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Post by mkarns on Feb 27, 2024 21:36:39 GMT -5
This week's optional extras:
March 1, 1986:
Hour #1: "So Far Away" - Dire Straits (#66; highest debut) Hour #2: "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys (#71; debuted) Hour #3: "Where Are You Now?" - Synch (#95; debuted; not a top 40 hit in 1986, but reached #10 when reissued in 1989) Hour #4: "Addicted To Love" - Robert Palmer (#46)
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Post by matt on Feb 28, 2024 12:54:44 GMT -5
This week's optional extras: March 1, 1986:Hour #1: "So Far Away" - Dire Straits (#66; highest debut) Hour #2: "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys (#71; debuted) Hour #3: "Where Are You Now?" - Synch (#95; debuted; not a top 40 hit in 1986, but reached #10 when reissued in 1989) Hour #4: "Addicted To Love" - Robert Palmer (#46) This show contains an interesting story from Casey about why there is no channel 1 on standard television sets -- I think it's during the intro to A-Ha's "The Sun Always Shines On TV" at #32. Another example of one of things that made AT40 so great back in the day -- the story had nothing to do with the song other than a song's title containing the term "TV" but they came up with an interesting story for the listener, which Casey was an absolute master at telling.
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Post by seminolefan on Feb 29, 2024 14:52:13 GMT -5
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Post by jmack19 on Mar 1, 2024 0:42:40 GMT -5
I'll go with 3/5/83 for the "B" show next weekend. 1984 & 1987 are Charlie Van Dyke shows. 1988 is due, 1985 was last week & 1986 is this weekend. 3/5/83 last aired in 2019. The 2 previous "B" shows this year aired in 2018.
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Post by bm63 on Mar 1, 2024 6:50:07 GMT -5
I'll go with 3/5/83 for the "B" show next weekend. 1984 & 1987 are Charlie Van Dyke shows. 1988 is due, 1985 was last week & 1986 is this weekend. 3/5/83 last aired in 2019. The 2 previous "B" shows this year aired in 2018. In 2017 3/8/1980 was paired with 3/12/1988. I have a feeling this will happen again.
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Post by jmack19 on Mar 1, 2024 14:49:33 GMT -5
In 2017 3/8/1980 was paired with 3/12/1988. I have a feeling this will happen again. I originally thought the "B" show would be from 3/5/1988, which aired in 2022, then switched to 1983. 3/12/1988 was aired last year. 3/12/1983 & 3/9/1985 are also possible options.
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Post by mjl677 on Mar 1, 2024 15:05:04 GMT -5
These artists had their sequels to their huge 1985 hits on this countdown and unfortunately their sequels didn’t do it for them and they would never be heard from again on the AT40:
“Goodbye Is Forever”- Arcadia (the members of course would reappear but not under this name again) “Night Moves”- Marilyn Martin “The Sun Always Shines On TV”- A-Ha “Day By Day”- Hooters
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Post by JMW on Mar 1, 2024 15:55:53 GMT -5
These artists had their sequels to their huge 1985 hits on this countdown and unfortunately their sequels didn’t do it for them and they would never be heard from again on the AT40: “Goodbye Is Forever”- Arcadia (the members of course would reappear but not under this name again) “Night Moves”- Marilyn Martin “The Sun Always Shines On TV”- A-Ha “Digital Display”- Ready For The World“Day By Day”- Hooters They had Love You Down a year later.
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Post by mjl677 on Mar 1, 2024 16:20:40 GMT -5
These artists had their sequels to their huge 1985 hits on this countdown and unfortunately their sequels didn’t do it for them and they would never be heard from again on the AT40: “Goodbye Is Forever”- Arcadia (the members of course would reappear but not under this name again) “Night Moves”- Marilyn Martin “The Sun Always Shines On TV”- A-Ha “Digital Display”- Ready For The World“Day By Day”- Hooters They had Love You Down a year later. Ah you’re right! I totally forgotten that song.. Will update my post.
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Post by mjl677 on Mar 1, 2024 16:22:32 GMT -5
I tell ya, that “Russians” song by Sting holds so much meaning especially nowadays…
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Post by JMW on Mar 1, 2024 18:51:50 GMT -5
They had Love You Down a year later. Ah you’re right! I totally forgotten that song.. Will update my post. Another one I just realized: Day by Day was followed by Where Do the Children Go, a one-week-wonder song that was played on the 5/24 show.
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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 2, 2024 16:18:23 GMT -5
"Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco is one of the featured songs on this week's countdown from 3/1/86-Around the same time,two disc jockeys from Phoenix,AZ named Mike Elliott & Bud Latour recorded a parody called "Rock Me Jerry Lewis"-It never made the Billboard Hot 100 but it was extremely popular on "The Dr.Demento Show" where it was the most requested song of 1986.
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Post by skuncle on Mar 2, 2024 19:14:29 GMT -5
Completely useless trivia about this week's countdown, at #37 was "Needles & Pins" by Tom Petty with Stevie Nicks. The song is from his 1985 live album "Pack Up The Plantation Live" although the song was recorded in 1981. At #34 was "Night Moves" by Marilyn Martin who sang backing vocals on Stevie's 1985 album "Rock A Little" (and sings backing vocals on Stevie's current tour). At #10 is "These Dreams" by Heart. The song was originally written with Stevie Nicks in mind, she turned it down and it went to Heart. Stevie would debut her next single "I Can't Wait" the following week.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 2, 2024 19:42:55 GMT -5
I can't wait for your next bit of completely useless trivia!
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Post by mkarns on Mar 3, 2024 0:13:59 GMT -5
Completely useless trivia about this week's countdown, at #37 was "Needles & Pins" by Tom Petty with Stevie Nicks. The song is from his 1985 live album "Pack Up The Plantation Live" although the song was recorded in 1981. At #34 was "Night Moves" by Marilyn Martin who sang backing vocals on Stevie's 1985 album "Rock A Little" (and sings backing vocals on Stevie's current tour). At #10 is "These Dreams" by Heart. The song was originally written with Stevie Nicks in mind, she turned it down and it went to Heart. Stevie would debut her next single "I Can't Wait" the following week. Speaking of useless trivia, Stevie’s “I Can’t Wait” would become one of three different songs with the same title to make AT40 in the same 1970-88 period when Nu Shooz’ hit debuted a few weeks later. The others were two “Superstar”s in 1971 and two “Crazy Love”s in 1979.
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