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Post by trekkielo on May 22, 2023 22:57:21 GMT -5
This past week's lost 70's classic from May 18th, 1974, was at #91, it would peak the following week at #87 (5/25/1974) then on Cash Box at #61 for June 1, 1974! "Daybreaker" is an instrumental song on the 1973 Electric Light Orchestra album On the Third Day. It was the first of two instrumentals on the album. A prominent feature of its arrangement was Richard Tandy playing arpeggios on a Minimoog synthesizer. The song was the B-side to the single, "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle", in the US; however the B-side received more airplay than the A-side, so "Daybreaker" charted instead. Despite its US hit status, the song is rarely included on any of the band's extensive compilation albums, except Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra from 1995! Always liked this song. Enjoying the video right now while I show my belly button just like the guys on the LP cover!  Famed photographer Richard Avedon took that unusual photograph.  ACHOF Interview with designer and illustrator John Kehe"My first assignment was their second US release called On The Third Day, which was a really strong record. I was handed the proof sheets of a Richard Avedon photo session, all done in black and white. It looked like a really classy photo of the band, all dressed up, until you zoomed into their midsections, where their bellybuttons were all exposed. Pretty silly – I was disappointed, but I finished off the design with very formal type – maybe Bodoni? – on it to carry out the ‘quirky classical’ theme that the photo suggested." - John Kehe |
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Post by 1finemrg on May 23, 2023 5:11:51 GMT -5
"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" is one of my favorite ELO tracks (after "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Showdown").
I don't recall "Fire On High" being released as an "A" side. Believe it was eventually released as a "B" side to "Sweet Talkin' Woman". Some 45s were pressed on light purple vinyl.
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Post by mga707 on May 23, 2023 9:53:28 GMT -5
"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" is one of my favorite ELO tracks (after "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Showdown"). I don't recall "Fire On High" being released as an "A" side. Believe it was eventually released as a "B" side to "Sweet Talkin' Woman". Some 45s were pressed on light purple vinyl. You're correct. I've got that 'grape' 45, along with the 'lime' (green vinyl) "Telephone Line" 45. |
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Post by 1finemrg on May 26, 2023 6:49:58 GMT -5
Debuting at #93, this lost 70s classic from May 28, 1977 would only chart for 3 weeks on the Hot 100 peaking at #89. One of 3 singles from his best selling album "Let It Flow", this release was over-shadowed by the #12 smash "We Just Disagree" and "Let It Go, Let It Flow" which reached #45. Nevertheless, it deserved a better fate. So High (Rock Me Baby and Roll Me Away) - Dave Mason |
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Post by at40petebattistini on May 29, 2023 9:00:45 GMT -5
This week’s lost 70s classic is an LP track from David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane, a Top 25 album on June 2, 1973. A remake of the popular Stones song, Bowie’s “Let’s Spend The Night Together” was an early 70s example of British glam-rock. And although it received a fair amount of AM and FM radio airplay as his album climbed the national charts, RCA Records waited until July 1973 to release it as a single. Unfortunately, it never reached Billboard’s Hot 100. While the Stones’ version is more widely accepted 50 years later, Bowie’s effort is worthy of another listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXo7wMwDJA8 |
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Post by at40petebattistini on May 29, 2023 10:12:50 GMT -5
A bonus post for this week... This week’s lost 70s classic for June 5, 1976 is a long-forgotten single by Top 40 radio legend Charlie Van Dyke. A patriotic, spoken work recording, “The Flag” was released by United Artists just a few weeks prior to the USA’s bicentennial celebration. According to Wikipedia, it peaked at #116 on Record World’s Singles Chart and, undoubtedly, received radio airplay on L.A.’s KHJ where Van Dyke was program director. A full-page ad in Billboard’s 6/5/76 issue contained a radio-intended letter from Van Dyke, who explained, in part, its purpose. “…To me, it’s a valuable record because of content alone, and I personally believe this production is timed right to be a programming plus as well…” In the midst of a ‘patriotic season’ calendar (Memorial Day, Flag Day and Independence Day), it’s fitting to recognize this Charlie Van Dyke lost classic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qty7cfSn5vc |
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Post by dth1971 on May 29, 2023 11:16:41 GMT -5
A bonus post for this week... This week’s lost 70s classic for June 5, 1976 is a long-forgotten single by Top 40 radio legend Charlie Van Dyke. A patriotic, spoken work recording, “The Flag” was released by United Artists just a few weeks prior to the USA’s bicentennial celebration. According to Wikipedia, it peaked at #116 on Record World’s Singles Chart and, undoubtedly, received radio airplay on L.A.’s KHJ where Van Dyke was program director. A full-page ad in Billboard’s 6/5/76 issue contained a radio-intended letter from Van Dyke, who explained, in part, its purpose. “…To me, it’s a valuable record because of content alone, and I personally believe this production is timed right to be a programming plus as well…” In the midst of a ‘patriotic season’ calendar (Memorial Day, Flag Day and Independence Day), it’s fitting to recognize this Charlie Van Dyke lost classic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qty7cfSn5vcThe September 11, 2001 anniversary could also be fitting for this CVD rarity. |
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 4, 2023 12:38:19 GMT -5
From the Hot 100 during the weekend I was born (Sunday, June 5, 1977, but since that weekend's AT40 used the June 4 chart, I'll use that one), here's the first Hot 100 hit for REO Speedwagon, a live version of "Ridin' the Storm Out" from their 1973 album of the same name. That week, it was at its peak of #94.
Live version (with Kevin Cronin on lead vocals):
Studio version (with Mike Murphy on lead vocals):
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 4, 2023 13:35:37 GMT -5
In its first week on the survey at #81, this week’s lost 70s classic was the highest of 14 debuting Hot 100 singles for June 14, 1975. And “Got To Get You Into My Life” by Blood, Sweat & Tears was the group’s final Hot 100 entry, as it remained on the survey for only 6 weeks, climbing as high as #62. Perhaps the moderate success of the BS&T version was enough to grease the wheels at Capitol Records, which (finally) released the original by The Beatles as a single exactly one year later -- it debuted on the Hot 100 on June 12, 1976. Of course, Earth, Wind & Fire’s version became a radio airplay fixture the summer of 1978. With David Clayton-Thomas returning as lead vocal… www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JR2QABrIrs |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 14, 2023 5:33:35 GMT -5
This week's lost 70s classic logged its 19th and final week on the Hot 100 dated June 22, 1974. However, with all those charted weeks, the Guess Who's "Star Baby" climbed only as high as #39, making just one AT40 appearance. The group's 'weakest' Top 40 single marked their return to the survey after a two-and-half-year drought. And the releases of "Clap For The Wolfman" and "Dancin' Fool" later in 1974 finished the group's Top 40 career. While not making much of a dent nationally, "Star Baby" generated considerable radio airplay locally, especially in Chicago where it reached the Top 3 on the singles surveys of WLS and WCFL. Any stations playing this song in 2023? A lost classic... www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8sRNMjDCaU |
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Post by mga707 on Jun 14, 2023 10:37:31 GMT -5
This week's lost 70s classic logged its 19th and final week on the Hot 100 dated June 22, 1974. However, with all those charted weeks, the Guess Who's "Star Baby" climbed only as high as #39, making just one AT40 appearance. The group's 'weakest' Top 40 single marked their return to the survey after a two-and-half-year drought. And the releases of "Clap For The Wolfman" and "Dancin' Fool" later in 1974 finished the group's Top 40 career. While not making much of a dent nationally, "Star Baby" generated considerable radio airplay locally, especially in Chicago where it reached the Top 3 on the singles surveys of WLS and WCFL. Any stations playing this song in 2023? A lost classic... www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8sRNMjDCaU "...maybe kissin' in your Cadillac" Good choice! |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jun 18, 2023 12:16:43 GMT -5
A bonus post for the chart of June 22, 1974... Dropping from #1 to the #2 spot on the album survey was Paul McCartney's Band On The Run. And from the LP, one of the more popular tracks that received considerable FM rock radio airplay, "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five." A lost classic, along with a production sampler video and many 'fan' comments. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibi-KmRb5iU |
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Post by 1finemrg on Jun 18, 2023 21:38:50 GMT -5
A bonus post for the chart of June 22, 1974... Dropping from #1 to the #2 spot on the album survey was Paul McCartney's Band On The Run. And from the LP, one of the more popular tracks that received considerable FM rock radio airplay, "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five." A lost classic, along with a production sampler video and many 'fan' comments. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibi-KmRb5iUAnd a happy birthday to Sir Paul who turned 81 today, June 18. |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 2, 2023 21:38:31 GMT -5
A slight adjustment to this thread’s title to include a July 4th holiday program… This week’s lost classic from a ‘special’ 70s countdown, here’s a single that was never acknowledged as an AT40 Disappearing Act. Considered a novelty hit by some, “Fire” by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown reached the #2 position on Billboard’s Hot 100 and spent a total of 13 weeks on the chart. By definition, a one-hit-wonder artist that never reached Billboard’s weekly singles survey again, compare that chart performance to a few other ‘official’ acts: *In The Summertime – Mungo Jerry (peak: #3, weeks: 13) *Shout! Shout! Knock Yourself Out – Ernie Maresca (peak: #6, weeks: 14) *Wonderful Summer – Robin Ward (peak: #14, weeks: 10) Upon initial airplay of this lost classic on Chicago’s WLS (August 31, 1968), deejay Ron Riley closed out the song, “And here we go again, gotta replace all the lightbulbs around here. Man, that cat works out. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and ‘Fire.’” At the very least, a worthy optional extra for the Disappearing Acts special… www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNn_e2gf9n8 |
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 3, 2023 6:53:07 GMT -5
A slight adjustment to this thread’s title to include a July 4th holiday program… This week’s lost classic from a ‘special’ 70s countdown, here’s a single that was never acknowledged as an AT40 Disappearing Act. Considered a novelty hit by some, “Fire” by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown reached the #2 position on Billboard’s Hot 100 and spent a total of 13 weeks on the chart. By definition, a one-hit-wonder artist that never reached Billboard’s weekly singles survey again, compare that chart performance to a few other ‘official’ acts: *In The Summertime – Mungo Jerry (peak: #3, weeks: 13) *Shout! Shout! Knock Yourself Out – Ernie Maresca (peak: #6, weeks: 14) *Wonderful Summer – Robin Ward (peak: #14, weeks: 10) Upon initial airplay of this lost classic on Chicago’s WLS (August 31, 1968), deejay Ron Riley closed out the song, “And here we go again, gotta replace all the lightbulbs around here. Man, that cat works out. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and ‘Fire.’” At the very least, a worthy optional extra for the Disappearing Acts special… www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNn_e2gf9n8If Premiere ever runs the AT40 Top 40 Disappearing Acts special from 1973 or 1975 in the future, another OPTIONAL EXTRA could include another disappearing act from later in the 1970's: M (a/k/a Robin Scott) with "Pop Muzik". |
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