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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 22, 2022 3:39:40 GMT -5
Climbing the Hot 100 from #95 to #87 on 6/30/73 was the follow-up to "Little Willie," Sweet's Top 10 hit. "Blockbuster" was a #1 hit in England, Germany, Australia and other countries. Yet, it spent all of 7 weeks on Billboard's survey, climbing only as high as #73 in July 1973. A lost classic, here's some vintage glam rock... www.youtube.com/watch?v=egPriRsahGs
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 23, 2022 5:36:33 GMT -5
Like its counterpart from 6/30/73, the lost 70s classic from June 24, 1978 originated on the other side of the Atlantic. And Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express", their 2nd and last Hot 100 entry, also spent just 7 weeks on the chart. The similarities end there, however. With pop and disco releases dominating the mid to late 70s, many music critics have noted that the German group's synthesizer-based, instrumental sound was way ahead of its time. And how much influence tracks like this one generated with other recording acts may never be known. Climbing to its peak Hot 100 position of #67 on 6/24/78, enjoy the ride. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv8_EZrNhpY
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 5, 2022 10:15:43 GMT -5
To coincide with one of Premiere's 70s shows this week... Paul Simon's "Duncan" debuted at #74 on the Hot 100 chart dated July 8, 1972. It was the third single from his self-titled album. However, unlike the other two, "Duncan" missed reaching the Top 40, and peaked at #52. Perhaps it failed to gain Top 40 airplay due to its 4:30 running time. Or perhaps it was its sexual overtone. Regardless, this lost classic was added to many FM radio playlists during the summer of '72. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e-Quw2QGo8
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Post by Rodney on Jul 5, 2022 20:43:46 GMT -5
Duncan is an EXCELLENT song. Another deep track of his that I love is Adios Hermanos from his 97 Capeman Album.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 9, 2022 4:57:46 GMT -5
To coincide with XM's show from July 10, 1971, here's a new entry on that week's Hot 100. "He's Gonna Step On You Again" by John Kongos debuted at #98 and eventually spent a total of 7 weeks on the chart, climbing as high as #70. Another great lost 70s classic... www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdFaNFnODUE
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 13, 2022 23:35:12 GMT -5
Climbing the Hot 100 chart dated July 15, 1978 (at #49) was ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky." Two weeks later, it reached the AT40 countdown and spent all of 3 weeks among the Top 40 singles, peaking at #35. This one is especially lost because program producers could not find an extra minute of playing time during any of the song's 3 survey appearances to air the full 5-minute album version. Alas, one more reason for the 4-hour countdown. To have shortchanged this classic 'orchestra' track was a huge disappointment. However, feel free to add this one, in its entirety, as a personal Optional Extra to this week's 7/15/78 show. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7dTBoW5H9k
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Post by mkarns on Jul 13, 2022 23:40:00 GMT -5
Climbing the Hot 100 chart dated July 15, 1978 (at #49) was ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky." Two weeks later, it reached the AT40 countdown and spent all of 3 weeks among the Top 40 singles, peaking at #35. This one is especially lost because program producers could not find an extra minute of playing time during any of the song's 3 survey appearances to air the full 5-minute album version. Alas, one more reason for the 4-hour countdown. To have shortchanged this classic 'orchestra' track was a huge disappointment. However, feel free to add this one, in its entirety, as a personal Optional Extra to this week's 7/15/78 show. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7dTBoW5H9kIt appeared as an LDD on January 7, 1989. Shadoe might have played the full version then?
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Post by mga707 on Jul 13, 2022 23:51:20 GMT -5
To coincide with XM's show from July 10, 1971, here's a new entry on that week's Hot 100. "He's Gonna Step On You Again" by John Kongos debuted at #98 and eventually spent a total of 7 weeks on the chart, climbing as high as #70. Another great lost 70s classic... www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdFaNFnODUEThis one takes me back to summer '71 nights in Tucson, hearing it often on 'blowtorch' 1520 KOMA Oklahoma City, coming in stronger than some local stations I listened to, such as 580 KIKX, who had to cut power drastically at night to 'protect' another 580 frequency. The quirks of AM radio...
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 14, 2022 3:19:34 GMT -5
To coincide with XM's show from July 10, 1971, here's a new entry on that week's Hot 100. "He's Gonna Step On You Again" by John Kongos debuted at #98 and eventually spent a total of 7 weeks on the chart, climbing as high as #70. Another great lost 70s classic... www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdFaNFnODUEThis one takes me back to summer '71 nights in Tucson, hearing it often on 'blowtorch' 1550 KOMA Oklahoma City, coming in stronger than some local stations I listened to, such as 580 KIKX, who had to cut power drastically at night to 'protect' another 580 frequency. The quirks of AM radio... Gotta love that memory. Long distance AM radio listening -- the lost art of discovering Top 40 stations at night from hundreds of miles away, with unknown disc jockeys who played both familiar and unfamiliar music. And throw in a few unique call letter jingles. Good times for many music and radio geeks.
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Post by 1finemrg on Jul 14, 2022 5:14:43 GMT -5
This one takes me back to summer '71 nights in Tucson, hearing it often on 'blowtorch' 1550 KOMA Oklahoma City, coming in stronger than some local stations I listened to, such as 580 KIKX, who had to cut power drastically at night to 'protect' another 580 frequency. The quirks of AM radio... Gotta love that memory. Long distance AM radio listening -- the lost art of discovering Top 40 stations at night from hundreds of miles away, with unknown disc jockeys who played both familiar and unfamiliar music. And throw in a few unique call letter jingles. Good times for many music and radio geeks. Absolutely Pete. While in college in Colorado, I remember listening to the "Big 89" WLS in Chicago at night when feeling a little homesick.
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Post by mga707 on Jul 14, 2022 8:41:14 GMT -5
This one takes me back to summer '71 nights in Tucson, hearing it often on 'blowtorch' 1550 KOMA Oklahoma City, coming in stronger than some local stations I listened to, such as 580 KIKX, who had to cut power drastically at night to 'protect' another 580 frequency. The quirks of AM radio... Gotta love that memory. Long distance AM radio listening -- the lost art of discovering Top 40 stations at night from hundreds of miles away, with unknown disc jockeys who played both familiar and unfamiliar music. And throw in a few unique call letter jingles. Good times for many music and radio geeks. Indeed they were. Besides KOMA, who blasted their signal all over the west at night, I regularly checked in with KFI (L.A.), WOAI (San Antonio), and 'border blaster' 'X-Rock 80' (XERO) El Paso/Ciudad Juarez once the sun set. And to tie this back to AT40, during the summer 1974-summer 1975 period when the show had no local affiliate, I could (barely) pick up the last hour on KCPX in SLC during that fall/winter's early sunset months.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 14, 2022 18:06:55 GMT -5
Gotta love that memory. Long distance AM radio listening -- the lost art of discovering Top 40 stations at night from hundreds of miles away, with unknown disc jockeys who played both familiar and unfamiliar music. And throw in a few unique call letter jingles. Good times for many music and radio geeks. Absolutely Pete. While in college in Colorado, I remember listening to the "Big 89" WLS in Chicago at night when feeling a little homesick. I'm feeling a little homesick for some vintage "Big 89" right now. Gotta love that memory. Long distance AM radio listening -- the lost art of discovering Top 40 stations at night from hundreds of miles away, with unknown disc jockeys who played both familiar and unfamiliar music. And throw in a few unique call letter jingles. Good times for many music and radio geeks. Indeed they were. Besides KOMA, who blasted their signal all over the west at night, I regularly checked in with KFI (L.A.), WOAI (San Antonio), and 'border blaster' 'X-Rock 80' (XERO) El Paso/Ciudad Juarez once the sun set. And to tie this back to AT40, during the summer 1974-summer 1975 period when the show had no local affiliate, I could (barely) pick up the last hour on KCPX in SLC during that fall/winter's early sunset months. From the Chicago area, I also listened to WOAI, as well as Little Rock's KAAY and occasionally WABC in New York. And the AM radio dial scans all started for me while looking for AT40. Today's young whippersnappers don't know the pain.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jul 14, 2022 21:45:57 GMT -5
Climbing the Hot 100 chart dated July 15, 1978 (at #49) was ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky." Two weeks later, it reached the AT40 countdown and spent all of 3 weeks among the Top 40 singles, peaking at #35. This one is especially lost because program producers could not find an extra minute of playing time during any of the song's 3 survey appearances to air the full 5-minute album version. Alas, one more reason for the 4-hour countdown. To have shortchanged this classic 'orchestra' track was a huge disappointment. However, feel free to add this one, in its entirety, as a personal Optional Extra to this week's 7/15/78 show. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7dTBoW5H9kIt appeared as an LDD on January 7, 1989. Shadoe might have played the full version then? Yes, he did.
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Post by trekkielo on Jul 15, 2022 17:03:50 GMT -5
Climbing the Hot 100 chart dated July 15, 1978 (at #49) was ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky." Two weeks later, it reached the AT40 countdown and spent all of 3 weeks among the Top 40 singles, peaking at #35. This one is especially lost because program producers could not find an extra minute of playing time during any of the song's 3 survey appearances to air the full 5-minute album version. Alas, one more reason for the 4-hour countdown. To have shortchanged this classic 'orchestra' track was a huge disappointment. However, feel free to add this one, in its entirety, as a personal Optional Extra to this week's 7/15/78 show. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7dTBoW5H9kYeah, then it was another huge disappointment when Premiere didn't make "Mr. Blue Sky" an Optional Extra for June 24, 1978, July 15, 1978 or July 22, 1978, but they did feature "Kiss You All Over" by Exile three times on 7/15/78, 7/22/78 & 7/29/78, seeing as it's now one of Electric Light Orchestra's signature songs! Here its official music video from 1977...
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 21, 2022 8:28:41 GMT -5
Peaking at #63 on the Hot 100 dated July 23, 1977 was a Beatles tribute, "Platinum Heroes" by Bruce Foster. Perhaps if the song had been released a year earlier during the Summer '76 resurgence of Beatlemania, it may have been better received. And the song's 3:45 promo edit (the original single running time was 5:45) may have also been a deterrent to radio airplay. Nevertheless, many Beatles fans still appreciate Foster's only Hot 100 entry. Platinum heroes better than gold, Loved by the world for the records they sold. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsMqh631xUU Enjoy!
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