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Post by woolebull on Jun 10, 2024 14:35:41 GMT -5
woolebull was mentioning artists charting in association with graduations that had charted when the person was born. The Temptations would be an example of that in this show in their collaboration with Rod Stewart on "The Motown Song". Come to think of it Rod is too. On the 6/1/91 show, Rod turned the trick with "Rhythm of my Heart". And yup...if "Motown" had come just a bit earlier, The Temptations would join the list as well! I used to do it based on the first week of June shows in regards to my graduation theory. If I did just that, I think 1996 would be out of the running as Eric Clapton wouldn't show up until later in the month. It is interesting to see who turns the trick every year. Like the Bee Gees in 1997. Or Snow in 2019. Even Shinedown this year is wild. |
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Post by woolebull on Jun 10, 2024 14:39:09 GMT -5
Summer '78. Hey I just noticed the Little River Band was dissing the great Glenn Miller Orchestra. They were "better than before". Imagine the fun we could have had if they had just replaced "Glenn" with "Steve" in the song. The first Bay Area/Australia rock feud could have been upon us  |
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Post by dukelightning on Jun 10, 2024 14:49:57 GMT -5
A lot of unique factoids on the 8/4/01 AT40. Starting with there being no debuts in the 30s, 20s, 10s or top 10. Only one debut and it was at #40. The one dropper was "Sandstorm" which I think is the last instrumental to reach AT40, making this the first week in what is now a very long drought.
Mike who had some posts about the 2001 show that aired on Memorial Day weekend is the one who once mentioned another unique thing about this show. Casey mentioned the #1 song from 100 years ago. Not sure what possessed him to say that as it was not a famous song nor is this a significant date as far as I can tell.
On that May show that Premiere presented, "Lady Marmalade" was the #1 song. It was still there until this show whereupon it dropped all the way to #8. I am sorry to say that Casey did not say how far back you had to go to find a bigger dropper. On a show that Casey did, I think it would be "Theme from Mahogany" in 1976 that dropped to #11. Later he mentioned the #1 songs on other charts. It was a trifecta of a former hit, current and future hit. #1 AC was the former hit 'There You'll Be", #1 alternative for a staggering 15th week was the current hit "It's Been Awhile"(yeah it's been awhile at #1!) and #1 R&B was the future hit "Fallin". All great songs IMO and there are a bunch of those in this show.
The trivia question had Casey asking which band had the longest top 10 hit. Answer: Guns & Roses with "November Rain" clocking in at 8:50. Actually I think that is the longest top 10 hit by any artist. Now the previous record holder was "American Pie" which was played in its entirety several times over the years. But I don't think the 8:50 version of Rain was ever played on a show unless Dees did it. Not up on his shows too much.
Casey told about Dave Matthews life. He was born in South Africa, moved to New York when he 2. His dad died when he was 10 so he and his mom moved back to South Africa. When he was 18, he learned that he would have to serve in the army for 2 years and be a reservist for 10 years. Because they were against the apartheid policy, they moved back to the US since being in the army would be supportive of that. Moved to Virginia where DMB was formed.
Casey said that 112 was from Atlanta, home of the Braves, Falcons and Hawks. Except that he forgot the Thrashers who came into existence a couple years earlier. In fact, I saw one of their games in their first season. I worked for an agency out of Atlanta as a manufacturer's rep here in NC. We had a meeting down there and saw a game. Of course for many years, those 3 teams that Casey mentioned are the only pro teams in town since the Thrashers moved.
One of the great songs is J Lo's "I'm Real". She had to cancel her 2024 tour. I thought her comeback hit that reached #30 a couple months ago was good though not as good as Real or a few of her other hits. Many artists who have not had success on the charts recently but had their share of hits back in the day have concert tours. So this is surprising about her tour cancellation.
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Post by chrislc on Jun 10, 2024 20:07:11 GMT -5
I have hear a ton of shows over the last month, but the last two have particularly been interesting to me. 1) Dees 6/2/90: I get Bourgois so I am happy! 2) AT 6/6/81: I get Tagg so I am happy! The Dees show was interesting because not only was my undergrad college radio top 40 station mentioned when they called up the winner of the weekly contest, it was mentioned AGAIN randomly as the show was going off as Dees gave a shoutout to some women in Harrisonburg, VA. Even funnier, he first said Q-101 was out of Chicago, corrected himself, and just kept on going during the second mention! Also, I vividly remember John Moschitta being on the 5/26/90 show doing all of the words to "Vogue" in less that 30 seconds. He was back for the 6/2/90 show doing all the words to "Nothing Compares 2 U" in 25 seconds. As for the 6/6/81 show: I have a theory that during graduation month (June), high school graduates will have at least one show where there is at least one artist who had been hitting since the year most high school graduates were born. So for example, for the class of 2024, there have already been three acts who first charted in 2006 or before on the first show of June: Shinedown, Beyonce, and Justin Timberlake. Gary "US" Bonds did the trick for the 6/6/81 show. Rod Stewart and Ronald Isley did it from the 1990 show. As far as I can tell, this goes back as far as 1978 and continues to this day with people ranging from Johnny Mathis to Snow making this phenomenon happen. Working backwards, it looks like Sammy Davis Jr. extended this through 1972, but 1971 is a blank. Elvis helped keep it going through a few years in the 1970s but he also had such an impact on pop music that it became even more unlikely to happen by 1971. |
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Post by woolebull on Jun 11, 2024 7:20:39 GMT -5
I have hear a ton of shows over the last month, but the last two have particularly been interesting to me. 1) Dees 6/2/90: I get Bourgois so I am happy! 2) AT 6/6/81: I get Tagg so I am happy! The Dees show was interesting because not only was my undergrad college radio top 40 station mentioned when they called up the winner of the weekly contest, it was mentioned AGAIN randomly as the show was going off as Dees gave a shoutout to some women in Harrisonburg, VA. Even funnier, he first said Q-101 was out of Chicago, corrected himself, and just kept on going during the second mention! Also, I vividly remember John Moschitta being on the 5/26/90 show doing all of the words to "Vogue" in less that 30 seconds. He was back for the 6/2/90 show doing all the words to "Nothing Compares 2 U" in 25 seconds. As for the 6/6/81 show: I have a theory that during graduation month (June), high school graduates will have at least one show where there is at least one artist who had been hitting since the year most high school graduates were born. So for example, for the class of 2024, there have already been three acts who first charted in 2006 or before on the first show of June: Shinedown, Beyonce, and Justin Timberlake. Gary "US" Bonds did the trick for the 6/6/81 show. Rod Stewart and Ronald Isley did it from the 1990 show. As far as I can tell, this goes back as far as 1978 and continues to this day with people ranging from Johnny Mathis to Snow making this phenomenon happen. Working backwards, it looks like Sammy Davis Jr. extended this through 1972, but 1971 is a blank. Elvis helped keep it going through a few years in the 1970s but he also had such an impact on pop music that it became even more unlikely to happen by 1971. Good stuff! And it would be hard to go much further back than you did anyways. Wild how that happens like clockwork every year. |
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Post by michaelcasselman on Jun 14, 2024 7:33:34 GMT -5
1/18/1986 Just picked on Casey's outro of 'Face The Face', by Pete Townshend.... "founder of the rock group, Who". Not The Who, just Who.  |
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Post by woolebull on Jun 16, 2024 7:19:10 GMT -5
Finishing up CT from 6/12/93 and I picked up on something interesting. We have noted before artists being mentioned by other artists. d**n Yankees dropped off the 40 with, "Silence Is Broken". Which means it was there the week before. Which means the week of 6/5/93 the guitarist of DY was on the 40 as his name was mentioned in another top 40 song. Or at least his altar ego, Pig Nugent, is in Green Jelly's opus, "Three Little Pigs".
Also, listening to Dees 6/11/88 show...I never realized that Johnny Hates Jazz dropped out of the top 10 from number 2. That's pretty wild.
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Post by dukelightning on Jun 17, 2024 7:04:30 GMT -5
Pulling a woolebull here who frequently posts about shows a day or week after he heard them. Heard the CT40 from 8/4/90. A couple of stories involving Prince. Lightning Seeds is actually Ian Brodie who did not want to be a star so wanted to use something besides his name. So he came up with Lightning Seeds which he thought he heard in "Raspberry Beret". Heard the line 'thunder drowns out what the lightning sees' and thought he was hearing lightning seeds. Even when he found out quickly that he misheard it, the phrase stuck with him so he went with it as his artist name. Not one of my faves, but the next song was "Epic". That is a mashup of rock and rap. Afterward, Casey said the #1 song from 20 years ago was "Close to You". That came about 10 minutes after Maxi Priest debuted with his "Close to You" which is itself a mashup of rock, rap and reggae Casey said.
The other Prince story was about how he discovered the Time. They were playing a gig in a rundown place with poor lighting and acoustics. But Prince had heard about the show where they were all from in Minneapolis. Checked it out and really liked them and hooked them up with his own management company, and they were on their way.
Best story was when Casey mentioned that after leading the puck band Generation X, Billy Idol moved to New York City in 1982. The UK music critics panned him as a result thinking he had left to be a star. But Billy says he left to work with some great musicians. He had also felt that the punk movement had run its course and he needed to go in a different direction. Those critics blamed him for punk's demise. Finished by saying that while "Cradle of Love" was a top 10 hit in the US, it had not even reached the top 40 in the UK. Pity for those in the UK as this is a great song, his best IMO.
Rare show in that all 3 R&Ds were from the same year..."Hold On"(Wilson Phillips, the hit by En Vogue was in the countdown), "Children of the Night" and "Here and Now".
And it's the show when Mariah hits #1 for the first time. Told the frequently told story of how Brenda K. Starr invited her to a dinner with big executives. Her demo tape got in the hands of Tommy Motolla who got back to her in the middle of the night telling her of how he loved her talent. This is one of the best stories on a show in which a superstar artist hits #1 for the first time.
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Post by dukelightning on Jun 18, 2024 6:34:11 GMT -5
8/5/95 CT40 yesterday. Casey told how stations recorded 'I'll Be There For You" off the TV because that was the only way it was available initially. The Rembrandts CD was already being pressed. When their label got wind of how the song was blowing up the airwaves, they added it to the CD. But it was too late to change the artwork and song listing on the CD. So they added a sticker on the cellophane CD wrapper noting that the song was on it. After the first 100,000 copies were sold out, they were able to redo everything and have You on the track listing. Turned out to be a collector's item for anyone who bought one of those 100,000 copies.
Interesting factoid revealed in one of Casey's Biggest hits. Played "Come Back to Me" and said Janet had 7 top 10 hits from Rhythm Nation. Casey rarely mentioned chart stats on those tracks but when he did, he evidently was basing them on the Hot 100 not R&R as she had 8 top 10 hits there. He listed the hits and did not mention "State of the World".
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Post by chrislc on Jun 20, 2024 11:13:50 GMT -5
Listening to 07/25/1970 and wondering - did Picasso or Dali ever paint the Five Stairsteps and Cubie?
Also that scary cigarette Three Dog Night sang about - that would be tobacco today. Open up the window, sucker.
It's strange to hear all those oh-so-familiar songs from Show #1 but rearranged.
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Post by dukelightning on Jun 25, 2024 7:23:06 GMT -5
A few shows over the last few days on my phone which I will not post anything from. Too much work! 8/17/91 CT40 with "Unbelievable" and "Unforgettable" back to back. Casey referenced the changes in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in announcing "Winds of Change" and "Right Here Right Now". Certainly not any euphoria about the political situation in those areas in 2024. 8/6/94 AT40 which was Shadoe reappearing after 2 weeks in South Africa and starting what would be the last 6 months of AT40 the first run. 2 references to the same song that was not a current hit in the first 20 minutes. First Coolio sings 'want to take you there like the Staple Singers' in "Fantastic Voyage". Then General Public had their remake in the countdown a few songs later. Shadoe also said that it sounded like Coolio was sampling Chic's "Good Times" which would be part of the flashback later in the countdown. And another countdown with the host in his last 6 months hosting, the 8/16/03 AT40. Definitely my favorite of the 3 shows as 2003 is up there with 1978, 1979, 1985 and 2002 as the best years musically speaking during the time that Casey was doing a CHR countdown IMO. Casey says that Train had the biggest rebound of the year when "Calling All Angels" was up 6. Wonder what other hits rebounded more than that. I know the biggest by far is "You Aint Seen Nothin Yet" in 1974. DaBrat had a hit in the countdown and Casey said that in 1994 her debut CD became the first platinum CD by a female rapper. One of the greatest stories in a LDD I have ever heard. This gal's husband left her and her child. She had very little money and no job. Finally got a job and then started going to school full time. Had no social life. After 7 years she got her master's degree. What a way to turn your life around. She dedicated "Fighter" which was one of the droppers. Very appropriate song and one of the songs that makes 2003 a great year. Speaking of female rappers, Sarai is a white female rapper which is in the middle of 4 more great ones....'I Know What You Want", her "Ladies", "Get Busy" and "The Remedy". And 50 Cent has 3 hits in the show with "P.I.M.P." debuting.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jun 25, 2024 14:22:49 GMT -5
Maybe a writing flub, but after #18 in the 2/8/1997 Casey's Top 40 show, Casey teased about Sheryl Crow, but said the wrong song, "If It Makes You Happy". After #17 was played, Casey led into #16 with the correct title, "Everyday Is A Winding Road". BTW, "Happy" would show up soon afterward at #13.
Getting through these 1997-1999 shows a little quicker since I've been playing them even during business hours. My boss told me randomly one day when our truck showed up late that I could still leave it playing. Ever since then, I have. Happy to entertain. 🙂 Can't hear these shows elsewhere since they're not being re-aired.
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Post by chrislc on Jun 26, 2024 19:50:14 GMT -5
December 10, 1977
Why would the drummer for Player quit his job with the Ice Follies to join the group?
He had been making $25,000.00 a year with the Ice Follies!!! He had it made, per Casey.
Just a guess, maybe I'm way off base here, but something tells me Casey was making more than $25,000.00 a year in 1977.
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Post by doofus67 on Jun 26, 2024 21:49:45 GMT -5
December 10, 1977 Why would the drummer for Player quit his job with the Ice Follies to join the group? He had been making $25,000.00 a year with the Ice Follies!!! He had it made, per Casey. Just a guess, maybe I'm way off base here, but something tells me Casey was making more than $25,000.00 a year in 1977. Probably. According to the US Inflation Calculator, it's the equivalent of about $130,000 in 2024. |
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Post by woolebull on Jul 1, 2024 21:30:20 GMT -5
Starting the 7/4/98 show and something happened I don't think I have ever heard: two songs debut that were on their second run in the 40. The first was Green Day and "Good Riddance" which came back on after a few months off. That, I am 99.9 sure has everything to do with the "Seinfeld" finale. The second, debuting at #31 was "To The Moon And Back" by Savage Garden almost a year after its first run. The second time around for "Moon" proved to be more successful: #21 in 1997, #15 in 1998.
Also interesting: Two songs dropped off the chart with the same title: "Stop" by the Spice Girls and "Stop" by Meredith Brooks.
One final note from the first hour: Casey mentioned that 30 years ago Herb Alpert had his only #1 with a vocal song, "This Guys In Love With You". I need to double check but I am pretty sure "Rise" got a week at #1 in 1979 on R and R (just checked: it did). What was interesting is Casey went out of his way to say that most of Alpert's hits were instrumental but not his only #1. Pretty big miss by the crew on that one.
And that was all in the first hour!
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