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Post by mga707 on Jul 31, 2023 0:17:04 GMT -5
I liked the rodent story on AT40. Have there been any other acts named after rodents that have hit the Top 40 since Ratt? Off of the top of my head, I can only name two alternative bands from the 90's-Squirrel Nut Zippers and Modest Mouse, but I don't think they hit the pop chart. Funny that Van Halen was almost called Rat Salad (I think it might have had something to do with a classic track on Black Sabbath's Paranoid album) Does a Beaver count as a rodent? Then John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band had 4 Top 40 hits including their biggest hit, the re-issue of “On The Dark Side” in 1984. Yes, beavers are rodents. The second-largest, after the capybara, IIRC. "Dark side" was just about a month away from hitting the 40, in mid-September. Re-released and re-charted due to "Eddie and the Cruisers" gaining a new audience due to HBO airings and home video rentals, IIRC.
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Post by listenerwants2know on Jul 31, 2023 1:17:51 GMT -5
SHORT weeks seem to be a bit of a theme in this show, with Ray Parker Jr. at #2 in FIVE SHORT weeks ... So...how many days are there in a SHORT week? An integer number of days could perhaps even be difficult, because weeks in which the clock is set forward by one hour are "actually" shorter by one hour, but not by one day ...
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 31, 2023 6:56:07 GMT -5
On the AT40: The 80's 7/28/1984 show Casey mentioned several other acts to come from Montreal, Quebec, Canada besides Corey Hart: Andy Kim, Gino Vanelli, France Joli, Aldo Nova, April Wine, the Bells, and Men Without Hats. Casey forgot to mention the Montreal duo named Cheri who hit #39 in 1982 with "Murphy's Law", and did a singer 2 years later in 1986 named Nancy Martinez who made AT40 with "For Tonight" come from Montreal, Quebec, Canada or not?
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 31, 2023 9:25:00 GMT -5
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Post by JMW on Jul 31, 2023 10:08:15 GMT -5
I wonder if one of these will be replaced with Deep Inside My Heart in honor of Randy Meisner.
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Post by cursereversed on Jul 31, 2023 11:05:49 GMT -5
I wonder if one of these will be replaced with Deep Inside My Heart in honor of Randy Meisner. I was just about to point out that "Deep Inside My Heart" would be a much better choice than dth1971's suggestion of "Seven Bridges Road" since Randy was long gone from Eagles by then. If "Deep Inside My Heart" does get used I predict it will replace "Jesse".
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Post by mga707 on Jul 31, 2023 11:56:12 GMT -5
On the AT40: The 80's 7/28/1984 show Casey mentioned several other acts to come from Montreal, Quebec, Canada besides Corey Hart: Andy Kim, Gino Vanelli, France Joli, Aldo Nova, April Wine, the Bells, and Men Without Hats. Casey forgot to mention the Montreal duo named Cheri who hit #39 in 1982 with "Murphy's Law", and did a singer 2 years later in 1986 named Nancy Martinez who made AT40 with "For Tonight" come from Montreal, Quebec, Canada or not? Yes, per Wiki.
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Post by UnknownEric on Jul 31, 2023 12:36:26 GMT -5
On the AT40: The 80's 7/28/1984 show Casey mentioned several other acts to come from Montreal, Quebec, Canada besides Corey Hart: Andy Kim, Gino Vanelli, France Joli, Aldo Nova, April Wine, the Bells, and Men Without Hats. Casey forgot to mention the Montreal duo named Cheri who hit #39 in 1982 with "Murphy's Law", and did a singer 2 years later in 1986 named Nancy Martinez who made AT40 with "For Tonight" come from Montreal, Quebec, Canada or not? Also, though he never came close to a Top 40 hit, the legendary Leonard Cohen was a Montreal native.
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Post by mkarns on Jul 31, 2023 15:26:12 GMT -5
Weekend of 8/3....8/6/88!! www.charismusicgroup.com/Cue%20Sheets/1988-0806.pdfCasey's final show last played 2018 w/extras: Hour #1: "The Loco-Motion" - Kylie Minogue Hour #2: "Domino Dancing" - The Pet Shop Boys Hour #3: "I Don't Want Your Love" - Duran Duran Hour #4: "What I Am" - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians All of these will be reused this week. Fun fact: 35 years later Kylie Minogue is again on the Mediabase CHR chart (but not the top 40, yet) with "Padam Padam". This comes as the 1988 countdown hit "Fast Car" may again reach the CHR top 10, courtesy of Luke Combs.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jul 31, 2023 20:09:10 GMT -5
"Padam Padam" is a catchy track; I found it on iTunes close to a month ago. Kylie hasn't stopped making music over the years; she's still going strong at 55 years young. It's a shame more of her music hasn't been popular in the States.
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Post by Jessica on Aug 1, 2023 2:19:56 GMT -5
"Padam Padam" is a catchy track; I found it on iTunes close to a month ago. Kylie hasn't stopped making music over the years; she's still going strong at 55 years young. It's a shame more of her music hasn't been popular in the States. I’ve liked Kylie Minogue since she released “I Should Be So Lucky” and “The Locomotion” in 1988. I think the last time she had a top 40 hit in the US was “Love At First Sight” in 2002. Yet she’s huge in her home country of Australia and Europe. Go Figure.
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 1, 2023 5:34:49 GMT -5
"Padam Padam" is a catchy track; I found it on iTunes close to a month ago. Kylie hasn't stopped making music over the years; she's still going strong at 55 years young. It's a shame more of her music hasn't been popular in the States. I’ve liked Kylie Minogue since she released “I Should Be So Lucky” and “The Locomotion” in 1988. I think the last time she had a top 40 hit in the US was “Love At First Sight” in 2002. Yet she’s huge in her home country of Australia and Europe. Go Figure. And in 2004 Kylie's songs "Slow" and "Red Blooded Woman" missed hitting Ryan Seacrest's AT40 chart - or did one of these?
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Aug 1, 2023 10:05:39 GMT -5
"Padam Padam" is a catchy track; I found it on iTunes close to a month ago. Kylie hasn't stopped making music over the years; she's still going strong at 55 years young. It's a shame more of her music hasn't been popular in the States. I’ve liked Kylie Minogue since she released “I Should Be So Lucky” and “The Locomotion” in 1988. I think the last time she had a top 40 hit in the US was “Love At First Sight” in 2002. Yet she’s huge in her home country of Australia and Europe. Go Figure. Of Kylie's US top 40 hits, I like "I Should Be So Lucky" and "Love at First Sight" the most. It would be interesting if Kylie's latest hit does make it to Ryan's AT40, since it's very rare for recording acts from the 1980s to hit the top 40 these days. And I am not surprised that the latest song "Fast Car" is a remake of Tracy Chapman's song - but the remake is a country song.
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 2, 2023 6:31:41 GMT -5
On the AT40: The 80's 7/28/1984 show Casey mentioned several other acts to come from Montreal, Quebec, Canada besides Corey Hart: Andy Kim, Gino Vanelli, France Joli, Aldo Nova, April Wine, the Bells, and Men Without Hats. Casey forgot to mention the Montreal duo named Cheri who hit #39 in 1982 with "Murphy's Law", and did a singer 2 years later in 1986 named Nancy Martinez who made AT40 with "For Tonight" come from Montreal, Quebec, Canada or not? I forgot to mention post 1984 there was one more Montreal, Canada singer to make the top 40 - Celine Dion - she started to hit the top 40 in the 1990's and she continued into the 2000's.
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Post by johnnywest on Aug 2, 2023 19:55:56 GMT -5
Two Hearts by Phil Collins fell from 1 to 10 in 1989. Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul fell 1 to 8 that same year. I don't know if there are other songs that fell further from #1 in the 80s though From #1 to #8: "On my own" by Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald (7/5/86) "Bad medicine" by Bon Jovi (12/3/88) "Forever your girl" by Paula Abdul (6/3/89) From #1 to #7: "Don´t you want me" by The Human League (7/24/82) "Like a virgin" by Madonna (2/2/85) "Jacob´s ladder" by Huey Lewis & The News (3/21/87) "I knew you were waiting (for me)" by Aretha Franklin & George Michael (5/2/87) "Roll with it" by Steve Winwood (8/27/88) In R&R, I believe the record was in the issue dated 1/9/87. "Walk Like An Egyptian" fell from #1 to #11.
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