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Post by kani on Jun 1, 2024 12:18:45 GMT -5
WMMX once again for last segment of hour 4 AT40 80s, repeating 1988 for the past 2 weeks in a row! I will try email..
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Post by dth1971 on Jun 1, 2024 15:03:06 GMT -5
Casey on Boy George: "He wears makeup and dresses oddly for a man." Has there ever been such a massive understatement uttered in the history of AT40? Many thought he wore them pretty well. Not quite grammatically correct there, Casey. Does RuPaul count?
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Post by kani on Jun 2, 2024 6:16:11 GMT -5
1983 notes Mary Wilson story, what happened to her after The Supremes
#1 adult contemp My Love, #1 rock Rock of Ages, #1 dance Let's Dance
5 acts from Australia
2 movie songs: Flashdance and Staying Alive
First wave British Invasion story in 60s, like The Kinks
21 foreign acts; 14 english acts
First ldd college Massachusetts, MIT, now then 19 years old name Andy, meet new girl in Taiwan (no name mentioned) and fell in love, however its opposite..
Prince - 1999, span 3 decades: 1982, 1983 re-release, 1999, 2016
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4, was extra as this was former one of listeners ques in past that was forgotten as listing numbers
Daryl Hall carrying load box story
Rick Springfield story
Boy George and Culture Club, Lisa story she was in coma
Second ldd: Woman name Roxy after 12 years marriage, husband died and her life fell apart. She met new guy and then had 2 children. Hopefully won't lose him.
One of at40 staff members at that time got married.
Casey teased there will be July 4th special, best of 80s decade so far Most Number one hits.
#1 album: Thriller #1 soul: Mtume - Juicy Fruit #1 country: Waylon Jennings - Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)
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Post by dth1971 on Jun 2, 2024 8:28:37 GMT -5
1983 notes Mary Wilson story, what happened to her after The Supremes #1 adult contemp My Love, #1 rock Rock of Ages, #1 dance Let's Dance 5 acts from Australia 2 movie songs: Flashdance and Staying Alive First wave British Invasion story in 60s, like The Kinks 21 foreign acts; 14 english acts First ldd college Massachusetts, MIT, now then 19 years old name Andy, meet new girl in Taiwan (no name mentioned) and fell in love, however its opposite.. Prince - 1999, span 3 decades: 1982, 1983 re-release, 1999, 2016 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4, was extra as this was former one of listeners ques in past that was forgotten as listing numbers Daryl Hall carrying load box story Rick Springfield story Mary Wilson toured the oldies circuit in the 1980's. Mary Wilson passed away in Feb. 2021. I also am not sure if Mary Wilson's autobiography "Reflections" did get a 1984 book release.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 2, 2024 9:49:35 GMT -5
1983 notes Mary Wilson story, what happened to her after The Supremes #1 adult contemp My Love, #1 rock Rock of Ages, #1 dance Let's Dance 5 acts from Australia 2 movie songs: Flashdance and Staying Alive First wave British Invasion story in 60s, like The Kinks 21 foreign acts; 14 english acts First ldd college Massachusetts, MIT, now then 19 years old name Andy, meet new girl in Taiwan (no name mentioned) and fell in love, however its opposite.. Prince - 1999, span 3 decades: 1982, 1983 re-release, 1999, 2016 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4, was extra as this was former one of listeners ques in past that was forgotten as listing numbers Daryl Hall carrying load box story Rick Springfield story Mary Wilson toured the oldies circuit in the 1980's. Mary Wilson passed away in Feb. 2001. I also am not sure if Mary Wilson's autobiography "Reflections" did get a 1984 book release. Actually Mary Wilson lived until Feb. 2021. I presume that the autobiography Casey described as "Reflections" was what was eventually titled "Dreamgirl: My Life As a Supreme", which was finally published in 1986 and became a best seller.
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Post by dth1971 on Jun 2, 2024 10:58:25 GMT -5
Mary Wilson toured the oldies circuit in the 1980's. Mary Wilson passed away in Feb. 2001. I also am not sure if Mary Wilson's autobiography "Reflections" did get a 1984 book release. Actually Mary Wilson lived until Feb. 2021. I presume that the autobiography Casey described as "Reflections" was what was eventually titled "Dreamgirl: My Life As a Supreme", which was finally published in 1986 and became a best seller. Just fixed the year.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 2, 2024 12:24:14 GMT -5
Meanwhile – because in 1983 there were two similar named charting artists – the soundalike Meri Wilson debuted with “Telephone Man” on the Hot 100 dated June 4, 1977.
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Post by LC on Jun 2, 2024 13:11:59 GMT -5
Meanwhile – because in 1983 there were two similar named charting artists – the soundalike Meri Wilson debuted with “Telephone Man” on the Hot 100 dated June 4, 1977. It's so puerile, did radio stations actually play that song? Or was it a hit primarily due to sales?
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 2, 2024 14:32:43 GMT -5
Meanwhile – because in 1983 there were two similar named charting artists – the soundalike Meri Wilson debuted with “Telephone Man” on the Hot 100 dated June 4, 1977. It's so puerile, did radio stations actually play that song? Or was it a hit primarily due to sales? The song was listed on the singles survey for WLS-AM Chicago for 4 weeks in August 1977.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jun 2, 2024 15:06:34 GMT -5
Meanwhile – because in 1983 there were two similar named charting artists – the soundalike Meri Wilson debuted with “Telephone Man” on the Hot 100 dated June 4, 1977. It's so puerile, did radio stations actually play that song? Or was it a hit primarily due to sales? The only place I heard the song was during some morning drive shows in Atlanta and on the Dr. Demento show, back in 1977 (and oh, of course, on AT40).
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Post by mkarns on Jun 2, 2024 17:21:52 GMT -5
It's so puerile, did radio stations actually play that song? Or was it a hit primarily due to sales? The only place I heard the song was during some morning drive shows in Atlanta and on the Dr. Demento show, back in 1977 (and oh, of course, on AT40). It never charted in Radio & Records, so it must have been mostly a sales hit. Like most novelty songs, it's cute at first, or when heard occasionally, but wears thin fast. According to Wikipedia, the song was inspired by a brief real-life affair Meri had with the technician who installed her phone when she moved to Dallas, where the song was recorded. Among its unsuccessful followups was "Peter the Meter Reader", an obvious attempt at rekindling the magic. As late as 1999 she returned to that well in updated form with "Internet Man". Had she not died in a car accident in an ice storm in December 2002, she might be singing about smartphone and streaming service technicians now.
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Post by mga707 on Jun 2, 2024 17:36:09 GMT -5
Meanwhile – because in 1983 there were two similar named charting artists – the soundalike Meri Wilson debuted with “Telephone Man” on the Hot 100 dated June 4, 1977. It's so puerile, did radio stations actually play that song? Or was it a hit primarily due to sales? Got some airplay in my area.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 2, 2024 20:53:18 GMT -5
1983 notes Mary Wilson story, what happened to her after The Supremes #1 adult contemp My Love, #1 rock Rock of Ages, #1 dance Let's Dance 5 acts from Australia 2 movie songs: Flashdance and Staying Alive First wave British Invasion story in 60s, like The Kinks 21 foreign acts; 14 english acts First ldd college Massachusetts, MIT, now then 19 years old name Andy, meet new girl in Taiwan (no name mentioned) and fell in love, however its opposite.. Prince - 1999, span 3 decades: 1982, 1983 re-release, 1999, 2016 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4, was extra as this was former one of listeners ques in past that was forgotten as listing numbers Daryl Hall carrying load box story Rick Springfield story Boy George and Culture Club, Lisa story she was in coma Second ldd: Woman name Roxy after 12 years marriage, husband died and her life fell apart. She met new guy and then had 2 children. Hopefully won't lose him. One of at40 staff members at that time got married. Casey teased there will be July 4th special, best of 80s decade so far Most Number one hits. #1 album: Thriller #1 soul: Mtume - Juicy Fruit #1 country: Waylon Jennings - Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will) On a personal note, the Chicago song technically refers to the precise minute I was born (3:34, as Casey said), though I was born at 3:34 PM and the song’s lyrics make it clear they’re referring to 3:34 or 35 AM. Still, I like telling others the exact minute of my birth was mentioned in a hit song. Also regarding Casey’s pitch for AT40’s annual midyear special, it’s worth noting that a year earlier he teased an all-time Top Albums countdown that never aired, making 1982 the first year since 1971 when there was no AT40 special around the July 4th weekend. The 1983 show (top acts of the 80s, to that point) was played as planned, but there was no midyear AT40 special in 1984 or 1985. There were in 1986, 87, and 88, though in each of those years there was also a regular top 40 countdown the same week (1988’s was guest hosted, five weeks before Casey’s last show of his original AT40 run.)
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Post by Jessica on Jun 3, 2024 1:43:25 GMT -5
“Boy George…who wears makeup and dresses oddly for a man”. I have to be honest, that made me Laugh out loud. Probably not politically correct but funny. I remember being a kid and having a lot of questions about Boy George. I would be asking my parents about BG and wondered why he wanted to look that way. I had a little crush on him but would soon learn he wouldn’t be interested me (I was a little kid and I was also a girl) 😉😉.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 3, 2024 3:07:14 GMT -5
For June 4, 1983, my vote for the best music video of the week goes to The Kinks and "Come Dancing"
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