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Post by cursereversed on Jun 20, 2023 12:07:47 GMT -5
Optional extras for June 25, 1983: Hour #1: "The Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats (#90; debuted) Hour #2: "Maniac" - Michael Sembello (#48) Hour #3: "Puttin' On The Ritz" - Taco (#75; debuted) Hour #4: "It's A Mistake" - Men At Work (NR) “It’s a Mistake” debuted on the Hot 100 on July 2, 1983, when there was a special countdown with no regular one, and reached the top 40 the following week. It replaces Human League’s “(Keep Feeling) Fascination”. Welp, now I know when I'll be taking my dessert/bathroom break during the show. I may be eating a Taco this weekend but I sure won't be listening to one . Wish they had replaced it instead of one of my ten favorite songs of the decade.
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Post by Jessica on Jun 22, 2023 1:49:36 GMT -5
^ I actually like Puttin’ On The Ritz but the video...yikes would not fly today because Taco was in blackface. I really like It’s A Mistake, probably more than Down Under, which is so overplayed at this point.
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Post by seminolefan on Jun 22, 2023 10:59:57 GMT -5
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Post by trekkielo on Jun 22, 2023 15:36:36 GMT -5
^ I actually like Puttin’ On The Ritz but the video...yikes would not fly today because Taco was in blackface. I really like It’s A Mistake, probably more than Down Under, which is so overplayed at this point. I've always liked "Puttin' On the Ritz" ever since I'd first heard it on the radio around Riverside, California, circa 1983! Taco was never in blackface, it's his background tap dancers and then also two ladies singing super-duper twice. The single was accompanied by a music video, the original version of which contains characters in blackface and has since been banned from many networks. An alternative version eliminates shots of the blackface characters. Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz (Official Video)3,367,371 views Premiered Nov 25, 2022 #PuttinOnTheRitz #Taco #Aniversary To celebrate 40 Years of 'After Eight' and 'Puttin' On The Ritz', here's the official video for Taco's timeless hit single.
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Post by burcjm on Jun 23, 2023 15:10:18 GMT -5
Looks like July 4, 1987 next week is a standalone? I haven't seen any new announcements or anything posted here. After playing the 1984 show back in May it may not be surprising.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jun 23, 2023 17:44:13 GMT -5
^ I actually like Puttin’ On The Ritz but the video...yikes would not fly today because Taco was in blackface. I really like It’s A Mistake, probably more than Down Under, which is so overplayed at this point. I've always liked "Puttin' On the Ritz" ever since I'd first heard it on the radio around Riverside, California, circa 1983! Taco was never in blackface, it's his background tap dancers and then also two ladies singing super-duper twice. The single was accompanied by a music video, the original version of which contains characters in blackface and has since been banned from many networks. An alternative version eliminates shots of the blackface characters. Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz (Official Video)3,367,371 views Premiered Nov 25, 2022 #PuttinOnTheRitz #Taco #Aniversary To celebrate 40 Years of 'After Eight' and 'Puttin' On The Ritz', here's the official video for Taco's timeless hit single. By the way, Taco's version of Puttin' On The Ritz spent two weeks at #1 on the Cash Box chart.
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Post by JMW on Jun 24, 2023 20:50:21 GMT -5
I always wanted to ask this every time there's countdown with this song, but I always forget to until: why does My Love sound like it was recorded underwater? It always stands out to me compared to the other 39 songs in the countdown.
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Post by kani on Jun 25, 2023 6:33:00 GMT -5
1983 notes
Dr Martin Luther King speech song snippet protest song about civil war movement Michael from Champaign story, court won, due to his length of hair Snippets of diff versions: My Love in 1966, and 1973, before playing full version 1983 Lionel richie Australia life achievement especially grammys for best new artist: Men at Work
Journey story 24 foreign acts, including 17? British acts
The Police story
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Post by burcjm on Jun 25, 2023 16:19:26 GMT -5
I will go ahead and predict 7/13/85 for the weekend of July 8.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 25, 2023 18:39:02 GMT -5
I've always liked "Puttin' On the Ritz" ever since I'd first heard it on the radio around Riverside, California, circa 1983! Taco was never in blackface, it's his background tap dancers and then also two ladies singing super-duper twice. The single was accompanied by a music video, the original version of which contains characters in blackface and has since been banned from many networks. An alternative version eliminates shots of the blackface characters. Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz (Official Video)3,367,371 views Premiered Nov 25, 2022 #PuttinOnTheRitz #Taco #Aniversary To celebrate 40 Years of 'After Eight' and 'Puttin' On The Ritz', here's the official video for Taco's timeless hit single. By the way, Taco's version of Puttin' On The Ritz spent two weeks at #1 on the Cash Box chart. I wonder if it was Rick Dees’ first #1, as his countdown started in September 1983 and in 1983-84 used Cash Box.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 25, 2023 19:00:55 GMT -5
WFMX playing 6/30/84
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Post by dth1971 on Jun 25, 2023 19:30:13 GMT -5
By the way, Taco's version of Puttin' On The Ritz spent two weeks at #1 on the Cash Box chart. I wonder if it was Rick Dees’ first #1, as his countdown started in September 1983 and in 1983-84 used Cash Box. On R&R Taco's "Puttin' on the Ritz" didn't crack the top 15.
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Post by burcjm on Jun 25, 2023 21:02:13 GMT -5
By the way, Taco's version of Puttin' On The Ritz spent two weeks at #1 on the Cash Box chart. I wonder if it was Rick Dees’ first #1, as his countdown started in September 1983 and in 1983-84 used Cash Box. I just looked it up and #1 on September 3, 1983 was Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)".
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Post by mkarns on Jun 25, 2023 21:47:33 GMT -5
I always wanted to ask this every time there's countdown with this song, but I always forget to until: why does My Love sound like it was recorded underwater? It always stands out to me compared to the other 39 songs in the countdown. Its sound quality didn't sound subpar to me. But Casey introed it by noting that there were two previous #1's called "My Love", by Petula Clark (1966) and Paul McCartney & Wings (1973, and Premiere gave us an AT40 with it on top a few weeks ago). In 2006 Justin Timberlake added a third chart topper with the same title.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 25, 2023 22:36:09 GMT -5
Looking to next weekend, the only official Premiere 80s show (not accounting for what individual stations might additionally choose to play)* will be from July 4, 1987, with these optional extras:
Hour #1: "La Bamba" - Los Lobos (#60) Hour #2: "Here I Go Again" - Whitesnake (#80; highest debut) Hour #3: "When Smokey Sings" - ABC (#86; debuted) Hour #4: "Who's That Girl?" - Madonna (NR)
"Who's That Girl" entered the Hot 100 on 7/11/87 and the top 40 the following week, both of which were presented by Charlie Van Dyke.
*WPNC's Bill Benjamin has posted on Facebook about an AT40 marathon during the week of July 4th, which likely means a variety of regular and special shows from the 70s, 80s, and later (exactly which ones haven't been revealed yet.) Last year they did this and included countdowns from the entirety of Casey's AT40 run, from July 1970 to January 2004.
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