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Post by trekkielo on Aug 4, 2024 12:51:27 GMT -5
Casey Kasem should have said Richard Tandy played synthesizer along with Jeff Lynne writing and producing "Slipping Away" by Dave Edmunds at #39 on 7/30/83, it's also ironic because ELO's "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" is at #24 this very same week!
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Post by mrjukebox on Aug 4, 2024 14:25:11 GMT -5
"Mr.Custer" by Larry Verne was one of the "AT40 Archive" songs from this week's A show presentation 8/2/80-In his "Billboard Book Of Number One Hits",Fred Bronson said that Verne had no prior experience as a singer-He worked at a photographer's studio-Evidently he spoke with a drawl-That's what the songwriters were looking for-The rest as they say is history-"Mr.Custer" went to # 1 in October 1960-Here's a fun fact:"Mr.Custer" received its first airing on a Los Angeles station by a disc jockey named Bob Crane-Crane eventually left radio & focused on becoming an actor-He found success as the star of "Hogan's Heroes" which ran on CBS from 1965-1971.
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 4, 2024 14:40:34 GMT -5
"Mr.Custer" by Larry Verne was one of the "AT40 Archive" songs from this week's A show presentation 8/2/80-In his "Billboard Book Of Number One Hits",Fred Bronson said that Verne had no prior experience as a singer-He worked at a photographer's studio-Evidently he spoke with a drawl-That's what the songwriters were looking for-The rest as they say is history-"Mr.Custer" went to # 1 in October 1960-Here's a fun fact:"Mr.Custer" received its first airing on a Los Angeles station by a disc jockey named Bob Crane-Crane eventually left radio & focused on becoming an actor-He found success as the star of "Hogan's Heroes" which ran on CBS from 1965-1971. At least "Mr. Custer" isn't a bad novelty record of 1960.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 4, 2024 14:44:01 GMT -5
"Mr.Custer" by Larry Verne was one of the "AT40 Archive" songs from this week's A show presentation 8/2/80-In his "Billboard Book Of Number One Hits",Fred Bronson said that Verne had no prior experience as a singer-He worked at a photographer's studio-Evidently he spoke with a drawl-That's what the songwriters were looking for-The rest as they say is history-"Mr.Custer" went to # 1 in October 1960-Here's a fun fact:"Mr.Custer" received its first airing on a Los Angeles station by a disc jockey named Bob Crane-Crane eventually left radio & focused on becoming an actor-He found success as the star of "Hogan's Heroes" which ran on CBS from 1965-1971. ...and 'Colonel Hogan' was brutally murdered in Scottsdale AZ in June 1978, in a case that had sexual/pornographic overtones: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Crane
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Post by mga707 on Aug 4, 2024 14:45:08 GMT -5
"Mr.Custer" by Larry Verne was one of the "AT40 Archive" songs from this week's A show presentation 8/2/80-In his "Billboard Book Of Number One Hits",Fred Bronson said that Verne had no prior experience as a singer-He worked at a photographer's studio-Evidently he spoke with a drawl-That's what the songwriters were looking for-The rest as they say is history-"Mr.Custer" went to # 1 in October 1960-Here's a fun fact:"Mr.Custer" received its first airing on a Los Angeles station by a disc jockey named Bob Crane-Crane eventually left radio & focused on becoming an actor-He found success as the star of "Hogan's Heroes" which ran on CBS from 1965-1971. At least "Mr. Custer" isn't a bad novelty record of 1960. As 'un-PC' as it now is, it still makes me chuckle. 'A little late on that one, Charlie...'
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Post by mrjukebox on Aug 4, 2024 15:44:43 GMT -5
"Stand By Me" by Mickey Gilley was one of the featured selections from this week's A show presentation 8/2/80-Casey said it was the fourth time that song had reached the top forty-Six years later,"Stand By Me" returned to the top forty for a fifth time-This time,it was the original version by Ben E.King-It became the title of a movie that was directed by Rob Reiner-This time,the re-released version of "Stand By Me" did rather well-It peaked at # 9.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 4, 2024 16:20:32 GMT -5
"Stand By Me" by Mickey Gilley was one of the featured selections from this week's A show presentation 8/2/80-Casey said it was the fourth time that song had reached the top forty-Six years later,"Stand By Me" returned to the top forty for a fifth time-This time,it was the original version by Ben E.King-It became the title of a movie that was directed by Rob Reiner-This time,the re-released version of "Stand By Me" did rather well-It peaked at # 9. A near-perfect film, with a standout performance by the late River Phoenix. Along with Corey Feldman and Will 'Star Trek TNG' Wheaton (not to mention his great recurring role as himself/'Sheldon's nemesis' on TBBT ).
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 4, 2024 20:59:21 GMT -5
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Post by burcjm on Aug 4, 2024 21:40:12 GMT -5
My prediction for the week of August 17, if the 'B' for the week of August 10 is indeed 8/6/88 then 8/15/87, if it's 8/8/87 then 8/17/85.
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Post by jmack19 on Aug 4, 2024 22:11:05 GMT -5
^WFMX aired August 6, 1988 this evening.
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Post by mrjukebox on Aug 4, 2024 22:29:11 GMT -5
8/6/88 will likely air as next week's B show to 8/8/81.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 5, 2024 9:45:08 GMT -5
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Post by jmack19 on Aug 5, 2024 17:06:41 GMT -5
I would not be surprised if "Lonely Ol' Night" John Cougar Mellencamp, which is one week away from the countdown, is an optional extra next week.
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Post by bm63 on Aug 5, 2024 18:29:11 GMT -5
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Post by dukelightning on Aug 6, 2024 12:18:17 GMT -5
Little late to the game hearing the 1980 show today..usually I hear the shows before the weekend not after it. Anyway, everything has more or less been covered in the comments about this show. Casey mentioned the previous top 40 hits by Jackson Browne and it seemed to be in chronological order. But it was not. Said "Doctor My Eyes", "Runnin on Empty", "Stay", "Here Come Those Tears Again" and then the current hit "Boulevard". The correct chronological order is Doctor, Tears, Empty, Stay and Boulevard. His next hit "That Girl Could Sing" and "Runnin On Empty" are my faves by him.
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