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Post by TheOriginalArtist on Aug 20, 2023 20:35:15 GMT -5
Casey's answer to a listener question in the 1981 show overlooked at least "one" answer: when mentioning songs that peaked at a position mentioned in their title, he (or the staff) forgot "You're the One That I Want", by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, which hit #1 in 1978. (This, incidentally, came a few songs after Olivia's "I Honestly Love You", another #1 hit, was heard as an LDD.) Ironically, the one song which was the one song about the number one, "One" by Three Dog Night, did not hit #1, but stalled at #5. However, their hit Shambala made it to #3, so Three Dog Night did have a Three hit song!
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Post by mkarns on Aug 20, 2023 20:54:08 GMT -5
Casey's answer to a listener question in the 1981 show overlooked at least "one" answer: when mentioning songs that peaked at a position mentioned in their title, he (or the staff) forgot "You're the One That I Want", by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, which hit #1 in 1978. (This, incidentally, came a few songs after Olivia's "I Honestly Love You", another #1 hit, was heard as an LDD.) Ironically, the one song which was the one song about the number one, "One" by Three Dog Night, did not hit #1, but stalled at #5. However, their hit Shambala made it to #3, so Three Dog Night did have a Three hit song! Another irony: the following year "867-5309/Jenny" was a hit, but with six digits (excluding 0) to choose from it didn't peak at any of them, reaching #4.
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Post by kani on Aug 20, 2023 21:00:13 GMT -5
I'm sorry if I'm asking that again, but for Aug 25, 1984, Libra user didn't post those on pulsemusic proboards page for this especially for long distance description, and I'm very curious to know what they are. I just don't have time to listen to 1984 show since I'll be very busy with stuff and my studies. 05-25-1984, Long Distance Dedications: "She Believes In Me" - Kenny Rogers"More Than I Can Say" - Leo SayerThanks so much, I enjoyed listening.
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Post by Mike on Aug 20, 2023 23:21:04 GMT -5
Another irony: the following year "867-5309/Jenny" was a hit, but with six digits (excluding 0) to choose from it didn't peak at any of them, reaching #4. That appears to be the only chart where that was so: R&R - #7 Cash Box - #5 For the Gavin Report, it's not known, as most of 1982 is missing. (Only the #1s are known, and no song topped their chart that year that didn't get there in at least Billboard or R&R. Oddly enough, they did have "exclusive" #1s in 1980, 81, and 83 - but not 82.) And Record World shut down in April, before "Jenny" peaked.
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Post by listenerwants2know on Aug 21, 2023 3:05:04 GMT -5
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 21, 2023 9:51:49 GMT -5
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Post by jmack19 on Aug 21, 2023 12:53:58 GMT -5
Casey's answer to a listener question in the 1981 show overlooked at least "one" answer: when mentioning songs that peaked at a position mentioned in their title, he (or the staff) forgot "You're the One That I Want", by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, which hit #1 in 1978. (This, incidentally, came a few songs after Olivia's "I Honestly Love You", another #1 hit, was heard as an LDD.) Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4" actually moved from #6 to its peak at #4 in September 1970. Its Top 10 run: 10-6-4-6-10.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 21, 2023 13:13:47 GMT -5
Casey's answer to a listener question in the 1981 show overlooked at least "one" answer: when mentioning songs that peaked at a position mentioned in their title, he (or the staff) forgot "You're the One That I Want", by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, which hit #1 in 1978. (This, incidentally, came a few songs after Olivia's "I Honestly Love You", another #1 hit, was heard as an LDD.) Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4" actually moved from #6 to its peak at #4 in September 1970. Its Top 10 run: 10-6-4-6-10. Of course I had to check the chart run to see if it stopped at #25 on either the way up or down. Close, but no cigar: 27 on the upside, 26 on the way down.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Aug 21, 2023 14:21:27 GMT -5
Interesting chart run. Can't blame Bill Wardlow for that one. 😂
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Post by mkarns on Aug 22, 2023 20:35:24 GMT -5
This week's optional extras:
August 29, 1987:
Hour #1: "Let Me Be The One" - Expose (#47) Hour #2: "Victim Of Love" - Bryan Adams (#54) Hour #3: "I Think We're Alone Now" - Tiffany (#84; debuted) Hour #4: "You Are The Girl" - The Cars (#65; highest debut)
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Post by jmack19 on Aug 23, 2023 15:25:44 GMT -5
Sometimes also KONO (8am Est), WODC (8 am Est), WRTH (2pm Est), go with B shows. WRTH has been sold but should continue to air shows until sale closes which should be around the middle of November.
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Post by seminolefan on Aug 24, 2023 11:30:14 GMT -5
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Post by trekkielo on Aug 24, 2023 21:15:52 GMT -5
"American Top 40, we're upto the current hit by a band that's had 17 Top 40 hits, including Top 10 smashes like, Can't Get It Out of My Head, Evil Woman and Telephone Line, and with Olivia Newton-John a song called Xanadu, up 5 notches to 28, here's ELO with Hold On Tight" - Casey Kasem's American Top 40 from August 22nd, 1981 After hearing "Hold On Tight" on Casey Kasem's American Top 40 Mighty 690 AM radio show back around August 1981 while with family near Ventura, California, a US Route 101 road trip to Santa Barbara's Mission when I was just 8 years old, Dad then bought me my very first Electric Light Orchestra album from Tower Records, an audio cassette of Time by ELO, thus started the fandom 42 years ago!
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Post by Jessica on Aug 26, 2023 21:06:38 GMT -5
I was kind of surprised that Rick Springfield and Elton John were (then) tied with 11 Top 40 hits in the 80’s. I don’t think Casey mentions Wham/George Michael which is pretty surprising as well.
Casey manages to again not say the title of George Michael’s song (“I Want Your Sex”). Impressive he only said the title a few times seeing as the song we on the charts for months and almost went to number one.
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Post by listenerwants2know on Aug 27, 2023 1:22:24 GMT -5
"American Top 40, we're upto the current hit by a band that's had 17 Top 40 hits, including Top 10 smashes like, Can't Get It Out of My Head, Evil Woman and Telephone Line, and with Olivia Newton-John a song called Xanadu, up 5 notches to 28, here's ELO with Hold On Tight" - Casey Kasem's American Top 40 from August 22nd, 1981 After hearing "Hold On Tight" on Casey Kasem's American Top 40 Mighty 690 AM radio show back around August 1981 while with family near Ventura, California, a US Route 101 road trip to Santa Barbara's Mission when I was just 8 years old, Dad then bought me my very first Electric Light Orchestra album from Tower Records, an audio cassette of Time by ELO, thus started the fandom 42 years ago! The perhaps somewhat striking French part of "Hold On Tight" recalls a current of New Romantics at the beginning of the 80s. At that time it was "en vogue" to have a great interest in cities like Paris, Vienna, ... to have. A typical representative of this current is the band Visage with the song "Fade To Grey", where the French translation "Devenir gris" is also included in the lyrics.
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