiere has already addressed this once - that the chances of the first part of the yearend-countdown being broadcast on a weekend at Christmas are not always too great. And even though Christmas Day falls on a Wednesday this year, I notice that radio stations always start a special program a few days before Christmas, which in this case can also prevent the first part of the yearend-countdown from being broadcast. Well, you have no worries this year, then. As I said a few posts back, the year-end countdowns will be on the two weekends following Christmas.
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Post by K.M. Richards on Oct 24, 2024 20:47:30 GMT -5
In fact "Everyday People" is one of the droppers on the 1983 "B" show this week. Should have definitely peaked higher than #37. I assume it did better on the Rock chart.
I just happen to have my reference book for the two Billboard rock charts handy.
It did not chart on the Album Rock chart at all.
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Post by jmack19 on Oct 25, 2024 0:01:16 GMT -5
A highlight from each of this week’s shows… …10/24/81: as part of the 1960s #1 archives, Casey played the album version of “Crimson & Clover” …10/29/83: as part of his salute to lyricist Ira Gershwin, Casey sings! At #100 this week in 1981 is Back To The 60's.
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Post by seminolefan on Oct 25, 2024 0:15:01 GMT -5
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 25, 2024 14:14:52 GMT -5
Casey tells the exact same story about Jose Feliciano in the 10/25/86 show. Casey was a baseball fan and came from Detroit so growing up at least and maybe to those days in the 80s, his favorite team must have been the Tigers. So he must have enjoyed the part of that story when he mentioned how the Tigers won that World Series. But I don't think he ever found a way to mention the Tigers winning the Series in 1984. That includes CT40 and AT40 2.0. Could not find a way to tie that in with anything musically evidently.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Oct 26, 2024 4:46:09 GMT -5
I'm also under the impression Casey's team was the Tigers. I'm just a week away from the weekend the Series was won, listening to the 10/6/1984 AT40 show. It capped quite a season for the Tigers, with their video game-esque 35-5 start to the season, finishing at 104-58.
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Post by secretman on Oct 26, 2024 6:04:08 GMT -5
KCLL currently playing 10-29-1983.
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 26, 2024 6:54:43 GMT -5
2 hits in the countdown for Diana Ross and a mistake involving 'second' before each one. Casey says the second of 3 remakes is "Why Do Fools fall in love". But what was the first one? "Our lips are Sealed" is not a remake and neither is the "Beach Boys Medley". While the Stars on 45 medley earlier could be considered a remake, this is a medley of songs by the original artist in their original form. Then he says that "Endless Love" is at #2 for a second week. It's the second week in a row but it's 3 weeks total since it was at #2 for a week before it hit #1. Gives it 12 weeks in the top 2, one more week than "Bette Davis Eyes", maybe leading to his comment in the next show that Endless could be the #1 hit of the year. Not to be as Bette actually had one more week in the top 10. If you weren't cognizant of the chart, you might have thought that last LDD was going to be "Endless Love". That letter mentioned both Endless and "Upside Down"!. But this is one of 6 occasions during the 10 years with LDDs during tthis first run of AT40 hosted by Casey that an artist had both a #1 LDD and a hit that had already hit #1 in the same show. Also happened for Barbra Streisand and the Bee Gees in 1979, REO in 1985 and Whitney Houston in 1987 and 88. But this is by far the biggest pair of such hits. Those other 5 pairs had either a combined 3,4 or 5 weeks at #1. This pair for Diana spent 13 weeks on top.
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 26, 2024 8:46:05 GMT -5
2 hits in the countdown for Diana Ross and a mistake involving 'second' before each one. Casey says the second of 3 remakes is "Why Do Fools fall in love". But what was the first one? "Our lips are Sealed" is not a remake and neither is the "Beach Boys Medley". While the Stars on 45 medley earlier could be considered a remake, this is a medley of songs by the original artist in their original form. Then he says that "Endless Love" is at #2 for a second week. It's the second week in a row but it's 3 weeks total since it was at #2 for a week before it hit #1. Gives it 12 weeks in the top 2, one more week than "Bette Davis Eyes", maybe leading to his comment in the next show that Endless could be the #1 hit of the year. Not to be as Bette actually had one more week in the top 10. If you weren't cognizant of the chart, you might have thought that last LDD was going to be "Endless Love". That letter mentioned both Endless and "Upside Down"!. But this is one of 6 occasions during the 10 years with LDDs during tthis first run of AT40 hosted by Casey that an artist had both a #1 LDD and a hit that had already hit #1 in the same show. Also happened for Barbra Streisand and the Bee Gees in 1979, REO in 1985 and Whitney Houston in 1987 and 88. But this is by far the biggest pair of such hits. Those other 5 pairs had either a combined 3,4 or 5 weeks at #1. This pair for Diana spent 13 weeks on top. Was "Our Lips are Sealed" originally done by the Fun Boy Three before the Go-Go's version came out?
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Post by jmack19 on Oct 26, 2024 10:01:33 GMT -5
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