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Post by dukelightning on Oct 31, 2023 9:23:18 GMT -5
Wow I missed that one! I looked in the 30s of the following week's chart for that hit and did not find it, so figured it fell out. But it climbed all the way to 29 which is why I missed it. Btw, Michael 1973 is not Mike. He seems to have gone on hiatus as I have done many times.
Anyway, it is another fall 1994 AT40 when Shadoe is not as energetic as he had been throughout his tenure as host. He obviously knew the end was coming and/or was not into it as much knowing that AT40 was only airing outside the US. In the music news, he talks about Metallica suing their label for still paying them the same percentage of royalties as they had since their debut in 1984. They were trying to take advantage of a California law that allows actors and actresses to renegotiate their contracts after 7 years. At such point, they become free agents. If it makes sense for actors and actresses, it does for recording artists IMO.
Had an interview with Dead Eye Dick. They were refuting the critics who thought "New Age Girl" was a novelty hit. Not explained this way but I think they are equating novelty with songs such as "I'm Too Sexy" as opposed to the novelty hits of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Said novelties go away very quickly but Girl has been climbing the charts for 3 months. Good point.
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden said the great reception to their Superunknown CD was good and bad(it had debuted at #1 on the album chart). Good that they liked it but bad because it implied that their previous albums 'sucked' as he said. They did not suck for me either. "Jesus Christ Pose" and "Outshined" from the previous release Badmotorfinger are great songs.
2 hits titled "Always" and my fave is the Bon Jovi hit which halves its position(splits the difference is how Shadoe called it)to tie for the biggest mover(30-15). Both biggest movers are 6 letter, 1 word titles and I like the other one even better, "Secret"(26-11). Another great song is "Shine". It has moved up to #4 on 3 different occasions. Not too many hits that have done that in AT40 history. "Le Freak" is the most well known of those hits.
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 31, 2023 13:20:55 GMT -5
10/7/89 CT40 is one of those shows with the tracks set up by song or separate story instead of segment. So a lot more hands on work to hear the show than usual. Casey gives the rundown of how sampling works. We are still in the early stages of rap records in 1989 with that total on AT/CT40 just getting to double digits by my calculations. Said it was done with a lot of computer work which gave the producer leeway in how fast or slow the riff was in the song. Casey mentioned the legal issues surrounding sampling. Then he gave a few examples like Tone Loc's "Wild Thing", saying that it sampled "Jump" by Van Halen. That's a mistake as it is "Jamie's Cryin" that it samples. Leads into "Bust a Move" by Young MC and he correctly identifies "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey as the sampled hit. And that makes it one of my fave songs in this show. Casey also says it may or may not include some James Brown riffs which sheds light on the difficulty in figuring out whether or not a certain song was sampled or not. That's an early 70s hit sampled and it is sandwiched in the countdown by remakes of early 70s hits. Before it were the New Kids doing "Didn't I Blow Your Mind" and after it was another teenage act Martika with "I Feel the Earth Move".
A recent post in another thread mentioned the Al Jarvis story being repeated many times. This show has the oft repeated story of Elton John and Bernie Taupin working separately since they met in the 60s. Bernie wrote the lyrics and then sent them to Elton who worked out a song for them on the piano. But another mistake by Casey when he listed the chart feats of their collaboration. Said that he had 6 #1 hits. That is correct based on R&R. But since Elton's career started in 1970 as Casey mentioned, you have to revert to Billboard for pre-October 1973 chart data. And "Crocodile Rock" hit #1 earlier that year giving Elton a 7th #1 hit. That's an example of the quirky situation for the 'hybrid' artists whose chart careers bridged the time before and after R&R's inception. Casey has made other mistakes because of that.
Prince's "Partyman" was so short at about 2 minutes that it and the next song "Dr. Feelgood" were put on the same track. Another story I have hard multiple times about Steven Tyler playing in his dad's classical band before ditching that for rock and roll in his teens. Aerosmith and Bobby Brown are back to back Boston acts each having their 8th top 40 hits before New Kids make it a trio from beantown.
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 31, 2023 16:17:47 GMT -5
Triple play for me today as my third show of the day is a Halloween show, the CT40 from 10/31/92. Liked the third of 5 debuts, "Work To Do" by Vanessa Williams, a cover of a 20 year old Isley Brothers hit as Casey said. This is like "In My Dreams" by the Party which is a cover of a Dokken hit. Both are bigger hits than the original but in both cases, I prefer the original and despite the originals not making the top 40 and covers doing so, I heard the originals on the radio/MTV more than the covers. Casey reviews the firsts for rap...first rap hit in the top 10 was "Walk This Way" in 1986, after the NARAS added a Grammy award for rap in 1989, "Parents Just Don't Understand" was the first award winner, first rap #1 hit was "Can't Touch This" in 1990 and the first white rapper to hit #1 was Vanilla Ice later in 1990. And those are the only rap #1 hits as of the date of this show. Unless you count Mariah's "Fantasy" as a #1 rap hit because there is a version featuring rapper Old Dirty Bastard, there are no more rap #1 hits in the 90s(none until 2001). Casey then plays the current hit by another white rapper Marky Mark who hit #1 on the Hot 100 but only #4 at R&R a year earlier with "Good Vibrations".
Before playing "The Message" by Sofia Shinas(who I did not know was from Toronto), Casey identified the Argonauts, Maple Leafs and Blue Jays, saying they were the first Canadian team to play in the World Series. The shows are recorded 10 days or so before the show date so this would have been recorded around the 21st. That means Casey made that statement during the series which ended on the 24th when the Blue Jays won it. This year's World Series won't end until November. Good thing it is in Texas and Arizona which both have roofs anyway as Toronto did and does. Lots of places are way too cold for baseball right now! Then several songs later, an interesting story about Ted Nugent and d**n Yankees. They were working in the studio with Ted jamming away like a speed metal guitarist when the engineer frantically waved at the guys to stop playing because an earthquake had just hit. The other guys stopped playing but not Ted. He was oblivious to the distractions and lived up to his 'Madman' nickname. Casey had said the date of this recording session was October 17, 1989 but he did not identify where it occurred. No need to because speaking of World Series, there could only be one place where an earthquake occurred on that date and it was the Bay area. And it should have been there since band member Jack Blades is originally from Night Ranger who is from the Bay area. So another reference to a World Series without Casey specifically mentioning it.
woolebull mentioned that "End of the Road" was edited when it was #1 in a show from a few weeks before this one. It happened in this one too for the #1 hit "I'd Die Without You". Edited to exactly 2 minutes!
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Oct 31, 2023 21:27:49 GMT -5
Crazy about #1 being edited; there was less than 2 minutes between Casey's intro and backsell! I remember that; I had listened to all the 1992 CT40 shows in order 2-3 years ago (calendar matched 2020, and thus, a 2/29 show).
Been alternating between 1995 and 1996 at work; currently on 5/4/1996, followed by 5/6/1995. One had a new #1, the other had a longer running #1. Got a lot of Hootie in there.
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 1, 2023 8:23:18 GMT -5
Hootie huh! I like how a critic once described Darius Rucker's singing. Said it sounded like he had mashed potatoes in his mouth. One reason why those years you are alternating between are 'meh' for me. Yeah that edit in the 1992 show was crazy especially when I did not catch any other edits in the show. And according to woolebull, they had done it to the #1 song 3 or 4 weeks earlier too. Crazy and ridiculous!
We have gone from summer to winter here in NC where woolebull and I reside. 85 or 86 on Monday which is about 5 degrees shy of the highest normal high temp in July and today for the second day in a row it is around 50 which is the lowest normal high temp in January. So this AT40 from 1/29/94 fits right in with that. And it is a very rare instance maybe the only one(?) with the first 2 songs by the same artist. Billy Joel has "The River of Dreams" and "All About Soul" at 40 and 39. Not only that but these are his 32nd and 33rd top 40 hits and he will not have a 34th. So this is his last week on AT40. And if that is not enough, he will have the only droppers the next week. Having the first 2 songs in the show, spending a last week on the countdown and having the only droppers in a show. A trifecta of sorts for Billy over the course of 2 shows.
Shadoe is touting the Super Bowl too and makes my day when he says that the flashback will be to the year that my Giants blasted the Broncos in the Super Bowl which is 1987. Mentioned the timing of when Casey recorded that 1992 CT40 in relation to that years World Series. Got another situation like that in this show. No not in connection with the Super Bowl which by the way was the Cowboys and Bills. Mariah debuts with her cover of "Without You". Shadoe mentions how Nilsson who had been #1 with the original 22 years earlier had just died. That happened on 1/15/94 which would have been only a few days before this show was recorded. "Without You" was a Sneek Peek a couple weeks earlier so it was released before Nilsson's death. So a bunch of coincidences that her cover was released, then he died and then it debuts the same week in which Shadoe would have mentioned Nilsson's death. This also gives Mariah 3 songs on AT40 with "Hero" and "Dreamlover" still in the countdown. They played a clip of Bobby Darin's #2 hit "Dreamlover" before her same titled but not cover song. In 2001 Enrique Iglesias would hit #2 with his same title but not cover of "Hero". So all 3 Mariah hits share titles with hits that reached #1 or #2 in the rock era. Mariah hit those same 2 positions with these hits. Janet had the highest debut with "Because of Love" and Shadoe mentioned that she had hit #1, 2 and 2 with her previous 3 hits from her Janet CD. Not mentioned by Shadoe but this is the 7th and last time in the first run of AT40 by my calculations that an artist had 3 hits in the countdown. The list....Melanie in 1972, Marvin Gaye in 1973, Paul McCartney in 1976, Diana Ross in 1980, New Kids in 1989 and Whitney in 1993.
Mealoaf has a pair of hits himself. Shadoe says that his 1978 album Bat Out of Hell has just become the third album by a solo artist to sell ay least 20 million copies. The other two are both by MJ, Thriller and Bad.
Shadoe says that Ace of Base is the third group to have their first 2 top 10 hits in the top 10 at the same time. "The Sign" accomplishes that by being the biggest mover for the second week in a row(20-9). The Dave Clark Five and the Beatles had both done that in 1964. Before he plays their other top 10 hit "All That She Wants", he says they are 1 of 8 acts that have 2 hits in the countdown. Thought the record for that was 8 set in 1993 so we have a tied record in that case. And one of those 8 acts is Janet. Shadoe says that "Again" is her 13th gold single, 1 less than Aretha Franklin for most among women. Points out something I had forgotten. When Aretha got her 14 gold records, you had to sell a million for gold. But the RIAA changed the rules in 1989 making half a million the threshold for a gold single. All of Janet's gold singles have come since then. That change was made since it is a lot harder to sell a million copies in the 90s. Even more so nowadays!
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 1, 2023 13:55:05 GMT -5
OnWithTheCountdown is hearing shows from May 1995 and 96 and now I am in between. It is the 10/14/95 CT40 with David Perry guest hosting. Hearing a song that finished the AT40 I heard earlier as an R&D, "Hero".* This is the ultimate show for testing my love for these countdowns. My least favorite guest host in AT/CT40 history and it is bookended by the only 2 artists among the top 150 artists listed in the R&R Top Pop Hits book which covers virtually all the big name artists during the 4 decades that Casey counted down the hits, that I don't like. Mentioned Hootie earlier who I found out in the recap is trying to stay at #1 and kicking off the show is Michael Bolton. Mashed potato voice for Darius Rucker and it is the whiny voice of Bolton that I can't stand. But there is something to celebrate! This is the last ever week on CT/AT40 for Mr. Bolton.
Mentioned that 7 artists had 3 hits in a countdown on AT40 as of 1994. The next artist to accomplish that feat did so earlier in 1995 and they debut this week with "Automatic Lover", Real McCoy. Next was Sheryl Crow with the 4th hit from Tuesday Night Music Club as David said. This is another case like Phil Collins and his No Jacket Required album which also had 4 hits. But as there was hit in between the 3rd and 4th hits("Separate Lives") not from the Lp, there was such a hit for Sheryl with "D'yer Mak'er". Gives her a year and half span with her 4 hits from Tuesday.
Another debut was "Pretty Girl" by Jon B. Had forgotten this song and it sounded like Babyface. David then mentioned that Babyface wrote and produced it as he had for Jon's other hit a few songs later, "Someone to Love". That gives label credit to Babyface(as a featured artist). Hearing that proves that these 2 men sound similar. There is a song that Darius Rucker sings on that he actually complements the artist with his singing and that is "Solitude" by Edwin McCain. That's a soul searching song there by a North and South Carolinian.
Btw, "I Hate U" did not make much of an impression on the chart but it showcases the incredible talent of Prince. A strong message in the lyrics, falsetto vocals blending with his gruffer voice and a "Let's Go Crazy" guitar riff to boot.
*"Hero" is a frequent R&D/LDD. Not as frequent but probably the most for power ballads is "Love of a Lifetime" that was the second R&D.
Michael and Janet are back to back at 5 and 4. Third year that they have been in the top 10 at the same time after 1992 and 93. This is a unique situation not only for them but any pair of artists. Both hits are from greatest hits albums. May be the only time that back to back top 10 hits are from such albums. Mariah follows with "Fantasy" making for one heck of a trio of megastars.
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 2, 2023 18:48:37 GMT -5
10/6/90 AT40 does not have much to write about so here are my faves which I list from time to time. "Epic" but they cutoff the piano ending which is my fave part of the song; "Tic-Tac-Toe"; "All I'm Missing is You"; "Cherry Pie"...got no money, got to cash, but we can get where we're goin' if we go real fast...love the wit in that song!; "Fly to the Angels"; "Thieves in the Temple"; "This is the Right Time"; "Policy of Truth"; "Giving You the Benefit" #1 R&B; "Can't Stop"; "Everybody Everybody"..Shadoe said he had the extreme(his emphasis) pleasure to see Black Box in Boston; "Heart of Stone"; "Black Cat"..played a montage of all the top 5 hits with black in their title; "Romeo"; "Close to You".
Most interesting part of the show came after "Unchained Melody" was played. Shadoe then played a clip of that song except it was not that song. He explained that the full song was the new version of it and the clip was their original version which he said had just entered the Hot 100 at #45. He said it was the first time that 2 versions of the same song by the same artist were on the chart at the same time since 1976. That is when a movie was out about Billie Joe and 2 versions of Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe" were on the chart. (Spot checked since I was surprised that I did not already know this and sure enough on 8/21/76 the versions are at 56 and 65.) Neither made the top 40 which is the opposite of what happened for "Unchained Melody".
2 songs not on the list above are terrible covers...."Georgia on my Mind" and "Oh Girl". Love the Chi-Lites original of the latter.
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 2, 2023 19:20:05 GMT -5
10/19/91 AT40 has a pair of firsts. It's the first instance of the Sneek Peek feature with Shadoe saying that "Blowing Kisses in the Wind" had entered the Hot 100 at 47 and was the most played new hit at radio. The other first kicks off the show when John Mellancamp debuts. It's the first time he has been identified that way, having changed to his given name in 1991. That is absolutely correct from an official standpoint...however, it isn't the first time the name John Mellencamp is mentioned as his real name. I need to go back and find it, but I am pretty sure that it was in August of 1982 when Casey, introing "Jack and Diane" uses the names "John Cougar", "John Cougar Mellencamp" and "John Mellencamp" to refer to the then John Cougar. It was surreal and years later seemed almost clairvoyant. I will try to figure out which show he did it, but I am almost certain it was when "Hurts So Good" was at #2 as well as J&D was climbing the charts. It's not the first time Shadoe said John Mellancamp either. On the 10/6/90 show, he identified him as such as one of the musicians Jon Bon Jovi used to record his first solo album.
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 3, 2023 8:06:46 GMT -5
First November show for me this month is a 30 year old one, the 11/6/93 CT40. It has one song I did not know and that starts the first streak of 3 edited songs I can remember hearing on a 90s show. Surely that happened in the mid to late 70s on AT40. The song is "Come Inside" by Intro, #1 R&B, edited to 2 minutes. The official music video for it is 4 minutes long so they sliced it in half. That was followed by 2 and a half minute versions of "Dreams" and "All About Soul" so even megastars are not immune to the edit. Then there is a short title instead of a short song. A list was made recently here about the shortest titles in top 40 hits. My fave of those is in this show and it's "If". It's the first of 2 for Janet who must be the only artist to have 2 hits in a countdown whose titles total less than 10 letters combined.
Casey tells how the compilation CD Message in a Box which includes everything the Police ever recorded including unreleased tracks and outtakes came to be, before playing Sting's hit. Says that it was very difficult to put together since the 3 guys had not been on speaking terms for many years. Sting says he got a cracked rib once in their last days together in one of the many fights they had. Their ensuing lack of communication meant that intermediaries were needed to put that CD together. Sounds like the Eagles who were in the process of getting back together themselves around the time of this show. No such reunion for the Police.
No coincidence that the first line of this song is 'I'd do anything for love; I would run into hell and back'. Meatloaf is making a comeback after 15 years and his huge album back then was titled Bat Out of Hell. Definitely wanted to remind people with the reference to hell. Not in a bad way btw...just sayin'.
This week's #1 song "Again" is another example of how CT40 had it right and AT40 did not when it came to accurate charts. That did not hit #1 on AT40.
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 7, 2023 18:49:11 GMT -5
Don't do this too much but it is the show from today's date for AT40 in 1992 today. After another 'No Just No' song, stealing a Hervard line, from Michael Bolton, Shadoe said that the Bee Gees who Bolton was covering were recording their next album. It came out nearly a year later but had no hits in the US. Looked it up and found out why. Single released was "Paying the Price of Love". By 1993 the Bee Gees were considered an AC act and the song was too heavy for that format with its hip-hop influenced percussion. Going to check that out after this show.
Not only is this show from exactly 31 years ago but the LDD pertains to an issue from the present. A gal had gone to Jordan for an International Youth Conference and came away from it being amazed by how much the many Arab delegates wanted peace with Israel. Not the place for politics here but it is sad that 3 decades later, that peace is still elusive. "Man in the Mirror" was the LDD.
Found out that the Erotica CD like the title track, debuted and peaked at #2. Well found out that it debuted at #2 that week and looked up where it peaked.
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Post by freakyflybry on Nov 7, 2023 23:01:22 GMT -5
Casey's Top 40 from November 11, 1989.
This chart had likely the only time ever that two Belgian artists were top 40 at the same time: Technotronic and Soulsister. In between, Casey told a story about acts who started out with a different name than what they became famous under.
Casey also told the life story of Jesse James to lead into Cher's song name dropping him. And at #1 was "When I See You Smile" by Bad English. where Casey explained how they got their name from playing pool, as "English" in this case refers to the pool term, not the language.
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 9, 2023 19:02:13 GMT -5
That's got to be the only time 2 Belgian artists were in the top 40 at the same time in AT/CT40 history. Going back 20 years and 1 day to the next to last guest hosted show during Casey's time as host. Ed McMann is doing the 11/08/03 show. He says that the Ataris album is called So Long Astoria and Astoria refers to a small town in the 1985 movie The Goonies. Does not say that their hit is a cover of hit also from 1985, "The Boys of Summer". Following it is a cover of a 1984 hit "It's My Life" for No Doubt. Highest of 3 debuts and all of them are great songs. The other 2 were "Invisible" by Raleigh's Clay Aiken and "Stand Up" by Ludacris(new #1 urban hit)...one song away from tearing the club up! Another great song is "Take Me Away" by Fefe Dobson with Ed saying that her influences range from Judy Garland to Kurt Cobain. Another #1 hit from another chart that is a great song is "So Far Away" spending its 13th week atop the rock chart.*
12 one word titles, 11 two word titles for a total of 23. All of those numbers have to be close to the record. A lot of great songs among them including the #1 "Baby Boy".
*Ed mentions that an all time record has been set on the AC chart when he reviews the other chart #1 hits. "Drift Away" spends a 20th week atop that chart. The aforementioned #1 hits were not among the other chart #1 hits mentioned neither was "(There's Got to be) More to Life" which Ed says was #1 on the Christian chart. A couple great hits in 2003 for Stacie Orrico("Stuck"). Including "Baby Boy" at #1 on this show, that's 7 different hits at #1 on various charts mentioned in this show(country and alternative were the others, neither were in the countdown). Has to be a record.
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 10, 2023 19:22:55 GMT -5
11/16/91 CT40 starts out with a great song "Running Back to You". Another great one a little later is "Enter Sandman" and it lasted 5 minutes! Another reason I prefer CT40 to AT40 who edited Sandman almost every show, especially from the fall of 1991 on. A couple weeks later was when AT40 abandoned the Hot 100 and used charts that were not as accurate as the R&R chart that CT40 used IMO.
Another R&D that was heartbreaking as this gal wrote in about losing the man of her dreams in a motorcycle accident. Requested "How Am I Supposed to Love Without You". Played the Bolton version which I skipped. Since it was a gal writing the R&D, I think they should have played Laura Branigan's version which I certainly would have listened to. I hardly ever skip any songs by the way. Another terrible Bolton cover is coming up later, probably at #1!
My #1 song in this show if I were to rank them is "Something Got Me Started" and it's not that close. Better than their bigger hits too.
Casey says after playing "Get a Leg Up" that John Mellancamp used to be John Cougar.
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Post by freakyflybry on Nov 12, 2023 22:20:00 GMT -5
AT40 from November 19, 1983. Not sure if we've got another 1983 show coming up this year, but I figured why not listen to one anyway?
Casey said leading into "Undercover Of The Night" debuting that the Rolling Stones were the longest charting foreign band in history at a now-paltry 20 years. And amazingly enough, 40 years after this show... they just released a new album, "Hackney Diamonds", extending their longevity! I guess time really is on their side... and Keith Richards will STILL outlive us all!
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 14, 2023 20:15:18 GMT -5
November 19 is also the date of the AT40 for me this evening. 1994 is the year so Shadoe has 10 more shows after this one and he mentions one of them when he promotes the year end show coming up. Can't remember a year end show being promoted before Thanksgiving on either AT40 nor CT40. Of course Shadoe must know by now that it will be the last year end show in this run of AT40. Not much of note in this show. In the music news, Shadoe says Dr. John is one of his favorite artists. Good musical taste there. Don't remember the guy nor the band he was from but the lead singer of Mazzy Star was an item with that guy according to Shadoe. Yeah hearing "Fade Into You" made me think that gal was the romantic, seductive type. Sneek Peek was "How Many Ways" by Tony Braxton which I was not familiar with. One reason may be that it never made in to the countdown. It did however make it onto AT40 reaching #36. Good song and so it is another example of how the chart AT40 used was not as reliable as the R&R chart for CT40 IMO.
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