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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 22, 2022 11:02:53 GMT -5
Although it failed as a single release (peaking on Billboard's Bubbling Under chart at #104), 10cc's "Life Is A Minestrone" continued to receive FM rock radio airplay during the Summer of '75. In fact, coinciding with the Top 10 hit "I'm Not In Love", it was considered more of a cut from the group's The Original Soundtrack album. Part of music critic Dave Thompson's review noted, "composers Lol Creme and Eric Stewart combine for a truly joyous slice of pop nonsense, and one of 10cc's most effervescent hit singles." And if the song had reached AT40's number one spot (which it certainly deserved, IMO), Casey would've had another example of a Top 40 food title, "served up with parmesan cheese." Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2o-snHDVQA
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 28, 2022 5:45:47 GMT -5
Debuting at #94 on July 28, 1973 was the Dutch group Focus and "Sylvia", another rocking instrumental and Hot 100 follow-up to "Hocus Pocus." Although recorded a year earlier, once "Sylvia" was released as a single in 1973, it gained the attention of many Top 40 and FM Rock outlets. Unfortunately, it didn't have enough airplay and sales momentum to take it any higher than #89. Nevertheless, comments accompanied here indicate that "Sylvia" still rocks. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHDVz9JZt0U
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 30, 2022 7:59:32 GMT -5
Debuting at #94 on July 28, 1973 was the Dutch group Focus and "Sylvia", another rocking instrumental and Hot 100 follow-up to "Hocus Pocus." Although recorded a year earlier, once "Sylvia" was released as a single in 1973, it gained the attention of many Top 40 and FM Rock outlets. Unfortunately, it didn't have enough airplay and sales momentum to take it any higher than #89. Nevertheless, comments accompanied here indicate that "Sylvia" still rocks. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHDVz9JZt0UNot to be confused with the "Pillow Talk" singer named Sylvia from the same 1973 time.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 31, 2022 4:27:58 GMT -5
For the survey of July 27, 1974, dropping to #40 on Billboard's Hot 100, McCartney's "Band On The Run" was in its final week on the Top 40 survey. The single's flipside - "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five" - was never acknowledged on the singles charts in 1974. (Of course, by the mid 70s, B-sides of 45s had lost favor with radio and record industries.) Nevertheless, with a running time of approximately 5:30, the song was better received by FM rock stations, which featured it as an album track from McCartney's "Band On The Run" LP. Sometimes referred to as "1985", it was the last cut on the album, concluding with a heightened symphonic sound and a brief refrain of the title track. Comments here further the song's 'classic' status. A lost classic, IMO. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c5pgo6zU10
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jul 31, 2022 17:32:05 GMT -5
^ Excellent pick with the Wings tune. Two other album cuts from that album could also be considered great songs... "Bluebird" and "Let Me Roll it". "Bluebird" would have been a great tune not only for Top 40 stations but AC stations as well. "Let Me Roll It" still gets airplay on many heritage rock stations today. "Bluebird" link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=crV239HtBiY"Let Me Roll It" link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly_G9QBX_f0
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Post by mga707 on Jul 31, 2022 22:37:10 GMT -5
Two other album cuts from that album could also be considered great songs... "Bluebird" and "Let Me Roll it". "Bluebird" would have been a great tune not only for Top 40 stations but AC stations as well. "Let Me Roll It" still gets airplay on many heritage rock stations today. The leading top 40 station in my area, KTKT, played "Bluebird" in early '74 as if it were the second single off of the LP.
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Post by trekkielo on Aug 1, 2022 5:04:37 GMT -5
For the survey of July 27, 1974, dropping to #40 on Billboard's Hot 100, McCartney's "Band On The Run" was in its final week on the Top 40 survey. The single's flipside - "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five" - was never acknowledged on the singles charts in 1974. (Of course, by the mid 70s, B-sides of 45s had lost favor with radio and record industries.) Nevertheless, with a running time of approximately 5:30, the song was better received by FM rock stations, which featured it as an album track from McCartney's "Band On The Run" LP. Sometimes referred to as "1985", it was the last cut on the album, concluding with a heightened symphonic sound and a brief refrain of the title track. Comments here further the song's 'classic' status. A lost classic, IMO. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c5pgo6zU10"Band on the Run" would feature prominently in Paul McCartney's 1984 film Give My Regards to Broad Street, the main single from it "No More Lonely Nights" ranked at #72 on 1985's Top 100 year-end countdown!
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Post by 1finemrg on Aug 3, 2022 12:57:52 GMT -5
The lost 70s classic for the 8/8/70 broadcast, chart date 8/14/70 is an instrumental 45 that jumped from the Bubbling Under chart to debut on the Hot 100 at #91. The song would only chart 3 weeks in the Hot 100, peaking at #89. Groovin' With Mr. Bloe - Cool HeatCool Heat was a New York based studio group whose members included Bo Gentry and Kenny Laguna. Bo Gentry worked with Ritchie Cordell and Tommy James, co-writing and producing "I Think We're Alone Now", "Mony Mony", and "Mirage". With Cordell and Bobby (Montego Bay) Bloom, Bo Gentry wrote "Indian Giver", a hit for the 1910 Fruitgum Company. Kenny Laguna played keyboards on "Mony Mony" and also worked with Kasenetz/Katz on many of their bubblegum pop creations from the late 60s (1910 Fruitgum Company, Crazy Elephant, Lemon Pipers). He is best known for his work with Joan Jett, managing her career, playing on and co-producing many of her albums. With Jett, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. "Groovin' With Mr. Bloe" was originally the "B" side to the single "Make Believe". "The 45 was released by Wind, and would peak at #28 in the fall of 1969. "Make Believe" featured the lead vocals of Tony Orlando. At this time, Tony was a vice-president at CBS Music, helping to manage the careers of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Santana, Laura Nyro, and Barry Manilow (as Featherbed) among many others. It was one of several pseudonyms that Tony used, others being Billy Shields and, in the beginning, Dawn. In the UK, BBC radio inadvertently played the "B" side of the Wind 45, and "Groovin' With Mr. Bloe" proved to be popular. Attempts to obtain the rights to release the song in the UK were unsuccessful, so a studio group under the name Mr. Bloe was assembled to cover the tune. The 45 would peak at #2 in late June, 1970 behind Mungo Jerry's "In The Summertime". The UK success spurred the re-release of "Groovin' With Mr. Bloe" in the US, this time using the moniker Cool Heat.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Aug 6, 2022 5:11:00 GMT -5
Worthy of a re'pete' post... To coincide with this week's 70s program from Premiere, here's a "lost classic" from the August 15, 1970 Hot 100 that failed to reach the Top 40. Did the suggestive lyrics kill this one? Morning Much Better Ten Wheel Drive w/Genya Ravan www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLi7xqDHehY
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Post by at40petebattistini on Aug 12, 2022 4:31:39 GMT -5
Debuting at #90 on the Hot 100 dated August 12, 1972, here's a lost classic that spent only two weeks on Billboard's singles chart. And regardless of its weak chart appearance, "Melissa" by the Allman Brothers Band may sound familiar. Casey played it on AT40 the previous week as the featured track from the band's Eat A Peach, which ranked at #26 on the "National Album Countdown" special. Similar to the album's previously released Hot 100 single ("Ain't Wasting Time No More"), "Melissa" was better received as an album cut on FM rock radio. Lost but not forgotten. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXykcZZr1HM
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 12, 2022 6:26:12 GMT -5
Debuting at #90 on the Hot 100 dated August 12, 1972, here's a lost classic that spent only two weeks on Billboard's singles chart. And regardless of its weak chart appearance, "Melissa" by the Allman Brothers Band may sound familiar. Casey played it on AT40 the previous week as the featured track from the band's Eat A Peach, which ranked at #26 on the "National Album Countdown" special. Similar to the album's previously released Hot 100 single ("Ain't Wasting Time No More"), "Melissa" was better received as an album cut on FM rock radio. Lost but not forgotten. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXykcZZr1HMAllman Brothers' "Melissa" and "Jessica" have no relation.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 12, 2022 11:18:31 GMT -5
Debuting at #90 on the Hot 100 dated August 12, 1972, here's a lost classic that spent only two weeks on Billboard's singles chart. And regardless of its weak chart appearance, "Melissa" by the Allman Brothers Band may sound familiar. Casey played it on AT40 the previous week as the featured track from the band's Eat A Peach, which ranked at #26 on the "National Album Countdown" special. Similar to the album's previously released Hot 100 single ("Ain't Wasting Time No More"), "Melissa" was better received as an album cut on FM rock radio. Lost but not forgotten. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXykcZZr1HMAllman Brothers' "Melissa" and "Jessica" have no relation. They're probably both named after real people that Greg or someone in the band knew.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Aug 16, 2022 9:51:38 GMT -5
Dropping from #53 to #60 on the Hot 100 chart dated August 24, 1974, Lamont Dozier's "Fish Ain't Bitin'" was one week away from obscurity. However, at its peak of sales and radio airplay, it climbed into the Top 5 on Billboard's Soul Singles chart, as well as reaching the #26 position on AT40. As a tribute to this artist's many Holland-Dozier-Holland/Motown contributions -- and because his final Top 40 hit receives little to no airplay these days -- it qualifies as a lost classic. Here's his performance of the song on TV's Soul Train. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltXmnR7fOtc
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Post by mga707 on Aug 16, 2022 10:53:06 GMT -5
Dropping from #53 to #60 on the Hot 100 chart dated August 24, 1974, Lamont Dozier's "Fish Ain't Bitin'" was one week away from obscurity. However, at its peak of sales and radio airplay, it climbed into the Top 5 on Billboard's Soul Singles chart, as well as reaching the #26 position on AT40. As a tribute to this artist's many Holland-Dozier-Holland/Motown contributions -- and because his final Top 40 hit receives little to no airplay these days -- it qualifies as a lost classic. Here's his performance of the song on TV's Soul Train. Unlike Lamont's first top 40 single earlier that year, this one got ZERO local airplay in my area. Probably too 'hot' lyrically. And my local market, Tucson, had lost AT40 in late June, when KIKX dropped the show. So the only place I recall hearing this one was at night on 'X-Rock 80' (XERO), a 'border blaster' out of Ciudad Juarez/El Paso. Similar situation for another 'lost' R&B hit from that summer, Gene Redding's "This Heart".
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Post by at40petebattistini on Aug 16, 2022 11:50:11 GMT -5
Dropping from #53 to #60 on the Hot 100 chart dated August 24, 1974, Lamont Dozier's "Fish Ain't Bitin'" was one week away from obscurity. However, at its peak of sales and radio airplay, it climbed into the Top 5 on Billboard's Soul Singles chart, as well as reaching the #26 position on AT40. As a tribute to this artist's many Holland-Dozier-Holland/Motown contributions -- and because his final Top 40 hit receives little to no airplay these days -- it qualifies as a lost classic. Here's his performance of the song on TV's Soul Train. Unlike Lamont's first top 40 single earlier that year, this one got ZERO local airplay in my area. Probably too 'hot' lyrically. And my local market, Tucson, had lost AT40 in late June, when KIKX dropped the show. So the only place I recall hearing this one was at night on 'X-Rock 80' (XERO), a 'border blaster' out of Ciudad Juarez/El Paso. Similar situation for another 'lost' R&B hit from that summer, Gene Redding's "This Heart". Thank goodness for those out-of-town stations that helped expand our music base when local stations failed. And indeed, Gene Redding's "This Heart" is one of many R&B greats from '74.
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