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Post by kani on Mar 3, 2024 7:26:42 GMT -5
Is it me or am I noticing the WNSN live stream not working?
Sound wasn't coming. But week later I listened, it's working.
WNBY later listened and KOKZ aired 7am-11am....
soft jingles: That's What Friends Are For, This Could Be the Night, Life in Northern Town, These Dreams, Sara story about ABC millionaire getting ragged ZZTop high gross tour story instruments in top 40 16 foreign acts biggest spoken word in history Sheila E. story Chaka Khan - Addicted to Love, mentioned or played? Boney M - Rivers of Babylon snippet, written 3000 years ago Sylvester Stallone Rocky IV, Muhamad Ali fight #1 dance A Love Bizarre Baltimore population update listen question
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 3, 2024 7:39:37 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. Other times for same title different songs at the same time in the top 40: 2 songs titled "Don't Be Cruel" (One of them a remake of an Elvis song, the other the first solo Bobby Brown hit), 2 songs titled "Hold On" in 1990 (One by Wilson Phillips, the other by En Vogue) and in 1998 during the second AT40 era 2 songs titled "Stop" (one by the Spice Girls, the other by Merideth Brooks).
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Post by JMW on Mar 3, 2024 16:55:18 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. And if Casey's last show was 8/20/1988 instead of the 6th, there would have been two "Don't Be Cruel"s.
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 3, 2024 20:23:48 GMT -5
AT40: The 80's 3/1/1986 had a question letter to Casey about #1 songs with musical instruments in thier titles. Casey mentioned "The Happy Organ", "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Green Tambourine", "Wedding Bell Blues", and "Ring My Bell"; but Casey left out "The Three Bells"!
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Post by mkarns on Mar 3, 2024 22:36:37 GMT -5
3/1/1986 had the unusual feature of a listener who sent in a Long Distance Dedication to his late grandfather asking to hear the requested song (Elton John's "Empty Garden") at a specific point in the show, specifically late in it as usually he could only hear the top seven songs due to his local AT40's scheduling conflicting with church (many years before people could listen online to radio stations from anywhere at any time.) AT40 complied, putting the dedication between #5 and #4. It followed Sade's midtempo hit "The Sweetest Taboo", one of the softer songs in the last part of the show. After what happened six months earlier, the AT40 staff definitely knew better than to put a death dedication after an uptempo g--d--- number.
I also found it of local interest when shortly thereafter Casey read a letter from a Baltimore area listener correcting him on the number of colleges in the city. Specifically, she correctly noted that many "Baltimore" addresses are located in Baltimore County, which doesn't include the central city, and other suburbs. Appropriately, I heard this on WQSR.
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Post by Jessica on Mar 4, 2024 2:29:41 GMT -5
I thought the story about the cheap woman, Hetty Green was interesting (right before “How To Be A Millionaire” by ABC) Although it didn’t seem like Casey was very sympathetic lol. Although the story about her son’s amputated leg seems to be exaggerated.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 4, 2024 9:09:44 GMT -5
I thought the story about the cheap woman, Hetty Green was interesting (right before “How To Be A Millionaire” by ABC) Although it didn’t seem like Casey was very sympathetic lol. Although the story about her son’s amputated leg seems to be exaggerated. It was. Hetty's bio here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetty_Green
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Post by jmack19 on Mar 4, 2024 11:14:28 GMT -5
And so 1981 stays in its since November 2023 drought after 11/14/1981 was played back in November 2023. I guess the weekend of 3/16/2024 could be 3/14/1981. The weekend of March 16th will feature March 14, 1981.
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Post by JMW on Mar 4, 2024 12:26:39 GMT -5
And so 1981 stays in its since November 2023 drought after 11/14/1981 was played back in November 2023. I guess the weekend of 3/16/2024 could be 3/14/1981. The weekend of March 16th will feature March 14, 1981. It's last airing was in 2019, which will be the third show to last air in that year (the other two are 1/17/1987 and 3/1/1986.) Hopefully it doesn't become a habit like last year.
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Post by mkarns on Mar 4, 2024 13:05:51 GMT -5
The weekend of March 16th will feature March 14, 1981. It's last airing was in 2019, which will be the third show to last air in that year (the other two are 1/17/1987 and 3/1/1986.) Hopefully it doesn't become a habit like last year. Agreed, though with 1978 being aired by itself this coming weekend and 1981 next week, that mean that finally each year has finally received one featured (A or standalone) play in 2024--except of course 1970 which doesn't appear until July.
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Post by johnnywest on Mar 4, 2024 14:34:15 GMT -5
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. Other times for same title different songs at the same time in the top 40: 2 songs titled "Don't Be Cruel" (One of them a remake of an Elvis song, the other the first solo Bobby Brown hit), 2 songs titled "Hold On" in 1990 (One by Wilson Phillips, the other by En Vogue) and in 1998 during the second AT40 era 2 songs titled "Stop" (one by the Spice Girls, the other by Merideth Brooks). Most recently, last year when both The Weeknd and Jojo had simultaneous Top 40 hits titled "Die For You."
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 4, 2024 14:48:28 GMT -5
1980 and 1981 are the A shows the next 2 weeks? I would not have bet any money on that happening. I thought Premiere was treating the early 80s like a redheaded stepchild.
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Post by caseyfan100 on Mar 4, 2024 17:55:25 GMT -5
1980 and 1981 are the A shows the next 2 weeks? I would not have bet any money on that happening. I thought Premiere was treating the early 80s like a redheaded stepchild. That's the radio stations treating those years like that,not Premier.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Mar 4, 2024 19:04:42 GMT -5
Regardless, I don't see the early 80s (well, 1980 and 1981) going away. Maybe not as many stations will play those years, but they certainly won't be unheard of. Personally, those years are in the middle of my musical sweet spot; my favorite era of music.
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Post by LC on Mar 4, 2024 19:06:24 GMT -5
And so 1981 stays in its since November 2023 drought after 11/14/1981 was played back in November 2023. I guess the weekend of 3/16/2024 could be 3/14/1981. The weekend of March 16th will feature March 14, 1981. What's happened to the Charis Music website? It's been down for more than a week....
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