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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jan 24, 2012 9:04:51 GMT -5
I have 3 questions to ask regarding Backtrax USA: - What date (roughly when) did the show debut?
- If they were devoted to 1970s music to start, around what date did they change the format to all 1980s music?
- And around what date did they add 1990s music to the show?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2012 9:28:22 GMT -5
So far as I know the show was never dedicated to 70s music. I do not know the exact year the 90s version started but I know I heard it in February 2003 in Orlando.
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Post by cafy1000 on Jan 24, 2012 14:07:38 GMT -5
Hi,
I don't ever recall Backtrax playing 70's music. I believe the show debuted around December of 1992. Actually, they used to spotlight a specific week. For example, on June 12, 1993, they simply played 2 hours of music from June 12, 1984. They generally spotlighted 1981-1988 and rotated each week. They did that until March 5, 1994. That next weekend, March 12, they started playing music from the entire decade. To be honest, I liked that fomrat better. They would play more "lost" hits of the 80's.
As for 90's, I believe it started in January of 2003.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2012 14:18:34 GMT -5
Hi, I don't ever recall Backtrax playing 70's music. I believe the show debuted around December of 1992. Actually, they used to spotlight a specific week. For example, on June 12, 1993, they simply played 2 hours of music from June 12, 1984. They generally spotlighted 1981-1988 and rotated each week. They did that until March 5, 1994. That next weekend, March 12, they started playing music from the entire decade. To be honest, I liked that fomrat better. They would play more "lost" hits of the 80's. As for 90's, I believe it started in January of 2003. Wasn't "Pop Musick" by M from the late 70s? I heard that one in there in 95 when WAPE aired the show for a very short period of time. |
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on Jan 24, 2012 14:51:26 GMT -5
Pop Muzik can be considered either 70s or 80s. The song debuted on AT40 in August 1979, peaked in November 1979, and fell off the chart in January 1980. AT40 included "Pop Muzik" in its Top 100 of 1980 (Survey period Nov 1979-Nov 1980).
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Post by BrettVW on Jan 24, 2012 18:08:06 GMT -5
Kid Kelly debuted Backtrax USA 80s I believe in 1992. The 90s version debuted in January 2003. There was never a 70s version. I have heard that in the early days of the 80s show there were occasional specials like a one hit wonder show, but I discovered the show in 2002, and outside of the clock changing about two years ago, the show has not changed a bit, from the jingles to the music selections to the words and phrases Kid uses. Unlike most non countdown shows though, there are occasional guest hosted shows, hosted by Paul Cubby Bryant (there was a 2004 show hosted by Jojo Morales, then of Z100). For years, BT USA waa syndicated by Premiere alongside Casey, but Dialglobal has the show now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2012 18:43:05 GMT -5
Kid Kelly debuted Backtrax USA 80s I believe in 1992. The 90s version debuted in January 2003. There was never a 70s version. I have heard that in the early days of the 80s show there were occasional specials like a one hit wonder show, but I discovered the show in 2002, and outside of the clock changing about two years ago, the show has not changed a bit, from the jingles to the music selections to the words and phrases Kid uses. Unlike most non countdown shows though, there are occasional guest hosted shows, hosted by Paul Cubby Bryant (there was a 2004 show hosted by Jojo Morales, then of Z100). For years, BT USA waa syndicated by Premiere alongside Casey, but Dialglobal has the show now. The show almost sounds like they could have a few year cycle and just rerun them over and over. You're right, absolutely nothing has changed in years on it. The only way you can tell is the copyright date is given at the end of the show. The last sentence you stated is why it's affiliate base dropped a few years back too. |
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Post by JMW on Jan 25, 2012 16:49:09 GMT -5
Pop Muzik can be considered either 70s or 80s. The song debuted on AT40 in August 1979, peaked in November 1979, and fell off the chart in January 1980. AT40 included "Pop Muzik" in its Top 100 of 1980 (Survey period Nov 1979-Nov 1980). I've heard Heart of Glass (in the Top 40 from 3/17 to 6/10/1979) on Backtrax a few times with the year given as 1980. |
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jan 25, 2012 17:56:34 GMT -5
Pop Muzik can be considered either 70s or 80s. The song debuted on AT40 in August 1979, peaked in November 1979, and fell off the chart in January 1980. AT40 included "Pop Muzik" in its Top 100 of 1980 (Survey period Nov 1979-Nov 1980). I've heard Heart of Glass (in the Top 40 from 3/17 to 6/10/1979) on Backtrax a few times with the year given as 1980. It sounds like Pop Muzik by M and Heart of Glass by Blondie were the only two songs that were mentioned as "from 1980" when really they were both from 1979. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2012 6:36:39 GMT -5
Allaccess.com posted an article yesterday in which it states Backtrax USA turns 20 years old this weekend.
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Post by JMW on Feb 22, 2012 15:07:03 GMT -5
I noticed something when listening to some of the show the last two weeks: when a song plays that either entered the Top 40 early in a calendar year or entered the Top 40 late in the year/peaked in the next year, Kid will say it's from the previous year. These examples are what I heard the last two weeks:
These Dreams - entered the Top 40 on 2/1/1986; Kid says it's from 1985.
Livin' On a Prayer - entered the Top 40 on 1/10/1987; Kid says it's from 1986.
Down Under - entered the Top 40 on 11/27/1982 and peaked in January 1983; Kid says it's from 1982.
Every other 80s radio I've ever listened to (Amazing 80s and Nina Blackwood's Absolutely 80s) has given the years for those songs as 1986, 1987 and 1983, plus I associate those songs with those years so it's strange to hear a different year given.
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Post by marv101 on Mar 3, 2012 21:40:22 GMT -5
That's his way of doing the show; his long-running practice when either introducing or back-announcing a song is to cite the year in which it was released as opposed to the year in which it became a hit on the charts.
For instance, if he were to play the #1 single from 25 years ago this week ('Livin' On A Prayer') this weekend on his Backtrax 80s show, he'll cite it as being 'from 1986', although it topped the charts in 1987.
He was also the top 40 editor at R&R once upon a time.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Mar 3, 2012 22:31:16 GMT -5
For instance, if he were to play the #1 single from 25 years ago this week ('Livin' On A Prayer') this weekend on his Backtrax 80s show, he'll cite it as being 'from 1986', although it topped the charts in 1987. That's probably because "Livin' On A Prayer" was originally released as a single in the U.S. in 1986. It debuted on AT40 in January 1987, I believe - not that long after the transition from 1986 to 1987. Kid Kelly also cited "Solid" by Ashford & Simpson as being from 1984, although the song peaked at #12 early in 1985 (it was heard on AT40: The 80s this weekend at #17, by this week in 1985 it was on the way down the charts). Again, it was originally released as a commercial single before Christmas 1984. But it is kind of weird how Kid Kelly cited "Heart of Glass" by Blondie as being from 1980, when in reality it hit #1 in the spring of 1979. |
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Post by marv101 on Mar 3, 2012 23:50:49 GMT -5
Like Casey & Bob Kingsley, he's certainly entitled to whiff once in a while, isn't he?
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Post by Josh Joel's Top 40 on Mar 4, 2012 0:30:04 GMT -5
I say that some of the late 70s selections from that show are right on point because let's face it, these records went on to become huge "recurrent" hits during 1980. So, technically speaking these are "80s hits" including hits such as "Pop Muzik" by M and 'Don't Bring Me Down" by ELO.
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