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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jul 17, 2023 5:30:27 GMT -5
Flash drive lost the spot I was at, so it's the next closest show, CT40 from 3/30/1996. Interesting story Casey tells in Hour 1 about the growing fascination known as the internet.
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Post by woolebull on Jul 20, 2023 17:24:41 GMT -5
I have been doing a ton of biking/running the last month and a half. Here are the shows I have listened to. I will try to keep my comments short as not to bore (and if I can remember something from every show)
CT 6/17/95: The Rembrandts made it to number one and Casey talked about the various TV themes that hit the top. I was surprised (not sure why) "The Theme From Swat" made it to the top of R and R. And always neat to hear Joey Scarbury mentioned, but not Jan Hammer.
Dees 6/20/98: Dees, for some reason, seemed to do much better interviews starting around this time. 1998 is not my favorite year for music, but Dees shows from that time are, in my opinion, some of his best work. I thought I heard something cool as Dees played two songs back to back with the name "Stop" (Meredith Brooks and Spice Girls). Unfortunately, he skipped a song between the two (I think it was Sarah McLachlan) which were at #40 and #38. Interestingly, Dees didn't mention the skipped song at #39, and didn't mention the Spice Girls were at #38 until the outro of "Stop", he just went back to back with the "Stop" songs.
Dees 6/23/90: Great show. Give me all the one hit wonders from this show like Digital Underground, Giant, Nikki, Brent Bourgeois, (as a solo artist), Louie Louie and so many more. Even Tyler Collins on this show: never liked the song but Dees played an amazing remix of "Girls Night Out" I have never heard. The weirdest part? "The Humpty Dance" was not edited. I mean at all. I was floored. I think it was the first time I have heard the song unedited since I wore the cassingle out back in the day. The word "ho" was edited in "Poison" but nothing on "Humpty". Loved it.
AT 6/26/82: The last week of "Ebony and Ivory" at the top, and Casey answered a listener's question before playing it. I remember asking a question a while back on this board about how many times that took place after Casey did it during the reign of "Say, Say, Say". I wonder if it was the same question since McCartney is the common denominator.
Dees 6/26/99: I got to hear Robbie Williams and "Millennium" at its peak position. Everything else was gravy.
Will do July shows I listened to in a little while.
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Post by Mike on Jul 20, 2023 20:08:48 GMT -5
CT 6/17/95: The Rembrandts made it to number one and Casey talked about the various TV themes that hit the top. I was surprised (not sure why) "The Theme From Swat" made it to the top of R and R. And always neat to hear Joey Scarbury mentioned, but not Jan Hammer. That story has a big error: Casey would say that "I'll Be There For You" was the first #1 TV theme of the 90s - but he forgot about "How Do You Talk to An Angel" in 1992, performed by the band who shared their name with the TV show, whose lead singer was also in the 1995 countdown solo. Talking about The Heights of course, with Jamie Walters at #12 in the 1995 show. |
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Post by woolebull on Jul 21, 2023 9:34:58 GMT -5
CT 6/17/95: The Rembrandts made it to number one and Casey talked about the various TV themes that hit the top. I was surprised (not sure why) "The Theme From Swat" made it to the top of R and R. And always neat to hear Joey Scarbury mentioned, but not Jan Hammer. That story has a big error: Casey would say that "I'll Be There For You" was the first #1 TV theme of the 90s - but he forgot about "How Do You Talk to An Angel" in 1992, performed by the band who shared their name with the TV show, whose lead singer was also in the 1995 countdown solo. Talking about The Heights of course, with Jamie Walters at #12 in the 1995 show. You know, I have never thought about "Angel" as the theme song for "The Heights". I remember it was on the show and became a central theme, but I thought they had a different theme song. I certainly could be wrong though...I get that and "Class of 96" mixed up lol. |
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Jul 21, 2023 11:12:16 GMT -5
That story has a big error: Casey would say that "I'll Be There For You" was the first #1 TV theme of the 90s - but he forgot about "How Do You Talk to An Angel" in 1992, performed by the band who shared their name with the TV show, whose lead singer was also in the 1995 countdown solo. Talking about The Heights of course, with Jamie Walters at #12 in the 1995 show. You know, I have never thought about "Angel" as the theme song for "The Heights". I remember it was on the show and became a central theme, but I thought they had a different theme song. I certainly could be wrong though...I get that and "Class of 96" mixed up lol. Per Wikipedia (take it for what it's worth) the song was "The eventual theme song for the show...". That would indicate that it initially wasn't, so maybe the writers overlooked it for that reason? |
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Post by woolebull on Jul 22, 2023 9:11:22 GMT -5
You know, I have never thought about "Angel" as the theme song for "The Heights". I remember it was on the show and became a central theme, but I thought they had a different theme song. I certainly could be wrong though...I get that and "Class of 96" mixed up lol. Per Wikipedia (take it for what it's worth) the song was "The eventual theme song for the show...". That would indicate that it initially wasn't, so maybe the writers overlooked it for that reason? That was actually what I was thinking as well. It was on for such a short period of time (I think 12 episodes) I couldn't remember if they actually switched themes but that sounds like what actually did happen. No matter how it is defined, I don't know if we will ever see a theme (or a song that is a major part of a show) be in the number one spot the week that it is cancelled. That was wild. IIRC, I think Casey even talked about it while HDYTTAA was at the top. I haven't listened to that particular week(s) since 1992 so I am a little cloudy on it. |
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Post by woolebull on Jul 22, 2023 16:45:35 GMT -5
I teased a conversation I had with Eliot Sloan, lead singer of Blessid Union of Souls, a few weeks ago on another topic. But since my question came while listening to the CT 6/17/95 show, this seems like a place to put this.
I have a good connection with Sloan just through the years of meeting him and going to BUOS shows. I asked him if Radio and Records did anything special for "I Believe" hitting number one. His response was that Radio and Records or the record company did nothing to commemorate it. However, Rick Dees always gave BUOS great recognition. So it doesn't sound like it was a big deal for them when they hit #1 on Radio and Records. What I take out of it is even after 1991 in the business, there was no distinction between the two eras in regards to the music industry. You could be Blessid, Natalie Imbruglia or Donna Lewis all you want, but if your song didn't hit the top of Billboard, the industry really didn't pay attention to R and R.
I wonder if ONJ got the same type of non recognition for, "Physical".
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Post by woolebull on Jul 22, 2023 21:43:53 GMT -5
For the shows I have listened to (so far) in July:
AT 7/2/88: Casey taking care of all that vacation before he left. Scott Evans on the mic. I had never heard the show, but Evans did a great job. I wonder if I would have liked him as much hearing it in real time. Started the show with Boz Scaggs, missed Black and Blue unfortunately, but got Supersonic so was happy. I also like hearing, "Trouble" by Nia Peeples. I wonder if the song had been released a couple of years earlier how big it could have been. Also, records that probably won't ever be broken: anyone younger than Debbie Gibson writing, producing, and singing a number one song.
AT 7/5/86: First time hearing this show and it was great. It blows my mind in 2023, and no reason I shouldn't have known this: "Papa Don't Preach" is the second song to be released off of "True Blue". For years (like even into this century) I thought, "Live To Tell" was exclusive to "At Close Range. What really stood out for me was "On My Own" dropping from 1-8. It wasn't so much the big drop, but last year I was listening to the 5/24/86 show when "Own" jumped from 11-3. Doing the math in my head, "Own" spent seven weeks in the top 10, with six of those weeks in the top 3. Anyone know of any other number one songs that spent every week in the top 10 but one, all in the top 3?
AT 7/11/81: Charlie Van Dyke on the mic. Bette on top blah blah blan. Best story was how Neil Diamond set the record with "America" having the most top 40 singles without a #1 album. He would hold that title until 2008 when he finally broke through at the top of the album chart.
Dees 7/11/92: Back to Madonna and movies: Madonna would set the Dees record for highest debut when, "This Used To Be My Playground" debuted at 21. Anyone know if the record stood all the way until "Frozen" took the belt?
CT 7/13/96: Always love an instrumental, and always here for the 96 shows that I can hear two of them with "Theme from Mission Impossible' and "Children".
AT 40 7/19/80: A few things stood out: 1) Rick Pinette and Oak are peaking at #35 with, "King Of The Hill". Never knew it until listening to shows decades later. Always found it as a quirky, unique song. Rick died a few years ago, apparently now a pastor for PTL and Jim Bakker. 2) With "Cupid" at four, the top four are all in the RnR Hall Of Fame: Billy Joel, Paul McCartney (alas, not Wings), Elton John, and soon the Spinners. 3) "Magic" by ONJ would move from 7-6. "Shining Star" by The Manhattans would leap 11-5. I know #1 songs were jumped from time to time on their way up the chart, but how many soon to be #1's were jumped by other songs while they were in the top 10? That seemed wild, especially knowing "Magic" would be number one in just two weeks.
AT 7/21/79: 1979 was wild. I wish I was old enough to have listened and to appreciate some of the things that happened from a chart perspective. "Good Times" was at number four in just its 3rd week in the 40? Donna Summer spending something like her eleventh week in the 40, and nine of those weeks in the top 3 with "Hot Stuff"? Blondie reentering at 29 with, "One Way Or Another"? I thought the 10/20/79 show had craze movement, but this one takes the cake for me.
7/22/78: I am today years old knowing that Bruce Springsteen hit the top 40 between, "Hungry Heart" and "Born To Run". It was also neat that the first six songs were all debuts.
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Post by Mike on Jul 23, 2023 2:35:32 GMT -5
Dees 7/11/92: Back to Madonna and movies: Madonna would set the Dees record for highest debut when, "This Used To Be My Playground" debuted at 21. Anyone know if the record stood all the way until "Frozen" took the belt? Among only her own songs, yes. Among all songs? "If You Go" (also #15, like "Frozen") says hi. But actually, "Frozen" might not share that record on his countdown. I'm seeing on Reception that Rick snuck it in at #38 on 3/7, ostensibly before then it'd make a huge leap on 3/14. Looking at that countdown, Rick also has #15 + #14, and #7 + #6, each switched versus the 2/28 CT40, so I'm thinking the chart listing is accurate. (By the way, compared to the CT40, Mase is kept at #40, but Edwin McCain is pushed down one to #39 on Rick's 3/7 - the missing song is "Sex and Candy", which Rick apparently held off for a week.) |
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Post by chrislc on Jul 26, 2023 18:01:14 GMT -5
Some show in 1984 - Casey goes through the list of 12 songs derived from classical music that had made the Top 40 during the rock era.
He includes All By Myself. But not Never Gonna Fall In Love Again. Yikes. Maybe it was like the floors in an office building - the show didn't want a list of 13.
There's a 30-minute loop of Never Gonna Fall In Love Again on YouTube. What a great record it was! One commenter on the video of the regular version nailed it - "deeply comforting yet profoundly painful and gut wrenching".
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Post by woolebull on Jul 28, 2023 21:15:25 GMT -5
AT 7/5/86: What really stood out for me was "On My Own" dropping from 1-8. It wasn't so much the big drop, but last year I was listening to the 5/24/86 show when "Own" jumped from 11-3. Doing the math in my head, "Own" spent seven weeks in the top 10, with six of those weeks in the top 3. Anyone know of any other number one songs that spent every week in the top 10 but one, all in the top 3? AT 7/21/79: "Good Times" was at number four in just its 3rd week in the 40? I almost answered my question I asked from the 7/5/86 show just by looking at what I wrote about the 7/21/79 show. "Good Times" would spend 10 weeks in the top 10, peaked at 1, and spent all of those weeks except for two in the top 3. |
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Post by Mike on Jul 28, 2023 21:27:08 GMT -5
"Endless Love" did do it. Leaped from #14 to #2 on 8/8/81, then spent its 9 weeks at #1, spent the next two at #2, then dropped to #5 (10/31), then to #13.
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Post by woolebull on Jul 29, 2023 18:30:42 GMT -5
Listening to AT 7/29/89. So much I could say about this show (De La Soul in particular) that makes this amazing. However, I wanted to share this with you all.
I have a four year old dog. As a puppy, we bought him various "lovies" aka stuffed animals. One was a dinosaur. I named him Dino and for four years if he brings me Dino, I would respond with "Get Up On It", and make Dino dance before I toss him into infinity. The phrase is the first lyrics you hear from Dino's 1989 T10 hit, "I Like It".
Flash forward to a few seconds ago as I am listening to 7/29/89. I am up to #9 and Dino's first week in T10 with, "I Like It". The song starts, Dino sings the first words as I am cleaning, and all of a sudden my dogs darts to his "Lovie Box" and as I turn the corner, he is sitting there with Dino in his mouth.
Dogs...not only do we not deserve them, they understand AT 40 as well. At least mine does!
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Aug 5, 2023 12:48:43 GMT -5
Today, it's the original 8/6/1988 AT40 show. My sweetheart was only 2 months old when this show aired. Yet she knows and likes many songs on this show, especially Def Leppard. 🙂
I'm with those who don't like when the shows are tinkered with. I'm very thankful for the originals (and the original commercials too).
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Post by at40petebattistini on Aug 5, 2023 15:25:48 GMT -5
I’ve stepped back one year from 8/4/73 and am enjoying the album countdown from 8/5/72. A pilot program concept for Watermark. Gotta wonder if the National Album Countdown became a regular weekly offering, how much track editing would’ve been needed by Ken Martin to supersize each show.  |
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