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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Oct 11, 2021 20:17:54 GMT -5
As mentioned in the "Editing/Looping" thread, I'm catching AT40 from 10/10/1987 (52 weeks before your show, freakyflybry). Lots of memories from 7th grade, and two weeks before my all-time favorite moment in sports history. Almost at the end of hour 3.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Oct 15, 2021 0:14:08 GMT -5
A CT40 special from 11/24/1990 (Thanksgiving weekend), Top 40 Million Sellers Of The 1980s. Lots of 1989 hits early in this one.
ETA: Casey is in fine storytelling form at #21, introducing "Thriller". This is one of his very, very best. Ever.
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Post by at40nut on Oct 15, 2021 10:36:00 GMT -5
In a Shadoe mood right now so taking it back 33 years with AT40 from October 8, 1988. He mentioned that Huey Lewis & the News weren't bothered if "Small World" wasn't as successful as their previous albums, as they were having fun playing the songs from it anyway. Turns out, after their then-current "Perfect World", only one more single from it would reach the top 40 anyway. Just heard that one myself. Thank goodness that the God awful "Don't Worry Be Happy" fell out of the #1 spot in order for another artist in 1988 to score a #1 song with the 4th Top 40 hit from a then current album. "Love Bites" by Def Leppard was the 4th Top 40 hit from "Hysteria", but actually it was the 5th single ("Women" bombed a little over a year prior) Huey Lewis & The News' "Small World" did have a more blues/jazz sound to it with the help of jazz artist Stan Getz.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Oct 17, 2021 20:58:04 GMT -5
Casey's Top 40 from 10/14/1995, with David Perry guest-hosting. This was around the time I wasn't catching these shows regularly, but before the end of 1995, I was back to listening every weekend when I could.
Looking forward to getting reacquainted with 1994 hits next year, as I'll do a CT40 marathon. Been falling a bit behind on 1993 this year, but hopefully I'll be caught up by the end of the year.
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Post by at40nut on Nov 5, 2021 6:29:26 GMT -5
Listening to AT40 from 11-5-88. There were several "love" songs in the countdown as always as it seemed in 1988. Equally impressive was the "Don't" songs. Two "Don't Be Cruel"s, "Don't Worry, Be Happy", I Don't Want Your Love", "Don't Know What You Got Til It's Gone", and "Don't You Know What The Night Can Do." Taylor Dayne's "I'll Always Love You" spent it's 16th and final week in the 40 making it the only 45 to still have Casey Kasem's fingerprints on. Finally, The Beach Boys hit #1 with "Kokomo",finally hitting #1 after a 22 year drought. First #1 since "Good Vibrations" hit #1 back in 1966.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 13, 2021 7:46:26 GMT -5
First time hearing this show - AT40 from 5/2/1981, guest-hosted by Dave Roberts. Six debuts, and some huge droppers in this one. Listening to Stars On 45 now, the week's highest debut at #32.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 21, 2021 17:16:38 GMT -5
Played AT40 from 11/28/1987 for my peeps at work before open this morning. Catching the last hour and change that couldn't get played then, as I prepare dinner.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Dec 17, 2021 12:05:31 GMT -5
Found this on page 3. Yikes!
Got CT40 from 12/18/1993 on now, just outside the top 10. Of course, Casey promotes the top 100 of 1993 several times throughout the show as it would begin the following week.
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 7, 2022 15:15:42 GMT -5
A week into the year and I am listening to my first regular show of 2022. Going back 20 years to the AT40 from 1/5/02. Ed McMann is guest hosting and he has just made his first mistake in the second hour. Said that 25 years ago this week the #1 song was "Tonight's the Night". Not sure how he or the staff figures that one. This is the first show from 2002 and the first show of 1977 had "You Don't Have to be a Star" on top. That show was dated 1/8/77 which is certainly closer to the date of this show than any other. Not only that, the previous week in 1977 there was no chart. So you can't even go there IMO. And why would you want to given what I just stated?
Alicia Keys has the week's biggest mover, up 8 notches to 29 with "A Woman's Worth". One of many great ones from this lady.
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Post by Mike on Jan 7, 2022 15:33:59 GMT -5
A week into the year and I am listening to my first regular show of 2022. Going back 20 years to the AT40 from 1/5/02. Ed McMann is guest hosting and he has just made his first mistake in the second hour. Said that 25 years ago this week the #1 song was "Tonight's the Night". Not sure how he or the staff figures that one. This is the first show from 2002 and the first show of 1977 had "You Don't Have to be a Star" on top. That show was dated 1/8/77 which is certainly closer to the date of this show than any other. Not only that, the previous week in 1977 there was no chart. So you can't even go there IMO. And why would you want to given what I just stated? Apparently in this instance, first week of the calendar year outweighs January 8 being the closer date. And anytime you go X years ago this week and land on a calendar where the chart dates are 3 or 4 days apart from the current year's calendar date, you get your choice of two different chart weeks to pick from. People can point out which week is closer until they're blue in the face, but guess what? It amounts to nothing. Sometimes, the people in charge just feel like picking the chart week that is the extra day farther away, and that's just all there is to it.
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 7, 2022 15:55:06 GMT -5
^I see. That first week of 1977 which you reference is a frozen week. I handle those weeks differently than Billboard did. When two different songs are #1 in the weeks bracketing that week, I split it between the two, giving a half week to each. An FYI for you.
In any case, as to the #1 song this week, it is "How You Remind Me" by Nickleback. Falling out of the #1 spot is "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige. People are talking about the next 70s show possible being from 1972. If it is the 1/8/72 show, than that show and this show both have as the most recent former #1 song the title "Family Affair". In 1972 it was Sly and the Family Stone who did it. These are different songs of course.
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Post by Mike on Jan 7, 2022 16:20:00 GMT -5
^I see. That first week of 1977 which you reference is a frozen week. Correct, but guess how much that really mattered, as you so discovered? And incidentally: It wouldn't be the last time 2002 used the farther date for 25 Years Ago This Week. Just for one example, February 23 gave "Blinded By the Light" as #1 - and, of course, that was #1 on 2/19/77 and not 2/26.
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Post by mga707 on Jan 7, 2022 16:26:46 GMT -5
One final listen to the top songs of '81 on WWIS. Still trying to wrap my head around the fact that 1982 is now 40 years ago!
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 7, 2022 16:33:43 GMT -5
^At least they were consistent!
Now a show which despite the date of 1/9/93, is not the first regular show of the year. This is Casey's Top 40 and the first show of that year was on 1/2/93. In 1971, 1982, 1988 and 1999 when the chart date fell on the second of January, they were always still doing the year end show. I know CT40 had to arrange their schedule around when R&R did not publish an issue, which was for 2 weeks btw.
Casey mentioned that the term 'rap' was first used in 1541 and the term 'hip-hop' was first used in 1671. Both were used for the first time to describe music in the late 70s. This was in the intro to "It's a Lovely Day" which of course is using Bill Withers' "Lovely Day" as its source. From The Bodyguard soundtrack. Will have another song at the end of the countdown when "I Will Always Love You" will wrack up another week on top. Sometimes there is no suspense on what will be #1 listening to these shows when Casey does the recap and there is a huge hit at #1.
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Post by Mike on Jan 7, 2022 17:43:48 GMT -5
That I will say is a head-scratcher, CT40 electing to use the last two weeks of 1992 for that year's Top 100 and then having the first weekly countdown of 1993 fall on 1/2. I don't know if the fact that both of the other two countdowns went with a Top 100 schedule of 12/26 and 1/2 had anything to do with it (first time in 10 years that AT40 explicitly went with a two-week Top 100 as well), but it is perhaps a possibility.
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