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Post by dukelightning on Apr 26, 2022 14:39:33 GMT -5
Great stuff Mike. Btw, there were 2 other hits in the 90s on 9 countdown that did not reach CT40 but I knew the songs because of their being played a lot on the throwback station...2pacs' "Dear Mama" and Notorious BIG's "Big Poppa".
Today it is the AT40 from 4/15/89. Shadoe tells a story about Metallica quoting James Hetfield as saying that 'it's easy to sing about riding down the highway with 7 chicks in your car'. We prefer to write songs about nuclear war, capital punishment and more serious subjects, he also said as Shadoe relayed. And he added from James that it would be awkward for them to sing about a red ribbon in my girl's hair. Well said! "One" is a heavy song alright! And they did not edit it as they did so many times with "Enter Sandman". Did not know that "Wind Beneath My Wings" was a remake. Lou Rawls reached #65 with it in 1983. A debut there and on another one, Shadoe makes a mistake when he says "Seventeen" by Winger is the 5th hit with that title to reach the Hot 100. Said 4 of them were the same song by different singers. Did not explain so I looked it up. "Seventeen" was a big hit in 1955 with 3 artists hitting with it that year and the 4th in 1961. But he is omitting "17" by Rick James. Now there are 5 hits that are listed as "Seventeen" so maybe he was referring to that. But a number is a number whether it is spelled out with letters or numerals. So he gets no pass there!
The highest debut was Donny Osmond's comeback hit and Shadoe played a clip of his last top 40 hit "C'mon Marianne" in the tease and in the intro to "Soldier of Love". Forgot that he had a bit of a rocker among his top 40 htis though that only reached #38, accounting for my forgetting it.(1976) Another remake and "Rock On" was one too, was "Iko Iko". It is a remake of a 60s hit by the Dixie Cups which Shadoe played a clip of. The song actually has its roots in the 1830s as an old Indian song played in Mississippi. Dixie Cups said it was meant to represent New Orleans so Shadoe said there was a bit of New Orleans in the countdown. In the outro he mentioned how the Bell Stars had a hit with this song in the UK in 1982. Yet another 1989 hit that is a resurrected hit. Next up was "Cult of Personality". Can't edit this metal gem either! Mentioned how they were told to tone it down and start playing funk since they were a black band. Vernon Reid said if Jimi Hendrix could be a black artist playing hard rock than so could they. That's well said too. Good stories about both metal bands with politically leaning lyrics in this show.
This week Roy Orbison, the then late Roy Orbison, sets the record for biggest gap between top 10 hits. 24 and a half years between "Pretty Woman" and "You Got It". The previous record holder was Dickie Goodman with just over 19 years between "Flying Saucer" and "Mr. Jaws". Clips were played of all 3 previous hits.
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Post by Mike on Apr 26, 2022 19:50:48 GMT -5
Great stuff Mike. Btw, there were 2 other hits in the 90s on 9 countdown that did not reach CT40 but I knew the songs because of their being played a lot on the throwback station...2pacs' "Dear Mama" and Notorious BIG's "Big Poppa". Those two would only graze the top 40 on the Airplay chart, "Dear Mama" reaching #39 and "Big Poppa" reaching #37. 2Pac spent two non-consecutive weeks within the Top 40 while B.I.G. was a one-week-wonder with that one. 2Pac, as it happens, had already had his biggest airplay hit to this point, as "Keep Ya Head Up" spent three non-consecutive weeks at #15 during the 1993-94 holiday season. "California Love" would reach #19 on that chart, and then he'd have two more posthumous top 20 appearances there - "Thugz Mansion" at the end of 2002 and "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" at the end of 2003. Both of those, of course, happening under the completely all-format Hot 100 Airplay chart (whereas the other songs mentioned were under the Airplay chart consisting of Mainstream/Rhythmic/Adult CHR plus Modern Rock). B.I.G. would be featured on "Runnin' ", and as it turns out, that'd be his second-biggest Airplay hit - the biggest being "Mo Money Mo Problems", by a good mile. "Problems" would reach #12 on the Airplay chart but would run for 40 weeks - only "Hypnotize" (#23) lasted even half that long at 21 weeks. (Those figures coming from the entire 75-position chart, not just within the top 40 of the chart.) As it happens, "Big Poppa" was his first top 40 appearance there, though he'd pick up two more just in 1995 in short order - a featured appearance on Total's "Can't You See" (which would be just two weeks out from appearing on 90s on 9), and then his own "One More Chance". Those two each fared a little better, reaching #28 and #24 respectively.
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 27, 2022 14:39:14 GMT -5
It would be interesting to see how the disparity between the Hot 100 and CT40/AT40 changed over the years. I am thinking the biggest disparity occurred in the mid 90s. Seems like that disparity is a lot less in the last several years but that is based on conjecture.
Today is a show that starts with a hit that was a good example of that mid 90s disparity, "Nothin But a G Thing". (5/15/93 CT40). Here's a loaded question or a question with no easily found answer. Who is the artist who has been named in the lyrics of the most CT/AT40 hits? Dr. Dre teams with Snoop Dogg on this song and I can name 12 hits with either Dre or Dr. Dre in the lyrics. All of Dr. Dre's 6 hits with him as first billing, "My Name Is" and "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem plus 2 hits where Eminem and Dr. Dre teamed up..."Encore" and "Crack a Bottle" (they also teamed up on hits with Dr. Dre getting first billing and those are already counted among Dre's 6 hits). Snoop Dogg also mentioned Dr. Dre in "What's My Name" and "Gin and Juice" in addition to his own collaborations. I know there have to be more hits mentioning Dr. Dre. I stopped when I got to 12!
Casey told a story of how and why sunscreen was created. In World War II, soldiers that were stationed in the Pacific got badly sunburned in the hot sun. So the government came up with a solution. It was determined that gas and heating oil when refined formed a gooey substance that they determined could block the sun's rays from burning the skin. It worked and after the war, sun tan lotion and sunblock started being sold at retail. Sunscreem was the artist this story was connected to btw.
Another story about R. Kelly playing basketball. He built his own court when the nearby playground court was damaged beyond repair. He practiced regularly and became the best ballplayer in his neighborhood, a Michael Jordan wannabe as Casey said. It was in a recent show I heard from later in the 90s that Casey told of his making a team in a minor league. A lot of talent between the courts and studios for that man. But a lot of legal issues nowadays!
I have heard shows from 1979, 1989 and now 1993 in the last few days. And I have heard my fave Rod Stewart songs from the 70s, 80s and 90s in the process. "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy", "My Heart Can't Tell You No" and "Have I Told You Lately". The latter biggest the biggest mover in this show, 34 to 24. Not much in common among those songs which shows you how varied my musical tastes are.
After Casey told that story about a future inmate, R. Kelly, he told the story of a past inmate, Snow. "Informer" is about his innocence after being in prison for a year but he was also imprisoned for something he did do, an assault that had him behind bars for 8 months.
An instrumental as an R&D? Not sure I had ever heard one played as a dedication before. It was "Forever in Love" from earlier that year. Right after that chart history was made as Janet and Michael became the first sister and brother to be in the top 10 the same week with solo hits. Another first at #1. "Looking Through Patient Eyes" is the first #1 hit to sample a #1 hit..."Father Figure".
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Post by Mike on Apr 27, 2022 17:25:34 GMT -5
After Casey told that story about a future inmate, R. Kelly, he told the story of a past inmate, Snow. "Informer" is about his innocence after being in prison for a year but he was also imprisoned for something he did do, an assault that had him behind bars for 8 months. He was also imprisoned because he'd been involved in a bar fight where two people got stabbed - he wasn't the stabber, but chose to stay locked up rather than be the "informer" on whodunit. 'Twas also back to back with "Forever in Love" on that AT40 from the previous month I heard a few weeks back. As to the three Rod Stewarts: Well, both "My Heart Can't Tell You No" and "Have I Told You Lately" topped R&R's Adult Contemporary chart...so that's something in common, I guess.
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Post by dukelightning on May 3, 2022 20:24:38 GMT -5
Back after a little vacation. It's summerlike here so I've got a summer show playing, the CT40 from 6/23/90. After a pair of female groups from NYC (Sweet Sensation and Seduction), a group that I wonder if people heard this song back in the day not knowing who it was, thought that Digital Underground had a double sided hit out. Because when I hear "Turtle Power" by Partners in Kryme, I think it is Digital Underground. Not as much the music as the vocals. 11 hits later was Digital themselves and "Humpty Dance" was played for 4:15. That might be the longest I ever heard their song played on a countdown. Interesting R&D by this formerly 250 pound gal who was inspired to lose weight by MJ's "Man in the Mirror". She had lost all but 20 pounds of the weight she intended to lose when she wrote Casey. Oddly the song dedicated was not Mirror or an MJ song but sister Janet's "When I Think of You".
If you are wondering what mentirosa translates to, it is female liar. Interesting concept there and the title of the debut hit by Mellow Man Ace. Del Amitri were in a major jam in 1986. They wanted to tour the US but only were able to book one show in NYC. So they wrote their fans and asked if they could help out. Help they did to the tune of booking shows, providing their own houses for the band to sleep in, arranging interviews with radio stations and a couple other things I forgot. Definitely paid off. "Kiss This Thing Goodbye" is their first hit then they got a bigger one in 1992 and then hit the top 10 in 1995 with "Roll to Me". Not sure that was enough to make them rich but a good success story nonetheless. Kiss has an alternative feel to it over a year before Nirvana unleashed the alt sound. No alternative chart then but it reached the top 15 on the AOR tracks chart.
When Casey said 'the #1 song 5 years ago was "Sussudio" by Phil Collins and "U Can't Touch This" by Hammer was #1 last week; will he nail down the #1 spot this week', it was the third time Hammer had been mentioned in the show. First was in the top 3 recap and second was in "Humpty Dance" as Hammer is mentioned in the lyrics. Another Collins was mentioned shortly thereafter as Tyler had "Girls Night Out". Great one there. Hammer does not nail it down this week, falling to #3 but Casey mentions that last week, he became the first to reach #1 with a rap hit. Knew that of course. That is also the first #1 hit in CT40 history that was a non-released single.
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Post by Mike on May 4, 2022 12:47:41 GMT -5
"Kiss This Thing Goodbye" is their first hit then they got a bigger one in 1992 and then hit the top 10 in 1995 with "Roll to Me". Not sure that was enough to make them rich but a good success story nonetheless. Kiss has an alternative feel to it over a year before Nirvana unleashed the alt sound. No alternative chart then but it reached the top 15 on the AOR tracks chart. Well, there was Billboard's Modern Rock chart... Made it up to #13 there on the first week of April. Fairly standard timeline for new cross-overs - the Modern Rock chart at that point had Sinead O'Connor yielding the top spot after a week, "Enjoy the Silence" in the Top 5 (soon to hit the Hot 100), and further down, "Room at the Top" was going up at the same time it was hitting the countdown, and "Pure" by the Lightning Seeds (which hit the countdown a week after Del Amitri) was also going up. That is also the first #1 hit in CT40 history that was a non-released single. No, that was "Mr. Jones" in 1994. "U Can't Touch This" had only a 12-inch vinyl available - basically a minimal enough release to qualify for the Hot 100. (Thus why it stopped at #8 there - although oddly enough, Hammer did not hit the top of their Airplay chart either: He had to settle for #2 behind "It Must Have Been Love", which leaped 6-1 and then spent three weeks on top of that chart.)
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Post by dukelightning on May 7, 2022 15:29:32 GMT -5
And Hammer made AT40 as a result of that 12" release IIRC. Ok, so you pointed out a first there with "Mr. Jones". Now you can figure out another first. Listening to the 90s on 9 countdown from 1992. Not counting last week when they did 1990 as that will be a direct match of an AT40 show from #30 on, this is the first week out of 5 weeks in which every song in their countdown made either AT40 or CT40. In fact, the only song which did not reach CT40 was "Nu Nu" by Lidell Townsell. Know it made AT40 because I heard it on a show a couple months back. So now I am wondering what is the first hit to make the top 30 of the Hot 100 after they went to BDS/Soundscan that did not make either AT40 or CT40? This show is 5 months into that era of course. Needless to say, I know every song in this countdown though "Nu Nu" is in the only vaguely category. Long version of "Make It Happen". That's making it happen!
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Post by Mike on May 7, 2022 22:05:36 GMT -5
Technically, it would be Angelica's "Angel Baby", on 12/14/91 (though it should have been on that week's AT40 at #40, the only reason it didn't was due to their airing an incorrect chart). Actually it had two non-consecutive weeks in the Top 30 - popped in at #30 on 12/14, fell back, bounced back in at #29 on 1/11/92, then fell out again.
But the first one to miss both countdowns outright, without any show or chart errors, would be "Oochie Coochie" by MC Brains, for a four-week Top 30 run in 1992 (3/14 through 4/4).
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Post by dukelightning on May 8, 2022 8:23:12 GMT -5
The chances of me knowing either of those songs are slim to none. Good factoids nonetheless. As I alluded to in the other thread, I am hearing the AT40 from 6/15/91. This is the last ever week in the top 40 for Sheena Easton, with "What Comes Naturally". 10 years and a week earlier she was debuting with her second hit "Modern Girl". These 2 hits peaked a notch apart at 18 and 19 btw. Shadoe claims that Roxette is the first duo to hit #1 3 years in a row before he plays their third one, "Joyride". He says that Hall & Oates almost pulled it off with a pair of #1s in 1981, then "I Can't Go For That" and "Maneater" in 1982 with the latter extending its stay on top into 1983 so they just missed as he said. Although since they had already hit #1 in 1982, I count it as a #1 hit in 1983 which would mean they were at #1 in 4 consecutive years after "Out of Touch" reached the top in 1984. When he said they just missed, he did not but should have also said they just missed hitting #1 at the end of 1983 when "Say It Isn't So" reached #2 to complete the picture.
A double dose of contemporary Christian artists with Michael W. Smith followed by Amy Grant. Shadoe told a story of how it all happened for her starting with her signing with a religious label in 1976 with the assistance of Chris Christian, another such artist who had some success in the pop world. Mentioned Tara Kemp as a two hit wonder. She is a rare artist from San Francisco. Most of the bay area artists are from Oakland or other places like San Jose (Doobie Brothers) or Marin county (Steve Miller, Huey Lewis who has his own hit in this countdown). Of course Extreme are another two hit wonder and I already know they were at #1 the previous week from the top 3 recap.
Shadoe apparently played a clip of Chris DeGarmo of Queensryche (Geoff Tate is the lead singer btw) the previous week which he referenced in saying that "Silent Lucidity" was about a parent soothing a child after a nightmare. He said that Brahms "Lullaby" was played at the end of the song(for about 15 seconds by a string section). I always got a kick out of the fact that 2 metal bands had their biggest hits in 1991 with songs about a child's dream. The other being Metallica's "Enter Sandman". Of course they went at it differently which the Ryche toning it down and the Met keeping it cranked up. Huge Queensryche fan btw. And a huge fan of "How Can I Ease the Pain" for Lisa Fischer. One of 9 hits moving up or down at least 10 notches. It is up 11 and is followed by the biggest mover, "Gypsy Woman", 32 to 19. Great song too.
A listener sent a question inspired by "Rescue Me" hitting the top 10 and being in the top 40 for only 6 weeks. Wanted to know if that was the record. Shadoe said that 3 top 10 hits had spent less weeks in the top 40, all in 1966 and 1967. "They're Coming to Take Me Away" and "Sunday Will Never be the Same" spent 5 weeks in the top 40. Then he played a clip of the record holder which is "An Open Letter to My Teenage Son", a #10 hit that spent just 4 weeks in the 40. That is a spoken word hit about a father urging his son to not be draft dodger during the Vietnam war.
Played tribute to David Ruffin who had recently passed away by playing a medley of "My Girl", "Aint Too Proud to Beg" and "Beauty is Only Skin Deep", the latter being a #3 hit that I did not recognize. It's also the only one of those hits which was not covered into a top 40 hit.
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Post by freakyflybry on May 8, 2022 15:31:55 GMT -5
Taking it back 27 years with Casey's Top 40 from May 6, 1995.
Interesting story leading into "Cotton Eye Joe", mentioning country dances, including those popularized from the movie "Urban Cowboy" - timely mention as one of the artists on the soundtrack, Mickey Gilley, just died.
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Post by dukelightning on May 8, 2022 17:33:38 GMT -5
I took it back almost a year further to the CT40 from 6/11/94. Starts with an artist who left the scene also...over 20 years ago in this case. Aaliyah who had the only debut "Back and Forth", great song. There was also a re-debut and that is also a great song, "Disarm" for Chicago's Smashing Pumpkins. In between was the only song I did not recognize, "Bizarre Love Triangle" by Frente. Casey says that "Without You" is the 11th straight top 10 hit for Mariah. That seems a bit of a slight to me. I think he should have added that 10 of them hit #1 and this hit #2 or said top 5 hits instead of top 10 hits. Also mentioned Mariah when he said that Elton had made the top 40 for a record 25th year in a row with "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" when he said she was still in diapers when he first hit the top 40 in 1970. Also mentioned that Madonna and Michael were still growing up then. This debuted the previous week. You know he only went to the second half of a year 3 times in those 25 years before hitting the top 40 for the first time. The aforementioned 1970 and also 1991, both in December and 1987 in July.
Casey tells a story about Meatloaf's long song titles. Meatloaf says he wants them to be bumper stickers, not on cars but in people's minds. The longest of his top 40 song titles is the one in the countdown, speaking of cars, "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are". I would also note that all of his hits are long songs at least on the albums. The shortest is "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" at 5:04. The album version of Objects is 10:16!
He also told a story of a 7 year old Janet stealing the show in Vegas when her brothers did a show there. Teamed up with Michael on "I Got You Babe". Brought the house down when she quipped Mae West's 'come up and see me sometime!' to Jermaine. Then he played "Anytime Anyplace". Hmmm, I don't think she would have sung that song had it been recorded back then! Definitely an adult song there. Can't get enough of songs like that and "Back and Forth". Another story about a young girl then, diva now(1994 timeframe) followed in the next segment. Casey told how Mariah was always being told by her mom to clean her room. One time Mariah said that when she grew up she was going to be a famous singer and hire a maid to clean her house. Casey then said just as Babe Ruth once looked at the fence and pointed, later hitting his called shot home run, Mariah did the same thing as she is that famous singer. Got a kick out of that! Btw, "Anytime You Need a Friend" is her first average top 10 hit, meaning it is the first not to hit or threaten the #1 spot.
Kind of surprised that "Shine" has already been in the countdown for 4 weeks. I associate that with the late summer and even fall of 1994. Great song that in some ways is a transition between mainstream rock and alternative. In those countdowns of the top rock songs of all time with "Stairway to Heaven" at #1 and rock stalwarts Bad Company, Boston, the Stones, etc., that was the most recent song in the countdown. But Collective Soul is also considered an alt band.
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Post by dukelightning on May 9, 2022 20:20:34 GMT -5
Another one of those specials from 1990(there were 5 all told between CT40 and AT40, more than any other year), the top 40 movie hits of the 80s on CT40. This is another one of those specials where all 40 songs are #1 hits. But Casey has played one extra so far and it is not a #1 song. In fact, when I saw where it peaked on R&R chart, I almost fell out of my chair. It was "Fame" and it seemed like the long version. This only reached #12! It is all the more surprising when you consider that "Flashdance...What a Feeling" spent 5 weeks at #1 on the R&R chart to essentially match what it did on the Hot 100. The flipside of this is the most surprising R&R #1 hit that did not reach #1 or anywhere near that on the Hot 100, "Late in the Evening". Caught one mistake when Casey identified the actors/actresses in The Breakfast Club. Mentioned 4 of them but there were 5 as he omitted Anthony Michael Hall.
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Post by dukelightning on May 11, 2022 21:27:01 GMT -5
Exactly 6 months before Casey's last AT40 show, the one from 7/5/03. Casey just said that Sean Paul's Dutty Rock album is spending its' 32nd week at #1 on the reggae album chart. I don't think I have ever heard Casey or any host for that matter, mention that chart. And I am only aware of maybe 3 albums that have spent more than 32 weeks at #1 on any chart, one of those being Thriller. "Get Busy" is a great song. Casey mentioned earlier that Mariah was in the top 40 for the 14th year in a row. Did not mention who has the longest such streak at that point in time so I looked it up. Madonna had that distinction with 21 years, a streak that would end in 2004 whereupon Mariah would take over that honor. Two hit wonders in this show, since we are discussing that on the other thread: T.A.T.U. at 36 where they are peaking with their second hit "Not Gonna Get Us", their first was "All the Things She Said" (#8). Blu Cantrell at 34 where she is also peaking with her second hit "Breathe", her first hit went all the way to #1 in 2001, "Hit 'Em Up Style"(great song). And Stacie Orrico has another great song with "Stuck" having reached #11 to be followed up by "There's Gotta Be More to Life" (#6). Three hit wonder Evanescence may be at top of that list. They have hit #1 with "Bring Me to Life" which was at #2 and will hit #2 with "My Immortal" in 2004 and then #7 with "Call Me When You're Sober" in 2006. Life is another great song btw.
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Post by Mike on May 11, 2022 22:01:31 GMT -5
Casey mentioned earlier that Mariah was in the top 40 for the 14th year in a row. Did not mention who has the longest such streak at that point in time so I looked it up. Madonna had that distinction with 21 years, a streak that would end in 2004 whereupon Mariah would take over that honor. Ah...no she wouldn't. Because her own streak would also end in 2004 (after "I Know What You Want", she wouldn't make it back until "It's Like That" in February 2005). After them...aye yi yi. I can't think of anyone beyond Matchbox Twenty/Rob Thomas, and even there it depends on how strictly you apply the standard. If the rule is the act must score with at least one NEW Top 40 hit in a given year, then it's ultimately a moot point as either way it ALSO ends in 2004. If all one has to do is appear within the countdown for at least one week, then things...change. Madonna hangs on by the skin of her teeth via her feature on "Me Against the Music", then "Hung Up" carries her through 2006. If not, then...the winner would be Beyonce, with Destiny's Child hits included, IF one counts features. (If not, she ends at 2002.) She would go all the way through 2011. If not, then it goes to Justin Timberlake WITH 'N Sync hits included...but he'd also end in 2004 for the same reason. In case this isn't abundantly clear, streaks like this were about to become a thing of the distant past, save for maybe one singer later on (but again, features have to count) - that one being Rihanna.
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Post by freakyflybry on May 12, 2022 0:39:02 GMT -5
If Taylor Swift hits the top 40 this year, she will enter her 16th straight year with a new song in the top 40, a streak starting in 2007 with "Teardrops On My Guitar". She last hit the top 40 last year with "Message In A Bottle", which hit the top 20 on pop airplay.
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