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Post by johnnywest on Sept 14, 2013 17:13:24 GMT -5
Not long after Casey's Top 40 debuted, he'd often go into a commercial break by saying something like, "10 years ago this week back in 1979, the #1 song on our survey was [such-and-such]."
In 2001, in the only such case I remember, he said, "A hundred years ago this week, the #1 song in the USA was 'Uncle Lawson's Horse Trade' by Cal Stewart [or something similar]" followed by a chuckle. Who'll be #1 this week, a century later?"
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Post by mkarns on Sept 15, 2013 20:17:37 GMT -5
Not long after Casey's Top 40 debuted, he'd often go into a commercial break by saying something like, "10 years ago this week back in 1979, the #1 song on our survey was [such-and-such]." In 2001, in the only such case I remember, he said, "A hundred years ago this week, the #1 song in the USA was 'Uncle Lawson's Horse Trade' by Cal Stewart [or something similar]" followed by a chuckle. Who'll be #1 this week, a century later?" According to Joel Whitburn's "Pop Memories 1890-1954", Cal Stewart's "Jim Lawson's Horse Trade with Deacon Withersthingy"[sic Proboards], a spoken word comedy record, was #1 for 3 weeks in July-August 1901. Funny Casey should mention that, as he rarely cited chart data from prior to the start of the Billboard charts in July 1940 (one exception was the 1976 Bicentennial special with #1's from July 4ths of 1937-40.) |
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Post by mkarns on Oct 12, 2013 10:07:21 GMT -5
On 10/10/87, Casey started laughing as he read off the story of how Swing Out Sister got their name, the story being that while there were a lot of names one or two of the group members liked, the one they chose was the only one none of them liked.
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Oct 16, 2013 9:51:37 GMT -5
Listening to CT40 10/20/90, and Casey chuckled a few times while telling a stretch story about how some candies got their name (e.g. "Baby Ruth").
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Post by Dale Latimer on Nov 17, 2013 15:22:06 GMT -5
From 11/15/86:
"We have three acts in the survey either formed or based in Boston...
there's Ric Ocasek, the band Boston, and the band 'til tuesday...
nearly everything's 'band' in Boston!"
dL
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Post by mkarns on Nov 18, 2013 15:57:19 GMT -5
Casey couldn't stop laughing in the 11/16/74 show when he told the story of Bobby Vinton cutting his first record on credit, showing a record executive the studio full of musicians who helped him, and when the executive asked Bobby who was paying for the session, he responded "You are!" The exec agreed to sign Bobby anyway.
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Post by mstgator on Jan 4, 2014 20:48:28 GMT -5
On the 6/08/91 edition of Casey's Top 40, Casey lists some facts about kissing in the lead-up to "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)" by Hi-Five. Among these: "The average kiss packs a wallop of thirty pounds. That's right, during a kiss each participant exerts thirty pounds of pressure on the other's lips. That's like pressing a medium-size dog to your (cracks up) face. Though it's probably a lot more fun when you're kissing a human being."
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jan 6, 2014 19:17:25 GMT -5
Listening to CT40 10/20/90, and Casey chuckled a few times while telling a stretch story about how some candies got their name (e.g. "Baby Ruth"). Was the song being played that time "Knockin' Boots" by Candyman, or "Candy" by Iggy Pop? I personally think Casey should have done such stretch story early in 1987 when "Candy" by Cameo was presently on AT40. |
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Post by mkarns on Jan 6, 2014 19:40:30 GMT -5
Listening to CT40 10/20/90, and Casey chuckled a few times while telling a stretch story about how some candies got their name (e.g. "Baby Ruth"). Was the song being played that time "Knockin' Boots" by Candyman, or "Candy" by Iggy Pop? I personally think Casey should have done such stretch story early in 1987 when "Candy" by Cameo was presently on AT40. October 1990 would be "Knockin' Boots"; Iggy Pop's song charted in early 1991. And when the Cameo song was a hit, Casey did a story recapping the five most popular candies of the previous year. |
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Post by briguy52748 on Jan 16, 2014 14:57:58 GMT -5
Not long after Casey's Top 40 debuted, he'd often go into a commercial break by saying something like, "10 years ago this week back in 1979, the #1 song on our survey was [such-and-such]." In 2001, in the only such case I remember, he said, "A hundred years ago this week, the #1 song in the USA was 'Uncle Lawson's Horse Trade' by Cal Stewart [or something similar]" followed by a chuckle. Who'll be #1 this week, a century later?" According to Joel Whitburn's "Pop Memories 1890-1954", Cal Stewart's "Jim Lawson's Horse Trade with Deacon Withersthingy"[sic Proboards], a spoken word comedy record, was #1 for 3 weeks in July-August 1901. Funny Casey should mention that, as he rarely cited chart data from prior to the start of the Billboard charts in July 1940 (one exception was the 1976 Bicentennial special with #1's from July 4ths of 1937-40.) I think once, he did the same with "Baby Face" – the 1976 hit for the Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps, noting that Jan Garber had a No. 1 hit in 1926 with the original version of the song. Brian |
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Post by bobbo428 on Jan 20, 2014 23:29:59 GMT -5
Here's Casey's introduction to "Deja Vu" by Dionne Warwick during the December 22, 1979 program: "Dionne Warwick climbs four notches this week to number 34 with Deja Vu." <then, matter of factly> "Gee, I have the funny feeling I've said that before." As I read this, I discovered that her hit, at #34, was 34 years ago last month! |
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Post by mkarns on Mar 30, 2014 20:38:04 GMT -5
Casey sure seemed to be having fun recording the March 26, 1988 show. You can hear him chuckling while telling the story of the NY Times critics who in 1964 critiqued the Beatles through a classical music lens (and during the tease leading to that story), and also during the story of Terence Trent D'Arby's trial for going AWOL to perform music while in the military.
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Post by albe on May 17, 2014 6:28:55 GMT -5
Here's Casey outro to #37 Poison's Nothin but a good time(5/21/88)
"Next more Poison...only prettier" referring obviously to Pretty Poison at #36 with Nightime. Guess he had a special eye on those girls ;-)
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Post by 1finemrg on Jun 8, 2014 16:55:47 GMT -5
On the June 3, 1972 show, Casey answers the oft-asked question of that act (at that time) to have the most singles peaking at #2 without reaching #1 as Creedence Clearwater Revival. Then he comments that it's like going on a date and not being kissed goodnight!  Then the current CCR hit is played, their last top 40..."Someday Never Comes"!  |
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Post by mkarns on Jan 24, 2015 10:24:38 GMT -5
On 1/25/75, Casey started laughing when he read a poem written to him by Alan O'Day, author of Helen Reddy's "Angie Baby", in which Alan referred to AT40's host as "the Caser".
In a reverse jinx, Casey thanked Alan for the poem and spoke of future O'Day appearances on the countdown. Two and a half years later, the Caser announced Alan at #1 as a singer, with "Undercover Angel".
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